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Emergence of extensively-drug-resistant hypervirulent Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from patients with bacteraemia: bacterial phenotype and virulence analysis.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Dec 2024
Chen Pek Kee, Liu Chia-Ying, Kuo Han-Yueh, Lee Yi-Tzu, Liu Yu-Han, Zhang Yen-Zhen, Kao Cheng-Yen
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OBJECTIVES: Individuals infected with extensively-drug-resistant (XDR) Acinetobacter baumannii are difficult to cure and have a high mortality rate. This study compared the genomic and phenotypic differences between XDR and non-multi-drug-resistant (MDR) A. baumannii, and further characterized hypervirulent XDR A. baumannii. METHODS: In total, 1403 acinetobacter isolates were collected from patients with...
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