research-article | 30-November-2020
1.
Introduction
Gram-negative rod Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen with epidemic potential and contributing to outbreaks of infection worldwide. A. baumannii rods are etiological agents, mainly of lower respiratory tract infections in mechanically ventilated patients, bloodstream infections and wound infections in field hospitals. Increasing drug resistance, hight mortality among patients infected with this pathogen and the difficulty in treating the infections led the World
Anna Marszalik,
Karolina Sidor,
Agnieszka Kraśnicka,
Marta Wróblewska,
Tomasz Skirecki,
Tomasz Jagielski,
Radosław Stachowiak
Advancements of Microbiology – Postepy Mikrobiologii, Volume 60 , ISSUE 4, 267–279
original-paper | 12-March-2020
Introduction
Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative bacterium, which causes nosocomial infections worldwide. Due to its remarkable capability to develop multidrug resistance, we are running out of treatment options in many parts of the world (Murray et al. 2015). The World Health Organization (WHO), therefore, ranked carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii on the top of a priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria for the treatment of which new antibiotics are urgently needed (Tacconelli et
ANDŻELINA ŁOPIŃSKA,
PIOTR INDYKIEWICZ,
EVELYN SKIEBE,
YVONNE PFEIFER,
JANJA TRČEK,
LESZEK JERZAK,
PIOTR MINIAS,
JACEK NOWAKOWSKI,
MATEUSZ LEDWOŃ,
JACEK BETLEJA,
GOTTFRIED WILHARM
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 69 , ISSUE 1, 85–90
short-communication | 28-April-2020
Acinetobacter baumannii is the most prevalent species of genus Acinetobacter that caused various nosocomial infections in clinical settings. A. baumannii is quite ubiquitous and has been found in water, air, and soil. Although the studies related to the animal infections caused by A. baumannii are limited, the reports have highlighted the involvement of Acinetobacter species in respiratory, urinary, bloodstream, and wound infections with an attributable mortality of 47% in pets (Pomba et al
ZEESHAN TAJ,
MUHAMMAD HIDAYAT RASOOL,
AHMAD ALMATROUDI,
MUHAMMAD SAQALEIN,
MOHSIN KHURSHID
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 69 , ISSUE 2, 231–234
Original Paper | 04-September-2018
To understand the molecular epidemiology and antibiotic resistance of air and clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii, the intensive care unit settings of a hospital in Northern China were surveyed in 2014. Twenty non-duplicate A. baumannii isolates were obtained from patients and five isolates of airborne A. baumannii were obtained from the wards’ corridors. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) were used to analyze the homology relationships of
MEIJIE JIANG,
YUNQING MU,
NING LI,
ZHIJUN ZHANG,
SHULIN HAN
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 67 , ISSUE 3, 333–338
original-paper | 20-December-2021
Introduction
Acinetobacter baumannii is an important opportunistic pathogen associated with nosocomial infections, including bacteremia, pneumonia, meningitis, urinary tract infections, and wound infections (Fournier and Rich et al. 2006; Munoz-Price and Weinstein 2008). Recently, multidrug-resistant A. baumannii, the main causative pathogen of nosocomial infections worldwide, has become a significant problem (Kempf and Rolain 2012; Antunes et al. 2014; Ushizawa et al. 2016). Additionally
SHIGERU TANSHO-NAGAKAWA,
YOSHINORI SATO,
TSUNEYUKI UBAGAI,
TAKANE KIKUCHI-UEDA,
GO KAMOSHIDA,
SATOSHI NISHIDA,
YASUO ONO
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 70 , ISSUE 4, 469–477
Research Article | 21-May-2019
Legionella pneumophila, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, Stenotrophomonas maltophila, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Serratia marcescens and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. There is a need for more research on free-living amoeba invasions in humans, particularly on the methods of diagnosis and appropriate forms of pharmacological therapy. Despite the undeniable role of free-living amoeba in the transmission of pathogenic bacteria, there is still insufficient amount of research and optimal diagnostic
Natalia Łanocha-Arendarczyk,
Danuta Kosik-Bogacka,
Wojciech Zaorski,
Karolina Kot,
Katarzyna Galant,
Aleksandra Łanocha
Postępy Mikrobiologii - Advancements of Microbiology, Volume 56 , ISSUE 1, 106–112
Mini Review | 30-June-2018
observed. It has also been revealed that depending on the concentration, salicylate induces expression of multi-drug resistance efflux pumps in Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serotype Typhimurium, and Burkholderia cenocepacia. However, salicylate does not affect the expression of the resistance-nodulation-division efflux systems in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Acinetobacter baumannii. Most importantly, there were no effects of medicinal products containing some non-antibiotic
AGNIESZKA EWA LAUDY
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 67 , ISSUE 2, 129–135
Article | 12-October-2020
enterica, Enterobacter cloacae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii i Yersinia pestis [2, 4, 10, 11, 22, 47, 48, 79, 83, 106, 140]. Wreszcie w kilku organizmach Gram-ujemnych, w tym gatunkach E. coli i Salmonella, TCS Rcs również znany jako system fosfoprzekazywania Rcs, reguluje ekspresję genu ugd, którego produkt jest niezbędny do syntezy i włączenia 4-AA do lipopolisacharydu [29, 50, 84, 106]. Ponadto u E. coli wykazano, że system Rcs zwiększa ekspresję pagP w
Adrianna Raczkowska,
Karolina Jaworska,
Łukasz Wyrożemski,
Katarzyna Brzostek
Postępy Mikrobiologii - Advancements of Microbiology, Volume 59 , ISSUE 3, 259–276
original-paper | 28-June-2019
a more complete picture of bacterial infections and to help clinicians and decision-making departments undertake the proper decisions for patients and antibiotic use.
Experimental
Materials and Methods
Based on the data from a general hospital in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China from 2011 to 2016, five dominant bacteria (Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii) were investigated in this study. The antibiotic
TINGTING MAO,
HUIJUAN ZHAI,
GUANGCAI DUAN,
HAIYAN YANG
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 68 , ISSUE 2, 225–232
research-article | 12-January-2022
of searching for new therapeutic options active against them. The first group of pathogens with the highest critical priority included carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli. Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) strains were considered to be the most dangerous, followed by carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains CRPA) and, in third place, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE). This group also includes Enterobacterales strains resistant to third-generation
Joanna Krajewska,
Agnieszka Ewa Laudy
Advancements of Microbiology – Postepy Mikrobiologii, Volume 60 , ISSUE 4, 249–264
Article | 30-November-2018
are resistant to amikacin. Resistance to fluoroquinolones includes 16% resistance to ciprofloxacin, 31% to enrofloxacin and 52% to orbifloxacin [47]. Acinetobacter baumannii live on the skin and in the oral mucosa of dogs. Little data on the infection with these bacteria in animals is available, and the existing research refers to nosocomial infections of the renal and respiratory systems or bactermia in dogs, in which the mortality rate reached 47%. A. baumannii isolates from dogs and horses
Marian Binek,
Magdalena Kizerwetter-Świda,
Magdalena Rzewuska,
Dorota Chrobak-Chmiel,
Agnieszka Sałamaszyńska-Guz
Postępy Mikrobiologii - Advancements of Microbiology, Volume 58 , ISSUE 3, 259–270