title: Analysis of hospital departmental distribution and antibiotic susceptibility of Acinetobacter isolated from sputum samples.
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.
authors: Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei, China.
authors: Weidong
authors: W
authors: Zheng
authors: Shiwei
authors: S
authors: Yuan
authors: Lian
authors: L
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: Acinetobacter; Drug resistance; Sputumgenus