Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections in three returning travelers evacuated from Algeria, Thailand, and Turkey after hospitalization in local intensive care units

Claire Hussenet; Stéphane Jauréguiberry; Jerôme Robert; Jean-Jacques Rouby; François Bricaire; Eric Caumes

doi:10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00546.x

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections in three returning travelers evacuated from Algeria, Thailand, and Turkey after hospitalization in local intensive care units

J Travel Med. 2011 Sep-Oct;18(5):358-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00546.x. Epub 2011 Aug 8.

Authors

Claire Hussenet¹, Stéphane Jauréguiberry, Jerôme Robert, Jean-Jacques Rouby, François Bricaire, Eric Caumes

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, APHP, Paris, France.

PMID: 21896102
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00546.x

Abstract

We report three cases of returning travelers evacuated from Algeria, Thailand, and Turkey by aero-medical repatriation, following overseas hospitalization in local intensive care units for accidental injuries or medical problems. All three patients presented with imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections. One died whereas two recovered.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter Infections / drug therapy
Acinetobacter Infections / ethnology*
Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology
Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects*
Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification
Adult
Aged, 80 and over
Algeria / ethnology
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
France / epidemiology
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
Thailand / ethnology
Travel*
Turkey / ethnology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents