Emergence of plasmid-mediated high-level tigecycline resistance genes in animals and humans

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2019, Pages 1450-1456

  He, Tao ^a   Wang, Ran ^a   Liu, Dejun ^b   Walsh, Timothy R ^b,c   Zhang, Rong ^d   Lv, Yuan ^e   Ke, Yuebin ^f   Ji, Quanjiang ^g   Wei, Ruicheng ^a   Liu, Zhihai ^b   Shen, Yingbo ^b   Wang, Gang ^a   Sun, Lichang ^a   Lei, Lei ^b   Lv, Ziquan ^f   Li, Yun ^e   Pang, Maoda ^a   Wang, Liyuan ^e   Sun, Qiaoling ^d   Fu, Yulin ^b   Song, Huangwei ^b   Hao, Yuxin ^b   Shen, Zhangqi ^b   Wang, Shaolin ^b   Chen, Gongxiang ^d   Wu, Congming ^b   Shen, Jianzhong ^b   Wang, Yang ^b   more..

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Infection and Immunity   (United Kingdom)

^d THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^f SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^g SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; ERAVACYCLINE; OMADACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONJUGATIVE PLASMID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC SCREENING; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MEAT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TET(X3) GENE; TET(X4) GENE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HUMANS; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PLASMIDS; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TIGECYCLINE;

EID: 85069577968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0445-2     Document Type: Letter

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