Acinetobacter parvus bacteraemia community-acquired

Int J Med Microbiol. 2012 Dec;302(7-8):327-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2012.10.002. Epub 2012 Nov 24.

Abstract

Clinicians are generally familiar with Acinetobacter baumannii as an aetiological agent of serious nosocomial infections in intensive care units. Other Acinetobacter species can also be responsible for life-threatening sepsis. Here, we report about a bacteraemia caused by Acinetobacter parvus, community-acquired, identified with a 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and the MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry system.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter / chemistry
  • Acinetobacter / classification
  • Acinetobacter / genetics
  • Acinetobacter / isolation & purification*
  • Acinetobacter Infections / diagnosis*
  • Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology*
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Community-Acquired Infections / diagnosis*
  • Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S