Acinetobacter baumannii: An Ancient Commensal with Weapons of a Pathogen

M Sarshar, P Behzadi, D Scribano, AT Palamara… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is regarded as a life-threatening pathogen associated with
community-acquired and nosocomial infections, mainly pneumonia. The rise in the number …

[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 …

Carbapenemases: Transforming Acinetobacter baumannii into a Yet More Dangerous Menace

MS Ramirez, RA Bonomo, ME Tolmasky - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is a common cause of serious nosocomial infections. Although
community-acquired infections are observed, the vast majority occur in people with …

Acinetobacter baumannii can use multiple siderophores for iron acquisition, but only acinetobactin is required for virulence

JR Sheldon, EP Skaar - PLoS pathogens, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Acinetobacter baumannii is an emerging pathogen that poses a global health threat due to a
lack of therapeutic options for treating drug-resistant strains. In addition to acquiring …

Deciphering the virulence factors, regulation, and immune response to Acinetobacter baumannii infection

A Shadan, A Pathak, Y Ma, R Pathania… - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Deciphering the virulence factors, regulation, and immune response to Acinetobacter
baumannii infection Acinetobacter baumannii is a gram-negative multidrug-resistant …

Acinetobacter metabolism in infection and antimicrobial resistance

X Ren, LD Palmer - Infection and Immunity, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acinetobacter infections have high rates of mortality due to an increasing incidence of
infections by multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively-drug-resistant (XDR) strains …

Host Innate Immune Responses to Acinetobacter baumannii Infection

W Chen - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a major threat to global public health and is one
of the key human pathogens in healthcare (nosocomial and community-acquired) …

Pan-Genome Plasticity and Virulence Factors: A Natural Treasure Trove for Acinetobacter baumannii

T Karampatakis, K Tsergouli, P Behzadi - Antibiotics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative pathogen responsible for a variety of
community-and hospital-acquired infections. It is recognized as a life-threatening pathogen …

Progress in structural and functional study of the bacterial phenylacetic acid catabolic pathway, its role in pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance

M Jiao, W He, Z Ouyang, Q Shi, Y Wen - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Phenylacetic acid (PAA) is a central intermediate metabolite involved in bacterial
degradation of aromatic components. The bacterial PAA pathway mainly contains 12 …

The tRNA methyltransferase TrmB is critical for Acinetobacter baumannii stress responses and pulmonary infection

JC McGuffey, CD Jackson-Litteken, G Di Venanzio… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Successful pathogens must be able to adapt to a multitude of stressors imposed by their
host. Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a major global health threat due to its …