Enterococcal Linear Plasmids Adapt to Enterococcus faecium and Spread within Multidrug-Resistant Clades-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Enterococcal Linear Plasmids Adapt to Enterococcus faecium and Spread within Multidrug-Resistant Clades

Published:2023-04-18 Issue:4 Volume:67 Page:
ISSN:0066-4804
Container-title:Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
language:en
Short-container-title:Antimicrob Agents Chemother

Author:

Hashimoto Yusuke¹,Suzuki Masato²,Kobayashi Sae¹³,Hirahara Yuki³,Kurushima Jun¹^ORCID,Hirakawa Hidetada¹^ORCID,Nomura Takahiro¹,Tanimoto Koichi⁴,Tomita Haruyoshi¹⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Bacteriology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

2. Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan

3. Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

4. Laboratory of Bacterial Drug Resistance, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) of bacterial pathogens, including enterococci, is a global concern, and plasmids are crucial for spreading and maintaining AMR genes. Plasmids with linear topology were identified recently in clinical multidrug-resistant enterococci.

Funder

Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/aac.01619-22

Reference70 articles.

1. Federal Funding for the Study of Antimicrobial Resistance in Nosocomial Pathogens: No ESKAPE