@article{ajmr2015326,
author={{Omer, Muntasir I. and Gumaa, Samia A. and Hassan, Abdullatif A. and Idris, Khaled H. and Ali, Osama A. and Osman, Mustafa M. and Saleh, Mahmmoud S. and Mohamed, Nagla A. and Khaled, Mustafa M.},
title={Prevalence and Resistance Profile of <i>Acinetobacter baumannii </i>Clinical Isolates from a Private Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan},
journal={American Journal of Microbiological Research},
volume={3},
number={2},
pages={76--79},
year={2015},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmr/3/2/6},
issn={2328-4137},
abstract={<b>Introduction</b>: <i>Acinetobacter baumannii </i>is an important cause of nosocomial infections worldwide. It is difficult to control, and the infections caused by it are difficult to treat, because it is multidrug resistant. <b>Objectives</b>: This retrospective study was conducted to determine the prevalence and antibiotic resistance pattern of <i>A. baumannii </i>at Royal Care International Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan over a 37 month period. <b>Methodology</b>: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of the isolates was performed by the disk diffusion method as recommended by Clinical Laboratory and Standards Institute CLSI [1]. <b>Result: </b>Non duplicate 275 <i>A. baumannii </i>were isolated out of a total 2899 pathogenic Gram negative isolates (9.5% prevalence). The most frequently isolated <i>A. baumannii </i>was from ICU patients (72%) followed by inpatients (24%) and outpatients (4%). The greatest number of isolates were recovered from sputum (61%) followed by wound (19%). The Resistance rates were higher than most of the internationally reported levels. Cephalosporins, aminoglycoside, aztreonam, fluoroquinolones and carbapenems are becoming practically ineffective, where the colistin elicited the highest susceptibility levels. <b>Conclusion: </b>This report shows for the first time (to our knowledge) the prevalence and resistance profile of <i>A. baumannii </i>in Sudan. The prevalence will help to conduct better infection control policy, and an update the local antibiogram will improve the knowledge of antimicrobial resistance patterns in our region.},
doi={10.12691/ajmr-3-2-6}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}