Dynamics of extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance genes in Escherichia coli from Europe and North America

R Zamudio, P Boerlin, R Beyrouthy, JY Madec… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Extended-spectrum cephalosporins (ESCs) are critically important antimicrobial agents for
human and veterinary medicine. ESC resistance (ESC-R) genes have spread worldwide …

Genomic analysis of the international high-risk clonal lineage Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 395

ER Shaidullina, M Schwabe, T Rohde… - Genome Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Klebsiella pneumoniae, which is frequently associated with hospital-and
community-acquired infections, contains multidrug-resistant (MDR), hypervirulent (hv), non …

Nosocomial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance: modern challenges and future opportunities

AR Freitas, G Werner - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a critical global health emergency in the 21st
century, with the greatest burden in resource-limited settings. The World Health Organization …

Using a combination of short-and long-read sequencing to investigate the diversity in plasmid-and chromosomally encoded extended-spectrum beta-lactamases …

B Berbers, K Vanneste, NHCJ Roosens… - Microbial …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
For antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance, it is important not only to detect AMR genes,
but also to determine their plasmidic or chromosomal location, as this will impact their …

Genome-associations of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase producing (ESBL) or AmpC producing E. coli in small and medium pig farms from Khon Kaen province …

J Pires, L Huber, RA Hickman, S Dellicour, K Lunha… - BMC microbiology, 2022 - Springer
Thailand is undergoing rapid intensification of livestock production where small subsistence
farms and medium sized commercial farms coexist. In medium farms, antimicrobials are …

Tracking antimicrobial resistance transmission in urban and rural communities in Bangladesh: a One Health study of genomic diversity of ESBL-producing and …

BM Flatgard, AD Williams, MB Amin… - Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant threat to global health and sustainable
development goals, especially in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study …

PlasmidEC and gplas2: an optimized short-read approach to predict and reconstruct antibiotic resistance plasmids in Escherichia coli

JA Paganini, JJ Kerkvliet, L Vader… - Microbial …, 2024 - microbiologyresearch.org
Accurate reconstruction of Escherichia coli antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) plasmids from
Illumina sequencing data has proven to be a challenge with current bioinformatic tools. In …

[HTML][HTML] The Impact of Urban Pollution on Plasmid-Mediated Resistance Acquisition in Enterobacteria from a Tropical River

B Mendoza-Guido, K Barrantes, C Rodríguez… - Antibiotics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: The exposure of environmental bacteria to contaminants in aquatic ecosystems
accelerates the dissemination of antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs) through horizontal gene …

Real-time plasmid transmission detection pipeline

N Scherff, J Rothgänger, T Weniger… - Microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
The spread of antimicrobial resistance among bacteria by horizontal plasmid transmissions
poses a major challenge for clinical microbiology. Here, we evaluate a new real-time …

The effect of sequencing and assembly on the inference of horizontal gene transfer on chromosomal and plasmid phylogenies

JS Huisman, TG Vaughan, A Egli… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The spread of antibiotic resistance genes on plasmids is a threat to human and animal
health. Phylogenies of bacteria and their plasmids contain clues regarding the frequency of …