Background Acinetobacter baumanii （A. baumanii ） remains an important microbial pathogen resulting in nosocomialacquired infections with significant morbidity and mortality. The mechanism by which nosocomial bacteri...Background Acinetobacter baumanii （A. baumanii ） remains an important microbial pathogen resulting in nosocomialacquired infections with significant morbidity and mortality. The mechanism by which nosocomial bacteria, like A. baumanii, attain multidrug resistance to antibiotics is of considerable interest. The aim in this study was to investigate the spread status of antibiotic resistance genes, such as multiple 13-1actamase genes and aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme genes, from A. baumanii strains isolated from patients with lower respiratory tract infections （LRTIs）. Methods Two thousand six hundred and ninety-eight sputum or the bronchoalveolar lavage samples from inpatients with LRTIs were collected in 21 hospitals in the mainland of China from November 2007 to February 2009. All samples were routinely inoculated. The isolated bacterial strains and their susceptibility were analyzed via VITEK-2 expert system. Several kinds of antibiotic resistant genes were further differentiated via polymerase chain reaction and sequencing methods. Results Totally, 39 A. baumanii strains were isolated from 2698 sputum or bronchoalveolar lavage samples. There was not only a high resistant rate of the isolated A. baumanfi strains to ampicillin and first- and second-generation cephalosporins （94.87%, 100% and 97.44%, respectively）, but also to the third-generation cephalosporins （ceftriaxone at 92.31%, ceftazidine at 51.28%） and imipenem （43.59%） as well. The lowest antibiotic resistance rate of 20.51% was found to amikacin. The OXA-23 gene was identified in 17 strains of A. baumanii, and the AmpC gene in 23 strains. The TEM-1 gene was carried in 15 strains. PER-1 and SHV-2 genes were detected in two different strains. Aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme gene aac-3-1a was found in 23 strains, and the aac-6＂lb gene in 19 strains, aac-3-1a and aac-6＂lb genes hibernated in three A. baumanfi strains that showed no drug-resistant phenotype. Conclusions A. baumanii can carry multiple drug-resistant genes at the sam展开更多
Rationale: Acinetobacter radioresistens is a non-fermentative Gram-negative coccobacillus that is environmentally ubiquitous and is an uncommon cause of pneumonia in an immunocompetent patient with no known chronic me...Rationale: Acinetobacter radioresistens is a non-fermentative Gram-negative coccobacillus that is environmentally ubiquitous and is an uncommon cause of pneumonia in an immunocompetent patient with no known chronic medical illness. Patient concerns: A middle-aged Asian male with a smoking history presented with fever and cough. Physical examination was unremarkable. Chest imaging was consistent with pulmonary parenchymal infection and blood culture grew Acinetobacter radioresistens. Diagnosis: Community acquired pneumonia with Acinetobacter radioresistens bacteremia.Interventions: The patient received a combination of intravenous and oral ampicillinsulbactam over 2 weeks.Outcomes: Repeat blood cultures showed resolution of bacteremia. Completion of antimicrobial treatment saw resolution of respiratory symptoms and radiological pneumonic changes. Lessons: Acinetobacter radioresistens causing community-acquired pneumonia in an immunocompetent host has never been described before. It may be a novel emerging infectious agent in pulmonary infections. Its clinical course in this immunocompetent patient appears to be relatively benign.展开更多
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumanii (A. baumanii) caused hospital acquired infection, typically in critical-ill patients with medical devices. This is a retrospective descriptive study on epidemiology and...Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumanii (A. baumanii) caused hospital acquired infection, typically in critical-ill patients with medical devices. This is a retrospective descriptive study on epidemiology and microbiology data to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of MDR-Acinetobacter baumanii isolates from a teaching hospital in Tangerang, Indonesia from Januari 2013 to December 2014. A total of 84 A. baumanii were collected. Patients suffering from respiratory tract infection had the highest number (41.7%) of A. baumanii isolate. There were 39 (46.6%) patients admitted in critical care. A. baumanii isolates in this study mostly were multidrug-resistant organisms with low susceptibility level to 11 antibiotic tested, 44% - 69% in 2013 and 26% - 67% in 2014. A high susceptibility level was observed to amikacin (80% and 79% in 2013, 2014 consecutively) and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (73% and 72% in 2013, 2014 consecutively). A. baumanii is a hospital acquired pathogen in critically-ill patients. The susceptibility pattern of this study result showed MDR organism. There was a sharp decrease of susceptibility in all antibiotics studied from 2013 to 2014 except amikacin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.展开更多
