Bacterial antibiotic resistance: the most critical pathogens

G Mancuso, A Midiri, E Gerace, C Biondo - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics have made it possible to treat bacterial infections such as meningitis and
bacteraemia that, prior to their introduction, were untreatable and consequently fatal …

Acinetobacter baumannii Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms

I Kyriakidis, E Vasileiou, ZD Pana, A Tragiannidis - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative ESKAPE microorganism that poses a threat to
public health by causing severe and invasive (mostly nosocomial) infections linked with high …

Insights into Acinetobacter baumannii: A Review of Microbiological, Virulence, and Resistance Traits in a Threatening Nosocomial Pathogen

C Ayoub Moubareck, D Hammoudi Halat - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Being a multidrug-resistant and an invasive pathogen, Acinetobacter baumannii is one of
the major causes of nosocomial infections in the current healthcare system. It has been …

Mechanisms of action of carbapenem resistance

C Aurilio, P Sansone, M Barbarisi, V Pota, LG Giaccari… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Carbapenem antibiotics are the most effective antimicrobials for the treatment of infections
caused by the most resistant bacteria. They belong to the category of β-lactams that include …

The antibiotic resistome: a guide for the discovery of natural products as antimicrobial agents

C Hobson, AN Chan, GD Wright - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The use of life-saving antibiotics has long been plagued by the ability of pathogenic bacteria
to acquire and develop an array of antibiotic resistance mechanisms. The sum of these …

Acinetobacter baumannii in the critically ill: complex infections get complicated

I Cavallo, A Oliva, R Pages, F Sivori, M Truglio… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Acinetobacter baumannii is increasingly associated with various epidemics, representing a
serious concern due to the broad level of antimicrobial resistance and clinical …

Carbapenemases: Transforming Acinetobacter baumannii into a Yet More Dangerous Menace

MS Ramirez, RA Bonomo, ME Tolmasky - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is a common cause of serious nosocomial infections. Although
community-acquired infections are observed, the vast majority occur in people with …

Evaluation of antibiotic resistance mechanisms in gram-negative bacteria

A Gauba, KM Rahman - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections are exponentially increasing, posing
one of the most urgent global healthcare and economic threats. Due to the lack of new …

Genetics, epidemiology, and clinical manifestations of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

P Nasr - Journal of Hospital Infection, 2020 - Elsevier
Acinetobacter baumannii infections have become an emerging health concern in hospitals
across the world and are often associated with nosocomial infections with poorer clinical …

[HTML][HTML] The role of quorum sensing, biofilm formation, and iron acquisition as key virulence mechanisms in Acinetobacter baumannii and the corresponding anti …

SKK Law, HS Tan - Microbiological Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen responsible for several serious
infections, including pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis. The propensity of this bacterium to …