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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2002, p. 685-686, Vol. 40, No. 2
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.2.685-686.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Community-Acquired Bacteremic Acinetobacter Pneumonia in Tropical Australia Is Caused by Diverse Strains of Acinetobacter baumannii, with Carriage in the Throat in At-Risk Groups

Nicholas M. Anstey,1,2,3* Bart J. Currie,1,2,3 Marilyn Hassell,2 Didier Palmer,2,3 Brian Dwyer,2,{dagger} and Harald Seifert4

Menzies School of Health Research,,1 Royal Darwin Hospital,,2 Northern Territory Clinical School, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia,3 Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany4

Received 28 September 2001/ Returned for modification 3 November 2001/ Accepted 18 November 2001

Acinetobacter isolates from eight subjects with community-acquired Acinetobacter pneumonia (CAAP), a major cause of fatal community-acquired pneumonia in tropical Australia, were phenotypically and genotypically confirmed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis to be broadly diverse Acinetobacter baumannii strains. Wet-season throat carriage of A. baumannii was found in 10% of community residents with excess levels of alcohol consumption, the major at-risk group for CAAP.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Menzies School of Health Research and NT Clinical School, P.O. Box 41096, Casuarina, NT 0811, Australia. Phone: 618 8922 8196. Fax: 618 8927 5187. E-mail: anstey{at}menzies.edu.au.

{dagger} Present address: Western Diagnostic Pathology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2002, p. 685-686, Vol. 40, No. 2
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.2.685-686.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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