[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[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 …

Emerging broad-spectrum resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii: mechanisms and epidemiology

A Potron, L Poirel, P Nordmann - International journal of antimicrobial …, 2015 - Elsevier
Multidrug resistance is quite common among non-fermenting Gram-negative rods, in
particular among clinically relevant species including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and …

[HTML][HTML] The current burden of carbapenemases: review of significant properties and dissemination among gram-negative bacteria

D Hammoudi Halat, C Ayoub Moubareck - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Carbapenemases are β-lactamases belonging to different Ambler classes (A, B, D) and can
be encoded by both chromosomal and plasmid-mediated genes. These enzymes represent …

[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] “Stormy waters ahead”: global emergence of carbapenemases

G Patel, RA Bonomo - Frontiers in microbiology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Carbapenems, once considered the last line of defense against of serious infections with
Enterobacteriaceae, are threatened with extinction. The increasing isolation of carbapenem …

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 …

Emergence of resistance to carbapenems in Acinetobacter baumannii in Europe: clinical impact and therapeutic options

M Kempf, JM Rolain - International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2012 - Elsevier
Despite having a reputation of low virulence, Acinetobacter baumannii is an emerging
multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogen responsible for community-and hospital-acquired …

[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 …