Heavy Metal Toxicity in Armed Conflicts Potentiates AMR in A. baumannii by Selecting for Antibiotic and Heavy Metal Co-resistance Mechanisms

Bazzi, Wael; Abou Fayad, Antoine; Nasser, Aya; Haraoui, Louis‐Patrick; Dewachi, Omar; Abou-Sitta, Ghassan; Nguyen, Vinh‐Kim; Abara, Aula; Karah, Nabil; Landecker, Hannah; W. Knapp, Charles; M. McEvoy, Megan; H. Zaman, Muhammad; G. Higgins, Paul; M. Matar, Ghassan

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00068

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Heavy Metal Toxicity in Armed Conflicts Potentiates AMR in A. baumannii by Selecting for Antibiotic and Heavy Metal Co-resistance Mechanisms

Published in Frontiers in Microbiology • Feb 3, 2020

Authors:

Wael Bazzi

Antoine Abou Fayad

Aya Nasser

Abstract

Acinetobacter baumannii has become increasingly resistant to leading antimicrobial agents since the 1970s. Increased resistance appears linked to armed conflicts, notably since widespread media stories amplified clinical reports in the wake of the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. Antimicrobial res...

Subject

Acinetobacter baumannii

Antibiotic resistance

Antimicrobial

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