The clinical significance of Acinetobacter baumannii in blood cultures.
Acinetobacter baumannii was isolated from blood cultures in 31 patients in 4 intensive care units at a large teaching hospital over a period of 6 months. In 23 of these patients, Acinetobacter was also isolated from tracheal aspirates. Catheter-related infection could be identified as the cause of bacteremia in 14 cases, whereas pneumonia was present in only 6 cases. All patients were seriously ill and 7 (24%) died of their infection.
Seifert
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Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Germany.
Baginski
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D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans