In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2019, vol. 74, no. 6, p. 1568–1571
Objectives: Our aim was to characterize the putative MBL of the environmental strain Zhongshania aliphaticivorans isolated from a marine environment.Methods: The putative MBL was identified in silico using the NCBI database. The β-lactamase gene was cloned into different Escherichia coli backgrounds. Kinetic parameters were determined using the purified enzyme.Results: The enzyme named ZHO-1...
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In: Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 2020, vol. 21, p. 321–323
Objectives: The presence of carbapenemase-producing bacterial isolates is found not only in hospital and community settings but also in the environment. Carbapenemase production may be related to acquired, usually plasmid-borne, β-lactamase genes or to chromosomal genes intrinsic to various species. The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of such carbapenemase-producing...
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In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2016, vol. 60, no. 4, p. 2585–2586
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In: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016, vol. 51, p. 4–5
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In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2016, vol. 54, no. 5, p. 1395–1399
The colistin-containing SuperPolymyxin medium was developed for screening polymyxin-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. It was evaluated with 88 polymyxin- susceptible or polymyxin-resistant cultured Gram-negative isolates. Its sensitivity and specificity of detection were ca. 100%. The SuperPolymyxin medium is the first screening medium that is able to detect intrinsic and acquired...
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In: Eurosurveillance, 2017, vol. 22, no. 6, p. -
In 2014, a total of 2,976 Enterobacteriaceae isolates with decreased susceptibility to carbapenems were received at the French Associated National Reference Center for Antibiotic Resistance (NRC) and were characterised for their molecular resistance mechanism to carbapenems and compared with results obtained during 2012 and 2013.The overall number of enterobacterial isolates with decreased...
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In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2016, vol. 60, no. 12, p. 7245–7251
The blaNDM-1 gene encodes a carbapenemase that confers resistance to almost all β-lactams, including last-resort carbapenems. This is increasingly reported worldwide in nosocomial and community-acquired Gram-negative bacteria. Acinetobacter baumannii is an important opportunistic pathogen that is considered an intermediate reservoir for the blaNDM-1 gene. In this species, the blaNDM-1 gene...
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In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2018, p. -
PER-1 is an extended-spectrum β-lactamase that is encoded by a gene located into the composite transposon Tn1213 made by two distinct insertion sequences, namely ISPa12 and ISPa13. In vitro mobilization performed in Escherichia coli shows that Tn1213 is functional and is able to mobilize the blaPER-1 gene although at a very low frequency (ca 1x10-9).
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In: Microbial Drug Resistance, 2017, p. -
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In: BMC Biology, 2016, vol. 14, p. 81
Due to the paucity of novel antibiotics, colistin has become a last resort antibiotic for treating multidrug resistant bacteria. Colistin acts by binding the lipid A component of lipopolysaccharides and subsequently disrupting the bacterial membrane. The recently identified plasmid-encoded MCR-1 enzyme is the first transmissible colistin resistance determinant and is a cause for concern for...
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