Infection Control Today - Acinetobacter Baumannii

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

VHP, Infection Control Measures Fight Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Environmental decontamination using vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) combined with comprehensive infection prevention and control measures interrupted nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii in a long-term acute-care hospital (LTACH), ...More

December 21, 2010

Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization, Environmental Hygiene

VHP Used to Interrupt Acinetobacter Transmission Warrants Further Investigation

Amy Ray, MD, MPH, from the Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, and colleagues, report that environmental decontamination using vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) combined with comprehensive infection prevention and ...More

December 7, 2010

Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization, Environmental Hygiene

Antibacterial Peptide Could Aid in Treating Soldiers' Burn Wound Infections

An antibacterial peptide developed by Laszlo Otvos, a research professor of biology in Temple's College of Science and Technology, looks to be a highly effective therapy against infections in burn or blast wounds suffered by soldiers. Otvos and his collaborators found that ...More

September 1, 2010

Posted in News

Frog Skin May Provide "Kiss of Death" for Resistant Organisms

Kissing a frog won’t turn it into a prince — except in fairy tales ― but frogs may be hopping toward a real-world transformation into princely allies in humanity’s battle with antibiotic-resistant infections that threaten millions of people worldwide. Scientists today ...More

August 27, 2010

Posted in News

ICU Patients Colonized with Resistant Acinetobacter Should Have Early Removal of Invasive Devices

Epidemic outbreaks of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) in intensive care units (ICUs) are increasing. The incidence of MDR-AB bacteremia, which develops as a result of colonization, is increasing through widespread dissemination of the pathogen, and ...More

July 30, 2010

Posted in News

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