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Mechanisms of Resistance

• Mechanisms of Resistance

  Cell Wall Thickening Is Not a Universal Accompaniment of the Daptomycin Nonsusceptibility Phenotype in Staphylococcus aureus: Evidence for Multiple Resistance Mechanisms

  Soo-Jin Yang, Cynthia C. Nast, Nagendra N. Mishra, Michael R. Yeaman, Paul D. Fey, Arnold S. Bayer
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  Evaluation of a DNA Microarray, the Check-Points ESBL/KPC Array, for Rapid Detection of TEM, SHV, and CTX-M Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases and KPC Carbapenemases

  T. Naas, G. Cuzon, H. Truong, S. Bernabeu, P. Nordmann
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  Contribution of a Plasmid-Borne bla_OXA-58 Gene with Its Hybrid Promoter Provided by IS1006 and an ISAba3-Like Element to β-Lactam Resistance in Acinetobacter Genomic Species 13TU

  Te-Li Chen, Wei-Che Chang, Shu-Chen Kuo, Yi-Tzu Lee, Chien-Pei Chen, Leung-Kei Siu, Wen-Long Cho, Chang-Phone Fung
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  The BpeAB-OprB Efflux Pump of Burkholderia pseudomallei 1026b Does Not Play a Role in Quorum Sensing, Virulence Factor Production, or Extrusion of Aminoglycosides but Is a Broad-Spectrum Drug Efflux System

  Takehiko Mima, Herbert P. Schweizer
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  Origin and Dissemination across the Colombian Andes Mountain Range of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum

  Vladimir Corredor, Claribel Murillo, Diego F. Echeverry, Julie Benavides, Richard J. Pearce, Cally Roper, Angela P. Guerra, Lyda Osorio
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  Daptomycin-Oxacillin Combinations in Treatment of Experimental Endocarditis Caused by Daptomycin-Nonsusceptible Strains of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus with Evolving Oxacillin Susceptibility (the “Seesaw Effect”)

  Soo-Jin Yang, Yan Q. Xiong, Susan Boyle-Vavra, Robert Daum, Tiffanny Jones, Arnold S. Bayer
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  Mutational Analysis of VIM-2 Reveals an Essential Determinant for Metallo-β-Lactamase Stability and Folding

  Luisa Borgianni, Julie Vandenameele, André Matagne, Luca Bini, Robert A. Bonomo, Jean-Marie Frère, Gian Maria Rossolini, Jean-Denis Docquier
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  In Vitro Activities of Quinine and Other Antimalarials and pfnhe Polymorphisms in Plasmodium Isolates from Kenya

  John Okombo, Steven M. Kiara, Josea Rono, Leah Mwai, Lewa Pole, Eric Ohuma, Steffen Borrmann, Lynette Isabella Ochola, Alexis Nzila
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  Microarray and Molecular Analyses of the Azole Resistance Mechanism in Candida glabrata Oropharyngeal Isolates

  Huei-Fung Tsai, Lindsay R. Sammons, Xiaozhen Zhang, Sara D. Suffis, Qin Su, Timothy G. Myers, Kieren A. Marr, John E. Bennett
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  Identification of a Novel Transposon (Tn6072) and a Truncated Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Element in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST239

  Liang Chen, José R. Mediavilla, Davida S. Smyth, Kalyan D. Chavda, Ramona Ionescu, Richard B. Roberts, D. Ashley Robinson, Barry N. Kreiswirth
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  Adaptive Resistance to the “Last Hope” Antibiotics Polymyxin B and Colistin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Is Mediated by the Novel Two-Component Regulatory System ParR-ParS

  Lucía Fernández, W. James Gooderham, Manjeet Bains, Joseph B. McPhee, Irith Wiegand, Robert E. W. Hancock
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  Deamplification of pfmdr1-Containing Amplicon on Chromosome 5 in Plasmodium falciparum Is Associated with Reduced Resistance to Artelinic Acid In Vitro

  Nanhua Chen, Marina Chavchich, Jennifer M. Peters, Dennis E. Kyle, Michelle L. Gatton, Qin Cheng
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  qnrVC-Like Gene Located in a Novel Complex Class 1 Integron Harboring the ISCR1 Element in an Aeromonas punctata Strain from an Aquatic Environment in Shandong Province, China

  Ruirui Xia, Xianhu Guo, Yuzhen Zhang, Hai Xu
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  Identification of the Novel dfrK-Carrying Transposon Tn559 in a Porcine Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus ST398 Strain

  Kristina Kadlec, Stefan Schwarz
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporinase in Acinetobacter baumannii

  José-Manuel Rodríguez-Martínez, Patrice Nordmann, Esthel Ronco, Laurent Poirel
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  First Detection of CTX-M and SHV Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in Escherichia coli Urinary Tract Isolates from Dogs and Cats in the United States

  Alexandra O'Keefe, Tabitha A. Hutton, Dieter M. Schifferli, Shelley C. Rankin
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  First Survey of Metallo-β-Lactamases in Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a German University Hospital

  Giuseppe Valenza, Biju Joseph, Johannes Elias, Heike Claus, Anett Oesterlein, Kathrin Engelhardt, Doris Turnwald, Matthias Frosch, Marianne Abele-Horn, Christoph Schoen
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  High-Resolution Melt Curve Analysis for Identification of Single Nucleotide Mutations in the Quinolone Resistance Gene aac(6′)-Ib-cr

  Carlos Hidalgo-Grass, Jacob Strahilevitz
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  Nationwide Investigation of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases, Metallo-β-Lactamases, and Extended-Spectrum Oxacillinases Produced by Ceftazidime-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains in France

  Didier Hocquet, Patrick Plésiat, Barbara Dehecq, Pierre Mariotte, Daniel Talon, Xavier Bertrand

  and on behalf of ONERBA
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  Human Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 Induces MefE/Mel-Mediated Macrolide Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

  Dorothea Zähner, Xiaoliu Zhou, Scott T. Chancey, Jan Pohl, William M. Shafer, David S. Stephens
• Mechanisms of Resistance

  Mutant Selection Window and Characterization of Allelic Diversity for Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Mutants of Rhodococcus equi

  Hidekazu Niwa, Brent A. Lasker