title: Acinetobacter baumannii: An Emerging and Important Pathogen.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the clinical significance, management, and control ofAcinetobacterinfections.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Acinetobacterinfections have become a major cause of hospital-acquired infections worldwide.Acinetobacteris noted for its ability to survive for long periods on hospital surfaces and equipment, its predilection to develop resistance to multiple antibiotics, its affinity to cause serious infections in critically ill patients, and many well described outbreaks attributable to contamination of a common source. The crude ICU mortality is approximately 40%. Rigorous antibiotic stewardship and infection control measures are critical to prevent the spread of multidrug-resistantAcinetobacterinfections. There is also a pressing need for new therapeutic options.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acinetobacteris an emerging pathogen of increasing significance.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital (Drs. Alsan and Klompas), and the Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (Dr. Klompas).
authors.forename: Marcella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alsan
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital (Drs. Alsan and Klompas), and the Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (Dr. Klompas).
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klompas