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Acinetobacter infections in a tertiary level intensive care unit in northern India: Epidemiology, clinical profiles and outcomes

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2012
Summary: Background: Nosocomial Acinetobacter infections are an increasing concern in intensive care units (ICU). Objectives: To study the demographic and clinical characteristics and the outcomes of ICU patients with Acinetobacter infections.
Ashu Sara Mathai, Aroma Oberoi, Sheeba Madhavan, Parmdeep Kaur   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Efficacy of intravenous tigecycline in patients with Acinetobacter complex infections: results from 14 Phase III and Phase IV clinical trials

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2017
Hal Tucker, Michele Wible, Ashesh Gandhi, Alvaro QuintanaPfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, USABackground: Acinetobacter infections, especially multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter infections, are a global health problem.
Tucker H, Wible M, Gandhi A, Quintana A
doaj   +1 more source

The epidemiology of acinetobacter infections in Hong Kong [PDF]

Journal of Medical Microbiology, 1996
A retrospective survey was conducted of the characteristics of acinetobacter infections in Hong Kong--seasonal and geographic distributions, frequency of isolation from various body sites, antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular epidemiology. Most (80%) isolates of Acinetobacter spp. belonged to DNA groups 2 (A.
Ho, PL, Wong, SSY, Yuen, KY, Luk, WK, Siau, H   +4 more
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Successful treatment of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2007
Background: Acinetobacter baumannii is a major cause of nosocomial infections in many hospitals and appears to have a propensity for developing multiple antimicrobial resistance rapidly.
Suzan Saçar, H. Turgut, D. Hırçın Cenger, E. Coskun, A. Asan, I. Kaleli   +5 more
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Nosocomial and Community-acquired Acinetobacter Infections [PDF]

, 2008
Members of the genus Acinetobacter are involved in a wide spectrum of infections. Although this organism is mainly associated with nosocomial infections, these bacteria have been recently shown involved in community-acquired infection. Over 1,000 published papers refer to “infections by antibiotic resistant acinetobacter in the international literature.
M.L. Joly-Guillou, M. L. Joly-Guillou, Joly-Guillou, Marie-Laure   +2 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
doaj   +1 more source

Treatment ofAcinetobacterInfections [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2010
Acinetobacter baumannii remains an important and difficult-to-treat pathogen whose resistance patterns result in significant challenges for the clinician. Despite the prevalence and interest in A. baumannii infections, there is relatively limited well-controlled scientific data to help the clinician select optimal empirical and subsequent targeted ...
Joel, Fishbain, Anton Y, Peleg
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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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Large increase in bloodstream infections with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter species during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, EU/EEA, 2020 and 2021

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2022
Recent data from the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net) show a large increase of +57% in Acinetobacter species bloodstream infections in the European Union and European Economic Area in the first years of the COVID-19 ...
P. Kinross, C. Gagliotti, H. Merk, D. Plachouras, D. Monnet, L. Högberg, R. Strauss, K. Mertens, Stefana Sabtcheva, A. Andrašević, Panagiota Maikanti, H. Žemličková, H. Hasman, M. Ivanova, Kati Räisänen, S. Maugat, I. Noll, K. Mellou, Á. Tóth, K. Helgason, S. Murchan, G. Errico, Ieva Voita, Esther Walser-Domjan, Jolanta Miciuleviciene, M. Perrin, E. Scicluna, S. H. Woudt, Ø. Samuelsen, D. Żabicka, M. Caniça, G. Popescu, Eva Schréterová, H. Ribič, Maria Belén Aracil García, H. Billström   +35 more
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Risk Factors For Nosocomial Pan Drug Resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii Infections

Acta Medica Alanya, 2019
Aim: Acinetobacter baumannii is an important nosocomial pathogen. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors and mortality of nosocomial infections caused by pan drug resistant (PDR) Acinetobacter baumannii and to characterize their effects ...
Havva Tünay, Tuna Demi̇rdal, Neşe Demi̇rtürk   +2 more
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