Prevalence of multi drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the clinical samples from tertiary care hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan

ABSTRACT

Background and Objectives: Acinetobacter baumannii can cause a wide range of infections, including bacteremia, pneumonia, urinary tract infection, peritonitis, etc. This organism is becoming resistant to a large group of antibiotics, especially beta-lactam antibiotics. The reason for multi-drug resistance may be the production of extended- spectrum beta-lactamses [ESBLs], carbapenemases/metallo beta-lactamases or AmpC beta-lactamases. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from the patients in Surgical Intensive Care Units [SICUs] of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences [PIMS], Islamabad, Pakistan