Pseudomonas aeruginosa adaptation and evolution in patients with cystic fibrosis

E Rossi, R La Rosa, JA Bartell, RL Marvig… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Intense genome sequencing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis (CF)
airways has shown inefficient eradication of the infecting bacteria, as well as previously …

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pan-Genome Provides New Insights on Its Population Structure, Horizontal Gene Transfer, and Pathogenicity

L Freschi, AT Vincent, J Jeukens… - Genome biology and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The huge increase in the availability of bacterial genomes led us to a point in which we can
investigate and query pan-genomes, for example, the full set of genes of a given bacterial …

Genomics of antibiotic‐resistance prediction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

J Jeukens, L Freschi, I Kukavica‐Ibrulj… - Annals of the New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Antibiotic resistance is a worldwide health issue spreading quickly among human and
animal pathogens, as well as environmental bacteria. Misuse of antibiotics has an impact on …

Clinical utilization of genomics data produced by the international Pseudomonas aeruginosa consortium

L Freschi, J Jeukens, I Kukavica-Ibrulj, B Boyle… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The International Pseudomonas aeruginosa Consortium is sequencing over 1000 genomes
and building an analysis pipeline for the study of Pseudomonas genome evolution, antibiotic …

Seeking the source of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in a recently opened hospital: an observational study using whole-genome sequencing

J Quick, N Cumley, CM Wearn, M Niebel… - BMJ open, 2014 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common nosocomial pathogen responsible for
significant morbidity and mortality internationally. Patients may become colonised or infected …

Comparative genomics of clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from different geographic sites

D Subedi, AK Vijay, GS Kohli, SA Rice, M Willcox - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The large and complex genome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which consists of significant
portions (up to 20%) of transferable genetic elements contributes to the rapid development …

Genetic Diversity, Distribution, and Genomic Characterization of Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence of Clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains in Kenya

S Kiyaga, C Kyany'a, AW Muraya, HJ Smith… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of nosocomial infections worldwide. It can
produce a range of debilitating infections, have a propensity for developing antimicrobial …

Genomic characterisation of an international Pseudomonas aeruginosa reference panel indicates that the two major groups draw upon distinct mobile gene pools

L Freschi, C Bertelli, J Jeukens… - FEMS microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic pathogen, especially in the context
of infections of cystic fibrosis (CF). In order to facilitate coordinated study of this pathogen, an …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa adaptation and diversification in the non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis lung

Y Hilliam, MP Moore, IL Lamont, D Bilton… - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
To characterise Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations during chronic lung infections of non-
cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis patients, we used whole-genome sequencing to 1) assess the …

Common adaptive strategies underlie within-host evolution of bacterial pathogens

YE Gatt, H Margalit - Molecular biology and evolution, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Within-host adaptation is a hallmark of chronic bacterial infections, involving substantial
genomic changes. Recent large-scale genomic data from prolonged infections allow the …