Sepsis due to multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

In this article we describe a multidrug resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii nosocomial infection clinical case. This patient in spite of having received established medical treatment presented deterioration of his clinical condition. A deep research was made in several data bases in order to present updated information in the topic and to describe the mechanism of action of antibiotics and bacterial resistance that has made difficult the management of these patients.