| Literature DB >> 29311079 |
Gene Igawa1, Yuka Yamagishi2, Ken-Ichi Lee1, Misato Dorin1, Ken Shimuta1, Hiroyuki Suematsu2, Shu-Ichi Nakayama1, Hiroshige Mikamo2, Magnus Unemo3, Makoto Ohnishi4,5.
Abstract
Mosaic penA alleles have caused most of the cephalosporin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, but their evolution is mostly unknown. The penA gene from Neisseria cinerea strain AM1601 (ceftriaxone MIC, 1.0 μg/ml) caused ceftriaxone resistance (MIC, 1 μg/ml) in a ceftriaxone-susceptible gonococcal strain. The 3'-terminal half of AM1601 penA was almost identical to that of the ceftriaxone-resistant gonococcal GU140106 and FC428 strains. N. cinerea can serve as a reservoir of ceftriaxone resistance-mediating penA sequences that can be transferred to gonococci.Entities:
Keywords: Neisseria cinerea; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; antimicrobial resistance; cefixime; ceftriaxone; penA; penicillin-binding protein 2
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29311079 PMCID: PMC5826163 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02069-17
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191