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ReviewVeterinary research2022

How Streptococcus suis escapes antibiotic treatments.

Cristina Uruén, Carla García, Lorenzo Fraile, Jan Tommassen, Jesús Arenas

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Review in Veterinary research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
61citing papers in PubMed
20.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Cristina UruénUnit of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Zaragoza, 50017, Zaragoza, Spain.
Carla GarcíaUnit of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Zaragoza, 50017, Zaragoza, Spain.
Lorenzo FraileDepartment of Animal Science, ETSEA, University of Lleida-Agrotecnio, 25198, Lleida, Spain.
Jan TommassenDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Jesús ArenasUnit of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Zaragoza, 50017, Zaragoza, Spain. jarenasbusto@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8134-0693
Universidad de Zaragoza · ESUniversitat de Lleida · ESUtrecht University · NL

Funding

Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2020-114617RB-100Gobierno de Aragón LMP58_21
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Streptococcus suis is a zoonotic agent that causes sepsis and meningitis in pigs and humans. S. suis infections are responsible for large economic losses in pig production. The lack of effective vaccines to prevent the disease has promoted the extensive use of antibiotics worldwide. This has been followed by the emergence of resistance against different classes of antibiotics. The rates of resistance to tetracyclines, lincosamides, and macrolides are extremely high, and resistance has spread worldwide. The genetic origin of S. suis resistance is multiple and includes the production of target-modifying and antibiotic-inactivating enzymes and mutations in antibiotic targets. S. suis genomes contain traits of horizontal gene transfer. Many mobile genetic elements carry a variety of genes that confer resistance to antibiotics as well as genes for autonomous DNA transfer and, thus, S. suis can rapidly acquire multiresistance. In addition, S. suis forms microcolonies on host tissues, which are associations of microorganisms that generate tolerance to antibiotics through a variety of mechanisms and favor the exchange of genetic material. Thus, alternatives to currently used antibiotics are highly demanded. A deep understanding of the mechanisms by which S. suis becomes resistant or tolerant to antibiotics may help to develop novel molecules or combinations of antimicrobials to fight these infections. Meanwhile, phage therapy and vaccination are promising alternative strategies, which could alleviate disease pressure and, thereby, antibiotic use.

Indexed as

Streptococcal InfectionsStreptococcus suisSwine DiseasesAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsHumansMacrolidesSwineAnti-Bacterial AgentsMacrolidesantibiotic resistanceantibiotic tolerancemultidrug resistancerecalcitranceStreptococcus suis

Identifiers

PMID36371221
PMCPMC9652813
OpenAlexW4309046270

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