BV100 is a potential best-in-class anti-infective agent in treating hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia (HABP) or ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (VABP) caused by carbapenem-resistant ...

Acinetobacter, like other gram-negative bacteria, has an outer membrane and a cytoplasmic membrane, between which (the periplasmic space) β-lactamases (carbapenemases, AmpC β-lactamases, and ...

Healthy people can also carry the Acinetobacter bacteria on their skin, particularly if they work in a healthcare setting. It can survive for a long time on dry surfaces, making it difficult to ...

Credit: Innoviva. Xacduro is available as a kit containing a single dose vial of sulbactam 1g and 2 single-dose vials of durlobactam (0.5g in each vial). Xacduro ® (sulbactam for injection; ...

ESCMID is the premier annual congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. It takes place from April 17 - 21, 2026 in Munich, Germany.

Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged in the last decades as a major cause of healthcare-associated infections and nosocomial outbreaks. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) A. baumannii is a rapidly emerging ...

The pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii can survive on hospital surfaces -- without water -- for months, an ability that has helped it become a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections. Now, a team ...

Researchers have found bacteria often associated with hospital infections in meat samples from markets in Peru. The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) led the study, published in the ...

A research team has discovered a fundamental mechanism that helps the dreaded hospital pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii to survive. This mechanism explains why the pathogen is difficult to eradicate ...

A new study from Emory University addresses the growing global crisis of antibiotic-resistant infections. Many of these drug-resistant bacteria are spread through hospitals, and there are few ...

Acinetobacter baumannii are bacteria that cause infections in the blood, lungs, kidneys, brain, and other organs. These bacteria are nonmotile (don't move on their own), strictly aerobic (need oxygen ...