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. 2010 Dec;48(12):4623-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01216-10. Epub 2010 Oct 13.

Clinical features of infections and colonization by Acinetobacter genospecies 3

José Molina  1 , José Miguel Cisneros, Felipe Fernández-Cuenca, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, Anna Ribera, Alejandro Beceiro, Luis Martínez-Martínez, Álvaro Pascual, Germán Bou, Jordi Vila, Jerónimo Pachón; Spanish Group for Nosocomial Infection (GEIH)
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Clinical features of infections and colonization by Acinetobacter genospecies 3

José Molina et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Dec.

Abstract

Two hundred twenty-one isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii and 15 of Acinetobacter genospecies 3 (AG3) were consecutively collected in a 30-day period during the nationwide project GEIH-Ab2000. Nosocomial acquisition (P=0.01), intensive care unit admission (P=0.02), and antibiotic pressure (P = 0.03) were observed to be lower in the AG3 group. AG3 isolates were more frequently implied in wound infections (P=0.05), while A. baumannii tended to be recovered from respiratory samples (P=0.08). To our knowledge, this is the first report analyzing the clinical differences among Acinetobacter genospecies, with our findings suggesting that clinical features of AG3 may not be equivalent to those traditionally described for A. baumannii.

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