Acinetobacter species

Acinetobacter species

• now a member of Moraxellaceae

• Inhabit the environment and can be found in fomites and animal food products

• Capable of surviving inanimate objects

• Opportunistic pathogen

• Can resist decolorization and retain the crystal violet stain leading to misidentification

MacConkey agar

Acinetobacter species can grow on what agar?

True

True or False: Acinetobacter species is Oxidase negative, catalase positive, and non-motile

high fluid contents

Infections caused by Acinetobacter species usually occur in areas with?

• Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

• Pneumonia

• Tracheobronchitis

• Endocarditis

• Septicemia

• Meningitis

• Eye infection

Infections caused by Acinetobacter species

Acinetobacter baumanii

• Saccharolytic (glucose oxidizing)

Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

are usually only susceptible to Colistin and Tigecycline

Acinetobacter lwofii

Asaccharolytic (nonglucose utilizing species)