Clinical importance and cost of bacteremia caused by nosocomial multi drug resistant acinetobacter baumannii

Highlights • We investigated risk factors for MDR A. baumannii bacteremia. • We investigated risk factors associated with mortality of MDR A. baumannii bacteremia. • Our study showed that occurance of MDR A. baumannii bacteremia was related to the usage of wide spectrum antibiotics and there was no difference between cost of MDR A. baumannii bacteremia and cost of bacteremia due to the other Gram-negative microorganisms. • Infection control precautions and limited antibiotic usage are very important for prevent MDR nosocomial infections.