Fulminating septicemia due to persistent pan-resistant community-acquired metallo-β-lactamase (IMP-1)-positive Acinetobacter baumannii | Zendy

Suresh G. Joshi | Zendy; NilimaV Telang | Zendy; MeenakshiG Satpute | Zendy; PrashantK. Dhakephalkar | Zendy; KrishnaB Niphadkar | Zendy

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Fulminating septicemia due to persistent pan-resistant community-acquired metallo-β-lactamase (IMP-1)-positive Acinetobacter baumannii

Author(s) -

Suresh G. Joshi,

NilimaV Telang,

MeenakshiG Satpute,

PrashantK. Dhakephalkar,

KrishnaB Niphadkar

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

indian journal of pathology and microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 0974-5130

pISSN - 0377-4929

DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.77397

Subject(s) - acinetobacter baumannii , colistin , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , drug resistance , antibiotics , bacteria , pseudomonas aeruginosa , genetics

Acinetobacter baumannii is considered as an emerging nosocomial pathogen and is renowned for its multi-drug resistance. We report a case of community-acquired pan-resistant A. baumannii caused fulminating septicemia. The treatment failure led to death. The A. baumannii strain isolated from blood, pus, urine and tracheal aspirate was confirmed by 16S r-RNA sequence homology and found positive for metallo-β-lactamase IMP-1, and was found to be a strong biofilm producer. The isolate was only susceptible (moderately) to colistin.

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