Acinetobacter radioresistens infection with bacteremia and pneumonia
Acinetobacter species are non-fermentative Gram-negative coccobacilli that are ubiquitous in the environment. The archetype pathogen within the genus is Acinetobacter baumannii, however, other species have the potential to cause human infection, especially in the hospital setting. We describe a pati...
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author | Tina Wang Victoria Costa Stephen G. Jenkins Barry J. Hartman Lars F. Westblade |
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description | Acinetobacter species are non-fermentative Gram-negative coccobacilli that are ubiquitous in the environment. The archetype pathogen within the genus is Acinetobacter baumannii, however, other species have the potential to cause human infection, especially in the hospital setting. We describe a patient with infection due to Acinetobacter radioresistens, a rare agent of human disease, which is often misidentified using biochemical methods. Acinetobacter radioresistens is the source of the Class D OXA-23 carbapenemase that can confer carbapenem resistance in A. baumannii. Therefore, accurate identification of A. radioresistens is important for clinical management and to potentially prevent the spread of carbapenem resistance. Keywords: Acinetobacter radioresistens, Bacteremia, MALDI-TOF MS, OXA-23, Pneumonia |
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spelling | doaj.art-d994798fdf7048e8a484c6a01345aa582022-12-21T18:21:13ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092019-01-0115Acinetobacter radioresistens infection with bacteremia and pneumoniaTina Wang0Victoria Costa1Stephen G. Jenkins2Barry J. Hartman3Lars F. Westblade4Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USADepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USADivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USADivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA; Corresponding author at: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1305 York Avenue, New York, NY, USA.Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA; Corresponding author at: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY, USA.Acinetobacter species are non-fermentative Gram-negative coccobacilli that are ubiquitous in the environment. The archetype pathogen within the genus is Acinetobacter baumannii, however, other species have the potential to cause human infection, especially in the hospital setting. We describe a patient with infection due to Acinetobacter radioresistens, a rare agent of human disease, which is often misidentified using biochemical methods. Acinetobacter radioresistens is the source of the Class D OXA-23 carbapenemase that can confer carbapenem resistance in A. baumannii. Therefore, accurate identification of A. radioresistens is important for clinical management and to potentially prevent the spread of carbapenem resistance. Keywords: Acinetobacter radioresistens, Bacteremia, MALDI-TOF MS, OXA-23, Pneumoniahttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250918301793 |
spellingShingle | Tina Wang Victoria Costa Stephen G. Jenkins Barry J. Hartman Lars F. Westblade Acinetobacter radioresistens infection with bacteremia and pneumonia IDCases |
title | Acinetobacter radioresistens infection with bacteremia and pneumonia |
title_full | Acinetobacter radioresistens infection with bacteremia and pneumonia |
title_fullStr | Acinetobacter radioresistens infection with bacteremia and pneumonia |
title_full_unstemmed | Acinetobacter radioresistens infection with bacteremia and pneumonia |
title_short | Acinetobacter radioresistens infection with bacteremia and pneumonia |
title_sort | acinetobacter radioresistens infection with bacteremia and pneumonia |
url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250918301793 |
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