title: Incidence of Acinetobacter species other than A. baumannii among clinical isolates of Acinetobacter: evidence for emerging species.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of HealthCare Associated Infection, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, United Kingdom. jane.turton@hpa.org.uk
authors.forename: Jane F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Turton
authors.forename: Jayesh
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Chika
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ozongwu
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pike
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; C105078:RNA polymerase beta subunit; D001618:beta-Lactamases