Control and Elimination of Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumanii in an Intensive Care Unit

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Chamieh, Amanda ; Nawfal, Tania Dagher ; Ballouz, Tala ; Afif, Claude ; Juvelekian, George ; Hlais, Sani ; Rolain, Jean-Marc ; Azar, Eid
• Description:
  We decreased antimicrobial drug consumption in an intensive care unit in Lebanon by changing to colistin monotherapy for extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumanii infections. We saw a 78% decrease of A. baumanii in sputum and near-elimination of bla|-carrying sequence type 2 clone over the 1-year study. Non-A. baumanii multidrug-resistant infections remained stable.
• Subjects:
  Acinetobacter Baumanii Antimicrobial Resistance Antimicrobial Stewardship Bacteria Carbapenem Control And Elimination Of Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter Baumanii In An Intensive Care Unit Dispatch France Lebanon MDR XDR

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(10):1928-1931
• Pubmed ID:
  31538925
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6759246
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a1f3f75bd2ccfaffcda654ec9348d17778433e0377748b65c9f20fe696b34b69
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/82940/cdc_82940_DS1.pdf
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