What makes Acinetobacter baumanii so scary?
Acinetobacter baumannii is extremely hardy and known to survive on dry surfaces for up sixty days . Acinetobacter baumannii is very adept at picking up resistant genes from other bacteria . In the laboratory setting Acinetobacter baumannii has begun to grow resistant to drugs such as Colistin in as little as 12 hours. Acinetobacter baumannii claimed mortality rates range from 25% to 75%.
