Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases ► Antimicrobials, Vaccines, Interventions

Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 34  Number 11  March 19-26, 2015

Antimicrobials, Vaccines, Interventions

DNA sequencing for the confirmation of rifampin resistance detected by Cepheid Xpert® MTB/RIF Assay. 
McAlister AJ et al. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2015 Mar 4. (CDC Author)

In vivo horizontal gene transfer of the carbapenemase OXA-48 during a nosocomial outbreak. 
Göttig S et al. Clin. Infect. Dis. 2015 Mar 10.

Circulation of a multiresistant, conjugative, IncA/C plasmid within the nosocomial Providencia stuartii population in the Athens area. 
Giakkoupi P et al. Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2015 Feb 23.

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus from a fatal case of pneumonia harboring bla NDM-1 on a widely distributed plasmid. 
Li P et al. BMC Infect. Dis. 2015 Dec (1) 870

Molecular analysis of the integrons of metallo-ß-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates collected by nationwide surveillance programs across Japan. 
Mano Y et al. BMC Microbiol. 2015 Dec (1) 378

Assessment of multidrug resistance, clonality and virulence in non-PCV-13 Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in Canada, 2011-13. 
Golden AR et al. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2015 Mar 11.

Presence and new genetic environment of pleuromutilin-lincosamide-streptogramin A resistance gene lsa(E) in Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae of swine origin. 
Zhang A et al. Vet. Microbiol. 2015 Feb 25.

Drug-resistance mechanisms and tuberculosis drugs. 
Köser CU et al. Lancet 2015 Jan 24. (9965) 305-7

Search for novel candidate mutations for metronidazole resistance in helicobacter pylori using next-generation sequencing. 
Binh TT et al. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2015 Apr (4) 2343-8

Evolution and SNPs in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin and daptomycin, based on determination of the complete genome.
Yamaguchi T et al. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2015 Mar 16.

Integrated sentinel surveillance linking genetic, antigenic and epidemiologic monitoring of influenza vaccine-virus relatedness and effectiveness, 2013-14 season.
Skowronski DM et al. J. Infect. Dis. 2015 Mar 17.