Incidence of Acinetobacter species other than A. baumannii among clinical isolates of Acinetobacter: evidence for emerging species.
Six hundred ninety nonduplicate isolates of Acinetobacter species were identified using a combination of detection of bla(OXA-51-like) and rpoB sequence cluster analysis. Although most isolates were identified as A. baumannii (78%), significant numbers of other species, particularly A. lwoffii/genomic species 9 (8.8%), A. ursingii (4%), genomic species 3 (1.7%), and A. johnsonii (1.7%), were received, often associated with bacteremias.
Turton
Jane F
JF
Laboratory of HealthCare Associated Infection, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, United Kingdom. jane.turton@hpa.org.uk
Shah
Jayesh
J
Ozongwu
Chika
C
Pike
Rachel
R
D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; C105078:RNA polymerase beta subunit; D001618:beta-Lactamases