Entry

H00309                      Disease

Name

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter infection

Description

Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a worldwide problem as a nosocomial pathogen in hospitalized patients. It can cause bacteremia, pneumonia, meningitis, urinary tract infection, wound infection, and nosocomial infections. Isolates resistant to almost all commercially available antimicrobials have been identified.

Category

Infectious disease

Brite

Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
  Infections caused by other gamma proteobacteria
   H00309  Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter infection
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
21 Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified
  General symptoms, signs or clinical findings
   Finding of microorganism resistant to antimicrobial drugs
    MG50  Finding of gram negative bacteria resistant to antimicrobial drugs
     H00309  Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter infection

Pathogen

Acinetobacter baumannii [GN:aby abc abn abx abz abr abd abh abad abj abab abaj abk abau abw abal]

Other DBs

ICD-11:

MG50.0

ICD-10:

A49.9

MeSH:

D000151

Reference

PMID:18444865

Authors

Maragakis LL, Perl TM

Title

Acinetobacter baumannii: epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, and treatment options.

Journal

Clin Infect Dis 46:1254-63 (2008)
DOI:10.1086/529198

Reference

PMID:21502736

Authors

Doughari HJ, Ndakidemi PA, Human IS, Benade S

Title

The ecology, biology and pathogenesis of Acinetobacter spp.: an overview.

Journal

Microbes Environ 26:101-12 (2011)
DOI:10.1264/jsme2.ME10179

Reference

PMID:15280512

Authors

Jain R, Danziger LH

Title

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter infections: an emerging challenge to clinicians.

Journal

Ann Pharmacother 38:1449-59 (2004)
DOI:10.1345/aph.1D592

Reference

PMID:18588496

Authors

Gootz TD, Marra A

Title

Acinetobacter baumannii: an emerging multidrug-resistant threat.

Journal

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 6:309-25 (2008)
DOI:10.1586/14787210.6.3.309

Reference

PMID:16238638

Authors

Hanlon GW

Title

The emergence of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter species: a major concern in the hospital setting.

Journal

Lett Appl Microbiol 41:375-8 (2005)
DOI:10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01791.x

DISEASE: Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter infection