[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 …

Multiresistant Gram-negative bacteria: the role of high-risk clones in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance

N Woodford, JF Turton… - FEMS microbiology …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Multilocus sequence typing reveals that many bacterial species have a clonal structure and
that some clones are widespread. This underlying phylogeny was not revealed by pulsed …

Global evolution of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clonal lineages

R Zarrilli, S Pournaras, M Giannouli… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The rapid expansion of Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates exhibiting resistance to
carbapenems and most or all available antibiotics during the last decade is a worrying …

Global spread of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

PG Higgins, C Dammhayn, M Hackel… - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Objectives We have investigated the molecular epidemiology and distribution of
carbapenemase genes in 492 imipenem-non-susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii …

Diversity, epidemiology, and genetics of class D β-lactamases

L Poirel, T Naas, P Nordmann - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Class D β-lactamase-mediated resistance to β-lactams has been increasingly reported
during the last decade. Those enzymes also known as oxacillinases or OXAs are widely …

[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 …

Insights into the global molecular epidemiology of carbapenem non-susceptible clones of Acinetobacter baumannii

N Karah, A Sundsfjord, K Towner… - Drug Resistance Updates, 2012 - Elsevier
The global emergence of multidrug resistance (MDR) among Gram-negative bacteria has
dramatically limited the therapeutic options. During the last two decades, Acinetobacter …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the epidemiology of multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacilli in the Middle East using a one health approach

I Dandachi, A Chaddad, J Hanna, J Matta… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In the last decade, extended-spectrum cephalosporin and carbapenem resistant Gram-
negative bacilli (GNB) have been extensively reported in the literature as being …

Carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii: the molecular epidemic features of an emerging problem in health care facilities

R Zarrilli, M Giannouli, F Tomasone, M Triassi… - The Journal of Infection …, 2009 - jidc.org
Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic gram-negative pathogen with increasing
relevance in a variety of nosocomial infections especially among intensive-care-unit (ICU) …