Distribution and Spread of the Mobilized RND Efflux Pump Gene Cluster <i>tmexCD-toprJ</i> in Klebsiella pneumoniae from Different Sources
Lin Sun, Hanyun Wang, Nan Meng, Zhenyu Wang, Guiling Li, Xinan Jiao, Jing Wang
Abstract
Tigecycline has been regarded as one of the last-resort antibiotics available for the treatment of infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales . The plasmid-mediated resistance-nodulation-division–type efflux pump gene cluster tmexCD - toprJ is a newly identified tigecycline resistance determinant.
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TigecyclineEffluxKlebsiella pneumoniaeBiologyPlasmidMicrobiologyGene clusterCluster (spacecraft)Antibiotic resistanceAntibioticsGeneticsGeneEscherichia coliComputer scienceProgramming languageAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsMycobacterium research and diagnosis