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Novel tigecycline resistance mechanisms in Acinetobacter baumannii mediated by mutations in adeS, rpoB and rrf.
Emerging microbes & infections - 1 Dec 2021
Hua Xiaoting, He Jintao, Wang Jingfen, Zhang Linghong, Zhang Linyue, Xu Qingye, Shi Keren, Leptihn Sebastian, Shi Yue, Fu Xiaoting, Zhu Pengfei, Higgins Paul G, Yu Yunsong
Abstract excerpt
Acinetobacter baumannii is an important pathogen in hospital acquired infections. Although tigecycline currently remains a potent antibiotic for treating infections caused by multidrug resistant A. baumannii (MDRAB) strains, reports of tigecycline resistant isolates have substantially increased. The resistance mechanisms to tigecycline in A. baumannii are far more complicated and diverse than what has been...
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