acinetobacter
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ACINETOBACTER
By Shahbaz Raza
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Introduction • The name, Acinetobacter, comes from the
Latin word for "motionless," because they lack cilia or flagella with which to move.
• Have 32 species, A. baumanii and A. lwoffii have greatest clinical importance.
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Introduction
• Most species are not significant sources of infection. However, one opportunistic species, Acinetobacter baumannii, is found primarily in hospitals and poses a risk to people who have supressed immunity.
• >2/3 of Acinetobacter infections are due to A. baumannii
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AcinetobacterGram-NegativeCoccobacilli Strictly aerobic Nonmotile Catalase positiveOxidase negative
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Epidemiology
Environmental reservoirs
•Soil
•Fresh water
•Vegetables
•Animals
•Body lice, fleas, ticks
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Epidemiology In the hospital…
• Environmental surface
• Ventilators, dialysis machines, air ventilation systems, water sources
• Hands
• Contaminated suction equipment
• Respiratory, urinary, GI tracts & wounds of patients
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Growth Requirment
Aerobic
Grow at 44° C
Differential Media– MacConky Agar
Selective Media– CHROM Agar– Leeds Acinetobacter Agar
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MacConky Agar
CHROM Agar
Leeds Acinetobacter Agar
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Biochemical Profile• Both A.baumennii and
A.lwofii are Catalase positive and Oxidase Negative.
• A.baumennii ferment glucose, xylose and lactose but A.lwofii cannot ferment.
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Rapid Detection
• Rapid detection of Acinetobacter can be done by RapID ONE Panel (remel) and Api 20 E strips. These can differentiate up to species level.
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Molecular Detection
• A.baumennii and A.lwofii can be detected by PCR.
• recA specific primers are used to detect recA gene in A.baumennii, giving a 382 bp fragment
• est specific primers are used to detect est gene in A.lwofii, giving a 309 bp product.
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Pathogenesis Opportunistic pathogen…Survive under dry conditions
Virulence Factors• Polysaccharide capsule, prevent complement
activation, delay phagocytosis• Fimbriae (adhere to human bronchial epithelium)• Pilli (colonization of environmental surface to form
biofilms)
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Transmission• Acinetobacter can
be spread from person to person (infected or colonized patients), contact with contaminated surfaces of exposure to the environment.
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Antibiotic Resistance• Acinetobacter species
are capable of accumulating multiple antibiotic resistance genes, leading to the development of multidrug-resistant or even panresistant strains.
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Antibiotic ResistanceMechanisms • Antibiotic-altering enzymes (beta-lactams,
carbapenems, aminoglycosides)• Reduced outer membrane porin expression
(beta-lactams, carbapenems)• Altered penicillin-binding proteins (beta-
lactams, carbapenems)• DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV
mutations (quinolones)
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Treatment
• Multidrug-resistant A. baumannii is a common problem in many hospitals. First line treatment is with a Carbapenems antibiotic such as imipenem, but carbapenem resistance is increasingly common. Other treatment options include Polymyxin, Tigecycline and Aminoglycosides.
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Treating the Resistant Infections
• Colistin and Polymyxin B have been used to treat highly resistant Acinetobacter infections. The choice of appropriate therapy is further complicated by the toxicity of colistin which is mainly renal.
• Acinetobacter isolates resistant to colistin and Polymyxin B have also been reported
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Summary
• Opportunistic pathogen
• Nosocomial infection
• Grow best at aerobic conditions
• Can be transmitted by contact
• Possessing antibiotic resistant
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Acinetobacter pakistanensis
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Wash your hands and shut them off.