[HTML][HTML] Biology of Acinetobacter baumannii: Pathogenesis, Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms, and Prospective Treatment Options

CR Lee, JH Lee, M Park, KS Park, IK Bae… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Acinetobacter baumannii is undoubtedly one of the most successful pathogens responsible
for hospital-acquired nosocomial infections in the modern healthcare system. Due to the …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii: From bench to bedside

MF Lin, CY Lan - World Journal of Clinical Cases: WJCC, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is undoubtedly one of the most successful
pathogens in the modern healthcare system. With invasive procedures, antibiotic use and …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes and bacterial community composition in a river influenced by a wastewater treatment plant

E Marti, J Jofre, JL Balcazar - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Antibiotic resistance represents a global health problem, requiring better understanding of
the ecology of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), their selection and their spread in the …

Efflux-Mediated Antibiotic Resistance in Acinetobacter spp

S Coyne, P Courvalin, B Périchon - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Among Acinetobacter spp., A. baumannii is the most frequently implicated in nosocomial
infections, in particular in intensive care units. It was initially thought that multidrug …

[HTML][HTML] The Acinetobacter baumannii Oxymoron: Commensal Hospital Dweller Turned Pan-Drug-Resistant Menace

I Roca, P Espinal, X Vila-Farrés, J Vila - Frontiers in microbiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
During the past few decades Acinetobacter baumannii has evolved from being a commensal
dweller of health-care facilities to constitute one of the most annoying pathogens …

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: mechanisms of virulence and resistance

NC Gordon, DW Wareham - International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2010 - Elsevier
Infection due to Acinetobacter baumannii has become a significant challenge to modern
healthcare systems. The organism shows a formidable capacity to develop antimicrobial …

Expansion of the IncX plasmid family for improved identification and typing of novel plasmids in drug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae

TJ Johnson, EM Bielak, D Fortini, LH Hansen… - Plasmid, 2012 - Elsevier
IncX plasmids are narrow host range plasmids of Enterobactericeae that have been isolated
for over 50years. They are known to encode type IV fimbriae enabling their own conjugative …

Distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in glacier environments

T Segawa, N Takeuchi, A Rivera… - Environmental …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Antibiotic resistance genes are biologically transmitted from microorganism to
microorganism in particular micro‐environments where dense microbial communities are …

[HTML][HTML] CLSI based antibiogram profile and the detection of MDR and XDR strains of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from urine samples

SG As - Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Acinetobacter baumannii is an emerging nosocomial pathogen causing
serious complications due to the propensity of its multi-drug resistant property. Due to the …

[HTML][HTML] Biofilm formation in clinical isolates of nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii and its relationship with multidrug resistance

E Babapour, A Haddadi, R Mirnejad, SA Angaji… - Asian Pacific Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To check biofilm formation by Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) clinical
isolates and show their susceptibility to different antibiotics and investigate a possible link …