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Clinical, phenotypic characterization and genomic analysis of the mucoid Acinetobacter baumannii from a teaching hospital.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Nov 2024
Chen Jiao, Li Guanghui, Shao Yanting, Cheng Zhibin, Wan Fen, Wu Danqin, Wei Dandan, Liu Peng, Du Fangling, Liu Yang
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BACKGROUND: Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) has become a significant nosocomial pathogen globally over the past decade due to the increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant isolates. The formation of the mucoid phenotype is a crucial adaptive defense response to external pressure, but the clinical, phenotypic and genotypic characteristics and their relationship with sequence types (ST) and K locus (KL)...
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