Acinetobacter baumanii has become a high-profile opportunistic pathogen, causing wound infections, urinary tract infections, pneumonia and septicemia.What is the reason for its high-profile nature?
A) A.baumanii has a very low infective dose and nearly everyone that contacts it gets a very serious infection.
B) A.baumanii produces an exotoxin that causes servere diarrhea.
C) A.baumanii is very fastidious and is difficult to culture in the laboratory.
D) Many strains of A.baumanii are highly resistant to antibiotics.
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