Prevalence of infections with antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in different clinical samples from hospitals in Erbil

Abstract

is one of the important pathogen causing nosocomial infections. This pathogen is Acinetobacter baumannii resistant-Drug rbidity. The aim of the study becoming resistant to a large group of antimicrobial agents, leading to a high rate of mortality and mo isolates from different clinical samples and analyze its antibiotic obacter baumannii Acinet the prevalence of to determine was. During the period of study from November 2016 to December 2017, different rofiles, and pathogenic perspective susceptibility p swab, burn, sputum and blood) obtained from patients hospitalized in Par private clinical specimens including (urine, wound A. hospital and Rizgari teaching hospital in Erbil city. Conventional microbiological methods were used for identification of performed by the method commended by the Clinical Laboratory and Standards. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was baumannii nosocomial infection was increasing especially in patients with risk factors, the current study baumannii A. Institute (CLSI). baumannii A. countered 20 (51.3%) followed by others. The prevalence of showed that sputum isolates are the most frequently en 3 25 1 1 14 12 3 T ce, most of the isolates even non susceptible to carbapenems with the revealed that there was an increase in antimicrobial resistan drug-exception of colistin that had an effective rule in comparison with the others. The study showed that the incidence of multi A. nce in A. baumannii to carbapenems was rising. Most isolates of was high and the rate of resista A. baumannii resistance resistance against antibiotics.-were multi baumannii

Effects of Subminimal Inhibitory Concentrations of Chlorhexidine on the Chlorhexidine Resistance and Biofilm Formation in Clinical Drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates

“…In the current study the main source of Acinetobacter baumannii was sputum 32 (52.46%), the second main source was blood specimens 10 (16.39%), wound swab 8 (13.11%), urine 4 (6.56%), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 3 (4.92%), central venous line (CV line) 2 (3.28%), and Pleural fluid 2 (3.28%) respectively were also sources for Acinetobacter baumannii. These results are consistent with finding of similar study in Erbil /Iraq, (Smai, 2020), who showed the most common isolates were detected in sputum 20 (51.3%). In contrast, other study conducted in Baghdad/Iraq, showed the most Acinetobacter baumannii isolates collected from burns (36.5%) and surgical wounds (34.1%) (Sehree et al, 2021).…”