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Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii :A rapidly emerging pathogen in the health care setting.

Rana Aditya, Jaryal Sc, Sood Anuradha, Chaudhary Anuradha, Kaur Isampreet, Gupta Veetheeanveshna, Tamrakar Meenakshi, Sharma Anjali

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BACKGROUND: Acinetobacter species are one of the most frequent nosocomial pathogen causing bacteremia, urinary tract infection, secondary meningitis, skin and soft tissue infections and in particular nosocomial pneumonia with high mortality rate.The infections due to these are often difficult to treat due to their high antibiotic resistance. In addition, carbapenem–resistant A. baumanii is one of the critical–priority pathogens on the World Health Organization priority list of antibiotic–resistant bacteria for effective drug development.1,.2 AIM: To Study the prevalence and resistance pattern of Acinetobacter species in hospitalized patients of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Medical college Kangra at Tanda. Himachal Pradesh. Method: A retrospective analysis of drug susceptibitity pattern of samples of all patients admitted in our institute, between June 2018 to July 2019, which, yielded A. baumannii was performed. A. baumannii was isolated from 122/6900 (1.8%) of clinical specimens About 30(24.6%) of the A. baumannii were from tracheal aspirates, Urine 27(22.7%), 20(16.4%) in sputum, 5(4%) Sterile aspirates and none detected in CSF. High level of antibiotic resistance was observed for tracheal isolates. More than 70% of isolates were resistant to cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, cefepime, ciprofloxacin, gentamycin and cotrimoxazole. 66%,resistant to Ampicillin sulbactum,, 58% Levofloxacin ,54.4%. cefoperazone/sulbactum and resistant to impenem,Meropenem and colistin was 33 % 28% and 0% respectively. Conclusion: Acinetobacter species has become a worldwide concern as a cause of serious nosocomial infections. The emergence of increasingly resistant strains causing such infections has become a public health problem. Their early detection is necessary for timely implementation of strict infection control practices and judicious treatment with susceptible antimicrobials

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MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII :A RAPIDLY EMERGING PATHOGEN IN THE HEALTH CARE SETTING., Rana Aditya, Jaryal SC, Sood Anuradha,Chaudhary Anuradha, Kaur Isampreet, Gupta Veetheeanveshna, Tamrakar Meenakshi, Sharma Anjali INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-5 | May-2020

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