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Can you be a carrier of Acinetobacter baumannii without being sick?

April 26, 2017acinetobacter baumannii sick

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Can you be a carrier of Acinetobacter baumannii without being sick?

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The military found strains of Acinetober baumannii that were not the drug resistant strain on the skin of soldiers who were not hospitalized or infected. Acinetobacter baumannii is thought to be carried in healthy persons much like MRSA without causing infection.