The nurse is reviewing the results of a patient’s sputum culture as part of a sepsis evaluation. The culture tested positive for Acinetobacter baumannii. Which is the most appropriate interpretation of these results?

The patient is colonized with the bacteria; no treatment is needed. Acinetobacter most often colonizes the urinary and respiratory tracts of hospitalized patients; it rarely causes an infection. The patient is most likely colonized, not infected. Meropenem is the drug of choice for an Acinetobacter infection, but the patient is likely only colonized. Acinetobacter is inherently multi-drug resistant, but there are some drugs which may be effective. It is unlikely that the culture result is a contaminant.

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