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[[Image:pathology pic.jpg|thumb|250px|right| [http://www.nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v5/n12/fig_tab/nrmicro1789_F3.html Figure | [[Image:pathology pic.jpg|thumb|250px|right| [http://www.nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v5/n12/fig_tab/nrmicro1789_F3.html Figure 6.] Acinetobacter baumannii can be found in the natural microbial flora of the human skin. However, some pathogenic strains can infect the human respiratory tract, open wounds, or the bloodstream. Acinetobacter baumannii's resistance to many antibiotics and diverse metabolism allows it to subsist in various environments.]] | ||
==Multidrug-Resistance== | ==Multidrug-Resistance== |
Revision as of 01:01, 25 April 2011
By: Kerri-Lynn Conrad
Introduction
Genome Structure
Cell Structure
Metabolism
Epidemiology
Pathology
Multidrug-Resistance
Implications for Hospitals
Outbreak in United States Military Treatment Facilities
Implications for Hospitals
Future Work
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Edited by Kerri-Lynn Conrad, student of Joan Slonczewski for BIOL 238 Microbiology, 2011, Kenyon College.