Open AccessREVIEWOF ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII: TAXONOMY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOGENICITY, AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
Author(s) -
Khalida J. Ibraheem,
Mohammed S. Baqer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
minar international journal of applied sciences and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2717-8234
DOI - 10.47832/2717-8234.3-3.3
Subject(s) - acinetobacter baumannii , acinetobacter , outbreak , antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , virulence , drug resistance , biology , epidemiology , pathogenicity , antimicrobial , intensive care medicine , antibiotics , medicine , bacteria , virology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , pathology , biochemistry , genetics , gene
The genus Acinetobacter are a wide spread in nature, and there are at least 25 different types of them .In the medical field, Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most important speciesof this genus . It is an opportunistic pathogen and have many virulence factors that make the bacteria capable of causing many hospital-acquired diseases which leads to nosocomial outbreak attendant with arise in death rates . This bacteria has the ability to be resistant to many antibiotics, and the emergence of high levels of multi-drug resistance A. baumannii has made it apriority health issue and is considered a serious threat to health care facilities, public health and the elderly . Which requires a tremendous effort to stop this escalation.