ALLMedicine™ Acinetobacter Center

Jan 14th, 2022 - Results from sampling healthcare surfaces for pathogens are difficult to interpret without understanding the factors that influence pathogen detection. We investigated the recovery of four healthcare-associated pathogens from three common surface ...

Jan 13th, 2022 - A concern of antibiotic use in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the emergence and propagation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). A systematic review was conducted to determine prevalence, pattern, risk factors and consequences of AM...

Jan 11th, 2022 - Objectives: To analyze treatment, clinical outcomes, and predictors of mortality in hospitalized patients with Acinetobacter baumannii infection. Methods: Retrospective cohort study of inpatients with A. baumannii cultures and treatment from 2010-...

Jan 10th, 2022 - Multiply drug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in hospitals and long-term care facilities (LTCFs) of particular concern include meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococcus, multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter spec...

Jan 9th, 2022 - Widespread misuse of antibiotics caused bacterial resistance increasingly become a serious threat. Bacteriophage therapy promises alternative treatment strategies for combatting drug-resistant bacterial infections. In this study, we isolated and c...

Nov 27th, 2019 - The polymyxins are important agents for carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli. The United States Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing breakpoint recommendations for colistin and polymyxin B are that isolates of Pseudomonas aerugi...

Oct 7th, 2015 - Acinetobacter baumannii constitutes a dreadful problem in many ICUs worldwide. The very limited therapeutic options available for these organisms are a matter of great concern. No specific guidelines exist addressing the prevention and management ...

Sep 28th, 2010 - The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) began publishing their series of Elimination Guides in 2007. Since then, 9 Elimination Guides have been developed that cover a range of important infection prevention i...

Dec 9th, 2021 - Infections with antibiotic resistant bacteria cause a significant burden of disease worldwide. Bloodstream infections may arise from a variety of sources, are commonly encountered in clinical practice, and are associated with significant morbidity...

Nov 30th, 2021 - The Gram-negative bacilli organisms Acinetobacter baumannii, Klebsiella spp., Escherichia coli, Enterobacter spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa have become a frequent cause of bloodstream infection and pneumonia in the hospital and other healthcare s...

Aug 3rd, 2021 - Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the ICU, accounting for 25% of the total infections occurring in this setting and 50% of all antibiotic prescriptions in patients who are mechanically v...

Dec 22nd, 2020 - Infections caused by resistant gram-negative bacteria are becoming increasingly prevalent and now constitute a serious threat to public health worldwide because they are difficult to treat and are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates...

Nov 19th, 2020 - Introduction: Prolonged use of antibiotics is closely related to antibiotic-associated infections, anti-microbial resistance and adverse drug events. The optimal duration of antibiotic treatment for Gram-negative bacteremia (GNB) with a urinary tr...

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Nov 23rd, 2020 - Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. On July 1, 2020, when I began a rotation on the infectious disease consult service at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Atlanta, we had three patients with...

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Nov 13th, 2019 - Antibiotic resistance is a greater threat in the United States than previously estimated and is not going away, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a report released today. Each year, antibiotic-resistant bacter...

Apr 16th, 2019 - Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), or "superbugs," are commonly found on hospitalized patients' hands, investigators report. The researchers found that 13. 3% of patients had MDROs on their hands and that 39 They cautioned in a press release t...