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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Moraxellaceae —Gram-negative bacteria found insoil .
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For one such organism called Acinetobacter, rates of resistance to carbapenems, considered last-resort antibiotics, have jumped from 9 percent in
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For one such organism called Acinetobacter, rates of resistance to carbapenems, considered last-resort antibiotics, have jumped from 9 percent in
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Candidates include moss, an easy to grow bacterium called Acinetobacter, and the salt-loving Halobacterium.
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Candidates include moss, an easy to grow bacterium called Acinetobacter, and the salt-loving Halobacterium.
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Comparing combination antimicrobial therapy with monotherapy for the treatment of Acinetobacter baumannii, a major cause of bloodstream infection and pneumonia in health care settings
Antimicrobial Resistance: 8 Large NIH Trials Seek To Preserve The Usefulness Of Antibiotics NIH/NIAID 2010
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Comparing combination antimicrobial therapy with monotherapy for the treatment of Acinetobacter baumannii, a major cause of bloodstream infection and pneumonia in health care settings
Antimicrobial Resistance: 8 Large NIH Trials Seek To Preserve The Usefulness Of Antibiotics The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Clinicians also worry about vancomycin-resistant enterococci VRE, encouraged by the use of the antibiotic virginiamycin in livestock, Clostridium difficile, a serious intestinal bug developing resistance, and resistant Acinetobacter baumannii which has so afflicted US troops in Iraq it has been dubbed "Iraqibacter."
Martha Rosenberg: Are You Eating Antibiotics Without Knowing It? Probably! Martha Rosenberg 2012
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Clinicians also worry about vancomycin-resistant enterococci VRE, encouraged by the use of the antibiotic virginiamycin in livestock, Clostridium difficile, a serious intestinal bug developing resistance, and resistant Acinetobacter baumannii which has so afflicted US troops in Iraq it has been dubbed "Iraqibacter."
Martha Rosenberg: Are You Eating Antibiotics Without Knowing It? Probably! Martha Rosenberg 2012
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Beginning in 1992, a sustained outbreak of multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections was noted in our 1,000-bed hospital in Barcelona, Spain, resulting in considerable overuse of imipenem, to which the organisms were uniformly susceptible.
Behe's Test 2008
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Wackernagel 2008 Double illegitimate recombination events integrate DNA segments through two different mechanisms during natural transformation of Acinetobacter baylyi.
Flagellum evolution -- how's your German? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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