Klebsiella pneumoniae infection biology: living to counteract host defences

JA Bengoechea, J Sa Pessoa - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Klebsiella species cause a wide range of diseases including pneumonia, urinary tract
infections (UTIs), bloodstream infections and sepsis. These infections are particularly a …

Klebsiella pneumoniae: going on the offense with a strong defense

MK Paczosa, J Mecsas - Microbiology and molecular biology …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Klebsiella pneumoniae causes a wide range of infections, including pneumonias, urinary
tract infections, bacteremias, and liver abscesses. Historically, K. pneumoniae has caused …

The challenge of efflux-mediated antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria

XZ Li, P Plésiat, H Nikaido - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
The global emergence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria is a growing threat to
antibiotic therapy. The chromosomally encoded drug efflux mechanisms that are ubiquitous …

Tetracycline antibiotics and resistance

TH Grossman - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2016 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Tetracyclines possess many properties considered ideal for antibiotic drugs, including
activity against Gram-positive and-negative pathogens, proven clinical safety, acceptable …

Emergence of a plasmid-encoded resistance-nodulation-division efflux pump conferring resistance to multiple drugs, including tigecycline, in Klebsiella pneumoniae

L Lv, M Wan, C Wang, X Gao, Q Yang, SR Partridge… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Transporters belonging to the chromosomally encoded resistance-nodulation-division
(RND) superfamily mediate multidrug resistance in Gram-negative bacteria. However, the …

Klebsiella pneumoniae population genomics and antimicrobial-resistant clones

KL Wyres, KE Holt - Trends in microbiology, 2016 - cell.com
Antimicrobial-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) has emerged as a major global public
health problem. While resistance can occur across a broad range of Kp clones, a small …

Mechanisms of bacterial tolerance and persistence in the gastrointestinal and respiratory environments

R Trastoy, T Manso, L Fernández-García… - Clinical microbiology …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pathogens that infect the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts are subjected to intense
pressure due to the environmental conditions of the surroundings. This pressure has led to …

Genomic Analysis of the Emergence and Rapid Global Dissemination of the Clonal Group 258 Klebsiella pneumoniae Pandemic

JR Bowers, B Kitchel, EM Driebe, DR MacCannell… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae producing the KPC carbapenemase have rapidly
spread throughout the world, causing severe healthcare-associated infections with limited …

The nature and epidemiology of OqxAB, a multidrug efflux pump

J Li, H Zhang, J Ning, A Sajid, G Cheng, Z Yuan… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2019 - Springer
Background OqxAB efflux pump has been found to mediate multidrug resistance (MDR) in
various bacteria over the past decades. The updates on the nature and epidemiology of …

RND efflux pumps in Gram-negative bacteria; regulation, structure and role in antibiotic resistance

AL Colclough, I Alav, EE Whittle, HL Pugh… - Future …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Rresistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pumps in Gram-negative bacteria remove
multiple, structurally distinct classes of antimicrobials from inside bacterial cells therefore …