Advanced Molecular Detection in Action ► Pathogenicity / Antimicrobial Resistance

Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 35  Number 12  September 17-24, 2015

Pathogenicity / Antimicrobial Resistance

Genome-wide transcription study of Cryptococcus neoformans H99 clinical strain versus environmental strains.
Movahed El et al. PLoS ONE 2015 (9) e0137457

Whole-genome sequencing identifies emergence of a quinolone resistance mutation in a case of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia.
Pak TR et al. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2015 Aug 31.

Rapid detection of B2-ST131 clonal group of extended-spectrum ?-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry: discovery of a peculiar amino acid substitution in B2-ST131 clonal group.
Nakamura A et al. Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2015 Jul 29.

Strain features and distributions in pneumococci from children with invasive disease before and after 13 valent conjugate vaccine implementation in the United States.
Metcalf BJ et al. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 2015 Sep 9. (CDC Author)

Molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in a university hospital in Nepal reveals the emergence of a novel epidemic clonal lineage.
Shrestha S et al. Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents 2015 Aug 28.

Evolutionary trade-offs underlie the multi-faceted virulence of staphylococcus aureus.
Laabei M et al. PLoS Biol. 2015 Sep (9) e1002229

Comparative genomics between human and animal associated subspecies of the Mycobacterium avium complex: a basis for pathogenicity.
Timms VJ et al. BMC Genomics 2015 (1) 695

Differential gene expression and infection profiles of cutaneous and mucosal leishmania braziliensis isolates from the same patient.
Alves-Ferreira EVC et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2015 Sep (9) e0004018