Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen and gram-negative coccobacillus that is
responsible for opportunistic infections, pneumonia, and infections of the urinary tract …

The emergence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria that cause nosocomial
infections is a growing problem worldwide. Colistin was first introduced in 1952 and was …

Abstract The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Standards and Practice
Guidelines Committee collaborated with partner organizations to convene a panel of 10 …

Emergence and spread of Acinetobacter species, resistant to most of the available
antimicrobial agents, is an area of great concern. It is now being frequently associated with …

Increasing multidrug resistance in Gram-negative bacteria, in particular Pseudomonas
aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Klebsiella pneumoniae, presents a critical …

We may soon be facing the end of the “antibiotic era.” The initial and seemingly unstoppable
success of antibiotics, the fruit of human ingenuity, has been countered by an escalation of …

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is recognized to be among the most difficult
antimicrobial-resistant gram-negative bacilli to control and treat. Increasing antimicrobial …

Nosocomial bacterial meningitis is most often related to either complicated head trauma or
invasive procedures, such as craniotomy, placement of ventricular catheters, intrathecal …

Institutional outbreaks caused by Acinetobacter baumannii strains that have acquired
multiple mechanisms of antimicrobial drug resistance constitute a growing public-health …

Nonfermenting gram-negative bacteria pose a particular difficulty for the healthcare
community because they represent the problem of multidrug resistance to the maximum …