Clinical and pathophysiological overview of Acinetobacter infections: a century of challenges

D Wong, TB Nielsen, RA Bonomo… - Clinical microbiology …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acinetobacter is a complex genus, and historically, there has been confusion about the
existence of multiple species. The species commonly cause nosocomial infections …

Acquired class D β-lactamases

NT Antunes, JF Fisher - Antibiotics, 2014 - mdpi.com
The Class D β-lactamases have emerged as a prominent resistance mechanism against β-
lactam antibiotics that previously had efficacy against infections caused by pathogenic …

The optimized carbapenem inactivation method for objective and accurate detection of carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii

S Zhang, P Mi, J Wang, P Li, K Luo, S Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The modified carbapenem inactivation method (mCIM) recommended by the Clinical and
Laboratory Standards Institute is not applicable for detecting carbapenemases in …

[HTML][HTML] Over-expression of ISAba1-linked intrinsic and exogenously acquired OXA type carbapenem-hydrolyzing-class D-ß-lactamase-encoding genes is key …

MH Wong, BK Chan, EW Chan, S Chen - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Acinetobacter baumannii is an important clinical pathogen which often causes fatal
infections among seriously ill patients. Treatment options for managing infections caused by …

Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates reveals the emergence of blaOXA-23 and blaNDM-1 encoding international …

S Kumar, PP Patil, L Singhal, P Ray, PB Patil… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen increasingly affecting the critically ill
patients and represents a major public health challenge. Carbapenem-resistant A …

[HTML][HTML] Drug-resistant gene of blaOXA-23, blaOXA-24, blaOXA-51 and blaOXA-58 in Acinetobacter baumannii

C Hou, F Yang - International journal of clinical and experimental …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We distinguished the four alleles of OXA subgroups from 339 strains of Acinetobacter
baumannii using Polymerase Chain Reaction, and investigated distributions of OXA …

Molecular Detection of Carbapenemase‐Encoding Genes in Multidrug‐Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates in South Africa

YA Anane, T Apalata, S Vasaikar… - International journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. Carbapenem‐resistant Acinetobacter baumannii has been responsible for an
increasing number of hospital‐acquired infections globally. The study investigated the …

Dissemination of blaOXA-23 in Acinetobacter spp. in China: Main Roles of Conjugative Plasmid pAZJ221 and Transposon Tn2009

LL Liu, SJ Ji, Z Ruan, Y Fu, YQ Fu… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Production of the OXA-23 carbapenemase is the most common reason for the increasing
carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter spp. This study was conducted to reveal the …

High prevalence and clonal dissemination of OXA-72-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in a Chinese hospital: a cross sectional study

Y Chen, Y Yang, L Liu, G Qiu, X Han, S Tian… - BMC Infectious …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii in China was
mainly mediated by OXA-23-like carbapenemases, while OXA-24/40-like carbapenemases …

Epidemiology and resistance features of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from the ward environment and patients in the burn ICU of a Chinese hospital

Y Gong, X Shen, G Huang, C Zhang, X Luo, S Yin… - Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Acinetobacter baumannii is an important opportunistic pathogen that causes severe
nosocomial infections, especially in intensive care units (ICUs). Over the past decades, an …