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Antibiotic-Selected Gene Amplification Heightens Metal Resistance

mBio, 2021
To inhibit bacterial transmission and infection, health care facilities use bactericidal metal coatings to prevent colonization of surfaces and implanted devices.
David A. Hufnagel, Jacob E. Choby, Samantha Hao, Anders F. Johnson, Eileen M. Burd, Charles Langelier, David S. Weiss   +6 more
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Correction to: Managing pollution from antibiotics manufacturing: charting actors, incentives and disincentives

Environmental Health, 2019
Following publication of the original article [1], the author explained that there are multiple errors in the original ...
Niels Nijsingh, Christian Munthe, D. G. Joakim Larsson   +2 more
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Use of a national repository of Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy spectra enables fast detection of silent outbreaks and prevention of spread of new antibiotic-resistant sequence types

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Background The reference microbiology laboratory of Israel’s National Institute for Antibiotic Resistance and Infection Control has established a national repository of isolates analyzed by Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and their spectra.
Mor N. Lurie-Weinberger, Elizabeth Temkin, Ophir Kastel, Moshe Bechor, Darya Bychenko-Banyas, Reut Efrati-Epchtien, Gabrielle D. Levi, Nadya Rakovitsky, Alona Keren-Paz, Yehuda Carmeli, The Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Group   +10 more
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Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii carrier detection: a simple and efficient protocol

Microbiology Spectrum
Timely detection of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) carriers is essential to direct infection control measures. In this work, we aimed to develop a practical protocol to detect CRAB from screening samples. To choose a selective medium
Jonathan Lellouche, Alona Keren-Paz, Reut Rov, Reut Efrati Epchtien, Sammy Frenk, Amichay Hameir, Elizabeth Temkin, David Schwartz, Yehuda Carmeli   +8 more
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Rapid identification of capsulated Acinetobacter baumannii using a density-dependent gradient test

BMC Microbiology, 2020
Background Gram-negative bacterial capsules are associated with production of carbohydrates, frequently resulting in a mucoid phenotype. Infections caused by capsulated or mucoid A. baumannii are associated with increased clinical severity. Therefore, it
Hadas Kon, David Schwartz, Elizabeth Temkin, Yehuda Carmeli, Jonathan Lellouche   +4 more
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Identification of 76 novel B1 metallo-β-lactamases through large-scale screening of genomic and metagenomic data

Microbiome, 2017
Background Metallo-β-lactamases are bacterial enzymes that provide resistance to carbapenems, the most potent class of antibiotics. These enzymes are commonly encoded on mobile genetic elements, which, together with their broad substrate spectrum and ...
Fanny Berglund, Nachiket P. Marathe, Tobias Österlund, Johan Bengtsson-Palme, Stathis Kotsakis, Carl-Fredrik Flach, D G Joakim Larsson, Erik Kristiansson   +7 more
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Diversity of mucoid to non-mucoid switch among carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

BMC Microbiology, 2020
Background Klebsiella pneumoniae is a leading cause of intractable hospital-acquired multidrug-resistant infections and carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae (CPKp) are particularly feared.
Adriana Chiarelli, Nicolas Cabanel, Isabelle Rosinski-Chupin, Pengdbamba Dieudonné Zongo, Thierry Naas, Rémy A. Bonnin, Philippe Glaser   +6 more
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In vivo Fitness of Acinetobacter baumannii Strains in Murine Infection Is Associated with International Lineage II-rep-2 and International Lineage III Clones Showing High Case Fatality Rates in Human Infections

Microorganisms, 2020
We previously reported that the 14-day case fatality rate (CFR) in patients with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) bacteremia varied between infecting clones.
Amir Nutman, Jonathan Lellouche, Ziv Lifshitz, Rivka Glick, Yehuda Carmeli   +4 more
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Wildlife and Antibiotic Resistance

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Antibiotic resistance is a major human health problem. While health care facilities are main contributors to the emergence, evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance, other ecosystems are involved in such dissemination. Wastewater, farm animals and pets have been considered important contributors to the development of antibiotic resistance. Herein,
Pablo Laborda, Pablo Laborda, Fernando Sanz-García, Fernando Sanz-García, Luz Edith Ochoa-Sánchez, Teresa Gil-Gil, Teresa Gil-Gil, Sara Hernando-Amado, José Luis Martínez   +8 more
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Copy number flexibility facilitates heteroresistance to increasing antibiotic pressure and threatens the beta-lactam pipeline

Nature Communications
Our understanding of the rapid adaptation of bacteria to resist novel drugs is growing beyond known mechanisms such as mobile genetic elements and mutation selection.
Jacob E. Choby, Tugba Ozturk, Carter N. Abbott, Christina Nnabuife, Jennifer M. Colquhoun, Sarah W. Satola, Philip N. Rather, Timothy Palzkill, David S. Weiss   +8 more
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