INTRODUCTION  Acin… See more

Definitions  In 2011, a joint initiative by the European and United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC and CDC) proposed specific definitions for characterizi… See more

Prevalence  Since the 1980s, resistant strains have become increasingly common causes of nosocomial infections globally [7-11]. In a 2009 report of surveillance data from more t… See more

Heavy use of third generation cephalosporins, aztreonam, and imipenem has contributed to the problem of carbapenem resistance [17,29]. There are also report… See more

Although polymyxins, such as colistin, usually have in vitro activity against Acinetobacter [32,33], resistance to polymyxins has been observed [34,35]. In one surveill… See more