ABSTRACT
Acinetobacter baumannii is renowned for its ability to cause both community and healthcare-associated infections (HAI). Given its ingenuity to accumulate mechanisms of pan-antimicrobial resistance, A. baumannii is often responsible for large, multicentered HAI outbreaks, with clinical presentations varying from pneumonia, urinary tract infections, bacteremia/septicemia, to surgical wound infections. Invasive procedures (e.g., mechanical ventilation, central venous, or urinary catheters) and use of broad-spectrum antimicrobials represent major risk factors for A. baumannii infections.
