Global Challenge of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

F Perez, AM Hujer, KM Hujer, BK Decker… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
We may soon be facing the end of the “antibiotic era.” The initial and seemingly unstoppable
success of antibiotics, the fruit of human ingenuity, has been countered by an escalation of …

Mapping Global Prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii and Recent Vaccine Development to Tackle It

C Ma, S McClean - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is a leading cause of nosocomial … We mapped the global prevalence
of multidrug-resistant A. … , and hence it is challenging to define whether they are native …

A global view on carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

C Müller, S Reuter, J Wille, K Xanthopoulou, D Stefanik… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
baumannii. In Latin America, a lineage different from … global world with migration and
increasing use of antimicrobials, multidrug-resistant bacteria will continue to adapt and challenge

Acinetobacter baumannii: evolution of a global pathogen

LCS Antunes, P Visca, KJ Towner - Pathogens and disease, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic nosocomial pathogen and one of the six most
important multidrug resistant microorganisms in hospitals worldwide. This human pathogen is …

… challenges of whole-genome-sequencing–powered epidemiological surveillance of globally distributed clonal groups of bacterial infections, giving Acinetobacter …

H Jia, Y Chen, J Wang, X Xie, Z Ruan - International Journal of Medical …, 2019 - Elsevier
… Our study highlights the emerging challenges entailed in the WGS-powered epidemiological
surveillance of globally distributed clonal groups. Standardization is urgently required …

Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: A challenge in the intensive care unit

Y Jiang, Y Ding, Y Wei, C Jian, J Liu… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) has become one of the leading causes of healthcare-associated
infections globally… have been recognized as a global challenge because of its multiple…

Bacteriophage therapeutics to confront multidrug‐resistant Acinetobacter baumanniia global health menace

S Rai, A Kumar - Environmental microbiology reports, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Acinetobacter baumannii is one such pathogen that has been … It is one of the most
challenging hospital-acquired pathogens as … Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic human …

Acinetobacter baumannii Resistance: A Real Challenge for Clinicians

…, LA Padró Alonzo, A Rivera Reséndiz… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii (named in honor of the American bacteriologists Paul and Linda
Baumann) is a Gram-negative, multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogen that causes nosocomial …

Antibiotic‐Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Increasing Success Remains a Challenge as a Nosocomial Pathogen

AM Gonzalez-Villoria… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… is a global challenge, it would … global scale. Further efforts, including potentially compulsory
surveillance and data gathering, are required in order to properly face this global challenge. …

[HTML][HTML] The changing global epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii infections: a development with major public health implications

ME Falagas, EA Karveli - Clinical microbiology and infection, 2007 - Elsevier
Acinetobacter baumannii infections have … baumannii clinical isolates are frequently
resistant to most antimicrobial agents and evidence of pan-drug resistance among A. baumannii