Multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii reaches a new frontier: prosthetic hip joint infection

Infection. 2015 Feb;43(1):95-7. doi: 10.1007/s15010-014-0661-x. Epub 2014 Jul 19.

Abstract

Acinetobacter baumannii is an emerging nosocomial pathogen primarily in countries with a high prevalence of multidrug resistance. Here we report the detection of a bla OXA23 carbapenemase-producing A. baumannii strain in a German patient with prosthetic hip joint infection following several hip joint surgeries but no history of foreign travel.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii* / drug effects
  • Acinetobacter baumannii* / isolation & purification
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Hip Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections*
  • Reoperation

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents