Acinetobacter skin abscess in a neonate.
Although Acinetobacter is usually a species of low virulence, it is becoming increasingly more important as a cause of hospital outbreaks, particularly on intensive care units. Antibiotic resistance can develop rapidly. This organism has not been reported to cause skin abscesses previously. We describe a case of a neonate who developed an Acinetobacter abscess on our neonatal intensive care unit.
Department of Neonatology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology