Species-specific data

Table 2 gives a breakdown of reported Acinetobacter spp bacteraemias by species from 2004 to 2008:

• The percentage of Acinetobacter isolates identified to species level increased from 59% in 2004 to 66% in 2008.
• In 2008, the majority of Acinetobacter isolates identified to species level were attributed to A. calcoaceticus/baumannii, accounting for 46% of these reports (a decrease from 56% reported in 2004).
• Acinetobacter lwoffii was the second most frequently reported bacteraemia, accounting for 42% of reports identified to species level (compared with 34% reported in 2004).
• Of the remaining Acinetobacter isolates identified to species level in 2008, 5% were attributed to A. junii and 3% to A. haemolyticus.
  

Table 2 Laboratory bacteraemia reports of Acinetobacter spp: 2004-2008 *

*Data extracted 27th October 2009.

Last reviewed: 16 April 2010