approaches to treat patients infected with multi-drug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii
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Phenotypical Evaluation of Multi-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii
Background & Objective: Resistance patterns among nosocomial bacterial pathogens in hospitals may vary widely from country to country at any given point and within the same country over time. Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most important bacteria that cause hospital-acquired infections. Therefore, surveillance of the antibiotic resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii is necessary, especial...
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Consultant Paediatric neurologist, King Fahad Military Hopsital, Jeddah21159, Saudi Arabia E-mail: [email protected]; Tel: 00966 535556205 Managing Acinetobacter baumannii infection is challenging during the treatment of infected ventriculoperitoneal shunt due to its propensity to develop multi drug resistance (MDR) to commonly used potent antibiotics in hospital settings. We present one such...
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archives of clinical infectious diseasesجلد ۸، شماره ۱، صفحات ۱-۲
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