%0 Journal Article %A Heydari, Farzad %A Mammina, Caterina %A Koksal, Fatih %T NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii ST85 now in Turkey, including one isolate from a Syrian refugee %D 2015 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 64 %N 9 %P 1027-1029 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.000132 %I Microbiology Society, %X New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1), an acquired class B carbapenemase, is a significant clinical threat owing to the extended hydrolysis of β-lactams including carbapenems. Here, to the best of our knowledge we describe for the first time in Turkey two NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolates recovered from intensive care unit patients. The presence of bla NDM-1 was detected by PCR and confirmed by sequencing. The clonal relationship was assessed by PFGE and multilocus sequence typing. Both isolates were positive for bla NDM-1 and were attributed with the sequence type 85. One isolate was from a Syrian refugee, whereas the second was from a patient who had never travelled outside Turkey. Our findings confirmed that the rapid spread of NDM-1-producing Gram-negative organisms could become a major challenge for the treatment and control of healthcare-associated infections in our geographical area. They suggest also that NDM-1-producing strains and/or their genetic determinants are probably being imported from Syria to neighbouring countries. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.000132