Acinetobacter baumannii infections in children

Benedictis, Fernando Maria de; Osimani, Patrizia; Gabriele, Carmelo

doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(10)70030-x

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“…Moreover, A. baumannii has evolved from a nosocomial bacterium that primarily affects immunocompromised patients in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) into a pathogen capable of infecting children, neonates, patients with diabetes mellitus and older adults in community hospitals and nursing homes [4,5]. Furthermore, A. baumannii can also spread from adult patients in the ICU to other hospital wards via direct person-to-person (contact) transmission involving an infected patient, a staff member or noninfected patients across a hospital system.…”

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Acinetobacter baumannii Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Mexico over the Past 13 Years

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Background:Acinetobacter baumannii has evolved from an opportunistic pathogen into a common and persistent nosocomial bacterium capable of causing severe infections during endemic and epidemic periods. Methods: The study period extended from January 1999 to December 2011 and involved patients hospitalized at the Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Fray Antonio Alcalde, Jalisco, Mexico. From each patient, a single isolate was obtained, and a total of 3,680 unique isolates were collected. Susceptibility tests were performed according to the guidelines of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. Results:A. baumannii has disseminated throughout the Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Fray Antonio Alcalde, since 1999. A. baumannii isolates obtained from patients treated in the adult intensive care unit represent the majority of the isolates that have been collected. In addition, A. baumannii was isolated from the adult neurosurgical ward and the adult internal medicine ward, and these isolates were frequently obtained from secretions. A persistent decrease in the susceptibility of A. baumannii isolates to meropenem (92% in 1999 to 12% in 2011), imipenem and amikacin has been observed. Conclusions:A. baumannii became an endemic nosocomial pathogen during the study period at the Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Fray Antonio Alcalde, and has exhibited a persistent decrease in susceptibility to all categories of antimicrobial agents over the past 13 years.

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