The potential of A. baumannii for acquired resistance to last resort antibiotics (colistin and
tigecycline) during treatment has important clinical implications, especially when dealing …

Efflux is an important mechanism in Gram-negative bacteria conferring multidrug resistance.
Inhibition of efflux is an encouraging strategy to restore the antibacterial activity of antibiotics …

Among non-mammalian infection model organisms, the larvae of the greater wax moth
Galleria mellonella have seen increasing popularity in recent years. Unlike other …

Objectives To determine the most common tigecycline resistance mechanisms in
carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates obtained during the global …

Acinetobacter baumannii is an important opportunistic pathogen of nosocomial infections. A.
baumannii presently exhibits increasing antibiotic resistance, which poses great challenges …

Among bacterial species implicated in hospital-acquired infections are the emerging Pan-
Drug Resistant (PDR) and Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Acinetobacter (A.) baumannii …

Objective Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a problematic hospital pathogen and
tigecycline is among the few remaining antibiotics retaining activity against multidrug …

Nosocomial infections caused by extensively drug-resistant (XDR) or Pan-Drug resistant
(PDR) Acinetobacter (A.) baumannii have recently increased dramatically creating a medical …

Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen which causes a wide range of serious
infections in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit. Besides its high desiccation …

Infections by antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a significant and complex global health issue.
In this context, Acinetobacter baumannii is particularly important because of its ability to …