Volume 10, Number 9—September 2004
Dispatch
Acinetobacter baumannii in Human Body Louse
Table 1
Types of recA gene sequencesa
Acinetobacter baumannii strains (n = 62) | recA type | Ampicillin susceptibility |
---|---|---|
Lice associated (n = 21) | 1 | Yes |
Lice associated (n = 19) | 2 | No |
CIP 70.34, CIP 70.32, UR 121120, CIP 70.8, CIP 70.9, CIP 70.33, UR 73415 | 1 | No |
CIP 54.147, CIP 70.28, CIP 103572, UR 37033, CIP 53.77, CIP 70.22, CIP 105742 | 3 | No |
CIP 70.24, CIP 68.38 | 4 | No |
CIP 70.10, CIP 70.21 | 5 | No |
CIP 54.97 | 6 | No |
CIP 53.79 | 7 | No |
CIP 64.1 | 8 | No |
aCIP, strains from the Collection de l’Institut Pasteur (Paris, France); UR, clinical strains from Unité des Rickettsies.