Acinetobacter baumannii

Acinetobacter baumannii is a gram negative coccobacilli bacteria. It is an aerobic Glucose non-fermentative and oxidase negative. This bacterium is able to avoid desiccation for more than 30 days. It can be Opportunistic pathogen in human and It is commonly isolated from the hospital environment and hospitalized patients causing nosocomial infection [1]. This bacterium is responsible for causing several diseases in human such as pneumonia, urinary tract infection, Meningitis, wound infection, and blood infection [2]. Many classes of antibiotics such as Aminoglycosides, Carbapenems, Macrolides, and Penicillins are used to treat these infections. However, A. baumannii known as Multidrug resistant Actinobacter baumannii (MRAB) which gives…

surgical site infections following Coronary Artery Bypass Graphing (CABGs) reduced down to zero at Barnes-Jewish, and with some exceptions, has remained at zero for multiple months at a time” (qtd. in ihi) Other countries have adopted the zero infection compliance measures such as the notable work to defeat Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs). HAI awareness and prevention is evident internationally in Canada, the UK, Japan, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Brazils. In…

aureus), Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, klebsiella pneumonia , Escherichia coli ( E.coli), Enterococcus, Burkholderia, Enterobacter, Proteus, coagulase negative staphylococci ( S.epidermidis, S. saprophytic). Although most of gram–ve bacilli can’t remain in dry surfaces and sensitive to common disinfectant, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumonia considered as the most common bacterial pathogens of…

The rapid global emergence of a baumannii strains resistant to multiple antibiotics has increased the threat to health care systems…

aspiration samples were collected and cultivated. The identification of the isolates were performed by using VITEK-2 automated system. Antibiotic susceptibilities were determined by the disc diffusion method according to The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute criteria. Results: From a total of 359 patients, who were required invasive ventilation for longer than 48 hours and hospitalised in the ICU, VAP was determined in 16 cases. VUR was 65%, VAP ratio was 4.5% and the rate of VAP was…

clearance. Airway mucus accumulates within the lungs, contributing to destabilize the respiratory system that lead to cause pneumonia infection. Studies have also suggests that the bacteria often found colonizing through the ETT or around the cuff, combined with the microorganisms that lie within the polyvinylchloride surface of the ETT forms a biofilm, creating an increase the risk of pathogens being detached from the endotracheal tube and disseminate into the lungs during mechanical…

pathogens that are currently causing the majority of infections and are resistant to current antibiotics are Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter…

ESKAPE pathogens are six organisms that bring a huge threat to human, because they are drug-resistance. Scientists have not found antibiotics that are effective since the pathogens are multi-drug resistance. Multi-drug resistance is top three on global public health that are mostly caused by nosocomial infections (hospital-acquired infection caused by bacteria, fungal and viral, parasites and other pathogens). The six pathogens are Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella…

Beach states in her article, “studies show that over 30 billion tones of urban sewage are discharged into China’s rivers, lakes, and seas each year, with between 2.7 and 10% receiving no prior treatment”. Sewage in the water can lead to many health problems, and the untreated sewage can contain many waterborne infections and parasitic diseases. Chuanfu Zhang’s article, Higher Isolation of NDM-1 Producing Acinetobacter Baumannii from the Sewage of the Hospitals in Beijing, states; “Discharged…

teicoplanin[3-5]. Active screening and acquirement of test results rapidly can be considered as effective methods to reducing the incidence of VRE-related diseases [6].At present, molecular detection methods are mostly for vanA type and vanB type, without the detection of vanA, vanB, vanM gene simultaneous. All the strains, including 254 VRE strains and 90 non-VRE strains, were collected from hospitals all over China mainland from March 2005 to July 2015.Non-VRE strains are made up of 20 strains…