Genomic and Phenotypic Evolution of Tigecycline-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Critically Ill Patients

Genomic and Phenotypic Evolution of Tigecycline-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Critically Ill Patients

ABSTRACT Acinetobacter baumannii is an important opportunistic pathogen of nosocomial infections. A. baumannii presently exhibits increasing antibiotic resistance, which poses great challenges to public health. The occurrence of tigecycline-resistant A. baumannii is related to tigecycline treatment...

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Main Authors: Jiangang Zhang, Jinru Xie, Henan Li, Zhiren Wang, Yuyao Yin, Shuyi Wang, Hongbin Chen, Qi Wang, Hui Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-02-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Acinetobacter baumannii
tigecycline resistance
within-host evolution
virulence
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01593-21

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