Despite neutrophils' efforts within the first 4–24 h of infection (Bruhn et al., 2015; García-Patiño et al., 2017), A. baumannii can induce neutrophil scattering by binding to neutrophil surfaces in an interleukin-8 (IL-8)-dependent manner (Kamoshida et al., 2016). This evidence concerns the gene CXCL8 and infection.