Infection Control Today - Acinetobacter Baumannii

Bronchofiberscopy Associated with Acinetobacter baumannii Outbreak

Bronchofiberscopy, a widely used procedure for the diagnosis of various pulmonary diseases within intensive care units, has a history of association with nosocomial infections. Between September and November 2009, an outbreak caused by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter ...More

December 7, 2012

Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization

Hospital Cleaning Protocol Ineffective Against Acinetobacter baumannii

Current hospital cleaning protocol may be inadequate to rid patient rooms of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii, according to a study in the December issue of the American Journal of Infection Control. A team of researchers from the University of Maryland ...More

November 30, 2012

Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene

Discovery of Essential Genes for Drug-Resistant Bacteria Reveals New, High-Value Drug Targets

Biomedical scientists collaborating on translational research at two Buffalo institutions are reporting the discovery of a novel, and heretofore unrecognized, set of genes essential for the growth of potentially lethal, drug-resistant bacteria. The study not only reveals ...More

September 17, 2012

Posted in News

Interfering with Quorum Sensing Behavior May Be the Achilles Heel of A. baumanni

Acinetobacter baumanni, a pathogenic bacterium that is a poster child of deadly hospital-acquired infections, is one tough customer. It resists most antibiotics, is seemingly immune to disinfectants, and can survive desiccation with ease. Indeed, the prevalence with which ...More

August 22, 2012

Posted in News

Light-Induced Delivery of Nitric Oxide Eradicates Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a novel approach for eradicating drug-resistant bacteria from wounds and skin infections, using light to trigger the controlled release of nitric oxide. The UCSC team developed a photoactive compound ...More

May 30, 2012

Posted in News

Novel Steam Vapor System Can Fight Persistence of Acinetobacter baumannii in Infected Patient Rooms

When University of Maryland (UMD) School of Medicine researchers sampled 10 surfaces in each of 50 rooms, multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR-AB) was found in 48 percent of rooms of patients colonized or infected with MDR-AB, and 85 percent of it matched the ...More

November 30, 2011

Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene

Acinetobacter Found Growing in Nearly Half of Infected Patient Rooms

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR-AB) was found in the environment of 48 percent of the rooms of patients colonized or infected with the pathogen, according to a new study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Infection Control. The study ...More

November 1, 2011

Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene, Infections & Pathogens

Admission Screening, Disinfection Protocol Can Tackle Acinetobacter

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii is a healthcare-associated pathogen that can live for months in both a wet and dry environment. The high prevalence of this organism in the hospital environment results in colonization of the skin and respiratory tract in ...More

July 6, 2011

Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene, Infections & Pathogens

Genomic Comparison of MultiDrug-Resistant, Invasive Acinetobacter Reveals Genomic Plasticity

An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine investigated whether the multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from diverse human body sites encoded genetic features that could be correlated to their isolation source. ...More

June 13, 2011

Posted in News

Tracking MDROs, Acinetobacter in U.S. Military Personnel

William G Meyer, of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center in Silver Spring, Md., and colleagues, report in BMC Public Health on the international infectious disease surveillance that has been conducted by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) that has been consolidated ...More

March 7, 2011

Posted in News

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