Genome sequences of four divergent multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from patients with sepsis or osteomyelitis

J Bacteriol. 2012 Mar;194(6):1619-20. doi: 10.1128/JB.06749-11.

Abstract

Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes nosocomial infections worldwide, with recent prevalence and higher frequency in wounded military personnel. Four A. baumannii strains from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) isolated between 2008 and 2009 were sequenced, representing diverse, multidrug-resistant isolates from osteomyelitis or septic patients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / genetics*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry*
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Genome, Bacterial*
  • Humans
  • Military Personnel
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Osteomyelitis / microbiology
  • Sepsis / microbiology
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • United States

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AHAG00000000
  • GENBANK/AHAH00000000
  • GENBANK/AHAI00000000
  • GENBANK/AHAJ00000000