… Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a highly troublesome pathogen for many
institutions globally. As a consequence of its immense ability to acquire or upregulate antibiotic …

… 1 represents the number of citations found in PubMed from 1999 to the end of 2010 using
either ‘Acinetobacter baumannii’ or ‘Acinetobacter baumannii and antibiotic resistance’, …

… Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen that has emerged as a global threat
because of high levels of resistance to many antibiotics, particularly those considered to be last-…

… in the incidence of infections due to several highly antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in hospitals
worldwide. Acinetobacter baumannii is one such organism that turned from an occasional …

… The emergence of multidrug-resistant strains of Acinetobacter species has been reported
previously,' ' but the high level of antimicrobial resistance … Before the outbreak, all acinetobacter …

Beginning in 1992, a sustained outbreak of multiresistantAcinetobacter baumannii infections
was noted in our 1,000-bed hospital in Barcelona, Spain, resulting in considerable overuse …

… the high prevalence of carbapenem resistance amongst Acinetobacter baumannii organisms
in this institution is … In summary, this study demonstrated the emergence of resistance of A. …

… baumannii lineages in Latin America are linked to ST79, ST25, ST15, and ST1 producing
OXA-23 enzymes, we report the emergence of highly resistant ST2 (IC-II) isolates in Peru …

The rapid expansion of Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates exhibiting resistance to …
The apparent predominance of a few successful multidrug-resistant lineages worldwide …

… The incidence of multi-drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infections (BSIs)
increased two- to four-fold in three Israeli hospitals between 1997 and 2002, accounting for …