title: The skin as the source of Acinetobacter and Moraxella species occurring in blood cultures.
abstract: A study was made of the flora of the skin in hospital inpatients and healthy people to demonstrate the presence of non-fermenting Gram-negative rods of the Acinetobacter and Moraxella group. These organisms were found to be present on the skin of 34.3% of inpatients and occurred even more commonly in those patients with kidney disease. It was also present on the skin of 20% of a group of healthy members of staff. This rather high rate of skin carriage is thought to account for the not infrequent occurrence of this organism in blood cultures.
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009016:Moraxella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents