The control of hospital-acquired infection caused by multiply resistant gram-negative bacilli
has proved to be a particular problem over the last 20 years in developed countries. An …

This review of Acinetobacter outbreaks summarizes factors related to the presence and
recognition of organism transmission and describes the implementation of control and …

Acinetobacter spp. have frequently been reported to be the causative agents of hospital
outbreaks. The circumstances of some outbreaks demonstrated the long survival of …

Acinetobacter baumannii is an important cause of nosocomial infections in many hospitals. It
is difficult to control and infection caused is difficult to treat due to its high resistance in the …

The number of nosocomial infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii has increased in
recent years. During a 12-month study, there were 1.8 episodes of A. baumannii bacteremia …

Beginning in 1992, a sustained outbreak of multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii
infections was noted in our 1,000-bed hospital in Barcelona, Spain, resulting in considerable …

Nosocomial bacteremia caused by Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) is of increasing concern in
critically ill patients, and the risk factors for this infection are not well established. An …

The Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex consists of four
genotypically distinct but phenotypically very similar bacterial species or DNA groups: A …

Fecal colonization with multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii was evaluated in 189
consecutive patients in intensive care units (ICUs) during two different 2-month periods …

AFLP is a novel genomic fingerprinting method based on the selective PCR amplification of
restriction fragments. The usability of this method for the differentiation of genomic species in …