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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wang, Tina
• Costa, Victoria
• Jenkins, Stephen G.
• Hartman, Barry J.
• Westblade, Lars F.

Titel

Acinetobacter radioresistens infection with bacteremia and pneumonia

Ist Teil von

• IDCases, 2019-01, Vol.15, p.e00495, Article e00495

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

EZB Free E-Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Acinetobacter species are non-fermentative Gram-negative coccobacilli that are ubiquitous in the environment. The archetype pathogen within the genus is Acinetobacter baumannii, however, other species have the potential to cause human infection, especially in the hospital setting. We describe a patient with infection due to Acinetobacter radioresistens, a rare agent of human disease, which is often misidentified using biochemical methods. Acinetobacter radioresistens is the source of the Class D OXA-23 carbapenemase that can confer carbapenem resistance in A. baumannii. Therefore, accurate identification of A. radioresistens is important for clinical management and to potentially prevent the spread of carbapenem resistance.