[Focus on Acinetobacter baumannii].

Name: [Focus on Acinetobacter baumannii].
Creator: M L, Joly-Guillou
Keywords: Cross Infection, Intensive Care Units, Acinetobacter, Carbapenems, Humans, Drug Resistance, Multiple, 3. Good health, Acinetobacter Infections, Disease Outbreaks

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 05 Jan 2000 French Journal:Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983), volume 28 Suppl 3 (issn: 0755-4982,

Authors: M L, Joly-Guillou;

pmid: 10605464

[Focus on Acinetobacter baumannii].

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Acinetobacter baumannii carbapeneme-resistance is a serious problem due to the difficulty encountered in treating patients infected with this type of multiresistant bacteria. Several teams have detailed the resistance mechanisms and the way this type of strain spreads around the world. Different factors (plasmid transmission, strain variability) suggest that this type of resistance can diffuse and tends to increase with time. A NEW STRAIN: An outbreak of 15 colonizations with Acinetobacter baumannii, a BLSE producing a type PER-1 enzyme, was described in a neurosurgery intensive care unit in Great Britain. This type of strain has been exception to data and this outbreak emphasizes the problems encountered in controlling the epidemic.

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Hôpital Louis-Mourier
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Cross Infection, Intensive Care Units, Acinetobacter, Carbapenems, Humans, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Acinetobacter Infections, Disease Outbreaks

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