Identification of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clones using infrared spectroscopy

Clara Sousa, Filipa Grosso, Luís Meirinhos-Soares, Luísa Peixe, João Lopes*

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Abstract

In this work we assessed the discriminatory ability of Fourier-transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) in 22 representative isolates from a collection of 318 carbapenem-hydrolyzing class D β -lactamases (CHDL)-producing Acinetobacter spp. (5 hospitals; 2001-2008) previously characterized by DNA-based typing methods. FTIR spectra were acquired with a Bruker spectrometer and analyzed with support of several chemometric tools. The results showed that FTIR spectroscopy was able to distinguish the main CHDL-producing Acinetobacter baumannii lineages causing infection in Portugal, the ST103 carrying blaOXA-58, ST98 carrying blaOXA-24/40and ST92 carrying blaOXA-23. Moreover, this study revealed distinctive phenotypic features of A. baumannii lineages causing infections that might justify different epidemic potential. Spectroscopy may arise as a low cost and easily to perform alternative for typing A. baumannii isolates.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)287-294
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Biophotonics
Volume7
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Acinetobacter baumannii
  • Carbapenems
  • Chemometrics
  • Infrared spectroscopy

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