TY - JOUR AU - Visca, Paolo AU - Petrucca, Andrea AU - De Mori, Patrizia AU - Festa, Anna AU - Boumis, Evangelo AU - Antinori, Andrea AU - Petrosillo, Nicola T1 - Community-Acquired Acinetobacter radioresistens Bacteremia in an HIV-Positive Patient T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 6 SP - 1032 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We describe the first case of community-acquired bacteremia caused by Acinetobacter radioresistens; the patient was a 32-year-old HIV-positive neutropenic woman. Ambiguous Gram staining and poor biochemical reactivity of blood culture isolates misguided early diagnosis and therapy. Bacterial identification was based on 16S rDNA sequence analysis. A. radioresistens can be considered as a cause of opportunistic infection in immunodeficient patients. KW - acinetobacter radioresistens bacteremia KW - community-acquired bacteremia KW - Italy DO - 10.3201/eid0706.010621 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/6/01-0621_article ER - End of Reference