title: Community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia in adult patients in Taiwan.
abstract: We determined the clinical and microbiologic characteristics of community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia in 19 adult patients. We found that malignancy was the most frequent underlying disease. The overall mortality rate was 58%. All 14 available isolates were identified as genomic species 2 (A. baumannii) by 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing and were found to be genetically distinct by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei.
authors.forename: Jann-Tay
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lawrence Clifford
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Shan-Chwen
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Monto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013624:Taiwan