Mobile genetic elements associated with antimicrobial resistance

SR Partridge, SM Kwong, N Firth… - Clinical microbiology …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Strains of bacteria resistant to antibiotics, particularly those that are multiresistant, are an
increasing major health care problem around the world. It is now abundantly clear that both …

Plasmid evolution in carbapenemase‐producing Enterobacteriaceae: a review

K Kopotsa, J Osei Sekyere… - Annals of the New York …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Carbapenem‐resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) have been listed by the WHO as high‐
priority pathogens owing to their high association with mortalities and morbidities …

Antibiotic-Induced, Increased Conjugative Transfer Is Common to Diverse Naturally Occurring ESBL Plasmids in Escherichia coli

G Liu, K Bogaj, V Bortolaia, JE Olsen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Previously, we showed that cefotaxime (CTX) exposure increases conjugative transfer of a
bla CTX–M–1 encoding IncI1 plasmid (IncI1/pST49/CTX-M-1) in Escherichia coli in a SOS …

Contemporary IncI1 plasmids involved in the transmission and spread of antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacteriaceae

A Carattoli, L Villa, D Fortini, A García-Fernández - Plasmid, 2021 - Elsevier
IncI1 has become one of the most common plasmid families in contemporary
Enterobacteriaceae from both human and animal sources. In clinical epidemiology, this …

The Mobile Colistin Resistance Gene, mcr-1.1, Is Carried on IncX4 Plasmids in Multidrug Resistant E. coli Isolated from Rainbow Trout Aquaculture

J Hassan, RZ Eddine, D Mann, S Li, X Deng, IP Saoud… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Colistin, a last resort antibiotic, is important for controlling infections with carbapenem-
resistant Enterobacteriaceae. The recent emergence of mobile-colistin-resistance (mcr) …

Emergence of β-lactamase- and carbapenemase- producing Enterobacteriaceae at integrated fish farms

D Hamza, S Dorgham, E Ismael, SIA El-Moez… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2020 - Springer
Background Epidemiological studies suggested that determinants for antibiotic resistance
have originated in aquaculture. Recently, the integrated agriculture-aquaculture system has …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic analysis of plasmid content in food isolates of E. coli strongly supports its role as a reservoir for the horizontal transfer of virulence and antibiotic …

MG Balbuena-Alonso, G Cortés-Cortés, JW Kim… - Plasmid, 2022 - Elsevier
Escherichia coli is ubiquitous in the environment, foods, and mammalian hosts. It can cause
disease and exhibits high rates of antibiotic resistance. This study examines the possible …

Carbapenem resistance in Gram-negative bacteria: a hospital-based study in Egypt

AA Elrahem, N El-Mashad, M Elshaer, H Ramadan… - Medicina, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: The global spread of carbapenem resistance and the resulting
increase in mortality forced the World Health Organization (WHO) to claim carbapenem …

Estimation, evaluation and characterization of carbapenem resistance burden from a tertiary care hospital, Pakistan

AJ Gondal, N Choudhry, H Bukhari, Z Rizvi, S Jahan… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Carbapenem resistance has become major concern in healthcare settings globally;
therefore, its monitoring is crucial for intervention efforts to halt resistance spread. During …

Novel Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 Coharboring blaNDM-1, blaOXA-48 and Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases from Pakistan

AJ Gondal, S Saleem, S Jahan… - Infection and Drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The emergence of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is
associated with the acquisition of multiple carbapenemases. Their clonal spread is a …