WGS based analysis of acquired antimicrobial resistance in human and non-human Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from a German perspective

Abstract Background Acinetobacter baumannii ability to develop and acquire resistance makes it one of the most critical nosocomial pathogens globally. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was applied to identify the acquired or mutational variants of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes in 85 German A. bau...

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Main Authors: Gamal Wareth, Christian Brandt, Lisa D. Sprague, Heinrich Neubauer, Mathias W. Pletz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
WGS
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-021-02270-7