Taxonomy
Family: Alcaligenaceae
Genus: Achromobacter
Formely: Alcaligenes xylosoxidans

Natural habitat
They exist in water environment and can cause health care-associated infections and bacteremia in immunocompromised patients with indwelling catheters.

Clinical significance
It is a relatively frequent agent of infection in immunocompromised patients, causing both local and systemic infections in nosocomial settings.

They can cause infections, especially for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF).
They do not seem to have a significant impact on lung function.

They are capable of causing a wide range of infections, such as bacteremia, meningitis, pneumonia, and peritonitis.

It had also been involved in nosocomial infections attributed to contaminated disinfectans, dialysis fluids, saline solution, and water.