THE SENSITIVITY OF NOSOCOMIAL STRAINS ACINETOBACTER SPP. TO SOME ANTIBIOTICS IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY HOSPITAL IN BAKU CITY

Abstract

The sensitivity to some antibiotics of Acinetobacter spp., that cause pneumonia and septic infections in surgical clinic were studied. Acinetobacter spp. were isolated as dominant causative agent 14.6% from sputum of the patients with pneumonia and 13% from blood of the patients with septic infections.Acinetobacter spp. were highly resistant to some antibiotics. Most strains isolated from sputum were susceptibile to colistin and half of strains, isolated from blood to colistin and tigesikline.

Keywords

• nosocomial infections (hospital-acuired infections)
• acinetobacter spp.
• sensitivity to antibiotics