fosA7: a silent fosfomycin resistance gene in Salmonella?
Jing Wang, Qiuchun Li, Yue Jiang, Zhenyu Wang, Xinan Jiao
Abstract
The emergence and global dissemination of fosfomycin-resistant Gram-negative bacteria have become a serious global public health problem.1 Daniel F M Monte and colleagues2 reported high prevalence (26 165 [4·75%] of 550 780) and global distribution of fosfomycin resistance genes—fosA7 and fosA3 in Salmonella serovars in a Correspondence published in The Lancet Microbe. Considering the One Health framework,3 these findings about fosfomycin resistance in Salmonella are concerning.2
Topics & Concepts
FosfomycinSalmonellaSalmonella entericaSerotypeMicrobiologyAntibiotic resistanceBiologyMedicineVirologyGeneticsBacteriaAntimicrobialAntibioticsAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaVibrio bacteria research studiesSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology