Kiarash  Ghazvini, Afsaneh  Kaffash, Habib  Ashena, 
    Prevalence of <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> in Iran: Systematic Literature Review,
    Research Journal of Biological Sciences,
    Volume 15,Issue 4,
    2020,
    Pages 94-101,
    ISSN 1815-8846,
    rjbsci.2020.94.101,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2020.94.101)
    Abstract: Acinetobacter species, especially <i>Acinetobacter
baumannii</i> (<i>A. baumannii</i>) that show resistance to a wide
range of antibiotics is thought to be the most important
cause of nosocomial infections among patients
hospitalized in different wards. In this study, we aimed to
systematically review the literatures and study the
frequency and resistance of <i>A. baumannii</i> in Iran. A
systematic literature search was performed in the
PubMed, Scopus and Google scholar using the following
key terms &ldquo;<i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i>&rdquo;, &ldquo;frequency&rdquo; and
&ldquo;Iran&rdquo; in the title, abstract and keywords of articles to
study the dissemination, resistance and susceptibility
of <i>A. baumannii</i> to some conventional antibiotics in Iran.
After collecting the relevant articles, the data of desired
were extracted and analyzed based on the purpose of this
study. Of total 384 articles found, 364 were excluded in
several steps of article selection and only 20 relevant
documents with 1911 studied patients were included. The
results of this study showed that prevalence of multidrug
resistance <i>A. baumannii</i> is very high in Iran. Moreover, it
was shown that polymyxin B, colistin, tigecylcin and
minocycline were most effective antibiotics against
<i>A. baumannii</i> infections. Respiratory tract and burn
samples were the most common place for isolation of
bacterial strains. The results of this review showed
that <i>A. baumannii</i> is widely disseminated in Iran and it
shows high resistance to most antibiotics. In addition,
<i>A. baumannii</i> is responsible for nosocomial infection in
patients, especially those who are hospitalized at ICU and
burn unit.
    Keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii;drug resistance;nosocomial infections;frequency;dissemination