Nosocomial bacteremia due to an as yet unclassified acinetobacter genomic species 17-like strain.

We describe a case of bacteremia due to an as yet unclassified Acinetobacter genomic species 17-like strain. The recognition of this microorganism as non-Acinetobacter baumannii may have important epidemiological implications, as it relieves the hospital of the implementation of barrier precautions for patients infected or colonized as may be necessary with a multiresistant A. baumannii epidemic.

Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't;

The Grupo de Estudio de la Infección Hospitalaria(GEIH), from the Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica (SEIMC), the Departament d’Universitats, Recerca I Societat de la Informació de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain and the Red Española de Patología Infecciosa (REIPI-C03-14).