Exploring drug resistance genes in Acinetobacter baumannii using metagenomic next-generation sequencing
Our findings demonstrate a high concordance between mNGS results, culture-based methods, and clinical evaluations, highlighting the potential of mNGS as a reliable tool for assessing antimicrobial resistance in <i>A. baumannii.</i>
Authors
- Xiulan Lai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2764-8937)
- Pei Tang
- Ke Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0458-3683)
- Guiqiu Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3189-6287)
- Lijuan He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9048-973X)
- Hui Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1165-2613)
- Yi Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0825-6409)
- José I. Lao
Institutions
- BGI Group (China) (CN)
- Shenzhen Sixth People's Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1669208
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.59
Funders
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology