Acinetobacter baumannii: A Brief Account of Mechanisms of Multidrug Resistance and Current and Future Therapeutic Management

Acinetobacter baumannii, a non-motile, glucose non fermentative, oxidase negative, encapsulated, gram-negative coccobacillus, has recently gained importance because of its increasing resistance to the available antibiotics. Three main mechanisms of resistance in A. baumannii are: enzymes inactivat...

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Main Authors: Harmanjit Singh, Pugazhenthan Thangaraj, Amitava Chakrabarti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2013-11-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
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Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/3626/58-%206337_E(C)_F(T)_PF1(Pr_PP)_PFA(NC).pdf