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Antimicrobial Resistance in Escherichia coli

Poirel, Laurent ; Madec, Jean-Yves ; Lupo, Agnese ; Schink, Anne-Kathrin ; Kieffer, Nicolas ; Nordmann, Patrice ; Schwarz, Stefan

In: Microbiology Spectrum, 2018, vol. 6, no. 4, p. -

Multidrug resistance in Escherichia coli has become a worrying issue that is increasingly observed in human but also in veterinary medicine worldwide. E. coli is intrinsically susceptible to almost all clinically relevant antimicrobial agents, but this bacterial species has a great capacity to accumulate resistance genes, mostly through horizontal gene transfer. The most problematic...

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Are animals a source of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in human infections? Contributions of a nationwide molecular study

Jayol, Aurélie ; Corlouer, Camille ; Haenni, Marisa ; Darty, Mélanie ; Maillard, Karine ; Desroches, Marine ; Lamy, Brigitte ; Jumas-Bilak, Estelle ; Madec, Jean-Yves ; Decousser, Jean-Winoc

In: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2018, p. 1–7

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (Sm) is an archetypal environmental opportunistic bacterium responsible for health care-associated infections. The role of animals in human Sm infections is unknown. This study aims to reveal the genetic and phylogenetic relationships between pathogenic strains of Sm, both animal and human, and identify a putative role for animals as a reservoir in human...

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Extended-spectrum β-lactamase/AmpC- and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in animals: a threat for humans?

Madec, Jean-Yves ; Haenni, Marissa ; Nordmann, Patrice ; Poirel, Laurent

In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2017, vol. 23, no. 11, p. 826–833

There has been a great and long-term concern that extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)/AmpC- and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae occurring in animals may constitute a public-health issue. A large number of factors with complex interrelations contribute to the spread of those bacteria among animals and humans. ESBL/AmpC- or carbapenemase-encoding genes are most often located on...

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Rapid polymyxin NP test for the detection of polymyxin resistance mediated by the MCR-1/MCR-2 genes

Poirel, Laurent ; Larpin, Yu ; Dobias, Jan ; Stephan, Roger ; Decousser, Jean-Winoc ; Madec, Jean-Yves ; Nordmann, Patrice

In: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 2018, vol. 90, no. 1, p. 7–10

The Rapid Polymyxin NP test has been recently developed to rapidly detect polymyxin resistance in Enterobacteriaceae. Here we evaluated this test for detecting MCR- 1/MCR-2-producing Enterobacteriaceae using a collection of 70 non-redundant strains either recovered from the environment, animals, or humans. Sensitivity and specificity were found to be 100%.