Acinetobacter Baumannii

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Acinetobacter Baumannii

• By Kaitlynn Powell

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Acinetobacter Baumannii

• Classification Bacteria proteobacteria
  gammaproteobacteria pseudomadales
  moraxellaceae
• Aerobic bacteria chemoheteroph. ( survives from
  oxygen and proteins in your blood stream)
• Gram-negative
• Rod shaped (bacillus stapiylo)

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What is Acinetobacter?

• Group of bacteria commonly found in the soil and
  water. It is also found on the skin of healthy
  people (this is how it transports). There are
  many species of this disease (all cause human
  disease), but Acinetobacter Baumannii is the most
  deadly and accounts for about 80 of infections.
  It is resistant to almost all antibiotics and
  very hard to get rid of.

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Symptoms

• This disease causes multiple diseases ranging
  from pneumonia to serious blood or wound
  infections.
• Persons who have a weakened immune system are at
  a greater risk of getting this disease.

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How do you get this disease?

• Healthy people are at very little risk of getting
  this disease. People who have weakened immune
  systems, chronic lung disease, or diabetes may be
  more susceptible to the disease.
• Persons who are hospitalized for long periods of
  time and on ventilator have the highest risk of
  catching the disease.
• Acinetobacter is spread through person-to-person
  contact, contact with contaminated surfaces, or
  exposure to the environment.

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