Volume 17, Number 9—September 2011
Dispatch
Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Veterinary Clinics, Germany
, Ellen Prenger-Berninghoff, Reinhard Weiss, Tanny van der Reijden, Peterhans van den Broek, Georg Baljer, and Lenie DijkshoornTable A1
Origin and drug resistance profiles of Acinetobacter spp. isolates collected from veterinary specimens from Germany, 2000–2008*
| Isolate | Species† | Isolation date | City | Clinic | Animal | Specimen | PFGE cluster | AFLP type | European clone‡ | Resistance profile§ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5880 | baum. | 2000 Nov 22 | Giessen | MVK | Dog | Feces | C1 | ND | ND | 3 |
| 5877¶ | baum. | 2000 Nov 22 | Giessen | MVK | Cat | Urine | C1 | 10 | II | 3 |
| 5966¶ | baum. | 2000 Nov 24 | Giessen | CVK | Cat | Urine | C3 | 10 | II | 9 |
| 6020¶ | baum. | 2000 Nov 28 | Giessen | MVK | Cat | Urine | A1 | 8 | I | 1 |
| 6377 | baum. | 2000 Dec 13 | Giessen | CVK | Cat | Urine | C1 | ND | ND | 3 |
| 132 | baum. | 2001 Jan 9 | Giessen | MVK | Dog | Pericardium | A1 | ND | ND | 13 |
| 1237 | baum. | 2001 Mar 12 | Giessen | CVK | Dog | Urine | C1 | ND | ND | 3 |
| 1765 | baum. | 2001 Apr 5 | Giessen | CVK | Cat | Urine | C1 | ND | ND | 3 |
| 2740¶ | baum. | 2001 May 31 | Giessen | CVK | Cat | Urine | C1 | 10 | II | 3 |
| 3906 | baum. | 2001 Aug 16 | Giessen | CVK | Dog | Urine | C1 | ND | ND | 3 |
| 4255 | baum. | 2001 Aug 28 | Giessen | CVK | Dog | Abscess | C1 | ND | ND | 3 |
| 5074 | baum. | 2001 Oct 3 | Giessen | MVK | Dog | Wound | C1 | ND | ND | 3 |
| 3204¶ | baum. | 2002 Feb 1 | Giessen | CVK | Horse | Tendon | C1 | 11 | II | 3 |
| P1697¶ | baum. | 2002 Mar 7 | Bad Marienberg | Private | Horse | Uterus | NT | 6 | NA | 17 |
| 1508 | baum. | 2002 Apr 2 | Giessen | AGVK | Cat | Urine | C1 | ND | ND | 3 |
| 1626 | baum. | 2002 Apr 9 | Giessen | CVK | Cat | Urine | C1 | ND | ND | 3 |
| 1782¶ | baum. | 2002 Apr 16 | Giessen | CVK | Cat | Urine | C4 | 11 | II | 3 |
| 1778 | baum. | 2002 Apr 16 | Giessen | CVK | Cat | Urine | C1 | ND | ND | 3 |
| P3385 | baum. | 2002 Apr 30 | Frankfurt/M. | Private | Dog | Bronchia | C1 | ND | ND | 4 |
| 2258¶ | baum. | 2002 May 14 | Giessen | CVK | Cat | Urine | C1 | 13 | II | 3 |
| 2274 | baum. | 2002 May 15 | Giessen | CVK | Cat | Urine | C1 | ND | ND | 4 |
| 2378 | baum. | 2002 May 17 | Giessen | CVK | Dog | Subcutis | C6 | ND | ND | 15 |
| 2881 | baum. | 2002 Jun 12 | Giessen | CVK | Cat | Urine | C6 | ND | ND | 14 |
| 2954 | baum. | 2002 Jun 14 | Giessen | CVK | Cat | Urine | C1 | ND | ND | 3 |
| 3081 | baum. | 2002 Jun 24 | Giessen | CVK | Cat | Urine | C1 | ND | ND | 3 |
| 3240 | baum. | 2002 Jul 3 | Giessen | MVK | Dog | Feces | C6 | ND | ND | 10 |
| 3349 | baum. | 2002 Jul 10 | Giessen | MVK | Dog | Duodenum | C6 | ND | ND | 14 |
| 3472 | baum. | 2002 Jul 18 | Giessen | AGVK | Dog | Vagina | C1 | ND | ND | 3 |
| P5930 | baum. | 2002 Aug 18 | Betzdorf | Private | Dog | Serum | C6 | ND | ND | 14 |
| P81¶ | gen. sp.3 | 2003 Jan 8 | Duisburg | Private | Dog | Nose | Un | 1 | ND | 20 |
| 172¶ | baum. | 2003 Jan 14 | Giessen | CVK | Dog | Urine | C5 | 13 | II | 5 |
