Multidrug‐resistant Acinetobacter: a threat to the antibiotic era

Hospital-acquired infections caused by Acinetobacter have now been reported worldwide.1 The organism is a highly resilient, Gram-negative coccobacillus and has emerged as one of the most difficult bacteria to control and treat.2 The range of infections associated with Acinetobacter is wide and includes pneumonia, bacteraemia, urinary tract infection, skin and wound infection, meningitis and endocarditis, with the distribution of these dependent...