RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Kubo, Yumi A1 Komatsu, Masaru A1 Tanimoto, Emi A1 Sugimoto, Keiichi A1 Tanaka, Satoru A1 Migita, Shiho A1 Kondo, Yoko A1 Yano, Sawa A1 Maehara, Kuniho A1 Murata, Ryoko A1 Nakamura, Akihiro A1 Fujita, Toshikazu A1 Kawata, YoichiYR 2015 T1 Spread of OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii ST2 and ST246 in a hospital in Japan JF Journal of Medical Microbiology, VO 64 IS 7 SP 739 OP 744 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.000077 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1473-5644, AB A total of 1085 strains of Acinetobacter sp. obtained from 280 medical institutions in the Chugoku and Shikoku areas of Japan were investigated between 2011 and 2013. Among these strains, 20 (1.84 %) showing meropenem or imipenem resistance with a MIC of >4 μg ml− 1 were detected. Of these 20 strains, the bla OXA-23 gene was detected in 17 strains isolated from the same institution. The PFGE patterns of the 17 strains were separated into two clusters, and multi-locus sequence typing showed the sequence types (STs) to be ST2 and ST246. This investigation demonstrated that A. baumannii ST2 of international clone II, which has rarely been isolated in Japan, has not yet spread nationwide., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.000077