Acinetobacter baumannii: Emergence of a Successful Pathogen

AY Peleg, H Seifert, DL Paterson - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a highly troublesome pathogen for many
institutions globally. As a consequence of its immense ability to acquire or upregulate …

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 …

鲍曼不动杆菌抗生素多重耐药性: 耐药机制与感染治疗对策

凌保东 - 中国抗生素杂志, 2010 - cqvip.com
多重以及泛耐药鲍曼不动杆菌导致的感染流行已成为全球关注的公共卫生问题.
大多数细菌耐药基因与表型特征均充分反映在耐药鲍曼不动杆菌. 鲍曼不动杆菌的外膜通透屏障 …

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 …

16S ribosomal RNA methylation: emerging resistance mechanism against aminoglycosides

Y Doi, Y Arakawa - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Methylation of 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) has recently emerged as a new mechanism of
resistance against aminoglycosides among gram-negative pathogens belonging to the …

Efficacy of bacteriophage treatment against carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Galleria mellonella larvae and a mouse model of acute pneumonia

J Jeon, JH Park, D Yong - BMC microbiology, 2019 - Springer
Background Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen that causes serious
nosocomial infection in intensive care units. In particular, carbapenem-resistant A …

Exogenously acquired 16S rRNA methyltransferases found in aminoglycoside-resistant pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria: an update

J Wachino, Y Arakawa - Drug Resistance Updates, 2012 - Elsevier
Exogenously acquired 16S rRNA methyltransferase (16S-RMTase) genes responsible for a
very high level of resistance against various aminoglycosides have been widely distributed …

[HTML][HTML] Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter spp.: increasingly problematic nosocomial pathogens

K Lee, D Yong, SH Jeong, Y Chong - Yonsei medical journal, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pathogenic bacteria have increasingly been resisting to antimicrobial therapy. Recently,
resistance problem has been relatively much worsened in Gram-negative bacilli …

Genetic Basis of Multidrug Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates at a Tertiary Medical Center in Pennsylvania

JM Adams-Haduch, DL Paterson… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A total of 49 unique clinical isolates of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter
baumannii identified at a tertiary medical center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, between …