Short description
The genus
Acinetobacter comprises extremely resistant
gram-negative bacteria, which have developed resistance against almost all available antibiotics.
Detailed description
Some bacteria of this genus are part of the normal human flora and generally do not cause disease. Others are mainly found in hospitals where they are responsible for hospital-acquired infections, especially wound infections, pneumonia and
meningitis. Several severe infections with
Acinetobacter baumannii occurred in the hospital at Kiel in 2015. DZIF scientists contributed to decipher the
pathogen’s genome.
