Acinetobacter baumannii, one of the more clinically relevant species in the Acinetobacter
genus is well known to be multi-drug resistant and associated with bacteremia, urinary tract
infection, pneumonia, wound infection and meningitis. However, it cannot be differentiated
from closely related species such as Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, Acinetobacter pittii and
Acinetobacter nosocomialis by most phenotypic tests and can only be differentiated by
specific, time consuming genotypic tests with very limited use in clinical microbiological …

Acinetobacter baumannii, one of the more clinically relevant species in the Acinetobacter
genus is well known to be multi-drug resistant and associated with bacteremia, urinary tract
infection, pneumonia, wound infection and meningitis. However, it cannot be differentiated
from closely related species such as A. calcoaceticus, A. pittii and A. nosocomialis by most
phenotypic tests and can only be differentiated by specific, time consuming genotypic tests
with very limited use in clinical microbiological laboratories. As a result, these species are …