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Acinetobacter is a gram-negative coccobacillus (Figure 1)^1,2 that during the past three decades has emerged from an organism of questionable pathogenicity to an infectious agent of importance to hospitals worldwide.^3,4 Approximately one quarter of the PubMed citations for "nosocomial acinetobacter" in the past 20 years appeared in 2005 and 2006. Acinetobacter infections have long been clinically prominent in tropical countries, have been a recurrent problem during wars and natural disasters, and have recently caused multihospital outbreaks in temperate climates. Most alarming are the organism's ability to accumulate diverse mechanisms of resistance, the emergence of strains that are resistant . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Mechanisms of Resistance

Epidemiology

Health Care–Associated Infections

Seasonal Variation

Community-Acquired Infections

Military Personnel

Disasters

Clinical Manifestations

Treatment

Infection Control

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From Medical Specialists, Dyer, IN (L.S.M.-P.); and the Division of Infectious Diseases, Stroger (Cook County) Hospital, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center, and Rush Medical College — all in Chicago (R.A.W.).

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Acinetobacter Infection
Kapoor R., Myrianthefs P., Gavala A., Baltopoulos G., Lima A. L., Oliveira P. R., Paula A. P., Munoz-Price L. S., Weinstein R. A.
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N Engl J Med 2008; 358:2845-2847, Jun 26, 2008. Correspondence

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