Species-specific data

Table 2 gives a breakdown of reported Acinetobacter spp bacteraemias by species from 2003 to 2007:

The percentage of Acinetobacter isolates identified to species level increased from 53% in 2003 to 64% in 2007.
In 2007, the majority of Acinetobacter isolates identified to species level were attributed to A. calcoaceticus/baumannii, accounting for 52% of these reports (a decrease from 60% reported in 2003).
Acinetobacter lwoffii was the second most frequently reported bacteraemia, accounting for 38% of reports identified to species level (compared with 31% reported in 2003).
Of the remaining Acinetobacter isolates identified to species level in 2007, 5% were attributed to A. junii; and 3% to A. haemolyticus.

Table 2 Laboratory bacteraemia reports of Acinetobacter spp: 2003-2007*

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus/baumannii	359	374	400	413	399
Acinetobacter lwoffii	186	224	223	246	293
Acinetobacter junii	25	26	43	33	41
Acinetobacter haemolyticus	24	20	26	20	24
Acinetobacter spp, other named species	8	18	15	6	7
Acinetobacter spp, species not recorded	524	455	431	422	423
Acinetobacter spp totel	1126	1117	1138	1140	1187

*Data extracted 8 January 2008.

Last reviewed: 7 August 2009