β-Lactam potentiators to re-sensitize resistant pathogens: Discovery, development, clinical use and the way forward

L Narendrakumar, M Chakraborty, S Kumari… - Frontiers in …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
β-lactam antibiotics are one of the most widely used and diverse classes of antimicrobial
agents for treating both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial infections. The β-lactam …

Class D β-lactamases

EJ Yoon, SH Jeong - Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Class D β-lactamases are composed of 14 families and the majority of the member enzymes
are included in the OXA family. The genes for class D β-lactamases are frequently identified …

Aeromonas species isolated from aquatic organisms, insects, chicken, and humans in India show similar antimicrobial resistance profiles

S Dubey, E Ager-Wick, J Kumar… - Frontiers in …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Aeromonas species are Gram-negative bacteria that infect various living organisms and are
ubiquitously found in different aquatic environments. In this study, we used whole genome …

Characterization of Third Generation Cephalosporin- and Carbapenem-Resistant Aeromonas Isolates from Municipal and Hospital Wastewater

S Drk, A Puljko, M Dželalija, N Udiković-Kolić - Antibiotics, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance (AR) remains one of the greatest threats to global health, and
Aeromonas species have the potential to spread AR in the aquatic environment. The spread …

Clonal relationship of tet(X4)-positive Escherichia coli ST761 isolates between animals and humans

W Zhai, T Wang, D Yang, Q Zhang… - Journal of …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Objectives To characterize the relationship of tet (X4)-positive isolates from different hosts
and environments. Methods PCR and MALDI-TOF MS were used to identify the tet (X4) …

Determining the genetic characteristics of resistance and virulence of the “epidermidis cluster group” through pan-genome analysis

Z Sun, D Zhou, X Zhang, Q Li, H Lin, W Lu… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Staphylococcus caprae, Staphylococcus capitis, and Staphylococcus epidermidis belong to
the “Epidermidis Cluster Group”(ECG) and are generally opportunistic pathogens. In this …

Distribution of β-Lactamase Genes and Genetic Context of blaKPC-2 in Clinical Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates

H Liu, H Lin, Z Sun, X Zhu, X Zhang, Q Li… - Infection and Drug …, 2021‏ - Taylor & Francis
Background This study was designed to characterize the dissemination mechanism and
genetic context of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) genes in carbapenem …

Two colistin resistance-producing Aeromonas strains, isolated from coastal waters in Zhejiang, China: characteristics, multi-drug resistance and pathogenicity

HX Chen, FJ Chen, QJ Zhou, SL Shang… - Frontiers in …, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
Introduction Aeromonas spp. are ubiquitous inhabitants of ecosystems, and many species
are opportunistically pathogenic to humans and animals. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) …

Whole genome sequence analysis of Aeromonas spp. isolated from ready-to-eat seafood: antimicrobial resistance and virulence factors

HJ Lee, JE Storesund, BT Lunestad, S Hoel… - Frontiers in …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Aeromonas are widespread in aquatic environments and are considered emerging
pathogens in humans and animals. Multidrug resistant (MDR) Aeromonas circulating in the …

Metagenomic and recombination analyses of antimicrobial resistance genes from recreational waters of black sea coastal areas and other marine environments unveil …

E Gabashvili, S Kobakhidze, T Chkhikvishvili… - Marine Genomics, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Microbial communities of marine coastal recreation waters have become large reservoirs of
AMR genes (ARGs), contributing to the emergence and transmission of various zoonotic …