An increasing threat in hospitals: multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

L Dijkshoorn, A Nemec, H Seifert - Nature reviews microbiology, 2007 - nature.com
Acinetobacter baumannii and the closely related genomic … baumannii is a major cause
of hospital-acquired infections in … baumannii strains that are circulating in hospitals can be …

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii as an emerging concern in hospitals

S Ibrahim, N Al-Saryi, IMS Al-Kadmy, SN Aziz - Molecular biology reports, 2021 - Springer
Acinetobacter baumannii has become a major concern for scientific attention due to … a major
challenge for physicians and healthcare workers regarding the eradication of either hospital

Diversity of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii population in a major hospital in Kuwait

L Vali, K Dashti, AF Opazo-Capurro, AA Dashti… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most important opportunistic pathogens that causes
outbreaks in hospitals and serious health care associated complications in critically ill patients…

Major biologic characteristics of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from hospital environmental and patients' respiratory tract sources

N Obeidat, F Jawdat, AG Al-Bakri… - American journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
… that A baumannii isolates from the patients' respiratory tract and hospital environment carried
… that all MDR A baumannii strains survived well in the hospital environment, especially in …

Prevalence of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in clinical samples in a tertiary care hospital

S Sudhaharan, L Vemu, P Kanne - International Journal of Infection Control, 2015 - ijic.info
… being reported by the major neighboring hospitals. Since our institute is a tertiary care hospital,
patients … and polymyxins are transferred to the ICUs, from other hospitals. This may be the …

Eighteen years of experience with Acinetobacter baumannii in a tertiary care hospital

LS Munoz-Price, K Arheart, P Nordmann… - Critical care …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
… epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii in our hospital. … initiative of the previous hospital
epidemiologist; however, as the … One of the major limitations of this study is the lack of yearly …

[HTML][HTML] The changing global epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii infections: a development with major public health implications

ME Falagas, EA Karveli - Clinical microbiology and infection, 2007 - Elsevier
Acinetobacter baumannii infections have become increasingly … baumannii clinical isolates
are frequently resistant to most … baumannii infections in our own hospital indicated that …

Epidemiological Analysis of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates in a Tertiary Hospital Over a 12-Year Period in China

M Jiang, X Chen, S Liu, Z Zhang, N Li, C Dong… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Acinetobacter baumannii is an important nosocomial pathogen, which is multidrug resistant
(MDR). Acinetobacter baumannii has become a major threat to public health worldwide due …

Acinetobacter baumannii: a universal threat to public health?

H Giamarellou, A Antoniadou… - International journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
… As major risk factors were considered to be hospital size (>500 beds), previous antimicrobial
therapy, use of a Foley catheter and surgery, the analysis concluded that a key element in …

Changes in antimicrobial susceptibility and major clones of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus–baumannii complex isolates from a single hospital in Korea over 7 years

YK Park, SI Jung, KH Park, DH Kim… - Journal of medical …, 2012 - microbiologyresearch.org
… -resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections have … Acinetobacter species isolates collected
from a single institution in Korea over 7 years. Two hundred and eighty-seven Acinetobacter