| P872 | baum. | 2003 Feb 8 | Duisberg | Private | Dog | Nose | C1 | ND | ND | 3 |
| 848 | baum. | 2003 Feb 26 | Giessen | MVK | Dog | Bronchia | C1 | ND | ND | 3 |
| 2130 | baum. | 2003 Mar 19 | Giessen | Pathology | Cat | Urine | C1 | ND | ND | 5 |
| P1959¶ | baum. | 2003 Mar 20 | Heidelberg | Private | Cat | Thorax | C2 | 12 | II | 7 |
| 2677¶ | baum. | 2003 May 26 | Giessen | MVK | Dog | Urine | C1 | 14 | II | 3 |
| 4297 | baum. | 2005 Dec 15 | Giessen | CVK | Dog | Wound | B1 | ND | ND | 11 |
| 196–1¶ | baum. | 2006 Jan 19 | Giessen | MVK | Cat | Urine | B2 | 7 | III | 8 |
| 196–2 | baum. | 2006 Jan 19 | Giessen | MVK | Cat | Urine | B1 | ND | ND | 12 |
| 437¶ | baum. | 2006 Jan 31 | Giessen | CVK | Cat | Ear | C1 | 13 | II | 9 |
| 462¶ | baum. | 2006 Feb 1 | Giessen | MVK | NR | Exam table | C1 | 13 | II | 3 |
| P698 | baum. | 2006 Feb 4 | Hofheim | Private | Cat | Urine | C1 | ND | ND | 3 |
| 580¶ | NC | 2006 Feb 9 | Giessen | CVK | Dog | Nose | NT | 4 | – | 16 |
| 1231a¶ | baum. | 2006 Mar 24 | Giessen | MVK | Cat | Urine | A2 | 8 | I | 3 |
| 1316¶ | baum. | 2006 Apr 3 | Giessen | CVK | Cat | Urine | C1 | 13 | II | 3 |
| P869¶ | baum. | 2008 Feb 1 | Nauen | Private | Horse | Cervix | B1 | 7 | III | 2 |
| 760¶ | baum. | 2008 Feb 2 | Giessen | MVK | Dog | Blood | C6 | 13 | II | 9 |
| 1173¶ | baum. | 2008 Feb 13 | Giessen | CVK | Dog | Wound | Un | 16 | II | 3 |
| 1227¶ | baum. | 2008 Feb 18 | Giessen | AGVK | Dog | Vagina | Un | 9 | NA | 19 |
| 1356 | baum. | 2008 Feb 21 | Giessen | CVK | Dog | Fistula | B1 | ND | ND | 6 |
| P2134–1¶ | gen. sp.3 | 2008 Mar 20 | Solingen | Private | Bird | Pharynx | NT | 2 | ND | 22 |
| P2347¶ | gen. sp.3 | 2008 Mar 29 | Dortmund | Private | Guinea pig | Lips | Un | 3 | ND | 18 |
| 1936¶ | baum. | 2008 Mar 29 | Giessen | MVK | Dog | CVC | C1 | 15 | II | 3 |
| 2006 | baum. | 2008 Apr 3 | Giessen | MVK | Dog | CVC | C1 | ND | ND | 3 |
| 3061¶ | baum. | 2006 Jun 12 | Giessen | AGVK | Cow | Udder | Un | 17 | NA | 21 |
| 4199¶ | baum. | 2008 Aug 15 | Giessen | CVK | Dog | Vagina | Un | 5 | NA | 16 |
*PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; AFLP, amplified fragment-length polymorphism; baum., baumannii; MVK, medical department, small animal clinic of the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen; ND, not done; CVK, surgical department, small animal clinic of the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen; NT, nontypeable; NA, not affiliated with either of the European clones I–III; AGVK, gynecologic and andrologic department of the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen; gen. sp., genomic species; NR, not relevant; NC, not classified; CVC, central venous catheter; Un, unique PFGE strain (strain does not belong to either PFGE cluster A, B, or C, indicating a low degree of genetic related).
†Taxonomic designation according to ARDRA results, AFLP being complementary. Species, Acinetobacter species.
‡European clones as described (5,6) and delineated by AFLP at ≈80% similarity cutoff level (4).
§Profile as given in Table.
¶Isolates tested by AFLP.
