Emergence of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the Intensive Care Unit in Sohag University Hospital, Egypt

At present, one of the most serious issues in medicine is increasing resistance of bacterial pathogens to antimicrobial agents. This fact is associated with higher mortality and morbidity rates, prolonged hospital stays and increased treatmentrelated costs (Senkyrikova et al., 2013). Such negative trends have been observed in Acinetobacter baumannii which is responsible for a variety of nosocomial infections, including bacteraemia, urinary tract infections, diabetic ulcers, pneumonia, especially in mechanically ventilated patients and intravenous devices infections; with mortality rates range from 19% to 54 % (Eveillard et al., 2010). ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 3 Number 4 (2014) pp. 732-744 http://www.ijcmas.com