Emergence of a high-risk multidrug-resistant <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> clone ST697 in nosocomial settings
. IMPORTANCE: , closely related to ST2. It also identifies potent antibiotic combinations that may serve as effective alternatives to last-line monotherapy. These findings highlight the urgent need for surveillance, infection control, and targeted therapy, especially in ICU and respiratory settings, to curb the spread of this emerging clone.
Authors
- Huiqi Qu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9317-4488)
- Håkon Håkonarson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2814-7461)
- Yu Lin
- Weilong Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9448-7953)
- Garnet Eister
- S Y Li
- Jing Guan
Institutions
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- University of Iceland (IS)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbiology Spectrum
- Published
- 2026-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02293-25
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Key Research and Development Program of China