[HTML][HTML] Acinetobacter baumannii Infections in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic

K Rangel, TPG Chagas, SG De-Simone - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated an overuse of antimicrobials in critically ill patients.
Acinetobacter baumannii frequently causes nosocomial infections, particularly in intensive …

Antibiotics and bacterial resistance in the 21st century

RJ Fair, Y Tor - Perspectives in medicinal chemistry, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Dangerous, antibiotic resistant bacteria have been observed with increasing frequency over
the past several decades. In this review the factors that have been linked to this …

[HTML][HTML] Increase in hospital-acquired carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection and colonization in an acute care hospital during a surge in COVID-19 …

S Perez - MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2020 - cdc.gov
Increase in Hospital-Acquired Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Infection and
Colonization in an Acute Care Hospital During a Surge in COVID-19 Admissions — New Jersey …

Acinetobacter baumannii: an emerging opportunistic pathogen

A Howard, M O'Donoghue, A Feeney, RD Sleator - Virulence, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen primarily associated with
hospital-acquired infections. The recent increase in incidence, largely associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial Efficacy and Synergy of Metal Ions against Enterococcus faecium, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii in Planktonic and …

MY Vaidya, AJ McBain, JA Butler, CE Banks… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The effects of metal ion solutions (silver, copper, platinum, gold and palladium) were
determined individually and in combination against Enterococcus faecium, Acinetobacter …

Resistance mechanisms in Gram-negative bacteria

JA Lepe, L Martínez-Martínez - Medicina Intensiva (English Edition), 2022 - Elsevier
Enterobacterales resistant to carbapenems or producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases
(ESBL) and non-fermenters resistant to carbapenems present resistance to many of the …

The global problem of antibiotic resistance

TD Gootz - Critical Reviews™ in Immunology, 2010 - dl.begellhouse.com
Amid the recent attention justly focused on the potential problem of microbial sources for
weapons of bioterrorism, it is also apparent that human pathogens frequently isolated from …

Detection of KPC in Acinetobacter spp. in Puerto Rico

IE Robledo, EE Aquino, MI Santé… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
During an island-wide PCR-based surveillance study of beta-lactam resistance in multidrug-
resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and …

Photodynamic therapy based on 5‐aminolevulinic acid and its use as an antimicrobial agent

F Harris, L Pierpoint - Medicinal research reviews, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Exogenous 5‐aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is taken up directly by bacteria, yeasts,
fungi, and some parasites, which then induces the accumulation of protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) …

Phase-variable control of multiple phenotypes in Acinetobacter baumannii strain AB5075

KA Tipton, D Dimitrova, PN Rather - Journal of bacteriology, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acinetobacter baumannii strain AB5075 produces colonies with two opacity phenotypes,
designated opaque and translucent. These phenotypes were unstable and opaque and …