Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases 7 ► Pathogenicity / Antimicrobial Resistance

Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 34  Number 25  June 25 - July 2, 2015

Pathogenicity / Antimicrobial Resistance

Evaluation of the zoonotic potential of a novel reassortant H1N2 swine influenza virus with gene constellation derived from multiple viral sources.
Lee JH et al. Infect. Genet. Evol. 2015 Jun 4.

Towards new drug targets? Function prediction of putative proteins of Neisseria meningitidis MC58 and their virulence characterization.
Shahbaaz M et al. OMICS 2015 Jun 15.

Genomic analysis of diversity, population structure, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae, an urgent threat to public health 
Holt KE, et al. PNAS, Jun 22, 2015. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1501049112

Detection of virulence-associated genes characteristic of intestinal Escherichia coli pathotypes, including the Enterohemorrhagic / Enteroaggregative O104:H4 in bovines from Germany and Spain.
Cabal A et al. Microbiol. Immunol. 2015 Jun 18.

Whole genome sequencing investigation of a tuberculosis outbreak in Port-au-Prince, Haiti caused by a strain with a "low-level" rpoB mutation L511P - insights into a mechanism of resistance escalation.
Ocheretina O et al. PLoS ONE 2015 (6) e0129207

A proteomic characterization of Bordetella pertussis clinical isolates associated with a California state pertussis outbreak.
Williamson YM et al. Int J Proteomics 2015 536537 (CDC Author)

A novel botulinum toxin, previously reported as serotype H, has a hybrid structure of known serotypes A and F that is neutralized with serotype A antitoxin.
Maslanka SE et al. J. Infect. Dis. 2015 Jun 10. (CDC Author)

Emergence of decreased susceptibility and resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Korea.
Lee H et al. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2015 Jun 17.

Whole-genome sequencing for prediction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility and resistance: a retrospective cohort study
Walker TM, et al. Lancet Infect Dis, Jun 24, 2015.

Escherichia coli O104:H4 pathogenesis: an enteroaggregative E. coli/Shiga toxin-producing E. coli explosive cocktail of high virulence.
Navarro-Garcia F et al. Microbiol Spectr 2014 Dec (6)