| acinetobacter calcoaceticus variety anitratus: an increasing nosocomial problem. | acinetobacter calcoaceticus var anitratus is an increasing nosocomial problem in some institutions. duirng a recent 16-month period, we observed 15 patients with blood isolates of this organism. thirteen of these patients acquired the organism from the hospital environment. eleven of these represented real disease and concurrent growth of the organism from another site was predictive of infection (p less than 0.03). a review of laboratory records showed that there was a three-fold increase in no ... | 1979 | 426000 |