Author/Authors :
Fazeli, Hossein Departments of Microbiology - Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan , Motallebi Rad, Tahere Departments of Microbiology - Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan , Nasr Esfahani, Bahram Departments of Microbiology - Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan , Pourdad, Arezoo Department of Infection Control - Al-Zahra Hospital - Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan , Akbari, Mojtaba Faculty of Medicine - Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan
Abstract :
Acinetobacter spp. have emerged as an important cause of
Health care Associated Infection in recent years. There are
complications in the infection control and treatment of
patients who were infected with Acinetobacter spp. because
of the extraordinary ability of this bacterium to survive
in environment for long periods and its propensity to
acquire multiple antibiotic resistance mechanisms.[1] This
cross-sectional study was performed for determination
prevalence of clinical isolates of Acinetobacter spp.,
antibiotic resistance pa ern and risk factors associated
with acquisition of colonization/infection with extensively
drug resistant (XDR) Acinetobacter spp. in the specialty
teaching hospital, in Isfahan, Iran.
Keywords :
Risk , spp , XDR , hospitalized
