Background Acinetobacter baumannii is responsible for large epidemics in hospitals, where
it can persist for long time on abiotic surfaces. This study investigated some virulence …

Acinetobacter baumannii currently represents one of the most important nosocomial
infection agent due to its multidrug-resistance and a propensity for the epidemic spread. The …

Background Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen responsible for hospital-
acquired infections. A. baumannii epidemics described world-wide were caused by few …

Acinetobacter baumannii is a globally distributed nosocomial pathogen that has gained
interest due to its resistance to most currently used antimicrobials. Whole genome …

Methods In total, 100 A. baumannii were collected from three hospitals in Tehran, Iran, 2017-
2018. The isolates were assessed using phenotypic and genotypic methods and then …

The emergence of Acinetobacter baumannii during recent decades as an important
nosocomial pathogen responsible of worldwide, intensively documented, outbreaks has …

To further expand the limited multilocus sequence typing (MLST) database for Acinetobacter
baumannii, 53 clinical isolates from various outbreaks in Europe and the USA, collected …

ABSTRACT Representatives (n= 31) of outbreak strains of Acinetobacter baumannii from
five countries fell into three clear groups, designated Groups 1–3, based on their ompA …

Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen responsible for nosocomial
infections, however the origins of these bacteria remain unclear. Sixteen A. baumannii …

To compare the two Acinetobacter baumannii multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) schemes
and to assess their suitability to aid in outbreak analysis we investigated the molecular …