Each year, over 670,000 people in Europe fall ill because of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, and 33,000 die from the infections. Especially feared are pathogens with resistances against multiple, or ...

The bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii is an extremely dangerous pathogen that is found, among other places, in hospitals. Many of the bacterial strains are resistant to different classes of ...

Healthy people can also carry the Acinetobacter bacteria on their skin, particularly if they work in a healthcare setting. It can survive for a long time on dry surfaces, making it difficult to ...

Acinetobacter bacteria are not airborne, but can be spread through direct contact with surfaces, objects, or the skin of people that are contaminated with A. baumannii. Bloodstream infections often ...

The genus Acinetobacter is a heterogeneous group of organisms that comprises 17 named species and 15 species that have no valid names as of yet. Acinetobacter baumannii and the closely related genomic ...

Class A enzymes include β-lactamases that are active against penicillins and cephalosporins as well as extended-spectrum β-lactamases that are also active against penicillins and cephalosporins and in ...

Acinetobacter, like other gram-negative bacteria, has an outer membrane and a cytoplasmic membrane, between which (the periplasmic space) β-lactamases (carbapenemases, AmpC β-lactamases, and ...

A research team has discovered a fundamental mechanism that helps the dreaded hospital pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii to survive. This mechanism explains why the pathogen is difficult to eradicate ...

Hospital-acquired infections are often hard to treat because the corresponding pathogens become increasingly resistant against antibiotics. The bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii is particularly feared ...

Acinetobacter baumannii are bacteria that cause infections in the blood, lungs, kidneys, brain, and other organs. These bacteria are nonmotile (don't move on their own), strictly aerobic (need oxygen ...