Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a worldwide problem as a nosocomial pathogen in hospitalized patients. It can cause bacteremia, pneumonia, meningitis, urinary tract infection, wound infection, and nosocomial infections. Isolates resistant to almost all commercially available antimicrobials have been identified.
Category
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
Infections caused by other gamma proteobacteria
H00309 Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter infection
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
21 Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified
General symptoms, signs or clinical findings
Finding of microorganism resistant to antimicrobial drugs
MG50 Finding of gram negative bacteria resistant to antimicrobial drugs
H00309 Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter infection