Acinetobacter infections prevalence and frequency of the antibiotics resistance: comparative study of intensive care units versus other hospital units.

Jean Uwingabiye; Mohammed Frikh; Abdelhay Lemnouer; Fatna Bssaibis; Bouchra Belefquih; Adil Maleb; Souhail Dahraoui; Lahcen Belyamani; Abdelouahed Bait; Charki Haimeur; Lhoussain Louzi; Azeddine Ibrahimi; Mostafa Elouennass

doi:10.11604/pamj.2016.23.191.7915

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Acinetobacter infections prevalence and frequency of the antibiotics resistance: comparative study of intensive care units versus other hospital units.

Authors

Uwingabiye, Jean¹
Frikh, Mohammed¹
Lemnouer, Abdelhay¹
Bssaibis, Fatna¹
Belefquih, Bouchra¹
Maleb, Adil²
Dahraoui, Souhail¹
Belyamani, Lahcen³
Bait, Abdelouahed⁴
Haimeur, Charki⁴
Louzi, Lhoussain⁵
Ibrahimi, Azeddine⁶
Elouennass, Mostafa¹

¹ Service de Bactériologie, Hôpital Militaire d'Instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Maroc; Equipe de recherche: Épidémiologie et Résistance Bactérienne (ERB), Université Mohammed V, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Rabat, Maroc.
² Service de Bactériologie, Hôpital Militaire d'Instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Maroc.
³ Service des Urgences, Hôpital Militaire d'Instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Maroc.
⁴ Services des Réanimations, Hôpital Militaire d'Instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Maroc.
⁵ Equipe de recherche: Épidémiologie et Résistance Bactérienne (ERB), Université Mohammed V, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Rabat, Maroc.
⁶ Equipe de recherche: Épidémiologie et Résistance Bactérienne (ERB), Université Mohammed V, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Rabat, Maroc; Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Université Mohammed V, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Rabat, Maroc.

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Published Article

Journal

Pan African Medical Journal

Publisher

Pan African Medical Journal

Publication Date

Jan 01, 2016

Volume

23

Pages

191–191

Identifiers

DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2016.23.191.7915

PMID: 27347280

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Medline

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Abstract

This paper shows that solving the problem of prevalence and high rate of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter infection which represents a therapeutic impasse, requires the control of the hospital environment and optimizing hands hygiene and antibiotics use in the hospital.

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