Characterization of TMexCD3-TOprJ3, an RND-Type Efflux System Conferring Resistance to Tigecycline in Proteus mirabilis, and Its Associated Integrative Conjugative Element
Qian Wang, Kai Peng, Yuan Liu, Xia Xiao, Zhiqiang Wang, Ruichao Li
Abstract
The emergence and transmission of novel antimicrobial resistance genes pose a great threat to public health globally. Recently, the plasmid-encoding RND efflux pump TMexCD1-TOprJ1 in Klebsiella pneumoniae was reported to reduce the sensitivity of multiple antimicrobials.
Topics & Concepts
Proteus mirabilisTigecyclineBiologyMicrobiologyEffluxKlebsiella pneumoniaePlasmidGeneticsMultiple drug resistanceGene clusterGeneAntibiotic resistanceDrug resistanceAntimicrobialAntibioticsEscherichia coliAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology