title: Reduction in the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in New York City.
abstract: We compared susceptibilities of Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa collected during surveillance studies conducted during 2009 and 2013-2014 involving hospitals in New York City. There were significant decreases in the number of carbapenem-resistant A baumannii and P aeruginosa cases during 2013-2014; it appears the institution of effective infection control measures has contributed to this decline. However the number of isolates of A baumannii with OXA-23-type β-lactamase increased during 2013-2014.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdallah
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
authors.forename: Olawole
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Olafisoye
authors.affiliation: Dr James J. Rahal, Jr, Division of Infectious Diseases, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, NY.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cortes
authors.affiliation: Dr James J. Rahal, Jr, Division of Infectious Diseases, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, NY.
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
authors.forename: Clayton
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Landman
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY. Electronic address: jquale@downstate.edu.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Quale
mesh_terms: D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015780:Carbapenems; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009519:New York City; D015995:Prevalence; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018440:beta-Lactam Resistance; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D015780:Carbapenems; C466679:beta-lactamase OXA-23; D001618:beta-Lactamases
keywords: Carbapenemases; Multidrug resistance; Nosocomial pathogens