Origin, Phylogeny, and Transmission of the Epidemic Clone ST208 of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii on a Global Scale-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Origin, Phylogeny, and Transmission of the Epidemic Clone ST208 of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii on a Global Scale

Published:2022-06-29 Issue:3 Volume:10 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

Gao Yue¹²,Li Henan²,Chen Hongbin²,Zhang Jiangang²,Wang Ruobing²,Wang Zhiren²,Wang Hui¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Medical Technology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China

2. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China

Abstract

ST208 as one of the most prevalent lineages of CRAB has caused several difficult-to-treat infections and outbreaks around the world. However, few studies have focused on evaluating the genetic background differences of ST208 A. baumannii isolated from very distant geographic regions.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/spectrum.02604-21

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