Browsing by Author "McConnell, Michael J."
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A lipopolysaccharide-free outer membrane vesicle vaccine protects against Acinetobacter baumannii infection
(Elsevier, 2020-01)Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) were isolated from an Acinetobacter strain deficient in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) due to a ...
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Activity of Host Antimicrobials against Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Acquiring Colistin Resistance through Loss of Lipopolysaccharide
(American Society for Microbiology, 2014-05)Acinetobacter baumannii can acquire resistance to the cationic peptide antibiotic colistin through complete loss of ...
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Emerging therapies for multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
(Cell Press, 2013-03)The global emergence of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii has reduced the number of clinically available antibiotics ...
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First Steps Towards a Vaccine against Acinetobacter baumannii
(Bentham Science, 2013)Acinetobacter baumannii has become an important cause of human infections, most notably in the hospital setting. In addition, ...
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Immunization with lipopolysaccharide-free outer membrane complexes protects against Acinetobacter baumannii infection
(Elsevier, 2018-07-05)Outer membrane complex (OMC) vaccines, which contain antigens from the bacterial outer membrane, have been developed for ...
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Inhibition of LpxC Increases Antibiotic Susceptibility in Acinetobacter baumannii
(American Society for Microbiology, 2016-08)LpxC inhibitors have generally shown poor in vitro activity against Acinetobacter baumannii. We show that the LpxC inhibitor ...
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Positive Predictive Value of Leeds Acinetobacter Medium for Environmental Surveillance of Acinetobacter baumannii
(American Society of Microbiology, 2011)Infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii often occur in outbreaks during which the bacteria are spread through contact ...
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Progress on the development of rapid methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing
(Oxford, 2013-06-30)Antimicrobial susceptibility testing is essential for guiding the treatment of many types of bacterial infections, especially ...
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Quantitative Real-Time PCR for Detection of Acinetobacter baumannii Colonization in the Hospital Environment
(American Society of Microbiology, 2012)A real-time PCR assay was developed for detecting the presence of Acinetobacter baumannii on hospital equipment and compared ...