Emerging therapies for multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii.

Abstract:

:The global emergence of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii has reduced the number of clinically available antibiotics that retain activity against this pathogen. For this reason, the development of novel prevention and treatment strategies for infections caused by A. baumannii is necessary. Several studies have begun to characterize nonantibiotic approaches that utilize novel mechanisms of action to achieve antibacterial activity. Recent advances in phage therapy, iron chelation therapy, antimicrobial peptides, prophylactic vaccination, photodynamic therapy, and nitric oxide (NO)-based therapies have all been shown to have activity against A. baumannii. However, before these approaches can be used clinically there are still limitations and remaining questions that must be addressed.

journal_name

Trends Microbiol

journal_title

Trends in microbiology

authors

García-Quintanilla M,Pulido MR,López-Rojas R,Pachón J,McConnell MJ

doi

10.1016/j.tim.2012.12.002

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-03-01 00:00:00

pages

157-63

issue

3

eissn

0966-842X

issn

1878-4380

pii

S0966-842X(12)00225-9

journal_volume

21

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