Four Children with Multidrug-resistant Acinetobactor baumanii Infections in the Intensive Care Units of a University Hospital.
- Author:
Kyung Suk LEE
1
;
Gyu Min LEE
;
Hoi Soo YOON
;
Sa Jun CHUNG
;
Sung Ho CHA
;
Hee Kyung CHUN
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. sunghocha@khu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Multidrug-resistant Acinetobactor baumanii (MDRAB);
Hospital infection;
Outbreak
- MeSH:
Adult;
Child;
Craniotomy;
Cross Infection;
Disease Outbreaks;
Hematoma;
Hospitalization;
Humans;
Hydrocephalus;
Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain;
Critical Care;
Intensive Care Units;
Length of Stay;
Pneumonia;
Status Epilepticus
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
2011;18(1):97-102
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The Multidrug-resistant Acinetobactor baumanii (MDRAB) is an opportunistic pathogen. Patients with long periods of hospital stay and/or under intensive care unit (ICU) receiving invasive management are more susceptible to this pathogen. In this report, four children with MDRAB infection are reviewed and described their clinical characteristics. There had been concurrent outbreaks of MDRAB infection in adult patients in the ICU at this period of time. The first child had received a craniotomy and epidural hematoma evacuation. The second child was admitted for status epilepticus with hydrocephalus. The third child had pneumonia with status epilepticus with hydrocephalus. The fourth child had poor activity due to hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and convulsive disorder. Except the fourth child, all had not been exposed to carbapenem prior to infection of MDRAB. That imply the cause of MDRAB infections may be associated with invasive management and prolonged hospitalization together with the previous exposure to carbapenem in our cases. We would like to emphasize the importance and minimizing the spread of hospital infection in patients under prolonged intensive care management regardless of the use of carbapenem.
