CDC's 2019 Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report: Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. Antibiotic Resistance Coordination and Strategy Unit .
• Description:
  cdc:82532
  
  Type: Bacteria
  
  About: Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter cause pneumonia and wound, bloodstream, and urinary tract infections. Nearly all these infections happen in patients who recently received care in a healthcare facility.
  
  Estimated cases in hospitalized patients in 2017: 8,500
  
  Estimated deaths in 2017: 700
  
  This fact sheet is part of CDC’s 2019 Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report.
  
  The full report, including data sources, is available at www.cdc.gov/DrugResistance/Biggest-Threats.html.
  
  CS298822-A
  
  Publication date from document properties.
  
  acinetobacter-508.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Acinetobacter Acinetobacter Infections Anti-Bacterial Agents Anti-Infective Agents Antimicrobial Stewardship Drug Resistance, Microbial
• Series:
  Antibiotic Resistance Threats Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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