Uncovering the mechanisms of Acinetobacter baumannii virulence

CM Harding, SW Hennon, MF Feldman - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen that causes ventilator-associated as
well as bloodstream infections in critically ill patients, and the spread of multidrug-resistant …

Acinetobacter baumannii: evolution of a global pathogen

LCS Antunes, P Visca, KJ Towner - Pathogens and disease, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic nosocomial pathogen and one of the six most
important multidrug resistant microorganisms in hospitals worldwide. This human pathogen …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of Acinetobacter baumannii pathogenesis: Motility, adherence and biofilm formation

HJ Mea, PVC Yong, EH Wong - Microbiological research, 2021 - Elsevier
The Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii has gain notoriety in
recent decades, primarily due to its propensity to cause nosocomial infections in critically ill …

Cross-protection and cross-feeding between Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii promotes their co-existence

L Semenec, AK Cain, CJ Dawson, Q Liu, H Dinh… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae are opportunistic pathogens
frequently co-isolated from polymicrobial infections. The infections where these pathogens …

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 …

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 …

Rapid microevolution of biofilm cells in response to antibiotics

A Penesyan, SS Nagy, S Kjelleberg… - NPJ biofilms and …, 2019 - nature.com
Infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii are increasingly antibiotic resistant,
generating a significant public health problem. Like many bacteria, A. baumannii adopts a …

Self-organization of bacterial biofilms is facilitated by extracellular DNA

ES Gloag, L Turnbull, A Huang… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Twitching motility-mediated biofilm expansion is a complex, multicellular behavior that
enables the active colonization of surfaces by many species of bacteria. In this study we …

Mapping Global Prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii and Recent Vaccine Development to Tackle It

C Ma, S McClean - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is a leading cause of nosocomial infections that severely threaten
public health. The formidable adaptability and resistance of this opportunistic pathogen have …

Antibiofilm and Antivirulence Efficacies of Flavonoids and Curcumin Against Acinetobacter baumannii

CJ Raorane, JH Lee, YG Kim… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Acinetobacter baumannii is well adapted to hospital environments, and the persistence of its
chronic infections is mainly due to its ability to form biofilms resistant to conventional …