Extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolated in a university hospital: Role of inter-hospital transmission | Zendy

Gonzalo M. Rivera | Zendy; Juan Francisco Bulnes | Zendy; Claudia Castillo | Zendy; M. Cristina Ajenjo | Zendy; Patricia García | Zendy; Jaime Labarca | Zendy

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Extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolated in a university hospital: Role of inter-hospital transmission

Author(s) -

Gonzalo M. Rivera,

Juan Francisco Bulnes,

Claudia Castillo,

M. Cristina Ajenjo,

Patricia García,

Jaime Labarca

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.6713

Subject(s) - acinetobacter baumannii , medicine , multiple drug resistance , intensive care unit , isolation (microbiology) , transmission (telecommunications) , drug resistance , observational study , university hospital , emergency medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , biology , bacteria , genetics , electrical engineering , engineering

Acinetobacter baumannii causes severe infections that primarily affect intensive care unit (ICU) patients. It has a high prevalence of multidrug resistance, including carbapenems, and a high potential for intra-hospital and inter-hospital transmission. The aim of this study was to determine the origin of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) A. baumannii isolates in our hospital during 2009.

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