Plasmid-encoded tet(X) genes that confer high-level tigecycline resistance in Escherichia coli

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2019, Pages 1457-1464

  Sun, Jian ^a   Chen, Chong ^a   Cui, Chao Yue ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Liu, Xiao ^a   Cui, Ze Hua ^a   Ma, Xiao Yu ^a   Feng, Youjun ^a   Fang, Liang Xing ^a   Lian, Xin Lei ^a   Zhang, Rong Min ^a   Tang, You Zhi ^a   Zhang, Kou Xing ^b   Liu, Han Mian ^c   Zhuang, Zhi Hui ^b   Zhou, Shi Dan ^c   Lv, Jing Nan ^d   Du, Hong ^d   Huang, Bin ^e   Yu, Fang You ^f   Mathema, Barun ^g   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^h   Liao, Xiao Ping ^a   Chen, Liang ^h   Liu, Ya Hong ^a   more..

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE THIRD AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUIZHOU MUNICIPAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^d THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^g Department of Medicine   (United States)

^h Department of Biomedical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERAVACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHICKEN; CHINA; DRUG EFFICACY; DUST; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PIG; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; TET(X4) GENE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; SWINE; TETRACYCLINES; TIGECYCLINE;

EID: 85068157605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0496-4     Document Type: Letter

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