caa a22 4500 47583156X CHVBK 20180406123841.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s100960000315 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s100960000315 Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Bacteremia Caused by Acinetobacter lwoffii [Elektronische Daten] [S. C. Ku, P. R. Hsueh, P. C. Yang, K. T. Luh]  A retrospective study was conducted to analyze the clinical features and pathogenic roles of bacteremia caused by Acinetobacter lwoffii during a 4-year period. Acinetobacter lwoffii (formerly Acinetobacter calcoaceticus var. lwoffii) is recognized as normal flora of the skin, oropharynx and perineum of healthy individuals. There are few reports of Acinetobacter lwoffii bacteremia associated with indwelling catheters in humans, particularly in immunocompromised hosts. The records of 18 patients with Acinetobacter lwoffii bacteremia whose underlying conditions included cancer (11 patients), systemic lupus erythematosus (n=1), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (n=2) and other diseases (n=4), all but one of whom had indwelling catheters during the bacteremic episode, were examined. The clinical syndromes were classified as probable catheter-related bacteremia (n=14), definite catheter-related bacteremia (n=2), primary bacteremia (n=1) or biliary tract infection (n=1). The infections improved after removal of the catheter and/or appropriate antimicrobial therapy. One death was attributable to the bacteremic event. The results of this study show that indwelling catheter-related Acinetobacter lwoffii bacteremia in immunocompromised hosts appears to be associated with a low risk of mortality. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Ku S. C. Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan, TW aut Hsueh P. R. Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan e-mail: luhkt@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw, TW aut Yang P. C. Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan, TW aut Luh K. T. Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan e-mail: luhkt@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw, TW aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960000315 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960000315 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ku S. C. Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan, TW aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hsueh P. R. Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan e-mail: luhkt@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw, TW aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yang P. C. Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan, TW aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Luh K. T. Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan e-mail: luhkt@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw, TW aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer