Berk S L, McCabe W R
Arch Neurol. 1981 Feb;38(2):95-8. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1981.00510020053007.
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus var anitratus caused meningitis in five patients between 1968 and 1978 at two hospitals affiliated with Boston University School of Medicine. All patients had had head trauma or neurosurgical procedures prior to the development of meningitis. The course of the disease was relatively indolent in that fulminant disease did not occur even when initial therapy was inappropriate and bacteria persisted in CSF. All five patients survived. On Gram's stain of CSF, A calcoaceticus may be confused with meningococci, pneumococci, or Haemophilus influenzae and thus cause delay in appropriate diagnosis and therapy.
1968年至1978年间，在波士顿大学医学院附属的两家医院里，醋酸钙不动杆菌硝酸盐阴性生物变种致使5名患者患上脑膜炎。所有患者在脑膜炎发病前均有头部外伤或神经外科手术史。该病病程相对进展缓慢，即便初始治疗不当且脑脊液中细菌持续存在，也未出现暴发性疾病。所有5名患者均存活。在脑脊液的革兰氏染色中，醋酸钙不动杆菌可能会与脑膜炎球菌、肺炎球菌或流感嗜血杆菌混淆，从而导致适当诊断和治疗的延迟。
