Epidemiology and molecular typing of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii burn wound isolates from six Chinese provinces.

ABSTRACT: Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is a pathogen that opportunistically infects patients in healthcare settings and poses a significant threat to human health due to its widespread resistance to antimicrobial agents. The temporal and regional distribution of A. baumannii in China is continually evolving, necessitating comprehensive surveillance to examine the prevalence, molecular characteristics, and clonal relationships of antimicrobial resistance determinants in burn wound A. baumannii isolates collected from six major Chinese provinces during 2016-2020. To address this need, we analyzed a total of 415 distinct A. baumannii isolates that were obtained from burn patients. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using the Kirby Bauer disk diffusion method, while genetic rel

SUBMITTER: Pan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12749299 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature