Infection with Acinetobacter in a burns unit.
In recent months 17 patients on the Burns Unit at St Lawrence Hospital have been infected with Acinetobacter anitratus. We present 4 patients who have been extremely ill and in whom Acinetobacter was considered to have played a prominent role. We stress the importance of opportunistic infection in burns patients and antibiotic resistance in this organism.
D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D002053:Burn Units; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014852:Wales