Bacteria of the species Acinetobacter calcoaceticus as the possible etiological factor in infectious complications in burns

The results of the study of the etiological role of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus in infectious complications of burning lesions are presented. These bacteria were shown to occur in 28% of burn wounds, quite frequently as a monoculture or association with diphtheroids. A. calcoaceticus were capable of...

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Published inŽurnal mikrobiologii, ėpidemiologii i immunobiologii no. 1; p. 67
Main Authors Kolker, I I, Borisova, O K, Bogatova, I S
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 01.01.1983
Subjects
Acinetobacter - isolation & purification
Acinetobacter - pathogenicity
Acinetobacter Infections - etiology
Acinetobacter Infections - microbiology
Burns - complications
Burns - microbiology
Burns, Inhalation - complications
Burns, Inhalation - microbiology
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Humans
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Summary:The results of the study of the etiological role of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus in infectious complications of burning lesions are presented. These bacteria were shown to occur in 28% of burn wounds, quite frequently as a monoculture or association with diphtheroids. A. calcoaceticus were capable of persisting in the wounds during the whole period of treatment (up to 2-3 months). A high level of the contamination of burn wounds with these microorganisms, reaching 10(5)-10(6) cells per 1 g of tissue or 1 cm2 of the wound surface, was observed. The occurrence of A. calcoaceticus in the blood of the patients from whose burn wounds these microorganisms could be isolated was 36.3%. All isolated strains possessed multiple drug resistance.
ISSN:0372-9311