Community-Acquired Bacteremic Acinetobacter Pneumonia in Tropical Australia Is Caused by Diverse Strains of Acinetobacter baumannii , with Carriage in the Throat in At-Risk Groups | Zendy

Nicholas M. Anstey | Zendy; Bart J. Currie | Zendy; Marilyn Hassell | Zendy; Didier Palmer | Zendy; Brian Dwyer | Zendy; Harald Seifert | Zendy

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Community-Acquired Bacteremic Acinetobacter Pneumonia in Tropical Australia Is Caused by Diverse Strains of Acinetobacter baumannii , with Carriage in the Throat in At-Risk Groups

Author(s) -

Nicholas M. Anstey,

Bart J. Currie,

Marilyn Hassell,

Didier Palmer,

Brian Dwyer,

Harald Seifert

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.40.2.685-686.2002

Subject(s) - acinetobacter baumannii , carriage , acinetobacter , throat , pneumonia , neisseriaceae , microbiology and biotechnology , community acquired pneumonia , biology , medicine , antibiotics , bacteria , pseudomonas aeruginosa , pathology , genetics , anatomy

Acinetobacter isolates from eight subjects with community-acquired Acinetobacter pneumonia (CAAP), a major cause of fatal community-acquired pneumonia in tropical Australia, were phenotypically and genotypically confirmed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis to be broadly diverse Acinetobacter baumannii strains. Wet-season throat carriage of A. baumannii was found in 10% of community residents with excess levels of alcohol consumption, the major at-risk group for CAAP.

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