Open AccessDiscovery of a Novel Hypervirulent Acinetobacter baumannii Strain in a Case of Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Author(s) -
Hua Zhou,
Paige M.K. Larkin,
Jinmei Huang,
Yake Yao,
Bingquan Zhu,
Qing Yang,
Xiaoting Hua,
Jianying Zhou,
Shangxin Yang,
Yunsong Yu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s244044
Subject(s) - acinetobacter baumannii , virulence , microbiology and biotechnology , galleria mellonella , biology , outbreak , plasmid , strain (injury) , pneumonia , virology , gene , bacteria , pseudomonas aeruginosa , medicine , genetics , anatomy
Acinetobacter baumannii is associated with both hospital-acquired infections and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Here, we describe a novel strain of A. baumannii in a case of CAP in a previously healthy rural villager from Central Eastern China.