Understanding the development and spread of pan resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii

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http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1194178

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Funded Activity Summary

Resistance to all antibiotics available for treatment of bacterial infections is a cause for global concern (Word Health Organization, US Centres for Disease Control) as it also compromises therapies relying on antibiotics such as transplantation and cancer chemotherapy. Extensively antibiotic resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, mainly causes hospital-acquired infections. This project will seek to track different types of these bacteria as they repeatedly spread around the world.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2020

End Date: End date not available

Funding Scheme: Investigator Grants

Funding Amount: $2,339,215.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

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Other Keywords

antibiotic resistance | bacterial infection | genomics | resistance spread

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