<p>Contribution of the AbaI/AbaR Quorum Sensing System to Resistance and Virulence of <em>Acinetobacter baumannii</em> Clinical Strains</p>

Abstract

Our study demonstrates that the AbaI/AbaR QS system was widely distributed among the <i>A. baumannii</i> clinical isolates, was necessary for surface-related motility, and significantly correlated with drug resistance, invasion into epithelial cells, and virulence to <i>G. mellonella</i>.