Community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia in adult patients in Taiwan

Jann-Tay Wang; Lawrence Clifford McDonald; Shan-Chwen Chang; Monto Ho

doi:10.1128/JCM.40.4.1526-1529.2002

Community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia in adult patients in Taiwan

J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Apr;40(4):1526-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1526-1529.2002.

Authors

Jann-Tay Wang¹, Lawrence Clifford McDonald, Shan-Chwen Chang, Monto Ho

Affiliation

¹ Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei.

Abstract

We determined the clinical and microbiologic characteristics of community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia in 19 adult patients. We found that malignancy was the most frequent underlying disease. The overall mortality rate was 58%. All 14 available isolates were identified as genomic species 2 (A. baumannii) by 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing and were found to be genetically distinct by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter / classification*
Acinetobacter / genetics
Acinetobacter / isolation & purification*
Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology*
Acinetobacter Infections / mortality
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Bacteremia / mortality
Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
Community-Acquired Infections / mortality
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Taiwan