Current perspectives on the dynamics of antibiotic resistance in different reservoirs

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2015

Authors

Eduarda Gomes-Neves (Author) ICBAS

Journal

Title: Research in Microbiology

Vol. 166

Pages: 594-600

ISSN: 0923-2508

Publisher: Elsevier

Indexing

ISI Web of Science

Scopus

Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences

CORDIS: Health sciences ; Natural sciences > Environmental science > Global change > Human health (Global change)

Other information

DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2015.07.009

Resumo (PT): Antibiotic resistance consists of a dynamic web. In this review, we describe the path by which different antibiotic residues and antibiotic resistance genes disseminate among relevant reservoirs (human, animal, and environmental settings), evaluating how these events contribute to the current scenario of antibiotic resistance. The relationship between the spread of resistance and the contribution of different genetic elements and events is revisited, exploring examples of the processes by which successful mobile resistance genes spread across different niches. The importance of classic and next generation molecular approaches, as well as action plans and policies which might aid in the fight against antibiotic resistance, are also reviewed.

Abstract (EN): Antibiotic resistance consists of a dynamic web. In this review, we describe the path by which different antibiotic residues and antibiotic resistance genes disseminate among relevant reservoirs (human, animal, and environmental settings), evaluating how these events contribute to the current scenario of antibiotic resistance. The relationship between the spread of resistance and the contribution of different genetic elements and events is revisited, exploring examples of the processes by which successful mobile resistance genes spread across different niches. The importance of classic and next generation molecular approaches, as well as action plans and policies which might aid in the fight against antibiotic resistance, are also reviewed.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific