Investigation of carbapenemases and aminoglycoside modifying enzymes of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates recovered from patients admitted to intensive care units in a tertiary-care hospital in Brazil.
Milena PolottoTiago CasellaFernanda Modesto TolentinoMayra Mioto MatarucoNaiady Konno Madela PortoMirella Fontana Batista BinhardiMara Corrêa Lelles NogueiraPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2019)
The dissemination of bla OXA-23-like and AME-carrying A. baumannii through the hospital highlights the need for improved preventive measures to reduce the spread of infection.
Keyphrases
- acinetobacter baumannii
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- multidrug resistant
- intensive care unit
- drug resistant
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- healthcare
- escherichia coli
- acute care
- mechanical ventilation
- adverse drug
- genetic diversity
- emergency department
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- electronic health record
- drug induced