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Acinetobacter spp

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Acinetobacter spp
Bacteriology A widely distributed bacterium found in moist hospital environments, which may establish itself in the respiratory flora and on the skin of Pts with prolonged hospitalization, often via contaminated medical instruments–eg, catheters and IV lines which introduce Acinetobacter to normally sterile sites; infections are generally nosocomial, occur in warmer seasons and involve the GU tracts and respiratory tract, wounds, and soft tissues


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isolates Staphylococci 64 Coagulase-negative staphylococci 36 Staphylococcus aureus 27 Methicillin-resistant S aureus 1 Diphtheroids 11 Alpha-hemolytic streptococci 8 Group G streptococci 4 Serratia marcescens 3 Acinetobacter spp.
Notably, in regions outside of North America, more than 50% of Acinetobacter spp.
Antimicrobial drug susceptibility testing was performed by disk diffusion method and interpreted based on the CLSI criteria for Acinetobacter spp.
 
 
 
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