Diversity of High-Level Aminoglycoside Resistance Mechanisms among Gram-Negative Nosocomial Pathogens in Brazil

Anelise S Ballaben; Leonardo N Andrade; Renata Galetti; Joseane C Ferreira; Christi L McElheny; Roberta T Mettus; Paulo da Silva; Doroti de Oliveira Garcia; Ana Lucia C Darini; Yohei Doi

doi:10.1128/AAC.01550-18

Diversity of High-Level Aminoglycoside Resistance Mechanisms among Gram-Negative Nosocomial Pathogens in Brazil

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2018 Oct 24;62(11):e01550-18. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01550-18. Print 2018 Nov.

Affiliations

¹ School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Adolfo Lutz Institute, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
⁴ Center of Bacteriology, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA [email protected].
⁶ Center for Innovative Antimicrobial Therapy, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Keywords: 16S ribosomal methyltransferase; Acinetobacter baumannii; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme.

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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Aminoglycosides / pharmacology*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Brazil
Cross Infection / drug therapy*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
Gram-Negative Bacteria / genetics*
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests / methods
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics

Substances

Aminoglycosides
Anti-Bacterial Agents
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Diversity of High-Level Aminoglycoside Resistance Mechanisms among Gram-Negative Nosocomial Pathogens in Brazil

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