Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2637793 | American Journal of Infection Control | 2013 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The current study investigated Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from sputum specimens. Compared with previous studies, we found that A baumannii was drug resistant to 14 common antibiotics listed in Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute guidelines (mean drug resistance rate: 80.9%) and was only sensitive to cefoperazone/sulbactam (sensitivity rate: 65.5%). With growing abuse of antibiotics, multidrug-resistant and pandrug-resistant strains of A baumannii have increased steadily and become a leading cause of hospital infections.
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Authors
Weidong Zheng, Shiwei Yuan, Lian Li,