Although antibiotic resistance has become a major threat to human health worldwide, this
phenomenon has been largely overlooked in studies in environmental settings. Aquatic …

Salmonella enterica infections are common causes of bloodstream infection in low-resource
areas, where they may be difficult to distinguish from other febrile illnesses and may be …

SUMMARY “Common regions”(CRs), such as Orf513, are being increasingly linked to mega-
antibiotic-resistant regions. While their overall nucleotide sequences show little identity to …

Salmonella enterica is recognized as one of the most common causes of bacterial
foodborne illness worldwide. The majority of Salmonella infections are attributed to …

Integrons facilitate the capture of potentially adaptive exogenous genetic material by their
host genomes. It is now clear that integrons are not limited to the clinical contexts in which …

Integrons are versatile gene acquisition systems that allow efficient capturing of exogenous
genes and ensure their expression. Various classes of integrons possessing a wide variety …

β-Lactams are among the most clinically important antimicrobials in both human and
veterinary medicine. Bacterial resistance to β-lactams has been increasingly observed in …

This study examined in detail the population structure of Escherichia coli from healthy adults
with respect to the prevalence of antibiotic resistance and specific resistance determinants …

ABSTRACT A study was conducted to examine the levels of Salmonella spp. contamination
in raw food samples, including chicken, beef, pork, and shellfish, from Vietnam and to …

Members of the genus Shigella are phenotypically similar to Escherichia coli and, with the
exception of Shigella boydii serotype 13, would be considered the same species by DNA …