Multidrug-Resistant<i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i>Harboring OXA-24 Carbapenemase, Spain

Abstract

In February 2006, a patient colonized with a multidrug-resistant sequence type 56 Acinetobacter baumannii strain was admitted to a hospital in Madrid, Spain. This strain spread rapidly and caused a large outbreak in the hospital. Clinicians should be alert for this strain because its spread would have serious health consequences.