TY - JOUR AU - Jain, Avish L. AU - Harding, Christian M. AU - Assani, Kaivon AU - Shrestha, Chandra L. AU - Haga, Mercedees AU - Leber, Amy AU - Munson, Robert S. AU - Kopp, Benjamin T. PY - 2016 DA - 2016/07/22 TI - Characteristics of invasive Acinetobacter species isolates recovered in a pediatric academic center JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 346 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Acinetobacter species are associated with increasing mortality due to emerging drug-resistance. Pediatric Acinetobacter infections are largely undefined in developed countries and clinical laboratory identification methods do not reliably differentiate between members of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex, leading to improper identification. Therefore we aimed to determine risk factors for invasive Acinetobacter infections within an academic, pediatric setting as well as defining microbiologic characteristics of predominant strains. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1678-9 DO - 10.1186/s12879-016-1678-9 ID - Jain2016 ER -