Aminoglycoside modifying enzymes

MS Ramirez, ME Tolmasky - Drug resistance updates, 2010 - Elsevier
Aminoglycosides have been an essential component of the armamentarium in the treatment
of life-threatening infections. Unfortunately, their efficacy has been reduced by the surge and …

Insights into the global molecular epidemiology of carbapenem non-susceptible clones of Acinetobacter baumannii

N Karah, A Sundsfjord, K Towner… - Drug Resistance Updates, 2012 - Elsevier
The global emergence of multidrug resistance (MDR) among Gram-negative bacteria has
dramatically limited the therapeutic options. During the last two decades, Acinetobacter …

Natural transformation facilitates transfer of transposons, integrons and gene cassettes between bacterial species

S Domingues, K Harms, WF Fricke, PJ Johnsen… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
We have investigated to what extent natural transformation acting on free DNA substrates
can facilitate transfer of mobile elements including transposons, integrons and/or gene …

Prevalence and Diversity of Integrons and Associated Resistance Genes in Escherichia coli Isolates from Poultry Meat in Tunisia

L Soufi, MS Abbassi, Y Sáenz, L Vinué… - Foodborne …, 2009 - liebertpub.com
Fifty-five Escherichia coli isolates were acquired from chicken and turkey meat obtained from
two slaughterhouses in Tunis. Eighty-nine percent, 80%, 78%, 67%, 45%, 27%, 7%, 4 …

A GC1 Acinetobacter baumannii isolate carrying AbaR3 and the aminoglycoside resistance transposon TnaphA6 in a conjugative plasmid

M Hamidian, KE Holt, D Pickard… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To locate the acquired antibiotic resistance genes, including the amikacin
resistance transposon Tn aphA6, in the genome of an Australian isolate belonging to …

IS26 cannot move alone

CJ Harmer, RM Hall - Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background IS 26 plays a major role in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance
determinants in Gram-negative bacteria. Objectives To determine whether insertion …

Emergence of OXA-carbapenemase- and 16S rRNA methylase-producing international clones of Acinetobacter baumannii in Norway

N Karah, B Haldorsen… - Journal of medical …, 2011 - microbiologyresearch.org
This study was designed to investigate the molecular epidemiology and antibiotic-resistance
characteristics of 11 carbapenem-resistant clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii …

Ventilator-associated pneumonia in Iranian intensive care units

A Japoni, A Vazin, MA Davarpanah, MA Ardakani… - The Journal of Infection …, 2011 - jidc.org
Introduction: Nosocomial pneumonia (NP) and ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) occur
most frequently in intensive care units (ICU). This study seeks to determine the etiological …

A systematic quantitative proteomic examination of multidrug resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii

S Chopra, K Ramkissoon, DC Anderson - Journal of proteomics, 2013 - Elsevier
Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains have been examined at the DNA
sequence level, but seldom using large-scale quantitative proteomics. We have compared …

Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Acinetobacter clinical isolates obtained from inmates of California correctional facilities

GD Golanbar, CK Lam, YM Chu, C Cueva… - Journal of clinical …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acinetobacter spp. increasingly have been wreaking havoc in hospitals and communities
worldwide. Although much has been reported regarding Acinetobacter isolates responsible …