Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a medically important pathogen because of the
increasing number of infections produced by this organism over the preceding three …

Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a highly troublesome pathogen for many
institutions globally. As a consequence of its immense ability to acquire or upregulate …

The control of hospital-acquired infection caused by multiply resistant gram-negative bacilli
has proved to be a particular problem over the last 20 years in developed countries. An …

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 …

Iron is an indispensable metabolic cofactor in both pro-and eukaryotes, which engenders a
natural competition for the metal between bacterial pathogens and their human or animal …

Acinetobacter baumannii is an important nosocomial pathogen that accounts for up to 20
percent of infections in intensive care units worldwide. Furthermore, A. baumannii strains …

A novel siderophore, called acinetobactin, with both catecholate and hydroxamate functional
groups was isolated from low-iron cultures of Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 19606. The …

In order to assimilate iron, Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 19606T produces a siderophore
named acinetobactin (Ab) that is composed of equimolar quantities of 2, 3-dihydroxybenzoic …

The Acinetobacter baumannii type strain, ATCC 19606, secretes acinetobactin, a catechol
siderophore highly related to the iron chelator anguibactin produced by the fish pathogen …

Acinetobacter baumannii is a gram-negative bacterium that causes serious infections in
compromised patients. More recently, it has emerged as the causative agent of severe …