What is it about?
Acinetobacter baumannii is a highly resistant bacterium that spreads in intensive care units (ICUs), where it can first colonise patients without causing disease and then lead to serious infections such as pneumonia and bloodstream infections. In this study, presented at an international infection control conference, we analysed patients admitted to ICUs in Rome to identify which factors were associated with becoming colonised and with developing an infection caused by A. baumannii.
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Why is it important?
Knowing which ICU patients are most likely to acquire Acinetobacter makes it possible to target screening, isolation and prevention measures, and to choose empirical antibiotic therapy more wisely in high-risk patients.
Perspectives
This work grew out of close daily collaboration between infectious disease specialists, intensivists and microbiologists. Acinetobacter is a problem that no single specialty can solve alone.
Professor Stefano Di Bella
Universita degli Studi di Trieste
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This page is a summary of: P231: Risk factors for Acinetobacter baumannii colonization and infection among patients admitted to intensive care units, Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2994-2-s1-p231.
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