Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from patients in intensive care units in Goiania, Brazil: Molecular and drug susceptibility profiles.

ABSTRACT: Resistance to antimicrobial agents is increasing worldwide and imposes significant life-threatening risks to several different populations, especially those in intensive care units (ICUs). Bacteria can quickly develop or acquire resistance to antimicrobial drugs, and combined with their intrinsic potential to cause disease in humans, these bacteria can become deadly. Among Gram-negative bacteria, Acinetobacter baumannii is notorious as a frequent opportunistic pathogen associated with critically ill patients, and understanding the genetic basis of A. baumannii resistance to beta-lactams among patients in ICUs will result in better protocols to prevent the development of resistance as well as improved treatment regimens. In this study, we assessed 1333 patients in five ICUs, 56 of whom deve

SUBMITTER: Castilho SRA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5419545 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature