The Acinetobacter baumannii website (Ab-web): a multidisciplinary knowledge hub, communication platform, and workspace

• DOI: 10.1093/femsmc/xtad009
• Publication Date: 2023-04-22T10:07:49Z
• Authors: Nabil Karah; Valeria Mateo-Est...; Santiago Castillo...; Paul G Higgins; Benjamin Havenga; Wesaal Khan; Sara Domingues; Gabriela Jorge Da...; Laurent Poirel; Patrice Nordmann; Cecilia Ambrosi; Chaoying Ma; Siobhán McClean; María Paula Quiroga; Verónica E Alvarez; Daniela Centron; Raffaele Zarrilli; Johanna J Kenyon; Thomas A Russo; Benjamin A Evans; Andres Opazo-Capurro; Rayane Rafei; Monzer Hamze; Ziad Daoud; Irfan Ahmad; Philip N Rather; Ruth M Hall; Gottfried Wilharm; Bernt Eric Uhlin
• Keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii; FOS: Political science; Infektionsmedicin; FOS: Basic medicine; molecular epidemiology; Endocrinology; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.2; Political science; Dynamics and Pathogenesis of Cholera Bacteria; Life Sciences; mobile genetic elements; 3. Good health; World Wide Web; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Molecular Medicine; Web application; Medicine; Infectious Medicine; CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY; 610; FOS: Law; Microbiology; Global Challenge of Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria; Bacterial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing Mechanisms; ONLINE EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; 616; Genetics; antimicrobial resistance; clinical microbiology; mobile genetic elements; molecular epidemiology; online educational platform; virulence; antimicrobial resistance; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; clinical microbiology; Molecular Biology; Biology; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; Multidisciplinary approach; Bacteria; MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENTS; Bacteriology; Computer science; Constructive; Process (computing); virulence; Operating system; FOS: Biological sciences; Commentary; VIRULENCE; online educational platform; Law

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.