Lee, MD, MS - Attending Doctor and Lecturer, S. Wu, Bachelor - Matsui, PhD - Reseacher S. Smyth, PhD – Research

190 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS September 9-12 | 10:15 a.m. C2-1901 Molecular Identification and Characterization of Acineto- bacter Species Causing Bacteremia at a Japanese Tertiary Hospital

S. Endo, MD - Assistant Professor, M. Sasano, MS - Research Assistant, H.

Yano, MD - Lecture, H. Kanamori, MD - Assistant Professor, S. Inomata, MD - Assistant Professor, N. Ishibashi, MD - Assistant Professor, T. Aoyagi, MD - Assistant Professor, M. Hatta, MD - Assistant Professor, Y. Gu, MD - Assistant Professor, M. Yamada, MD - Assistant Professor, K. Tokuda, MD - Lecture, M. Kitagawa, MS - Assistant Professor, H. Kunishima, MD - Associate Professor, M. Kaku, MD - Professor; Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan. 10:30 a.m. C2-1902 First Outbreak of Multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii Producing the Carbapenemase OXA 23 in Spain M. Merino, MSc - PhD Student, M. Poza, PhD - Researcher, M. J. Barba, CLT - Lab Assistant, S. Rumbo-Feal, MSc - PhD Student, A. Fernandez, MSc - PhD Student, M. Tomás, PhD - PhD Researcher, G. Bou, PhD - P rofessor; Univ. La Coruña, La Coruña, Spain. 10:45 a.m. C2-1903 Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Bloodstream Infection Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii Complex

H. Lee, MD, MS - Attending Doctor and Lecturer, S. Wu, Bachelor -

Research Assistant, C. Chen, PhD - Assistant Professor, C. Chiu, MD, PhD - Professor; Chang Gung Mem. Hosp., Taoyuan, Taiwan. 11:00 a.m. C2-1904 Application of Pyrosequencing Assay for Rapid Detection of Epidemic Clonal Lineage of Acinetobacter baumannii

M. Matsui, PhD - Reseacher

1 , S. Suzuki, MD, PhD - Senior Researcher 1 , K. Shibayama, MD, PhD - Director 1 , Y. Arakawa, MD, PhD - Professor 2 ; 1 Natl. Inst. of Infectious Diseases, Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 2 Nagoya Univ. Graduate Sch. of Med., Aichi, Japan. 11:15 a.m. C2-1905 High Prevalence of OXA-23-Producing Carbapenem- Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Among Hospitals from Porto Alegre, Brazil J. Barin, PharmD - Researcher 1 , B. L. Heineck, Biomedicine Student - Research Assistant 1 , A. F. Martins, Ph.D. - Professor 2 , A. P. Zavascki, PhD- Researcher 3,1 ; 1 Univ. Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2 Ctr. Univ. Metodista, IPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 3 Hosp. de Clinc. de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 237 C2 Slide Session MRSA: Pervasive, Persistent, and Pathogenic Wednesday, 9:15 a.m.–11:45 a.m. . . Esplanade Ballroom 305 UAN: 0391-9999-12-176-L04-P Moderators: Emil P. Lesho, DO - Co-Founder and Director, MRSN Walter Reed Army Inst. of Res., Silver Spring, MD. Usha Stiefel, Stiefel, MD - Chief, Infectious Diseases Section Cleveland VA Med. Ctr., Cleveland Heights, OH. Objectives: Upon the completion of this Slide Session, the participant should be able to: Discuss hot topics in molecular epidemiology of MRSA; Identify the clonal shifts in MRSA around the world; Assess resistance epidemiology; and Describe details about MRSA in animals as reservoirs. Presentations: 9:15 a.m. C2-1906 Agr Function and Mortality in Nosocomial Pneumonia Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

D. S. Smyth, PhD – Research

1 , M. Wible, MS – Research 2 , R. E. Mendes, PhD – Director 3 , A. Labella, MD – Research 1 , J. M. Kafer, BS – Research 1 , V. J. Torres, PhD – Professor 1 , R. P. Novick, MD – Professor 1 , B. Shopsin, MD, PhD – Professor 1 ; 1 Dept. of Med. and Microbiol., New York, NY, 2 Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, 3 JMI Lab., North Liberty, IA. 9:30 a.m. C2-1907 Emergence of Different Lineages of MRSA Type IV and II Substituting the BEC in Bloodstream Infections in Two Brazilian Hospitals

R. C. Chamon, BA - Master Student, V. C. Salgueiro, BA - Master Student,