Cigarettes Harbor Many Pathogenic Bacteria Nov 20, 2009
Bacteria of medical significance to humans were identified in all of the tested cigarettes and included Acinetobacter (associated with lung and blood infections); Bacillus (some varieties associated with food borne illnesses and anthrax); Burkholderia (some forms responsible for respiratory infections); Clostridium(associated with foodborne illnesses and lung infections); Klebsiella (associated with a variety of lung, blood and other infections); and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (an organism that... (Science Daily)
Antibiotic Resistance Still a Major Public Health Threat Nov 3, 2009
Studies show it's worsening while there are few new drugs in pipeline. Friday, October 30, 2009. (MEDLINEplus)
Triclosan Causes Antimicrobial Resi... Oct 5, 2009
Journal of Medical Microbiology, Triclosan resistance in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii, Chen et al., Vol. 58, 2009. http://www. (Suite101.com)
Wash hands - keep computers clean Oct 2, 2009
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii on computer interface surfaces of hospital wards and association with clinical isolates ... We investigated the association of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii, three leading hospital-acquired pathogens, from ward computer keyboards, mice and from clinical isolates in non-outbreak period by pulsed field gel electrophoresis and antibiogram ... 4% (49/282)... (BioMed Central)
Keyboards And Mice Can Harbor Hospital Infections Oct 2, 2009
4% (49/282) contamination rate of S. aureus, Acinetobacter spp ... Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii on computer interface surfaces of hospital wards and association with clinical isolates. (Science Daily)
Biologists Demystify Elusive War Zone Bacterium Aug 18, 2009
The professor in the South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases is researching Acinetobacter baumannii, a soil-dwelling bacterium that threatens the health of military personnel in the Middle East and can also infect their family members once the soldiers have returned home following battle ... The symptoms of Acinetobacter infections are mild to severe and present in a variety of ways, but are mostly found in immunocompromised individuals ... "Acinetobacter baumannii is an extremely... (Science Daily)
UTSA biology researchers demystify elusive war zone bacterium Aug 17, 2009
Acinetobacter baumannii causes mortality rates as high as 75 percent in Middle East ... The professor in the South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases is researching Acinetobacter baumannii, a soil-dwelling bacterium that threatens the health of military personnel in the Middle East and can also infect their family members once the soldiers have returned home following battle ... The symptoms of Acinetobacter infections are mild to severe and present in a variety of ways, but are... (EurekAlert!)
European researchers look for new ways to fight multi-drug-resistant bacterial infections Jun 26, 2009
On occasions, the choice narrows down to one drug such as the "last-resort" antibiotic colistin to treat infections caused by the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Acinetobacter baumannii ... Given this situation, the AntiPathoGN project intends to cover the need for more knowledge of the biological processes and cell growth and division mechanisms of four of the most resistant gram-negative bacteria - Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Helicobacter pylori, Acinetobacter baumannii and Escherichia coli. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Plant Microbe Shares Features With Drug-resistant Pathogen Jun 18, 2009
14, 2006) Researchers have discovered a cluster of 45 genes coding for antibacterial drug resistance in the bacterium, Acinetobacter baumannii, a major cause of hospital-acquired infections worldwide. The. (Science Daily)
BUSM researchers find gram-negative rods in two Philippine neonatal intensive care units May 16, 2009
The most common GNR species identified were Klebsiella, Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacter. A high proportion of colonization and bacteremia at the two NICUs was with non-intestinal GNRs. (EurekAlert!)
Bacteria Create Aquatic Superbugs In Waste Treatment Plants May 14, 2009
In the first known study of its kind, Chuanwu Xi of the University of Michigan School of Public Health and his team sampled water containing the bacteria Acinetobacter at five sites in and near Ann Arbor's wastewater treatment plant ... Xi's group chose to study Acinetobacter because it is a growing cause of hospital-acquired infections and because of its ability to acquire antibiotic resistance ... Zhang et al. Wastewater treatment contributes to selective increase of antibiotic resistance... (Science Daily)
Superbug risk to war wounded Mar 30, 2009
The potentially lethal microbes include superbugs such as methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella species and Escherichia coli. Dr Clinton K. Murray, from Brooke Army Medical Center, USA, told the Society for General Microbiology Meeting at the International Centre, Harrogate, that at the beginning of the 20th century improved military hygiene and disease control led to a steady decline in the number of wartime deaths... (EurekAlert!)
Better targeting of bacteria underway Mar 10, 2009
Acinetobacter baumannii infections, which plague wounded soldiers, are also probably caused by biofilms, as are more mundane afflictions such as sinusitis and ear infections. A successful means of dispersing biofilms, Davies said, would be a medical breakthrough akin to the discovery of penicillin in 1928. (Boston Globe)
Gram-negative bacteria are drug-resistant superbugs to watch out for Feb 23, 2009
They are extremely drug-resistant; they have long, complicated names like "acinetobacter baumanii" and "klebsiella pneumoniae." Two important issues related to these bacteria: They are increasingly cropping up in hospitals, and they are nearly impossible to treat ... Acinetobacter is seen in servicemen, Iraq war vets. (CNN)
Drug-resistant strains of bacteria on the rise Feb 18, 2009
The culprit was Acinetobacter baumannii, a bug that preys on the weak in hospitals ... Acinetobacter doesn't garner as many headlines as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, the bacterium better known as MRSA. But a January report by the Infectious Diseases Society of America warned that drug-resistant strains of Acinetobacter baumannii and two other microbes - Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae - soon could rival MRSA's toll. (Boston Globe)
