Article
Bacterial identification, clinical significance, and antimicrobial susceptibilities of Acinetobacter ursingii and Acinetobacter schindleri, two frequently misidentified opportunistic pathogens.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2006
Dortet Laurent, Legrand Patrick, Soussy Claude-James, Cattoir Vincent
Abstract excerpt
The species belonging to the Acinetobacter genus are currently reported as opportunistic pathogens in hospitalized patients with underlying predispositions. However, except for the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex, the identification of other species is frequently unreliable, especially for Acinetobacter ursingii and Acinetobacter schindleri, newly described in 2001. Thus, the clinical...
Topics
- Acinetobacter
- Acinetobacter Infections
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Female
- France
- Genes, rRNA
- Genotype