Coexistence of two blaCTX-M-14 genes in a blaNDM-5-carrying multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli strain recovered from a bloodstream infection in China

by Wei Zheng, Meina Yue, Jun Zhang, Zhi Ruan
Published 2021-09-01

Whole-genome analysis uncovers loss of blaZ associated with carriage isolates belonging to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clone ST5-VI in Cape Verde

by Magdalena Wysocka, Tamar Monteiro, Carine de Pina, Deisy Gonçalves, Sandrine de Pina, Antonio Ludgero-Correia, Joao Moreno, Roxana Zamudio, Nada Almebairik, Laura J. Gray, Manish Pareek, David R. Jenkins, Marta Aires-de-Sousa, Herminia De Lencastre, Sandra Beleza, Isabel I. Araujo, Teresa Conceição, Marco R. Oggioni
Published 2021-09-01

What prompts clinicians to start antibiotic treatment in COVID-19 patients? An Italian web survey helps us to understand where the doubts lie

by Marta Colaneri, Pietro Valsecchi, Marco Vecchia, Alessandro Di Filippo, Valentina Zuccaro, Elena Seminari, Paolo Sacchi, Laura Maiocchi, Massimiliano Fabbiani, Alessandra Ricciardi, Alba Muzzi, Raffaele Bruno
Published 2021-09-01

Genetic characterisation of antibiotic resistance transposons Tn6608 and Tn6609 isolated from clinical Pseudomonas strains in Cyprus

by Vaheesan Rajabal, Ferdiye Taner, Tamer Sanlidag, Kaya Suer, Emrah Guler, Murat Sayan, Steve Petrovski
Published 2021-09-01

Genomic analysis of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST143 clone showing susceptibility to broad-spectrum cephalosporins

by Ana Paula Streling, Rodrigo Cayô, Carolina S. Nodari, Luiz G.P. Almeida, Fernanda F. Santos, Blake Hanson, An Q. Dinh, Ana Tereza R. Vasconcelos, Willian R. Miller, Cesar A. Arias, Ana C. Gales
Published 2021-09-01

Risk factors for faecal carriage of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli in a college community: a penalised regression model

by Yuan Hu, Julia Rubin, Kaitlyn Mussio, Lee W. Riley
Published 2021-09-01

First report of carbapenemase OXA-181-producing Serratia marcescens

by Aziza Messaoudi, Wejdene Mansour, Lamia Tilouche, Pierre Châtre, Antoine Drapeau, Chrifa Chaouch, Sana Azaiez, Olfa Bouallègue, Jean-Yves Madec, Marisa Haenni
Published 2021-09-01

Sepsis caused by Salmonella Paratyphi B producing an OXA-48 carbapenemase in a traveller

by Alizee Balandraud, Mariem Ben Khedher, Linda Hadjadj, Gregory Dubourg, Morgane Mailhe, Jean-Marc Rolain, Sophie Alexandra Baron
Published 2021-09-01

HB&L system for rapid phenotypic detection of clinical carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales isolates

by Ming Wei, Peng Wang, Shuai Wang, Chunxia Yang, Li Gu
Published 2021-09-01

Prevalence of drug resistance-conferring mutations associated with isoniazid- and rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

by Melese Abate Reta, Birhan Alemnew, Biruk Beletew Abate, P. Bernard Fourie
Published 2021-09-01

International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC) News and Information Page

Published 2021-09-01

Antibiotic susceptibility profiles and prevalence of co-colistin and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolated from patients in a university hospital in Southern Thailand

by Jidapa Szekely, Natnicha Ingviya, Varaporn Laohaprertthisan, Sutep Jaruratanasirikul
Published 2021-09-01

Emergence and genomics of OXA-232-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a hospital in Yancheng, China

by Zhichen Zhu, Haifeng Huang, Yumei Xu, Min Wang, Jinnan Lv, Linlin Xu, Chunlei Shi, Ya Xu, Ruifu Yang, Liang Chen, Hong Du
Published 2021-09-01

Transmission and stable inheritance of carbapenemase gene (blaKPC-2 or blaNDM-1)-encoding and mcr-1-encoding plasmids in clinical Enterobacteriaceae strains

by Xiaobo Liu, Edward Wai-Chi Chan, Sheng Chen
Published 2021-09-01

Description of novel resistance islands harbouring blaCTX-M-2 in IncC type 2 plasmids

by R. Papa-Ezdra, N.F. Cordeiro, V. Di Pilato, A. Chiarelli, L. Pallecchi, V. Garcia-Fulgueiras, R. Vignoli
Published 2021-09-01

Rapid identification of CTX-M-type extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales from blood cultures using a multiplex lateral flow immunoassay

by Adrian Walter, Elias Bodendoerfer, Natalia Kolesnik-Goldmann, Stefano Mancini
Published 2021-09-01

Socioeconomic burden of bloodstream infections caused by carbapenem-resistant and carbapenem-susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa in China

by Kai Yang, Tingting Xiao, Qingyi Shi, Yunying Zhu, Jing Ye, Yanzi Zhou, Yonghong Xiao
Published 2021-09-01

Genomic characterisation of multidrug-resistant Bacillus toyonensis strain 4HC1 isolated from marine plastic in Norway

by Vera Radisic, Nachiket P. Marathe
Published 2021-09-01

Two novel blaNDM-1-harbouring transposons on pPrY2001-like plasmids coexisting with a novel cfr-encoding plasmid in food animal source Enterobacteriaceae

by Xing-Run Zheng, Yin-Huan Sun, Jia-Hang Zhu, Si-Li Wu, Cai Ping, Liang-Xing Fang, Hong-Xia Jiang
Published 2021-09-01

Vaccine or monoclonal therapy: which is the winning weapon against COVID-19?

by Lorenzo Lo Muzio, Maria Eleonora Bizzoca
Published 2021-09-01