Acinetobacter baumannii is a rapidly evolving pathogen that largely inhabits intensive care units (ICU). This opportunistic, gram-negative organism has shown noteworthy taxonomic variations during the past three decades. A. baumannii functions as a catalase-positive, oxidase-negative obligate, aerobic, nonmotile, highly infectious, and multidrug-resistant bacterium. Therefore, the infection caused by this bacterium tends to have a fairly higher incidence rate in immune-compromised individuals ranging from 26.5% to 91%, as it colonizes in skin tissues and secretions of the respiratory tract. Recently, it has been globally labeled as a “red alert” pathogen, setting alarms throughout the medical community, arising mainly due to its widespread antibiotic resistance continuum. There is a dire need for alternative therapeutic intervention to combat A. baumannii-associated infections and the growing resistance. This chapter focuses upon the reverse vaccinology-based steps and strategies to identify novel potential vaccine candidates against this emerging pathogen.
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Shahid, F., Ashraf, S. T., & Ali, A. (2019). Reverse vaccinology approach to potential vaccine candidates against acinetobacter baumannii. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 1946, pp. 329–336). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9118-1_29
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