Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Mechanisms
Oliveira, Manuela
Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Mechanisms - Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022 - 1 electronic resource (232 p.)
Open Access
The worldwide emergence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, specially those resistant to last-resource antibiotics, is now a common problem being defined as one of three priorities for the safeguarding of One Health by the Tripartite Alliance, which includes the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Office International des Epizooties (OIE). Bacteria resistance profiles, together with the expression of specific virulence markers, have a major influence on the outcomes of infectious diseases. These bacterial traits are interconnected, since not only the presence of antibiotics may influence bacterial virulence gene expression and consequently infection pathogenesis, but some virulence factors may also contribute to an increased bacterial resistance ability, as observed in biofilm-producing strains. The surveillance of important resistant and virulent clones and associated mobile genetic elements is essential for decision making in terms of mitigation measures to be applied for the prevention of such infections in both human and veterinary medicine. However, the role of natural environments as important components of the dissemination cycle of these strains has not been consider until recently. This Special Issue aims to publish manuscripts that contribute to the understanding of the impact of bacterial antimicrobial resistance and virulence in the three areas of the One Health triad-i.e., animal, human and environmental health.
Creative Commons
English
books978-3-0365-3905-8 9783036539065 9783036539058
10.3390/books978-3-0365-3905-8 doi
Research & information: general
Biology, life sciences
Microbiology (non-medical)
MRSA EMRSA-15 MLSB bacteremia bloodstream infections antibiotic resistance aquatic contamination probabilistic sampling San Francisco Estuary coast Pseudomonas Shewanella algae Vibrio parahaemolyticus biocide Listeria monocytogenes biofilm planktonic culture pulsed-field gel electrophoresis Escherichia coli fosfomycin nitrofurantoin antimicrobial resistance antibiotic susceptibility WGS phylogenetic analysis DNA mismatch repair system Salmonella Choleraesuis Iberian pig wild boar phylogenetic relationship plasmid replicon typing colistin carcass cfr gene fexA gene linezolid mutation pig public health S. aureus avian colibacillosis salmonellosis MDR tetA nisin mutant prevention concentration mutant selection window antimicrobial susceptibility testing horizontal gene transfer Salmonella reptiles isolation biofilms chlorhexidine gluconate wounds Gram-negative bacteria colonization infection clonal lineages resistance genes virulence factors Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infections plasmids Panton-Valentine leucocidin
Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Mechanisms - Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022 - 1 electronic resource (232 p.)
Open Access
The worldwide emergence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, specially those resistant to last-resource antibiotics, is now a common problem being defined as one of three priorities for the safeguarding of One Health by the Tripartite Alliance, which includes the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Office International des Epizooties (OIE). Bacteria resistance profiles, together with the expression of specific virulence markers, have a major influence on the outcomes of infectious diseases. These bacterial traits are interconnected, since not only the presence of antibiotics may influence bacterial virulence gene expression and consequently infection pathogenesis, but some virulence factors may also contribute to an increased bacterial resistance ability, as observed in biofilm-producing strains. The surveillance of important resistant and virulent clones and associated mobile genetic elements is essential for decision making in terms of mitigation measures to be applied for the prevention of such infections in both human and veterinary medicine. However, the role of natural environments as important components of the dissemination cycle of these strains has not been consider until recently. This Special Issue aims to publish manuscripts that contribute to the understanding of the impact of bacterial antimicrobial resistance and virulence in the three areas of the One Health triad-i.e., animal, human and environmental health.
Creative Commons
English
books978-3-0365-3905-8 9783036539065 9783036539058
10.3390/books978-3-0365-3905-8 doi
Research & information: general
Biology, life sciences
Microbiology (non-medical)
MRSA EMRSA-15 MLSB bacteremia bloodstream infections antibiotic resistance aquatic contamination probabilistic sampling San Francisco Estuary coast Pseudomonas Shewanella algae Vibrio parahaemolyticus biocide Listeria monocytogenes biofilm planktonic culture pulsed-field gel electrophoresis Escherichia coli fosfomycin nitrofurantoin antimicrobial resistance antibiotic susceptibility WGS phylogenetic analysis DNA mismatch repair system Salmonella Choleraesuis Iberian pig wild boar phylogenetic relationship plasmid replicon typing colistin carcass cfr gene fexA gene linezolid mutation pig public health S. aureus avian colibacillosis salmonellosis MDR tetA nisin mutant prevention concentration mutant selection window antimicrobial susceptibility testing horizontal gene transfer Salmonella reptiles isolation biofilms chlorhexidine gluconate wounds Gram-negative bacteria colonization infection clonal lineages resistance genes virulence factors Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infections plasmids Panton-Valentine leucocidin