Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clones persist on hospital inanimate surfaces

Publication date: Available online 25 September 2018Source: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious DiseasesAuthor(s): Igor Vasconcelos Rocha, Danilo Elias Xavier, Karoline Rissele Henrique de Almeida, Sibele Ribeiro de Oliveira, Nilma Cintra LealAbstractAcinetobacter baumannii is one of the most frequent Gram-negative opportunistic pathogens associated with hospital-acquired infection worldwide. We briefly describe A. baumannii isolates that were recovered from surrounding ICU bed surfaces, exhibiting multidrug resistance phenotype and belonging to some widely spread clonal complexes of clinical A. baumannii isolates.
Source: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research