The emergence of a novel sequence type of MDR Acinetobacter baumannii from the intensive care unit of an Egyptian tertiary care hospital

DM Ghaith, MM Zafer, MH Al-Agamy… - Annals of clinical …, 2017 - Springer
Background and aim of work Acinetobacter baumannii is known for nosocomial outbreaks
worldwide. In this study, we aimed to investigate the antibiotic susceptibility patterns and the …

Emergence and characterization of nosocomial multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in Tehran, Iran

B Salehi, H Goudarzi, B Nikmanesh, H Houri… - Journal of infection and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Rationale Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the antibiotic-resistant superbugs that
threatens hospitalized patients. Emergence and spread of the multidrug-resistant (MDR) and …

Phenotypic characterization of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from intensive care units at a tertiary-care hospital in Egypt

W Nageeb, M Kamel, S Zakaria… - … Health Journal. 2014; 20 (‎ …, 2014 - apps.who.int
Multi-drug resistant [‎ MDR]‎ strains of Acinetobacter baumannii are responsible for an
increasing number of opportunistic infections in hospitals. This study determined the …

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
serious health care associated complications in critically ill patients. In the current study we …

Acinetobacter baumannii Isolated from Lebanese Patients: Phenotypes and Genotypes of Resistance, Clonality, and Determinants of Pathogenicity

E Dahdouh, M Hajjar, M Suarez… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen that usually affects critically
ill patients. High mortality rates have been associated with MDR A. baumannii infections …

Significant spread of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii genotypes of clonal complex 92 among intensive care unit patients in a university hospital in …

F Saffari, T Monsen, A Karmostaji… - Journal of Medical …, 2017 - microbiologyresearch.org
Purpose. Infections associated with Acinetobacter baumannii represent an increasing threat
in healthcare settings. Therefore, we investigated the epidemiological relationship between …

Molecular characterization and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated in intensive care unit patients in Al-Hassa, Kingdom of Saudi …

MS Alhaddad, AK AlBarjas, LE Alhammar… - … Journal of Applied …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: Acinetobacter baumannii, is an emerging nosocomial multidrug resistance
pathogen with the rapid spread of clones being reported in health-care settings and …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial susceptibility and clonal relation between Acinetobacter baumannii strains at a tertiary care center in Turkey

G Ece, B Erac, HY Cetin, C Ece… - Jundishapur journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen, related with nosocomial
infections such as bacteremia, urinary tract infections, and ventilator-associated pneumonia …

Molecular characterisation and control of Acinetobacter baumanniiisolates resistant to multi-drugs emerging in inter-intensive care units

A Ertürk, AÇ Çiçek, A Gümüş, E Cüre, A Şen… - Annals of Clinical …, 2014 - Springer
Background A nosocomial outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) infections occurred
among intensive care units (ICU)(surgery, medical, cardiovascular surgery, coronary unit) of …

High prevalence of oxacillinases in clinical multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from the Tshwane region, South Africa – an update

M Lowings, MM Ehlers, AW Dreyer, MM Kock - BMC infectious diseases, 2015 - Springer
Background Acinetobacter baumannii is an important hospital-acquired pathogen in
healthcare facilities that frequently causes bacteraemia and ventilator-associated …