Nosocomial Acinetobacter Infections
The number of nosocomial infections caused by Acinetobacter spp. has increased in recent years. In this study, we evaluated 80 patients (male 70% and, mean age of all patients 38.8 ± 12) with nosocomial acinetobacter infections. Fifty three (66.3%) of 80 strains identified by Sceptor were found to b...
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doaj-614fe587a7a04561909c5815ba8ffe222020-11-25T00:20:27ZengBilimsel Tip YayineviFlora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi1300-932X1300-932X1999-09-0143170176Nosocomial Acinetobacter InfectionsYeşim TAŞOVA0Akgün YAMAN1Neşe SALTOĞLU2Gürkan YILMAZ3Oğuz KARA4İsmail H. DÜNDAR5Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Klinik Mikrobiyoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı,Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Merkez Laboratuvarı,Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Klinik Mikrobiyoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı,Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Klinik Mikrobiyoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı,Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, ADANAÇukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Klinik Mikrobiyoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı,The number of nosocomial infections caused by Acinetobacter spp. has increased in recent years. In this study, we evaluated 80 patients (male 70% and, mean age of all patients 38.8 ± 12) with nosocomial acinetobacter infections. Fifty three (66.3%) of 80 strains identified by Sceptor were found to be as Acinetobacter baumannii and 27 (33.7%) strains to be as A. lwoffii. All Acinetobacter spp. were multidrug resistant. Quinolone and carbapenem resistance were 60.4% and 15.1% for A. baumannii, and 44.4% and 22.2% for A. lwoffii, respectively. Nosocomial Acinetobacter infections occurred after a mean (± SD) hospitalization of 14 ± 8.8 days. Most of infections (61.3%) were acquired in an intensive care and oncology ward. Of all patients, 76 (95%) had multiple risk factors. Nosocomial infections were as follows: pneumonia in 32 (40.8%), urinary tract infection in 16 (20%), wound infection in 14 (17.5%), bacteremia in 8 (10%), meningitis in 5 (6.3%), catheter infection in 3 (3.8%) and peritonitis in 2 (2.5%) of the patients. Acinetobacter infections caused or contributed to death of 13 (16.3%) patients.http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=1999-4-3-170-176.pdfNosocomial infectionsAcinetobacter species |
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Yeşim TAŞOVA Akgün YAMAN Neşe SALTOĞLU Gürkan YILMAZ Oğuz KARA İsmail H. DÜNDAR Nosocomial Acinetobacter Infections Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi Nosocomial infections Acinetobacter species |
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Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi |
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Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi |
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The number of nosocomial infections caused by Acinetobacter spp. has increased in recent years. In this study, we evaluated 80 patients (male 70% and, mean age of all patients 38.8 ± 12) with nosocomial acinetobacter infections. Fifty three (66.3%) of 80 strains identified by Sceptor were found to be as Acinetobacter baumannii and 27 (33.7%) strains to be as A. lwoffii. All Acinetobacter spp. were multidrug resistant. Quinolone and carbapenem resistance were 60.4% and 15.1% for A. baumannii, and 44.4% and 22.2% for A. lwoffii, respectively. Nosocomial Acinetobacter infections occurred after a mean (± SD) hospitalization of 14 ± 8.8 days. Most of infections (61.3%) were acquired in an intensive care and oncology ward. Of all patients, 76 (95%) had multiple risk factors. Nosocomial infections were as follows: pneumonia in 32 (40.8%), urinary tract infection in 16 (20%), wound infection in 14 (17.5%), bacteremia in 8 (10%), meningitis in 5 (6.3%), catheter infection in 3 (3.8%) and peritonitis in 2 (2.5%) of the patients. Acinetobacter infections caused or contributed to death of 13 (16.3%) patients. |
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