Acinetobacter
(a″ĭ-nēt″ŏ-bak′tĕr)
[Gr. akinētos, immovable, + bacter(ium)]
A genus of gram-negative, aerobic coccobacilli that is an increasingly important cause of serious infections, esp. in hospitalized patients. It is commonly found in water, soil, and on the skin of healthy humans.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Acinetobacter." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768406/all/.
Acinetobacter. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768406/all/. Accessed May 5, 2024.
Acinetobacter. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768406/all/
Acinetobacter [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 May 05]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768406/all/.
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