Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Avicenna Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2383-0298 4 1 2017 02 01 Acinetobacter baumannii Infection Should be Considered as the Most Troublesome Pathogens for Health Care Institutions in Karaj 39368 39368 10.17795/ajcmi-39368 EN Enayatollah Kalantar Amir Hatami Fatemeh Rahimi Sadegh Saedi Aliehsan Heidari Parviz Fallah Morteza Qoghaei Morteza Nazari Soheila Beiranvand Mohsen Arabi Mohammad Hossein Dehghan Journal Article 10.17795/ajcmi-39368 2016 05 25 2016 09 10 Three cases were referred to the Rajaei hospital in Karaj, Iran, and the culture of lung secretions resulted in isolation of multidrugresistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Although antibiotic treatment was started, all the three patients died. This report describes the clinical course of the illness. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no cases of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii have been reported previously in the Rajaei hospital, Karaj.