Volume 25, Number 10—October 2019
Dispatch
Control and Elimination of Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumanii in an Intensive Care Unit
Amanda Chamieh1, Tania Dagher Nawfal1, Tala Ballouz1, Claude Afif, George Juvelekian, Sani Hlais, Jean-Marc Rolain, and Eid Azar
Table 2
Specimen type, site of collection, and microbiologic characteristics in study of carbapenem-sparing regimen for extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in an ICU, Beirut, Lebanon*
| Sequence type, no. (%)¶ | ||
|---|---|---|
| ST2 | 29 (93.5) | 0 |
| ST699 | 1 (3.25) | 0 |
| ST627 | 1 (3.25) | 0 |
| ST25 | 0 | 10 (58.9) |
| ST99 | 0 | 1 (5.8) |
| New STs, 1200–1206 | 0 | 6 (35.3) |
*Bold indicates statistical significance. ESBL, extended-spectrum beta-lactamase; ICU, intensive care unit; MLST, multilocus sequence typing; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; ST, sequence type.
†During February 1, 2016–June 30, 2016, ICU patients received colistin/carbapenem therapy for A. baumannii infections.
‡During July 1, 2016–January 31, 2017, ICU implemented carbapenem-sparing regimen for A. baumannii infections.
§Determined by PCR.
¶Determined by multilocus sequence typing.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
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