ACINETOBACTER I contacted this infection during surgery .Has anyone else had this? Would appreciate any info
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Mozes HealthDay Reporter says 2 outbreaks have occured in u.s. Would like to be able to contact him if I had an address or telephone number.
thanks tudor
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Try to get in touch through these areas. Like the university of one of the other.
Author: Burke A Cunha, MD, MACP, Professor of Medicine, State University of New York School of Medicine at Stony Brook; Chief, Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital
Burke A Cunha, MD, MACP, is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, and Infectious Diseases Society of America
Editor(s): Charles S Levy, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Disease, George Washington University School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Richard B Brown, MD, FACP, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baystate Medical Center; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine; Eleftherios Mylonakis, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Clinical Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital; and Michael E Zevitz, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Finch University of the Health Sciences, The Chicago Medical School; Consulting Staff, Private Practice
Acinetobacter (*** in ée toe back ter) is a group of bacteria commonly found in soil and water. It can also be found on the skin of healthy people, especially healthcare personnel. While there are many types or “species” of Acinetobacter and all can cause human disease, Acinetobacter baumannii accounts for about 80% of reported infections.
Acinetobacter poses very little risk to healthy people. However, people who have weakened immune systems, chronic lung disease, or diabetes may be more susceptible to infections with Acinetobacter.Hospitalized patients, especially very ill patients on a ventilator, those with a prolonged hospital stay, or those who have open wounds, are also at greater risk for Acinetobacter infection. Acinetobactercan be spread to susceptible persons by person-to-person contact, contact with contaminated surfaces, or exposure in the environment.
Acinetobacter is often resistant to many commonly prescribed antibiotics. Decisions on treatment of infections with Acinetobacter should be made on a case-by-case basis by a healthcare provider.
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Acinetobacter infection is becoming really common in hospital patients. I am a hospital microbiologist, and I have seen it grow from many patients' cultures. Acinetobacter commonly colonizes on respiratory equipment and tubing, like possibly the breathing tube that was used during your surgery. Did you have pneumonia from it, or a localized, wound type of infection? In the hospital where I work (which I am not allowed to name!), most of the patients get pneumonia from it.
Acinetobacter is a nasty bug because it is resistant to MANY antibiotics. My hospital is constantly working to contain Acinetobacter, and sometimes they don't succeed, eventhough patients with positive cultures are immediately put into isolation.
I know that I'm not answering your question, but I want you to know that you are not alone. This seems to be happening a lot. Of course, hospitals want to keep this hush-hush. They don't want people to know that they give their patients infections. So, just to let you know, this happens more than you think, and you are definitely not alone.
Also, acinetobacter is found in the environment, and even in people's bodies, and can be completely harmless. It's just this particular hospital-acquired strain that is so vicious. Plus, people in hospitals are so much more susceptible to infections than healthy people. I don't want to scare anyone out there and have them think they are going to die from this bacteria, when most will not!
Good luck to you. Stay on your antibiotics, and I hope you feel better soon.
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