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Browsing Medical Microbiology by Subject "Acinetobacter baumannii"
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Lowe, Michelle; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen; Ismail, Farzana; Peirano, Gisele; Becker, Piet J.; Pitout, Johann D.D.; Kock, Marleen M.
(Frontiers Media, 2018-06-12)
Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen that is increasingly responsible
for hospital-acquired infections. The increasing prevalence of carbapenem resistant
A. baumannii has left clinicians with limited ...
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Sebola, Dikeledi; Oguttu, James W.; Kock, Marleen M.; Qekwana, Daniel Nenene
(Veterinary World, 2023-09-17)
BACKGROUND : Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae are opportunistic bacterial pathogens responsible for
hospital-acquired infections in veterinary medicine. Infection with these bacteria always requires urgent ...
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Jung, Hyunsul; Pitout, Johann D.D.; Mitton, Barend C.; Strydom, Kathy-Anne; Kingsburgh, Chanel; Coetzee, Jennifer; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen; Kock, Marleen M.
(Microbiology Society, 2021-06)
INTRODUCTION : Colistin is one of the last-resort antibiotics for treating multidrug-resistant (MDR) or extensively drug-resistant (XDR) lactose non-fermenting Gram-negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and ...
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Lowings, Michelle; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen; Dreyer, Andries W.; Kock, Marleen M.
(BioMed Central, 2015-11-14)
BACKGROUND : Acinetobacter baumannii is an important hospital-acquired pathogen in healthcare facilities that
frequently causes bacteraemia and ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units. Acinetobacter ...
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Bellomo, Alessandro N.; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen; Kock, Marleen M.; Makgotlho, Phuti Edward; Creative Studios, Dept. of Education Innovation, University of Pretoria.
(2008-10-23)
Acinetobacter baumannii is an important cause of nosocomial infections in hospitals, with most cases occurring in immunocompromised patients. Nosocomial infections are most often associated with medical device related ...
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Kock, Marleen M.; Bellomo, Alessandro N.; Storm, Nadia; Ehlers, Marthie Magdaleen
(Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of South Africa, 2013)
Acinetobacter baumannii is an important cause of hospital-acquired infections. The occurrence of carbapenem resistance that is
caused by the carbapenem-hydrolysing class D β-lactamases and the metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) ...