Acinetobacter infections: a retrospective study to determine inhospital mortality rate and clinical factors associated with mortality [PDF]
Infection Prevention in Practice, 2019 Summary: A retrospective case series of acinetobacter infections at a tertiary hospital in Nairobi was conducted to determine the mortality rate and factors associated with mortality.
R.V. Patel +4 more
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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcome of Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter Infections in a Community Hospital in Madinah, Saudi Arabia [PDF]
Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical SciencesBackground Acinetobacter is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes nosocomial infections, increasing healthcare costs, patient morbidity, and mortality.
Zied Gaifer +5 more
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Clinical Reflections of Acinetobacter Infections in Children in a Quaternary-Care Hospital: A Five-Year Single-Center Experience [PDF]
Turkish Archives of PediatricsObjective: This study aimed to determine the epidemiology of Acinetobacter species in the last 5 years, the clinical diseases caused by the pathogen, the possible risk factors for infection, and the resistance pattern of the microorganism in our ...
Ayşegül Elvan-Tüz +8 more
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Human neutrophils phagocytose and kill Acinetobacter baumannii and A. pittii [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Acinetobacter baumannii is a common cause of health care associated infections worldwide. A. pittii is an opportunistic pathogen also frequently isolated from Acinetobacter infections other than those from A. baumannii.
María Lázaro-Díez +12 more
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Metagenomic sequencing diagnosed the acinetobacter gyllenbergii ventriculitis: one case report
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2021 doi：10.3969/j.issn.1672⁃6731.2021.12 ...
WANG Di +5 more
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Characterization of newly isolated lytic bacteriophages active against Acinetobacter baumannii [PDF]
, 2014 Based on genotyping and host range, two newly isolated lytic bacteriophages, myovirus vB_AbaM_Acibel004 and podovirus vB_AbaP_Acibel007, active against Acinetobacter baumannii clinical strains, were selected from a new phage library for further ...
De Vos, Daniel +9 more
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Clinical and Antimicrobial profile of Acinetobacter Species at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2022 Acinetobacter infection with multidrug resistant strains is an emerging infection of global concern as it leads to serious disease. They are also important pathogens causing hospital acquired infections. Information on the prevalence, spectrum of illness
R. Bindu Madhavi, D. Anitha, P.M. Beena
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Sequencing Analysis of cvaC Gene in Acinetobacter Baumannii That Isolates from Different Infections [PDF]
Journal of Applied Sciences and Nanotechnology, 2021 Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the opportunistic nurses responsible for many acquired infections in hospitals due to its ability to resist many antibiotics. This is one of the problems facing hospitals in the world. Identification of the cvaC gene and
Rana Abdullah, Rasha Ahmed
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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Occurrence of ESKAPE Bacteria Group in Dogs, and the Related Zoonotic Risk in Animal-Assisted Therapy, and in Animal-Assisted Activity in the Health Context [PDF]
, 2020 Animal-assisted interventions are widely implemented in different contexts worldwide. Particularly, animal-assisted therapies and animal-assisted activities are often implemented in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and other health facilities.
Fioretti, Alessandro +3 more
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Investigating bacteriophages targeting the opportunistic pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii [PDF]
, 2020 The multi-drug resistance of the opportunistic pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii is of growing concern, with many clinical isolates proving to be resistant to last resort as well as front line antibiotic treatments.
Christie, Gabrielle S. +10 more
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