[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology and mechanisms of resistance of extensively drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria

EM Eichenberger, JT Thaden - Antibiotics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance has increased markedly in gram-negative bacteria over the last two
decades, and in many cases has been associated with increased mortality and healthcare …

Acinetobacter baumannii: human infections, factors contributing to pathogenesis and animal models

MJ McConnell, L Actis, J Pachón - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a medically important pathogen because of the
increasing number of infections produced by this organism over the preceding three …

Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults

LA Mandell, RG Wunderink, A Anzueto… - Clinical infectious …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Improving the care of adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) has been
the focus of many different organizations, and several have developed guidelines for …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] An increasing threat in hospitals: multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

L Dijkshoorn, A Nemec, H Seifert - Nature reviews microbiology, 2007 - nature.com
Since the 1970s, the spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter strains among
critically ill, hospitalized patients, and subsequent epidemics, have become an increasing …

The ecology, biology and pathogenesis of Acinetobacter spp.: an overview

HJ Doughari, PA Ndakidemi, IS Human… - Microbes and …, 2011 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Acinetobacter are a major concern because of their rapid development of resistance to a
wide range of antimicrobials, and rapid profundity in transformation, surviving desiccation …

Global Challenge of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

F Perez, AM Hujer, KM Hujer, BK Decker… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
We may soon be facing the end of the “antibiotic era.” The initial and seemingly unstoppable
success of antibiotics, the fruit of human ingenuity, has been countered by an escalation of …

Acinetobacter infection

LS Munoz-Price, RA Weinstein - New England Journal of …, 2008 - Mass Medical Soc
The gram-negative coccobacillus acinetobacter, a pathogen once seen only in hot, humid
climates, has become an increasingly common nosocomial problem even in temperate …

Acinetobacter infection – an emerging threat to human health

P Visca, H Seifert, KJ Towner - IUBMB life, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The genus Acinetobacter comprises a complex and heterogeneous group of bacteria, many
of which are capable of causing a range of opportunistic, often catheter‐related, infections in …