Emergence of extensively drug-resistant international clone IC-6 Acinetobacter baumannii carrying bla and bla in the Brazilian Amazon region.

Objectives: The extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Acinetobacter baumannii international clone VI (IC-6) has been identified worldwide since 2006. This study reports the emergence of IC-6 in the Brazilian Amazon region and reveals the particular genomic features considering its mobilome and resistome.

Methods: A total of 32 carbapenem-resistant A.