Infektološki glasnik, Vol. 32 No. 2, 2012.
Pregledni rad
Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MRAB) – ten years after the onset of these isolates in Croatia
Ivana Goić-Barišić
; KBC Split, Klinički zavod za mikrobiologiju, Split, Hrvatska
Sažetak
leading nosocomial pathogens throughout the world. In a prevalence study of infections in intensive care units conducted among 75 countries of the five continents, this microorganism was found to be the fifth most common pathogen. This is partly due to its intrinsic aptitude to persist in the hospital setting and acquire multiple resistance mechanisms, with many infections concentrated in intensive care, burns or high dependency units treating severely ill or debilitated patients receiving mechanical ventilation. While we know a great deal about the mechanisms responsible for antimicrobial resistance in this microorganism we see ourselves unable to stop it. This problem continues to escalate in several largest Croatian hospitals reporting outbreaks caused by multidrug-resistant A. baumannii (MRAB).
Ključne riječi
Acinetobacter baumannii; multidrug-resistance; nosocomial infections
Hrčak ID:
98101
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.9.2012.
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