Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2002 · 142 citations · 7 references
Life SciencesInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyBacteriologyDiagnostic MicrobiologyMedical MicrobiologyBacterial EpidemiologyBacterial InfectionsClinical BacteriologyCommunity-acquired InfectionsHealthcare-associated InfectionsMedical BacteriologyAcinetobacter Baumannii InfectionAlcohol Consumption PatternsBacterial DetectionClinical Bacterial IdentificationCommunity-acquired Bacterial InfectionsMedical Microbial DiagnosisPulsed-field Gel ElectrophoresisPulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis Typing
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.
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