Large-scale genomic analysis reveals significant role of insertion sequences in the antibiotic resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii

Fei Xie^1,¶, Lifeng Wang^2,¶, Song Li^3,¶, Long Hu^3,¶, Yanhua Wen^3,¶, Xuming Li³, Kun Ye², Zhimei Duan¹, Qi Wang³, Yuanlin Guan³, Ye Zhang³, Qiqi Shi³, Jiyong Yang^2,, Han Xia^3, and Lixin Xie^1,*

¹ College of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China. ² Laboratory Medicine Department, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China. ³ Department of Research and Development, Hugobiotech Co., Ltd., 100176, Beijing, China.

¶ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Address correspondence to Lixin Xie, [email protected]