Acinetobacter baumannii has been increasingly recognized as an important nosocomial pathogen in hospital infections, particularly in high dependency or intensive care units. The organism is most commonly involved in ventilator associated pneumonia, blood stream infections, urinary tract, wound, skin and infections of central nervous system. It may cause infections as a result of an endemic situation and/ or an epidemic outbreak, because these bacteria may be found on human skin and can survive for long periods on dry inanimate surfaces in hospital environment. The organism by its habitat is ubiquitous and can be isolated from the skin of the hospital staff and patients. Moist skin areas such as toe webs, the groin and the axilla are common sites. Other reservoirs of these organisms may include other moist and dry surfaces and equipment within the hospital environment.

Alia Batool est née à Lahore, au Pakistan, le 1er mars 1973. Elle a obtenu son MBBS au Fatima Jinnah Medical College for Women, à Lahore, entre 1991 et 1997. Elle a obtenu un MPhil en microbiologie à l'Université des sciences de la santé de Lahore en 2012. Elle est actuellement professeur adjoint de microbiologie au FMH College of Medicine & Dentistry Lahore.