Treat Me Well or Will Resist: Uptake of Mobile Genetic Elements Determine the Resistome of <i>Corynebacterium striatum</i>

Treat Me Well or Will Resist: Uptake of Mobile Genetic Elements Determine the Resistome of <i>Corynebacterium striatum</i>

<i>Corynebacterium striatum</i>, a bacterium that is part of the normal skin microbiota, is also an opportunistic pathogen. In recent years, reports of infections and in-hospital and nosocomial outbreaks caused by antimicrobial multidrug-resistant <i>C. striatum</i> strains h...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Leyton, Juliana Nunes Ramos, Paulo Victor Pereira Baio, João Flávio Carneiro Veras, Cassius Souza, Andreas Burkovski, Ana Luíza Mattos-Guaraldi, Verônica Viana Vieira, Michel Abanto Marin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
<i>Corynebacterium striatum</i>
multidrug resistance mechanisms
insertion sequences
transposons
Tn5432
MLS phenotype
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/14/7499

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