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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2015

Effect of Variants of Penicillin-Binding Protein 2 on Cephalosporin and Carbapenem Susceptibilities in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Amrita Bharat, Walter Demczuk, Irene Martin, Michael R Mulvey

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amrita BharatBacteriology and Enteric Diseases Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Walter DemczukBacteriology and Enteric Diseases Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Irene MartinBacteriology and Enteric Diseases Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Michael R MulveyBacteriology and Enteric Diseases Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada michael.mulvey@phac-aspc.gc.ca.
Public Health Agency of Canada · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To characterize the relationship between penicillin-binding protein 2 (PBP2/penA) and susceptibility to extended-spectrum cephalosporins (ESCs) and carbapenem antibiotics, we compared 17 PBP2 variants in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Nonmosaic and mosaic variants of PBP2 caused decreased susceptibility to ESCs and, to a lesser extent, to carbapenems. An A501P substitution in mosaic XXXIV_A501P conferred decreased susceptibility to ESCs but restored carbapenem susceptibility to wild-type levels. These results could aid the molecular surveillance of antimicrobial resistance to these agents.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsCarbapenemsCarrier ProteinsCephalosporinsDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialGenetic VariationGonorrheaHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMolecular Sequence DataNeisseria gonorrhoeaeSerine-Type D-Ala-D-Ala CarboxypeptidaseAnti-Bacterial AgentsCarbapenemsCarrier ProteinsCephalosporinspenicillin-binding protein 2, Neisseria gonorrhoeaeSerine-Type D-Ala-D-Ala Carboxypeptidase

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PMID25987627
PMCPMC4505281
OpenAlexW1899346196

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