Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2004)

Acinetobacter baumannii in Human Body Louse

  • Bernard La Scola,
  • Didier Raoult

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1009.040242
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 9
pp. 1671 – 1673

Abstract

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While we were isolating Bartonella quintana from body lice, 40 Acinetobacter baumannii strains were also isolated and genotyped. One clone was unique and the other was ampicillin susceptible. A. baumannii DNA was later detected in 21% of 622 lice collected worldwide. These findings show an A. baumannii epidemic in human body lice.

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