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| Title |
Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii causing osteomyelitis and infections of skin and soft tissues in hospitals of Medellín, Colombia
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| Published in |
Biomédica, May 2015
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| DOI | 10.7705/biomedica.v35i4.2572 |
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| Authors |
Johanna Marcela Vanegas, Luis Felipe Higuita, Carlos Vargas, Carlos Vargas, Astrid Vanessa Cienfuegos, Erika Rodríguez, Gustavo Eduardo Roncancio, Judy Natalia Jiménez |
| Abstract |
Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic bacterium which infects seriously ill patients, particularly those with ventilator-associated pneumonia and bacteremia. The emergence of resistance to carbapenem limits the options for the treatment of infections caused by this bacterium. To describe the clinical and molecular characteristics of infections caused by carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii in Medellín hospitals. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in five Medellín hospitals over a 2-year period. Clinical information was obtained from medical histories of patients. The presence of carbapenemases was evaluated by three-dimensional test and PCR. Molecular typing was performed using PFGE and MLST. The study included 32 patients, 13 of whom presented skin and soft tissue infections (n=7, 21.9%) or osteomyelitis (n=6, 18.7%). Resistance rates of the isolates exceeded 80% for all the antibiotics evaluated except colistin and tigecycline. Carbapenemases OXA-23 and OXA-51, as well as the insertion sequence IS Aba1 , were detected in all the isolates. PFGE revealed high genetic diversity in the isolates and MLST showed clones ST229 and ST758 are circulating in the city. In contrast to previous reports, the results of the present study showed osteomyelitis and infections of skin and soft tissues to be the main infections caused by carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii in Medellín hospitals and revealed its importance as an etiological agent for this type of infections. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 46 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 20% |
| Researcher | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 9% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 15% |
| Unknown | 13 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 22% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 13% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 7% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 5 | 11% |
| Unknown | 15 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
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#752
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#239,020
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#15
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