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Background   Acinetobacter baumannii  has traditionally been considered an opportunistic pathogen with low virulence. In this study, we characterized the carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent  A. baumannii  (CR-hvAB) stains isolated from our hospital in mid-south region of China.    Results  Blood samples collected between January 2017 and May 2019 were used for virulence experiments and biofilm assays of individual carbapenem-resistant  A. baumannii  (CR-AB) strains, performed using a  Galleria mellonella  infection model and crystal violet staining method, respectively. CR-AB isolates that induced high mortality in the  G. mellonella  infection model were subjected to genotyping, susceptibility testing, and clinical data analysis, and the genetic characterization of these isolates was performed by whole-genome sequencing (WGS). Among the 109 CR-AB clinical strains, the survival rate of  G. mellonella  larvae infected with 7 (6.4%) CR-AB isolates (number of strains with mortality of 0, 10 and 20% was 4, 1, and 2, respectively), was significantly lower than that of  A. baumannii  ATCC 19606 (100.0%) and the remaining CR-AB isolates (> 80.0%). Consistent with these results, patients infected with these seven isolates had an average 7-day mortality rate of 42.9%, suggesting that the isolates were CR-hvAB. These seven isolates belonged to four sequence types (STs): ST457, ST195, ST369, and ST2088 (a new ST), and mainly ST457 ( n  = 4). The results of the biofilm study showed that eight strains had powerful biofilm ability (strong [ n  = 1] and moderate [ n  = 7] biofilm producers) including these seven CR-hvAB isolates.    Conclusions  CR-hvAB isolates that induced a high mortality rate were cloned in our hospital, most of which belonged to ST457; thus, monitoring of these strains, particularly ST457, should be strengthened in the future. Meanwhile,  A. baumannii , which was isolated from blood specimens and found to powerful biofilm-forming ability, is a probable hvAB isolate.

bmc microbiology

Characterization of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from hospitalized patients in the mid-south region of China