The cases from the medical department were
about two-thirds of all. The number of cases in general
wards and intensive care units of the two departments
were almost equal. The age of the cases and controls
were 63.5 + 18.7 and 62.9 + 18.2 years, respectively. The
duration of hospital stay among cases was 4.9 + 1.4
and controls 1.8 + 1.0 weeks (p < 0.001) (Table 1).
2. Site of infection and susceptibility of AB
Lower respiratory tract was the most common
site of MDR-AB nosocomial infection (74.8%) followed
by urinary tract (11%). Surgical site infection and blood
stream infection were equally found at 4.5%. Acineto-
bacter baumannii was 100% resistant to ceftriaxone
and susceptible to netilmycin in 36.1% followed by
cefoperazone/sulbactam in 17.1%.