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Revista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas
On-line version ISSN 1729-519X
Abstract
LARRONDO MUGUERCIA, Hilev de las Mercedes. Infection caused by the nonfermentative gram-negative bacilli: Problematic in the intensive cares units. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2010, vol.9, suppl.5, pp.680-687. ISSN 1729-519X.
Infections caused by the nonfermentative gram-negative bacilli have charged notorious importance for their incidence in the hospital infections. At the moment it stands out the discovery of species like the Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the Acinetobacter spp.; Acinetobacter baumannii is the species that associates to severe infections and the death with more frequency. The isolation of these pathogens associates to an increment of the mortality. These pathogens are among the agents that more frequently cause infections in the Intensive Cares Units, they constitute therapeutic challenges. Presently article is made a modernized revision of the literature and emphasis is made in the problem of the bacterial resistance and the antibiotic therapy.
Keywords : Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Acinetobacter spp; severe infection; mortality; critical patient; antibiotic.