The role of the natural environment in the emergence of antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria

EMH Wellington, ABA Boxall, P Cross… - The Lancet infectious …, 2013 - thelancet.com
During the past 10 years, multidrug-resistant Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae have
become a substantial challenge to infection control. It has been suggested by clinicians that …

Escherichia coli ST131, an intriguing clonal group

MH Nicolas-Chanoine, X Bertrand… - Clinical microbiology …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
In 2008, a previously unknown Escherichia coli clonal group, sequence type 131 (ST131),
was identified on three continents. Today, ST131 is the predominant E. coli lineage among …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic resistance: What is so special about multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria?

M Exner, S Bhattacharya, B Christiansen… - GMS hygiene and …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the past years infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria have
dramatically increased in all parts of the world. This consensus paper is based on …

Trends in human fecal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamases in the community: toward the globalization of CTX-M

PL Woerther, C Burdet, E Chachaty… - Clinical microbiology …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
In the last 10 years, extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing enterobacteria (ESBL-E)
have become one of the main challenges for antibiotic treatment of enterobacterial …

Dutch patients, retail chicken meat and poultry share the same ESBL genes, plasmids and strains

MA Leverstein‐van Hall, CM Dierikx… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Clin Microbiol Infect 2011; 17: 873–880 Abstract Intestinal carriage of extended‐spectrum
beta‐lactamase (ESBL)‐producing bacteria in food‐producing animals and contamination of …

Occurrence and characteristics of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing Enterobacteriaceae in food producing animals, minced meat and raw milk

N Geser, R Stephan, H Hächler - BMC veterinary research, 2012 - Springer
Background The impact of food animals as a possible reservoir for extended-spectrum beta-
lactamase (ESBL) producing Enterobacteriaceae, and the dissemination of such strains into …

Public health risks of enterobacterial isolates producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases or AmpC β-lactamases in food and food-producing animals: an EU …

E Liebana, A Carattoli, TM Coque… - Clinical infectious …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The bla ESBL and bla AmpC genes in Enterobacteriaceae are spread by plasmid-mediated
integrons, insertion sequences, and transposons, some of which are homologous in bacteria …

World Health Organization ranking of antimicrobials according to their importance in human medicine: a critical step for develo** risk management strategies for the …

FJ Angulo, P Collignon, JH Powers… - Clinical infectious …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The use of antimicrobials in food animals creates an important source of antimicrobial-
resistant bacteria that can spread to humans through the food supply. Improved …

The continuing challenge of ESBLs

F Perez, A Endimiani, KM Hujer, RA Bonomo - Current opinion in …, 2007 - Elsevier
Since their first description more than 20 years ago, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella
pneumoniae possessing extended-spectrum class A beta-lactamases (ESBLs) continue to …

Extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Gram-negative organisms in livestock: an emerging problem for human health?

SN Seiffert, M Hilty, V Perreten, A Endimiani - Drug Resistance Updates, 2013 - Elsevier
Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp. and Acinetobacter spp. are important human pathogens.
Serious infections due to these organisms are usually treated with extended-spectrum …