Non-Fermenting Gram-Negative Bacilli (NFGNB )group includes numerous organisms but the ones which are known to cause nosocomial infections are Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumanii, Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) and Stenotrophomonas maltophila .This study was undertaken to identify the various nonfermenters isolated from patients admitted to our hospital, a tertiary care center, a...

Amaç: Bu çalışmada, 2020 yılı içerisinde hastanemizin yoğun bakım üniteleri ve yataklı servislerinden mikrobiyoloji laboratuvarına gönderilen çeşitli kültür örneklerinden izole edilen gram negatif bakteriler antibiyotik dirençlerinin retrospektif olarak değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.
 Metod: Ocak 2020-Aralık tarihleri arasında servislerden hasta sık Gram çalışmaya dahil edilmiştir. Bakte...

BACKGROUND Nowadays, the treatment of burned patients is difficult because of the high frequency of infection with antibiotic resistance bacteria. OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to evaluate the level of antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria and its relation with the existence of plasmid. MATERIALS AND METHODS The samples were collected from two hundred twenty hospitalized bur...

Background: Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as an important pathogen globally in various infections especially in hospital acquired infections. Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the prevalence, risk factors, and antibiotic resistance pattern of Acinetobacter baumannii from various clinical samples. Materials and Methods: The study included a total of 4269 clinical samples, c...

We present a case report of a 58-year- old woman with subarachnoid haemorrhage complicated by non-communicating hydrocephalus. During the course of her neurosurgical management, she developed external-ventricular drain associated ventriculitis which in turn was complicated by lack of communication between third and fourth ventricles. The causative organism was a fully-sensitive Acinetobacter ba...