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Acinetobacter baumannii--an emerging nosocomial pathogen in the burns unit Manipal, India
S Sengupta1, P Kumar, A M Ciraj
1Department of Microbiology, Department of Plastic Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka State, India.
Burns : Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
|February 28, 2001
Abstract:
A retrospective study on 113 patients admitted to the burns unit over a period of 12 months was undertaken to investigate the emerging trend of Acinetobacter baumannii infection. Wound infection with A. baumannii was seen in 13 (11.5%) patients. Of these six (46%) patients developed septicaemia with the same bacteria and five (38%) expired. The virulence of these bacteria, drug susceptibility pattern and its role as a nosocomial pathogen is discussed.