Journal of Infectious Diseases & Therapy
Open Access

Abstract

Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the important causes of nosocomial infection in health care systems. A. baumannii has been shown to acquire antibiotic resistance elements quickly. Recently, this Gram negative bacilli has shown resistance to the most of available antibiotics followed by emergence of Multi Drug Resistance (MDR) and Extensive Drug Resistance (XDR) strains. This has partly been due to extensive use of broad spectrum antibiotics especially in burned patients. Aminoglycoside used with beta lactam antibiotics commonly. So, resistance to aminoglycoside can lead to appearance MDR strains of A. baumannii. MDR strains of A. baumannii can make serious problem and increase mortality and morbidity especially in immunosuppress patients like hospitalized one. This study reports to increase rate of aminoglycosides enzymes in MDR A. baumannii and also antibiotic resistance patterns of these global threating bacteria in important province in Iran.

Biography

Fatemeh Fallah is a Professor of Medical Microbiology in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Her research interest is in Medical Bacteriology. Her works are on Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

E-mail: fafallah@sbmu.ac.ir