Acinetobacter baumanii is an opportunistic pathogen known to cause hospital acquired infection presenting with varying clinical feature from simply to much more severe manifestation. More importantly, widely improper ...Acinetobacter baumanii is an opportunistic pathogen known to cause hospital acquired infection presenting with varying clinical feature from simply to much more severe manifestation. More importantly, widely improper and overuse of antibiotics consumption have caused an endemic of multidrug-resistant-Acinetobacter baumanii leading to prolonged hospital stay and poorer prognosis for intensive care patients. A descriptive study of pre- and post-education was conducted at an intensive care setting in Indonesia. The microbiology data were collected to evaluate the benefit of education on hand hygiene and management of antibiotic use to reduce the number of MDR-Acinetobacter baumanii infection. Based on the result of previous local susceptibility patterns, Cefoperazone/Sulbactam and Amikacin are favored as the empirical therapy. Chi-square analysis shows the significant reduction of Acinetobacter baumanii cases from 70.8% (17/24) to 38% (3/8) with P-value 0.006. Similarly, the susceptibility rate significantly increased, from 21% to 100% to Amikacin;from 5% to 89% to Piperacillin/Tazobactam, and from 42% to 89% to Meropenem. Education improving around hand hygiene, appropriate antibiotic prescribing following local hospital guidelines and the result of antibiotic susceptibility has been shown to reduce the transmission of MDR-Acinetobacter baumanii in the intensive care in our unit within this Indonesian hospital.展开更多
In this work, the authors aimed to detect the clonal relatedness of the isolated imipenem-susceptible and non-susceptible Acenitobacter baumanii. This study was conducted from September 2008 through August 2009 in Abo...In this work, the authors aimed to detect the clonal relatedness of the isolated imipenem-susceptible and non-susceptible Acenitobacter baumanii. This study was conducted from September 2008 through August 2009 in Aboelreech-Elmounira paediatric-Cairo University-teaching hospital in Egypt. All the isolated acenitobacter species were identified by standard laboratory procedures. The clonal relationship of the A. baumanii （the most common detected clinical type） was studied by biotyping and AST and then confirmed using rep-PCR with primers aimed at repetitive extragenic palindromic sequences and enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequences. A total of 100 A. baumanii isolates out of 104 acenitobacter species were recovered from different clinical samples. Sixty two percent of the isolates were resistant to imipenem. The resulting rep-PCR patterns oftheA, baumanii strains revealed 8 clones, 3 clones found in the imipenem resistant group, and 5 clones in imipenem sensitive group with statistically significant clonal distribution in both groups （P-value 0.00）. Clonality was proved in imipenem resistant group with an alarming predominance of clone 1 representing 80.6% of IMP-R isolates. In accordance the prevalence of resistant acenitobacter strains seems to be correlated with inappropriate antibiotic use. These results call for strict compliance of coordinated strategy of infection control measures and judicious use of antimicrobials which is likely to effectively deal with this serious public health issue.展开更多
文摘Background Acinetobacter baumanii （A. baumanii ） remains an important microbial pathogen resulting in nosocomialacquired infections with significant morbidity and mortality. The mechanism by which nosocomial bacteria, like A. baumanii, attain multidrug resistance to antibiotics is of considerable interest. The aim in this study was to investigate the spread status of antibiotic resistance genes, such as multiple 13-1actamase genes and aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme genes, from A. baumanii strains isolated from patients with lower respiratory tract infections （LRTIs）. Methods Two thousand six hundred and ninety-eight sputum or the bronchoalveolar lavage samples from inpatients with LRTIs were collected in 21 hospitals in the mainland of China from November 2007 to February 2009. All samples were routinely inoculated. The isolated bacterial strains and their susceptibility were analyzed via VITEK-2 expert system. Several kinds of antibiotic resistant genes were further differentiated via polymerase chain reaction and sequencing methods. Results Totally, 39 A. baumanii strains were isolated from 2698 sputum or bronchoalveolar lavage samples. There was not only a high resistant rate of the isolated A. baumanfi strains to ampicillin and first- and second-generation cephalosporins （94.87%, 100% and 97.44%, respectively）, but also to the third-generation cephalosporins （ceftriaxone at 92.31%, ceftazidine at 51.28%） and imipenem （43.59%） as well. The lowest antibiotic resistance rate of 20.51% was found to amikacin. The OXA-23 gene was identified in 17 strains of A. baumanii, and the AmpC gene in 23 strains. The TEM-1 gene was carried in 15 strains. PER-1 and SHV-2 genes were detected in two different strains. Aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme gene aac-3-1a was found in 23 strains, and the aac-6＂lb gene in 19 strains, aac-3-1a and aac-6＂lb genes hibernated in three A. baumanfi strains that showed no drug-resistant phenotype. Conclusions A. baumanii can carry multiple drug-resistant genes at the sam
文摘Rationale: Acinetobacter radioresistens is a non-fermentative Gram-negative coccobacillus that is environmentally ubiquitous and is an uncommon cause of pneumonia in an immunocompetent patient with no known chronic medical illness. Patient concerns: A middle-aged Asian male with a smoking history presented with fever and cough. Physical examination was unremarkable. Chest imaging was consistent with pulmonary parenchymal infection and blood culture grew Acinetobacter radioresistens. Diagnosis: Community acquired pneumonia with Acinetobacter radioresistens bacteremia.Interventions: The patient received a combination of intravenous and oral ampicillinsulbactam over 2 weeks.Outcomes: Repeat blood cultures showed resolution of bacteremia. Completion of antimicrobial treatment saw resolution of respiratory symptoms and radiological pneumonic changes. Lessons: Acinetobacter radioresistens causing community-acquired pneumonia in an immunocompetent host has never been described before. It may be a novel emerging infectious agent in pulmonary infections. Its clinical course in this immunocompetent patient appears to be relatively benign.
