Acinetobacter Spp. – Pathogenic Role and Resistance to Antibiotics
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Acinetobacter species represent an important cause of nosocomial infections, producing urinary tract infections, pneumonia, endocarditis, wound infections, septicemia, meningitis. Acinetobacter were more frequent implicated in wounds infections (50.9%) and respiratory infections (20.4%). The infections prevalence was bigger in the Orthopedy (19.4%), Intensive Care Unit (18.5%) and Plastic Surgery (14.8%) departments. Most of the isolated strains have belonged to the A. baumannii species (87%). Other Acinetobacter species that have been isolated during the study period were Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (11.14%), Acinetobacter haemolyticus (0.93%) and Acinetobacter lwoffii (0.93%). We obtained high percentages of resistent strains for all the tested antimicrobials, except carbapenems.
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