BACKGROUND 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. METHODS Clinical data from 180 patients who had Acinetobacter bacteremia from 2003 to 2010 were reviewed retrospectivel...

Background: The species belonging to the genus Acinetobacter are currently reported as opportunistic pathogens and shows multidrug resistance in hospitalized patients. The aim of this study was to isolate the clinical Acinetobacter species from NFGNB (Non Fermentative Gram Negative Bacilli) other than Pseudomonas and analyze their antibiogram (antibiotic susceptibility) patterns. This study hel...

Acinetobacter infections have increased and gained attention because of the organism's prolonged environmental survival and propensity to develop antimicrobial drug resistance. The effect of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter infection on clinical outcomes has not been reported. A retrospective, matched cohort investigation was performed at 2 Baltimore hospitals to examine outcomes of pati...

Acinetobacter radioresistens strain SA188 is a plant endophytic bacterium, isolated from root nodules of the desert plants Indigofera spp., collected in Jizan, Saudi Arabia. Here, we report the 3.2-Mb draft genome sequence of strain SA188, highlighting characteristic pathways for plant growth-promoting activity and environmental adaptation.

The genus Acinetobacter consists of 31 validly published species ubiquitously distributed in nature and primarily associated with nosocomial infection. We report the 3.5 Mb draft genome of the Acinetobacter junii strain MTCC 11364. The genome has a G + C content of 38.0% and includes 3 rRNA genes (5S, 23S, 16S) and 64 aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase genes.

Acinetobacter johnsonii rarely causes human infections. While most A. johnsonii isolates are susceptible to virtually all antibiotics, strains harboring a variety of β-lactamases have recently been described. An A. johnsonii Aj2199 clinical strain recovered from a hospital in Buenos Aires produces PER-2 and OXA-58. We decided to delve into its genome by obtaining the whole genome sequence of th...

The first step in the biofilm formation is the bacterial attachment to solid surfaces, which is dependent on the bacteria cell surface physico-chemical properties. The purpose of this work was to analyze the effect of pH on the physicochemical cell surface properties of Acinetobacter baumannii by two different methods. The cell surface properties were evaluated using the microbial adhesion to s...

Synergy between colistin and the signal peptidase inhibitor MD3 was tested against isogenic mutants and clinical pairs of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates. Checkerboard assays and growth curves showed synergy against both colistin-susceptible strains (fractional inhibitory concentration index [FICindex] = 0.13 to 0.24) and colistin-resistant strains with mutations in pmrB and phosphoethanolamin...

The genus Acinetobacter consists of 31 validly published species ubiquitously distributed in nature and primarily associated with nosocomial infection. We report the 3.4 Mb genome of Acinetobacter haemolyticus strain MTCC 9819(T). The genome has a G + C content of 40.0% and includes 3 rRNA genes (5S, 23S, 16S) and 65 aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase genes.

Clinical isolates of non-saccharolytic Acinetobacter species were observed to reduce nitrate.