Epidemiology of β-lactamase-producing pathogens

K Bush, PA Bradford - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY β-Lactam antibiotics have been widely used as therapeutic agents for the past
70 years, resulting in emergence of an abundance of β-lactam-inactivating β-lactamases …

Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase variants: the new threat to global public health

L Ding, S Shen, J Chen, Z Tian, Q Shi… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) variants, which refer to the substitution,
insertion, or deletion of amino acid sequence compared to wild bla KPC type, have reduced …

The global ascendency of OXA-48-type carbapenemases

JDD Pitout, G Peirano, MM Kock… - Clinical microbiology …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Surveillance studies have shown that OXA-48-like carbapenemases are the most common
carbapenemases in Enterobacterales in certain regions of the world and are being …

OXA-48-like β-lactamases: global epidemiology, treatment options, and development pipeline

SE Boyd, A Holmes, R Peck… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Modern medicine is threatened by the rising tide of antimicrobial resistance, especially
among Gram-negative bacteria, where resistance to β-lactams is most often mediated by β …

Treatment of infections by OXA-48-producing Enterobacteriaceae

A Stewart, P Harris, A Henderson… - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) contribute significantly to the global
public health threat of antimicrobial resistance. OXA-48 and its variants are unique …

[HTML][HTML] Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

H Wilson, ME Török - Microbial genomics, 2018 - microbiologyresearch.org
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public-health emergency, which threatens the
advances made by modern medical care over the past century. The World Health …

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: an emerging bacterial threat

JD Lutgring - Seminars in diagnostic pathology, 2019 - Elsevier
The first reports of carbapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae isolates occurred in the
early 1990s. Researchers published the first report of an isolate that produced Klebsiella …

Increasing frequency of OXA-48-producing Enterobacterales worldwide and activity of ceftazidime/avibactam, meropenem/vaborbactam and comparators against …

M Castanheira, TB Doyle… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To investigate the increase in the rates of OXA-48-like-producing isolates during
3 years of global surveillance. Methods Among 55?> 162 Enterobacterales isolates, 354 …

Accelerating bioinformatics implementation in public health

KG Libuit, EL Doughty, JR Otieno… - Microbial …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
We have adopted an open bioinformatics ecosystem to address the challenges of
bioinformatics implementation in public health laboratories (PHLs). Bioinformatics …

Molecular characterization of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales collected in the United States

M Karlsson, JD Lutgring, U Ansari, A Lawsin… - Microbial Drug …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) are a growing public health concern due to
resistance to multiple antibiotics and potential to cause health care-associated infections …