Distribution of virulence-associated genes and antimicrobial susceptibility in clinical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates.

ABSTRACT: Acinetobacter baumannii is undoubtedly one of the most clinically significant pathogens. The multidrug resistance and virulence potential of A. baumannii are responsible for hospital-acquired nosocomial infections. Unlike numerous investigations on the drug-resistant epidemiology of A. baumanni, virulence molecular epidemiology is less studied. Here, we collected 88 A. baumannii clinical isolates, tested their antimicrobial susceptibility to 10 commonly used antibiotics and analyzed the distribution of 9 selected virulence-associated genes, aims to investigate the primary characteristics of the virulence-associated genes that exist in clinically multidrug resistant (MDR) and non-MDR isolates of A. baumannii. The MIC results showed the resistance rates of

SUBMITTER: Liu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5955172 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature