Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance: two decades on

JM Rodríguez-Martínez, J Machuca, ME Cano… - Drug Resistance …, 2016 - Elsevier
After two decades of the discovery of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR), three
different mechanisms have been associated to this phenomenon: target protection (Qnr …

Non-phenotypic tests to detect and characterize antibiotic resistance mechanisms in Enterobacteriaceae

A Lupo, KM Papp-Wallace, P Sendi, RA Bonomo… - … and infectious disease, 2013 - Elsevier
In the past 2 decades, we have observed a rapid increase of infections due to multidrug-
resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Regrettably, these isolates possess genes encoding for …

The role of class I integrons in the dissemination of sulfonamide resistance genes in the Pearl River and Pearl River Estuary, South China

B Chen, X Liang, X Nie, X Huang, S Zou, X Li - Journal of Hazardous …, 2015 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), as a newly emerging contaminant, are unique because
they are disseminated through horizontal gene transfer in the environment. In the present …

Inorganic and organic fertilizers impact the abundance and proportion of antibiotic resistance and integron-integrase genes in agricultural grassland soil

H Nõlvak, M Truu, K Kanger, M Tampere… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Soil fertilization with animal manure or its digestate may facilitate an important antibiotic
resistance dissemination route from anthropogenic sources to the environment. This study …

Outcome of different sequencing and assembly approaches on the detection of plasmids and localization of antimicrobial resistance genes in commensal Escherichia …

K Juraschek, M Borowiak, SH Tausch, B Malorny… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to public health worldwide. Currently, AMR
typing changes from phenotypic testing to whole-genome sequence (WGS)-based detection …

Dynamics of antibiotic resistance genes and their relationships with system treatment efficiency in a horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland

H Nõlvak, M Truu, K Tiirik, K Oopkaup, T Sildvee… - Science of the total …, 2013 - Elsevier
Municipal wastewater treatment is one of the pathways by which antibiotic resistance genes
from anthropogenic sources are introduced into natural ecosystems. This study examined …

Seawater is a reservoir of multi-resistant Escherichia coli, including strains hosting plasmid-mediated quinolones resistance and extended-spectrum beta-lactamases …

MS Alves, A Pereira, SM Araújo, BB Castro… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The aim of this study was to examine antibiotic resistance (AR) dissemination in coastal
water, considering the contribution of different sources of fecal contamination. Samples were …

Exploring the correlations between antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in the wastewater treatment plants of hospitals in Xinjiang, China

C Li, J Lu, J Liu, G Zhang, Y Tong, N Ma - Environmental Science and …, 2016 - Springer
Various antibiotics have been extensively used to treating infectious diseases in hospitals. In
this study, the abundance and diversity of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) …

Microbial responses underlying the denitrification kinetic shifting exposed to ng/L-and μg/L-level lomefloxacin in groundwater

H Zou, J He, X Guan, Y Zhang, L Deng, Y Li… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The emerging co-contaminant of antibiotics and nitrate has acquired great concerns
worldwide, which poses a potential impact on denitrification in the ecological environment …

Interaction between antibiotic resistance, resistance genes, and treatment response for urinary tract infections in primary care

HJ Ho, MX Tan, MI Chen, TY Tan, SH Koo… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Given increasing antimicrobial resistance, we aimed to determine antibiotic susceptibility
and presence of resistance genes in uropathogens in primary care, factors associated with …