Affiliations 

  • 1 Shirin Biglari, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Alfizah Hanafiah, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Ramliza Ramli, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 5 Tzar Mohd Nizam Khaithir, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Pak J Med Sci, 2013 Apr;29(2):469-73.
PMID: 24353558

Abstract

Acinetobacter spp. has emerged as an important opportunistic pathogen responsible for nosocomial infections in many health-care settings worldwide. The study describes the clinico-epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of Acinetobacter spp. in a tertiary health-care institution. Methodology : Acinetobacter spp. were isolated from 141 specimens of the patients who reported to Universiti Kebangsaan Medical Centre (UKMMC). The sources of specimens were wound, skin and soft tissue, respiratory and urinary tract from patients in various wards. Clinio-epidemiological features of patients infected with Acinetobacter spp. were recorded. Standard bacteriological techniques with API 20NE kits and disk diffusion method were followed for identification and antibiotic sensitivity of the organisms.

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