CHROMagar Acinetobacter

       Description Article No.
 Size
Acinetobacter 2 18      CHROMagarTM Acinetobacter AC092  5000ml

     For detection of Acinetobacter and
    
MDR Acinetobacter sp.

     • Acinetobacter sp. → red
     Other gram (-) → mostly inhibited
     Gram(+) bacteria and yeasts → inhibited

   
 
Common bacteria widely spread in the nature, Acinetobacter has the capacity to survive in dry as well as moist environments. It becomes a source of infection in hospital environment when colonizing medical equipments, human skin and sometimes foodstuff. Acinetobacter species are generally not pathogenic for healthy people but are life threatening in compromised patients. It is often isolated in nosocomial infections cases, intensive care units, and can for instance cause nosocomial pneumonia, bacteraemia, and meningitis.
 
Acinetobacter Epidemiologic Issues
Especially, Acinetobacter baumannii is becoming a major hospital-acquired infection issue because of its often multi-drug resistance (MDR : resistance to C3G, quinolones, carbapenem etc). This contributes to the increase of morbidity and mortality. Active surveillance is necessary to control its spread in the facilities, to reduce the risk of cross-contamination, and to identify the carriers. Rapid identification of patients that are colonized with Acinetobacter would lead to infection control practices aimed at preventing spread of the organisms.

 

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