Heavy Metal Toxicity in Armed Conflicts Potentiates AMR in A. baumannii by Selecting for Antibiotic and Heavy Metal Co-resistance Mechanisms

W Bazzi, AG Abou Fayad, A Nasser… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Acinetobacter baumannii has become increasingly resistant to leading antimicrobial agents
since the 1970s. Increased resistance appears linked to armed conflicts, notably since …

Virulence Potential and Treatment Options of Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii

S Kumar, R Anwer, A Azzi - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen which is undoubtedly known for a
high rate of morbidity and mortality in hospital-acquired infections. A. baumannii causes life …

Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Three Tertiary Care Hospitals in Mexico: Virulence Profiles, Innate Immune Response and Clonal Dissemination

MD Alcántar-Curiel, R Rosales-Reyes… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most important nosocomial pathogens distributed
worldwide. Due to its multidrug-resistance and the propensity for the epidemic spread, the …

Genomic Characterization of Mobile Genetic Elements Associated With Carbapenem Resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii From India

S Vijayakumar, JJ Jacob, K Vasudevan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
With the excessive genome plasticity, Acinetobacter baumannii can acquire and
disseminate antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes often associated with mobile genetic …

Gram-Negative ESKAPE Bacteria Surveillance in COVID-19 Pandemic Exposes High-Risk Sequence Types of Acinetobacter baumannii MDR in a Tertiary Care …

MA Cureño-Díaz, ES Plascencia-Nieto… - Pathogens, 2024 - mdpi.com
The interruption of bacteriological surveillance due to the COVID-19 pandemic brought
serious consequences, such as the collapse of health systems and the possible increase in …

Molecular Epidemiology of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii Complex Isolated From Children at the Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez

J Mancilla-Rojano, SA Ochoa… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii (Acb) complex is regarded as a group of
phenotypically indistinguishable opportunistic pathogens responsible for mainly causing …

Vaccination with a combination of planktonic and biofilm virulence factors confers protection against carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains

F Ramezanalizadeh, I Rasooli, P Owlia… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is a multi-drug resistant pathogen with the ability to switch between
planktonic and biofilm phenotypes. Although there is no vaccine against A. baumannii …

Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem‐resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from three major hospitals in Jordan

Q Ababneh, N Aldaken, Z Jaradat… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background In the last decade, incidences of carbapenem‐resistant Acinetobacter
baumannii have been increasingly reported worldwide. Consequently, A. baumannii was …

Dissemination and Genetic Relatedness of Multidrug‐Resistant and Extensively Drug‐Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from a Burn Hospital in Iraq

AAK Shali, PJ Jalal, SK Arif - Canadian Journal of Infectious …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Acinetobacter baumannii is an aggressive opportunistic bacterial pathogen that causes
severe nosocomial infections, especially among burn patients. An increasing number of …

Association of biofilm formation, antimicrobial resistance, clinical characteristics, and clinical outcomes among Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from patients with …

A Chukamnerd, N Saipetch… - The Clinical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Biofilm formation is an important virulence factor of Acinetobacter baumannii.
Here, we examined the biofilm formation of archived A. baumannii causing ventilator …