No isolates date of isolement unit of isolementa clusters of RAPD typingb clusters of PFGE typingc Antibiogram patterns in clusterd Integron1 detection Accenssion number of abeB gene 32 27.02.05 surgery- ICU B 1 a (-) ST VI 33 11.04.05 surgery- ICU B 1 a (-) ST VI 34 20.05.05 surgery- ICU B 1 a (-) ST VI 35 15.09.03 other unit B 1 a (-) ST VI 36 11.03.04 Visceral surgery B 1 a (-) ST VI 37 04.08.05 surgery- ICU B 1 a (-) ST VI 38 19.07.04 other unit B 1 a (-) ST VI 39 20.07.04 other unit B 1 a (-) ST VI 40 11.10.03 other unit B 1 a (-) ST VI 41 27.08.03 other unit B 1 a (-) ST VI 42 01.12.03 Transfered from another hospital B 1 a (-) ST VI 43 16.10.03 other unit B 1 a (-) ST VI 44 03.11.03 other unit B 1 a (-) ST VI 45 07.07.03 surgery- ICU B 1 a (-) ST VI 46 25.12.04 surgery- ICU C 2 b (-) ST IX 47 15.08.04 surgery- ICU C 2 b (-) ST IX 48 12.07.04 transfer from another hospital C 2 b (-) ST IX 49 20.01.04 other unit C 2 c (-) ST IX 50 04.11.03 other unit C 2 c (-) ST IX 51 11.10.03 other unit C 2 c (-) ST IX 52 31.08.03 surgery- ICU C 2 c (-) ST IX 53 15.03.03 surgery- ICU D 3 d 820 pb ST VII 54 13.10.03 other unit D 3 d 820 pb ST VII 55 25.08.03 other unit D 3 d 820 pb ST VII 56 03.09.03 other unit D 3 d 820 pb ST VI 57 13.10.03 other unit D 3 d 820 pb ST VII 58 12.08.05 surgery- ICU A 4 e (-) ST VIII 59 03.02.04 surgery- ICU A 4 f (-) ST VIII 60 31.01.04 surgery- ICU A 4 f (-) ST VIII 61 16.02.04 surgery- ICU A 4 f (-) ST VIII 62 22.12.05 surgery- ICU A 4 f (-) ST VIII aICU: intensive care unit bDefined as isolates belonging to the same genomic species that have an RAPD similarity >90% cDefined as isolates belonging to the same genomic species that have an PFGE similarity >90% dAntibiogram patterns as defined in the table 2

Table 3: Summary of the molecular and antibiogram clusters Nosocomial Acinectobacter baumannii isolates in the French hospital.