Acinetobacter baumannii in human body louse.
While we were isolating Bartonella quintana from body lice, 40 Acinetobacter baumannii strains were also isolated and genotyped. One clone was unique and the other was ampicillin susceptible. A. baumannii DNA was later detected in 21% of 622 lice collected worldwide. These findings show an A. baumannii epidemic in human body lice.
La Scola
Bernard
B
Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Marseille, France. bernard.lascola@medecine.univ-mrs.fr
Raoult
Didier
D
D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000668:Ampicillin Resistance; D000818:Animals; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010374:Pediculus / Q000382:microbiology*; D011938:Rec A Recombinases / Q000235:genetics
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D000667:Ampicillin; D011938:Rec A Recombinases