Harvesting and amplifying gene cassettes confers cross-resistance to critically important antibiotics
P. Dulyayangkul, T. Beavis, W. W. Lee, R. Ardagh, F. Edwards, F. Hamilton, I. Head, K. J. Heesom, O. Mounsey, M. Murarik, C. Reding, N. Satapoomin, J. M. Shaw, Y. Takebayashi, C. L. Tooke, , M. B. Avison
The paper shows that gene cassettes in an integron, amplified by IS26, confer resistance to amikacin and piperacillin/tazobactam, often leaving meropenem as the last-resort antibiotic.
bioRxiv · Dec 2, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology