The epidemiology of carbapenemases in Latin America and the Caribbean

K Escandón-Vargas, S Reyes, S Gutiérrez… - Expert review of anti …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas spp., and Acinetobacter spp.
infections are major causes of morbidity and mortality, especially due to the emergence and …

Plasmid-Mediated Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence in Gram-Negatives: the Klebsiella pneumoniae Paradigm

MS Ramirez, GM Traglia, DL Lin, T Tran… - Microbiology …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Plasmids harbor genes coding for specific functions including virulence factors and antibiotic
resistance that permit bacteria to survive the hostile environment found in the host and resist …

Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in US hospitals: diversification of circulating lineages and antimicrobial resistance

A Iovleva, MM Mustapha, MP Griffith, L Komarow… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CR Ab) is a major cause of health care-
associated infections. CR Ab is typically multidrug resistant, and infection is difficult to treat …

Acinetobacter dijkshoorniae sp. nov., a member of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus–Acinetobacter baumannii complex mainly recovered from clinical samples in …

C Cosgaya, M Marí-Almirall… - … of systematic and …, 2016 - microbiologyresearch.org
The recent advances in bacterial species identification methods have led to the rapid
taxonomic diversification of the genus Acinetobacter. In the present study, phenotypic and …

MALDI-TOF/MS identification of species from the Acinetobacter baumannii (Ab) group revisited: inclusion of the novel A. seifertii and A. dijkshoorniae species

M Marí-Almirall, C Cosgaya… - Clinical …, 2017 - clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection …
Abstract Objectives Rapid identification of Acinetobacter species is critical as members of
the A. baumannii (Ab) group differ in antibiotic susceptibility and clinical outcomes. A …

[HTML][HTML] Distribución y caracterización molecular de betalactamasas en bacterias Gram negativas en Colombia, 2001-2016

AM Rada, C Hernández-Gómez, E Restrepo… - Biomédica, 2019 - scielo.org.co
Las betalactamasas, enzimas con capacidad hidrolítica frente a los antibióticos
betalactámicos, son responsables del principal mecanismo de resistencia en bacterias …

Molecular Epidemiology of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the United States, 2013–2017

SL McKay, N Vlachos, JB Daniels… - Microbial Drug …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Healthcare-associated carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) infections
are a serious threat associated with global epidemic clones and a variety of carbapenemase …

Acquired class D β-lactamases

NT Antunes, JF Fisher - Antibiotics, 2014 - mdpi.com
The Class D β-lactamases have emerged as a prominent resistance mechanism against β-
lactam antibiotics that previously had efficacy against infections caused by pathogenic …

Identification and pathogenicity study of emerging fish pathogens Acinetobacter junii and Acinetobacter pittii recovered from a disease outbreak in Labeo catla (Hamilton, 1822 …

RC Malick, AK Bera, H Chowdhury… - Aquaculture …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The disease outbreaks in aquaculture system of wetlands are the major cause of fish
mortality. Among various bacterial septicaemic diseases, fish mortality caused by …

Diversity and antibiotic resistance of Acinetobacter spp. in water from the source to the tap

C Narciso-da-Rocha, I Vaz-Moreira… - Applied microbiology …, 2013 - Springer
Acinetobacter spp. are ubiquitous bacteria in the environment. Acinetobacter spp. isolated
from a municipal drinking water treatment plant and from connected tap water were …