Acinetobacter infections in a tertiary level intensive care unit in northern India: Epidemiology, clinical profiles and outcomes

Abstract

Acinetobacter infections are highly prevalent in the ICU, with medical patients being more susceptible to lung infections, particularly late-onset VAP. The early and appropriate selection of antibiotics is the most important determinant of survival among these patients.

Intensive care unit-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii infections in a Moroccan teaching hospital: epidemiology, risk factors and outcome

“…baumannii continues to be one of the most troublesome pathogens causing nosocomial infections in ICU patients. In our study, the incidence of ICU-acquired A. baumannii infections (8.4%) was lower than that reported in India (10%) 14 and higher than that observed in Mexican patients with cancer (4.6%). 15 This variability in incidence rates could be explained by differences in the reinforcement and compliance of infection control measures, especially hand hygiene practices and the decontamination of hospital environment.…”

“…32 The independent predictors of mortality reported in previously published studies and which were not identified in our study were: length of ICU stay, duration of intubation, inappropriate use of antibiotics after diagnosis of the infection, presence of malignancy, need for mechanical ventilation, resistance to carbapenems, recent surgery, acute respiratory failure and acute renal failure. [8][9][10][11]14,16,19,23 …”

Evaluate the Distribution of Gram Negative Non Fermenting Bacteria and their Resistant Pattern in Clinical Isolates among the Rural Population in South India

“…This was in concordance to the Amutha et al, (2009) study showing 45.2% of MDR isolates, but Mathai et al, (2012) study showed higher MDR isolates of 70%. This can be explained on the basis as their study was done on the ICU patients who were mostly on ventilators and had more chances of hospital acquired infection with multidrug resistant strains.…”

Evaluation of the Activities of Antimicrobial Agents on Multi-drug Resistant Gram Positive Bacteria Isolated from Intensive Care Units

“…The hospital-acquired infections detected in these units spread quickly [13]. The description of nosocomial infections in the ICU is necessary to determine the epidemiologic properties and treatment approaches.…”