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Karah N, Mateo-Estrada V, Castillo-Ramírez S, Higgins PG, Havenga B, Khan W, Domingues S, Da Silva GJ, Poirel L, Nordmann P, Ambrosi C, Ma C, McClean S, Quiroga MP, Alvarez VE, Centron D, Zarrilli R, Kenyon JJ, Russo TA, Evans BA, Opazo-Capurro A, Rafei R, Hamze M, Daoud Z, Ahmad I, Rather PN, Hall RM, Wilharm G, Uhlin BE. The Acinetobacter baumannii website (Ab-web): a multidisciplinary knowledge hub, communication platform, and workspace. FEMS MICROBES 2023; 4:xtad009. [PMID: 37333444 PMCID: PMC10132847 DOI: 10.1093/femsmc/xtad009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative bacterium increasingly implicated in hospital-acquired infections and outbreaks. Effective prevention and control of such infections are commonly challenged by the frequent emergence of multidrug-resistant strains. Here we introduce Ab-web (https://www.acinetobacterbaumannii.no), the first online platform for sharing expertise on A. baumannii. Ab-web is a species-centric knowledge hub, initially with 10 articles organized into two main sections, 'Overview' and 'Topics', and three themes, 'epidemiology', 'antibiotic resistance', and 'virulence'. The 'workspace' section provides a spot for colleagues to collaborate, build, and manage joint projects. Ab-web is a community-driven initiative amenable to constructive feedback and new ideas.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nabil Karah
- Corresponding author. Department of Molecular Biology and Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden. E-mail:
| | - Valeria Mateo-Estrada
- Programa de Genómica Evolutiva, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 62210 Cuernavaca, México
| | - Santiago Castillo-Ramírez
- Programa de Genómica Evolutiva, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 62210 Cuernavaca, México
| | - Paul G Higgins
- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50935 Cologne, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, D-50935 Cologne, Germany
| | - Benjamin Havenga
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, 7602 Stellenbosch, South Africa
| | - Wesaal Khan
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, 7602 Stellenbosch, South Africa
| | - Sara Domingues
- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, 3000-458 Coimbra, Portugal
- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - Gabriela Jorge Da Silva
- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, 3000-458 Coimbra, Portugal
- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - Laurent Poirel
- Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 18, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
- Swiss National Reference Center for Emerging Antibiotic Resistance (NARA), University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
| | - Patrice Nordmann
- Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 18, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
- Swiss National Reference Center for Emerging Antibiotic Resistance (NARA), University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
| | - Cecilia Ambrosi
- Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the Quality of Life, San Raffaele Open University, IRCCS, 00166 Rome, Italy
| | - Chaoying Ma
- School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield D04 V1W8, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield D04 V1W8, Dublin 4, Ireland
| | - María Paula Quiroga
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Mecanismos de Resistencia a Antibióticos, Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), 1245 Ayacucho (C1111AAI), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - Verónica E Alvarez
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Mecanismos de Resistencia a Antibióticos, Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), 1245 Ayacucho (C1111AAI), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - Daniela Centron
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Mecanismos de Resistencia a Antibióticos, Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), 1245 Ayacucho (C1111AAI), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - Raffaele Zarrilli
- Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy
| | - Johanna J Kenyon
- Centre for Immunology and Infection Control, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health,, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane City QLD 4000, Australia
| | - Thomas A Russo
- Veterans Administration Western NY, Healthcare System, epartment of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, United States
| | - Benjamin A Evans
- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
| | - Andres Opazo-Capurro
- Laboratorio de Investigación en Agentes Antibacterianos, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, 4070386 Concepción, Chile
| | - Rayane Rafei
- Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement, Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon
| | - Monzer Hamze
- Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement, Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon
| | - Ziad Daoud
- College of Medicine, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, United States
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Michigan Health Clinics, Saginaw, MI 48604, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
- Institute of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Punjab 54600, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30307, United States
- Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Atlanta Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, United States
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Robert Koch Institute, Project Group P2 (Acinetobacter baumannii—Biology of a Nosocomial Pathogen), Burgstr 37, 38855 Wernigerode, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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