BACKGROUND Acinetobacter species such as Acinetobacter baumanii are of increasing concern in association with ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP). In the ICU, Acinetobacter infections are known to be subject to seasonal variation but the extent of geographic variation is unclear. The objective here is to define the extent and possible reasons for geographic variation for Acinetobacter associa...

Problem statement: Multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter bacterium is one of the major causes of sepsis in ICUs in tertiary care hospitals in India. In this report we describe the antibiotic sensitivity patterns of Acinetobacter species isolated from blood over a one year period at a tertiary care hospital. Approach: We retrospectively analyzed the sensitivity pattern of Acinetobacter species isol...

Nosocomial infection, in particular pneumonia, is an important risk factor for hospital mortality and morbidity. Acinetobacter baumanii is a common multi-resistant microorganism responsible of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP). Currently Colistin is a rescue therapy for this pathogen. The purpose of this retrospective study is to compare the outcome of VAP caused by Acinetobacter baumanii a...

background: during recent years, infection of acinetobacter baumanii showed a rapid growth in hospitals and community. toll-like receptors (tlrs) are the most important pattern recognition receptors, which play a critical role during recognizing invading pathogens by the natural immune system. our objective was to determine the associations of tlrs polymorphisms with the susceptibility to a. ba...

background and objectives: the frequency of multi-drug resistant acinetobacter spp . infections is increasing in iran. considering availability of limited therapeutic options, clinical response and outcome of ventilator-associated pneumonia due to multi-drug resistant a.baumannii were evaluated in critically ill patients. materials and methods: in this prospective study, 29 patients with carbap...

BACKGROUND This study evaluates the bacterial pathogens of Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in a tertiary referral hospital. METHODS A total of 109 bacterial pathogens from 91 adult patients with VAP, who were admitted to the medical intensive care unit from January 2008 to December 2009, were examined. Clinical characteristics, bacterial pathogens, and resistance profiles were analyzed....

Nosocomial infections are known for the severity of the clinical symptoms and the reserved prognosis due to the involvement of multidrugresistant germs, most of which are frequently identifi ed as Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, E coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae extended-spectrum β-lactamase production (ESBL +); during the past two decades we have witnessed an alarming increase in th...

INTRODUCTION Acinetobacter baumanii is a Gram-negative coccobacillus that is normally a commensal pathogen but can be a nosocomial pathogen. An epidemiologic study was performed to investigate an outbreak of A baumanii that occurred in our medical intensive care unit (MICU) from March to September 1995. METHODS A case-control study was performed by retrospective chart review, comparing case p...