Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most frequent Gram-negative opportunistic pathogens associated with hospital-acquired infection worldwide. We briefly describe A. baumannii isolates that were recovered from surrounding ICU bed surfaces, exhibiting multidrug resistance phenotype and belonging to some widely spread clonal complexes of clinical A. baumannii isolates.
Keywords:
Acinetobacter baumannii; Hospital environment; ICU surface
| Bacterial species | Isolates from analyzed surfaces [n (%)] | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RR | LR | BB | IP | OT | n (%) | |
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 3 (21.4) | 4 (28.5) | 2 (14.3) | 2 (14.3) | 3 (21.4) | 14 (23.7) |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 1 (10) | 1 (10) | 3 (30) | 2 (20) | 3 (30) | 10 (16.9) |
| Bacillus cereus | 2 (22.2) | 2 (22.2) | 3 (33.3) | 2 (22.2) | 0 (0) | 9 (15.2) |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 0 (0) | 1 (25) | 0 (0) | 1 (25) | 2 (50) | 4 (6.6) |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 2 (66.6) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (5) |
| Providencia stuartii | 0 (0) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 3 (5) |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (66.6) | 0 (0) | 1 (33.3) | 3 (5) |
| Staphylococcus haemolitycus | 0 (0) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (33.3) | 3 (5) |
| Proteus mirabilis | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 2 (3.4) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (3.4) |
| Bacillus flexus | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.7) |
| Bacillus weihenstephanensis | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.7) |
| Escherichia coli | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.7) |
| Staphylococcus cohnii | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.7) |
| Staphylococcus hominis | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.7) |
| Staphylococcus warneri | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.7) |
| Total | 12 (20.3) | 13 (22) | 12 (20.3) | 11 (18.6) | 11 (18.6) | 59 (100) |
