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Please remember that the Genera of Acinetobacter ( a nonfermenting G(-) rod)
and Enterobacter (a fermentative G(-) rod) are both considered as "
opportunistic pathogens". That means they are most often not pathogenic when
isolated from industrial samples and they require special conditions ,
including a traumatic or immune compromised host, to cause infections in
humans - they are not frank pathogenic bacteria!!!.
Claude Anger
Director, Pharmaceutical Microbiology
Allergan Inc/
-----Original Message-----
From: Milind Deshpande [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 3:14 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PMFLIST] Acetobacter spp.
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus is pathogen, mostly causing nosocomial
infections. but there are several environmental strains of
Acinetobacter
which are used for different applications e g. surfactant produced
by
Acinetobacter is commercially available.
thanks.
Milind
At 12:56 PM 6/30/99 -0400, you wrote:
>We occaisionally identify Acinetobacter in our enrichment method
for
>Enterobacteriacea (ENT) because it proliferates well on VRGB. The
method
>is used because ENT is a specification for our lactose. It is not
classed
>as Enterobacteriacea and we do not consider it a pathogen.
Although one
>pharmaceutical customer told us a consultant had told him it was a
pathogen
>of concern???? He was unable to cite a reference. I'd appreciate
any info
>or references that cite Acinetobacter as a pathogen.
>
>Peg Walling
>Quest International
>
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