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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2002, p. 1526-1529, Vol. 40, No. 4
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1526-1529.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Community-Acquired Acinetobacter baumannii Bacteremia in Adult Patients in Taiwan

Jann-Tay Wang,1,{dagger} Lawrence Clifford McDonald,2,{ddagger} Shan-Chwen Chang,1* and Monto Ho2

Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital ,1 Department of Clinical Research, National Health Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan2

Received 11 October 2001/ Returned for modification 30 November 2001/ Accepted 7 January 2002

We determined the clinical and microbiologic characteristics of community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia in 19 adult patients. We found that malignancy was the most frequent underlying disease. The overall mortality rate was 58%. All 14 available isolates were identified as genomic species 2 (A. baumannii) by 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing and were found to be genetically distinct by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan. Phone: 886-2-23123456, ext. 5401. Fax: 886-2-23971412. E-mail: sc4030{at}ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw.

{dagger} Present address: Far East Memorial Hospital, Taipei County, Taiwan.

{ddagger} Present address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville Hospital, Louisville, Ky.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2002, p. 1526-1529, Vol. 40, No. 4
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1526-1529.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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