文摘Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumanii (A. baumanii) caused hospital acquired infection, typically in critical-ill patients with medical devices. This is a retrospective descriptive study on epidemiology and microbiology data to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of MDR-Acinetobacter baumanii isolates from a teaching hospital in Tangerang, Indonesia from Januari 2013 to December 2014. A total of 84 A. baumanii were collected. Patients suffering from respiratory tract infection had the highest number (41.7%) of A. baumanii isolate. There were 39 (46.6%) patients admitted in critical care. A. baumanii isolates in this study mostly were multidrug-resistant organisms with low susceptibility level to 11 antibiotic tested, 44% - 69% in 2013 and 26% - 67% in 2014. A high susceptibility level was observed to amikacin (80% and 79% in 2013, 2014 consecutively) and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (73% and 72% in 2013, 2014 consecutively). A. baumanii is a hospital acquired pathogen in critically-ill patients. The susceptibility pattern of this study result showed MDR organism. There was a sharp decrease of susceptibility in all antibiotics studied from 2013 to 2014 except amikacin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
文摘Acinetobacter baumanii is an opportunistic pathogen known to cause hospital acquired infection presenting with varying clinical feature from simply to much more severe manifestation. More importantly, widely improper and overuse of antibiotics consumption have caused an endemic of multidrug-resistant-Acinetobacter baumanii leading to prolonged hospital stay and poorer prognosis for intensive care patients. A descriptive study of pre- and post-education was conducted at an intensive care setting in Indonesia. The microbiology data were collected to evaluate the benefit of education on hand hygiene and management of antibiotic use to reduce the number of MDR-Acinetobacter baumanii infection. Based on the result of previous local susceptibility patterns, Cefoperazone/Sulbactam and Amikacin are favored as the empirical therapy. Chi-square analysis shows the significant reduction of Acinetobacter baumanii cases from 70.8% (17/24) to 38% (3/8) with P-value 0.006. Similarly, the susceptibility rate significantly increased, from 21% to 100% to Amikacin;from 5% to 89% to Piperacillin/Tazobactam, and from 42% to 89% to Meropenem. Education improving around hand hygiene, appropriate antibiotic prescribing following local hospital guidelines and the result of antibiotic susceptibility has been shown to reduce the transmission of MDR-Acinetobacter baumanii in the intensive care in our unit within this Indonesian hospital.
文摘In this work, the authors aimed to detect the clonal relatedness of the isolated imipenem-susceptible and non-susceptible Acenitobacter baumanii. This study was conducted from September 2008 through August 2009 in Aboelreech-Elmounira paediatric-Cairo University-teaching hospital in Egypt. All the isolated acenitobacter species were identified by standard laboratory procedures. The clonal relationship of the A. baumanii （the most common detected clinical type） was studied by biotyping and AST and then confirmed using rep-PCR with primers aimed at repetitive extragenic palindromic sequences and enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequences. A total of 100 A. baumanii isolates out of 104 acenitobacter species were recovered from different clinical samples. Sixty two percent of the isolates were resistant to imipenem. The resulting rep-PCR patterns oftheA, baumanii strains revealed 8 clones, 3 clones found in the imipenem resistant group, and 5 clones in imipenem sensitive group with statistically significant clonal distribution in both groups （P-value 0.00）. Clonality was proved in imipenem resistant group with an alarming predominance of clone 1 representing 80.6% of IMP-R isolates. In accordance the prevalence of resistant acenitobacter strains seems to be correlated with inappropriate antibiotic use. These results call for strict compliance of coordinated strategy of infection control measures and judicious use of antimicrobials which is likely to effectively deal with this serious public health issue.
