Extensively and multi drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii recovered from technosol at a dump site in Croatia.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 0330500 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1879-1026 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00489697 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sci Total Environ Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Amsterdam, Elsevier.
    • Subject Terms:
      Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial* ; Industrial Waste*; Acinetobacter baumannii/*isolation & purification; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Croatia ; Humans ; Medical Waste ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; beta-Lactamases
    • Abstract:
      In a karst pit above City of Rijeka in Croatia the hazardous industrial waste was continuously disposed from 1955 to 1990, and later it was periodically used as an illegal dump site. The surface part of a technosol at the edge of dump was analysed mineralogically, geochemically and bacteriologically. From the technosol rich in petroleum hydrocarbons and heavy metals three isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii were recovered. Isolates from technosol shared many features that are previously described for clinically isolates: the affiliation to IC1 and 2, multi-drug resistant (MDR) or extensively drug-resistant (XDR) antibiotic resistance profile, carbapenem resistance mediated by bla OXA72 and bla OXA23 genes, and the expression of virulence factors. In in vitro conditions, isolates were able to survive in contact with technosol during 58days of monitoring. The most probable source of A. baumannii in technosol was the illegally disposed hospital waste. Proper management and disposal of human solid waste is mandatory to prevent the spread of clinically important A. baumannii in nature.
      (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Bacteria; Environment; Hydrocarbons; Tar; Waste
    • Accession Number:
      0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents)
      0 (Industrial Waste)
      0 (Medical Waste)
      EC 3.5.2.6 (beta-Lactamases)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20170721 Date Completed: 20180813 Latest Revision: 20201209
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.108
    • Accession Number:
      28724243