Genomic characterization of multidrug-resistant clinical <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> isolates from a hospital in Paraguay.

ABSTRACT: Acinetobacter baumannii is a clinically important pathogen capable of causing serious nosocomial infections and acquiring resistance to antimicrobials, particularly carbapenems, making treatment difficult and prolonging hospital stays. In Latin America, high carbapenem-resistance rates have been described among A. baumannii isolates, however, Paraguay is one of the countries with limited data in this regard. Therefore, we aimed to investigate resistance rates of A. baumannii isolates from the National Hospital of Itaugua (NHI), Paraguay, from their database of 2022, and from December 2023 to February 2024, and to study in detail a representative group of multidrug-resistant clinical isolates. For this purpose, data were analyzed considering diagnostic, sample type and

SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Urtaza S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12350285 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature