Acinetobacter Baumanii

Question 1

Acinetobacter

Answer 1

Oxidase negative
non-fermenter, short rod
Second only to P. aeruginosa in freq of recovery of nonfermentative gram neg bacilli from human sources
opportunistic infections in hospitalized pts and infection is often associated with use of indwelling devices
Reservoirs within hospital may exist
Resistant to multiple classes of antibiotics, multidrug resistant strains are increasingly described
virulence factors include capsular polysaccharide, protein adhesins, proteolytic and lipolytic enzymes, and LPS