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Title: | Control and Elimination of Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumanii in an Intensive Care Unit | Authors: | Chamieh, Amanda Nawfal, Tania Dagher Ballouz, Tala Afif, Claude Juvelekian, George Hlais, Sani Rolain, Jean Marc Azar, Eid |
Affiliations: | Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Medicine |
Keywords: | Acinetobacter baumanii France Lebanon MDR XDR Antimicrobial resistance Antimicrobial stewardship Bacteria Carbapenem |
Issue Date: | 2019-01-01 | Part of: | Emerging Infectious Diseases | Volume: | 25 | Issue: | 10 | Start page: | 1928 | End page: | 1931 | Abstract: | 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 blaoxa-23-carrying sequence type 2 clone over the 1-year study. Non-A. baumanii multidrug-resistant infections remained stable. |
URI: | https://scholarhub.balamand.edu.lb/handle/uob/5685 | ISSN: | 10806040 | DOI: | 10.3201/eid2509.181626 | Open URL: | Link to full text | Type: | Journal Article |
Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Medicine |
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