The emergence of multidrug-resistance Acinetobacter baumannii requires novel approaches for prevention, treatment and diagnosis. The structures of surface polysaccharides from A. baumannii are valuable tools to understand pathogenesis, virulence and immunogenicity. The synthesis of bacterial mono- or polysaccharides may result in novel probes to become important therapeutic options in the fight against A. baumannii. This report exemplifies the relevance of glycochemistry for the development of new antibiotics.
lipopolysaccharides, capsular polysaccharides, Acinetobacter, Acinetobacter baumannii, polysaccharide synthesis, surface polysaccharides
NCBI PubMed ID: 26531136Publication DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2015.10.001Journal NLM ID: 0043535Publisher: Elsevier
Correspondence: denis.giguere@chm.ulaval.ca
Institutions: Département de Chimie, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada G1V 0A6
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