Antibiogram of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from clinical specimens at King Hussein Medical Centre, Jordan: a retrospective analysis.
This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and the local antibiogram of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in Al Hussein Hospital at King Hussein Medical Centre in Amman, Jordan. In a retrospective study from January to December 2013, data on 116 non repetitive positive clinical samples were retrieved from patients' laboratory records. The resistance rates of A. baumannii isolates were high for ceftriaxone, cefotaxime and ticarcillin (100% ceftazidime, cefepime and piperacillin (98.3% imipenem (97.4% piperacillin/tazobactam (96.6% quinolones (94.8% ampicillin/sulbactam (89.7% gentamicin, (87.9% tobramycin and tetracycline (76.7% and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (75.9% but lower for minocycline (26.7% and colistin (1.7% A. baumannii in our hospital were highly resistant to all antibiotics, including tigecycline, except for minocycline and colistin which are considered the last resort treatment for multidrug resistant A. baumannii.
Eastern Mediterranean health journal La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale al Majallah al sihhiyah li sharq al mutawassit