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Acinetobacter baylyi as a pathogen for opportunistic infection.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2008
Chen Te-Li, Siu Leung-Kei, Lee Yi-Tzu, Chen Chien-Pei, Huang Li-Yueh, Wu Roy Chen-Chih, Cho Wen-Long, Fung Chang-Phone
Abstract excerpt
There are no previous reports of human infection due to Acinetobacter baylyi. In this study, we report on six patients with bacteremia due to A. baylyi, based on analysis of the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer and the 16S rRNA gene. All six patients had multiple underlying diseases. The infection was nosocomially acquired in five patients. The six clinical isolates had similar ribopatterns, suggesting a clonal...
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