In the last 25 years, chromogenic culture media have found widespread application in
diagnostic clinical microbiology. In the last decade, the range of media available to clinical …

Acinetobacter baumannii is an important opportunistic pathogen that causes major public
health concern especially in hospitalized patients due to the acquisition of multidrug …

Efflux pumps play an important role in antimicrobial resistance for Acinetobacter baumannii.
However, the function of the Emr pump system and the relationship between Emr and drug …

The role of ready-to-eat products as a reservoir of pathogenic species of Acinetobacter
remains unclear. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the presence of …

Methods: Between November 2015 to July 2016, a total of 110 clinical strains of A.
baumannii were isolated from patients in two teaching hospitals in Tehran, Iran …

Antibiotic resistance is steadily rising worldwide. Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are
common indications, mostly imprudent, for antibiotic prescriptions in outpatient setting. In …

Objective: To evaluate occurrence of nosocomial infections and antibiotic susceptibility
patterns of bacterial pathogens isolated from Intensive Care Units (IC-Us) in a tertiary care …

Introduction: This study was conducted to identify the enzymatic mechanism of carbapenem
resistance in A. baumannii isolated from intensive care units of 2 teaching hospitals (Charles …

Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the predominant pathogens involved in hospital acquired
infections worldwide. Despite intensive surveillance and preventive measures, these …

A resistência bacteriana a antibióticos é um grave e crescente problema de saúde pública
de âmbito mundial. O principal, e mais eficiente, mecanismo de resistência aos β-lactâmicos …