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The clinical characteristics, carbapenem resistance, and outcome of Acinetobacter bacteremia according to genospecies

Few clinical data are available on the relationship between genospecies and outcome of Acinetobacter bacteremia, and the results are inconsistent. We performed this study to evaluate the relationship between genospecies and the outcome of Acinetobacter bacteremia. Clinical data from 180 patients who...

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Published in:PloS one 2013-06, Vol.8 (6), p.e65026-e65026
Main Authors: Park, Kyung-Hwa, Shin, Jong-Hee, Lee, Seung Yeop, Kim, Soo Hyun, Jang, Mi Ok, Kang, Seung-Ji, Jung, Sook-In, Chung, Eun-Kyung, Ko, Kwan Soo, Jang, Hee-Chang
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Summary:Few clinical data are available on the relationship between genospecies and outcome of Acinetobacter bacteremia, and the results are inconsistent. We performed this study to evaluate the relationship between genospecies and the outcome of Acinetobacter bacteremia. Clinical data from 180 patients who had Acinetobacter bacteremia from 2003 to 2010 were reviewed retrospectively. The genospecies were identified by rpoB gene sequence analysis. The clinical features and outcomes of 90 patients with A. baumannii bacteremia were compared to those of 90 patients with non-baumannii Acinetobacter bacteremia (60 with A. nosocomialis, 17 with Acinetobacter species "close to 13 TU", 11 with A. pittii, and two with A. calcoaceticus). A. baumannii bacteremia was associated with intensive care unit-onset, mechanical ventilation, pneumonia, carbapenem resistance, and higher APACHE II scores, compared to non-baumannii Acinetobacter bacteremia (P
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0065026