One hundred and twenty-one clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii recovered from
the intensive care units (ICUs) of nine tertiary-care hospitals in Athens, Greece were studied …

Background and Objective: Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as an opportunistic
pathogen among acutely ill patients, especially those with thermal injury. A prospective 8 …

OBJECTIVES: To establish the possible sources and routes of transmission of a multidrug-
resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak involving 22 patients. STUDY DESIGN …

Background Over the last 10 years, multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii has been
spreading worldwide as emerging microorganisms that negatively impact on the outcome of …

The molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii was
investigated in two intensive care units of the V. Monaldi university hospital in Naples, Italy …

Background: Acinetobacter baumannii can cause severeinfections, mainly in critically ill
inpatients. Treatment iscomplicated by multidrug-resistance (MDR). In Germany, todate, little …

Acinetobacter baumannii is a microorganism frequently implicated in colonization and
infection in hospitalized patients. An increase of resistance has been observed in recent …

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is a worldwide nosocomial menace. We sought
to better understand its behavior through studying the molecular epidemiology of this …

Beginning in 1992, a sustained outbreak of multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii
infections was noted in our 1,000-bed hospital in Barcelona, Spain, resulting in considerable …

In view of the current lack of single antimicrobial agents available to treat infections due to
certain strains of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii, the efficacy of various …