Metal resistance and its association with antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic resistance is recognised as a major global threat to public health by the World Health Organization. Currently, several hundred thousand deaths yearly can be attributed to infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The major driver for the development of antibiotic resistance is consi...

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Main Authors: Pal, Chandan, Asiani, Karishma R., Arya, Sankalp, Rensing, Christopher, Stekel, Dov J., Larsson, D.G. Joakim, Hobman, Jon L.
Other Authors: Poole, Robert K.
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Published: Academic Press 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43240/
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author Pal, Chandan
Asiani, Karishma R.
Arya, Sankalp
Rensing, Christopher
Stekel, Dov J.
Larsson, D.G. Joakim
Hobman, Jon L.
author2 Poole, Robert K.
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Pal, Chandan
Asiani, Karishma R.
Arya, Sankalp
Rensing, Christopher
Stekel, Dov J.
Larsson, D.G. Joakim
Hobman, Jon L.
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description Antibiotic resistance is recognised as a major global threat to public health by the World Health Organization. Currently, several hundred thousand deaths yearly can be attributed to infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The major driver for the development of antibiotic resistance is considered to be the use, misuse and overuse of antibiotics in humans and animals. Nonantibiotic compounds, such as antibacterial biocides and metals, may also contribute to the promotion of antibiotic resistance through co-selection. This may occur when resistance genes to both antibiotics and metals/biocides are co-located together in the same cell (co-resistance), or a single resistance mechanism (e.g. an efflux pump) confers resistance to both antibiotics and biocides/metals (cross-resistance), leading to co-selection of bacterial strains, or mobile genetic elements that they carry. Here, we review antimicrobial metal resistance in the context of the antibiotic resistance problem, discuss co-selection, and highlight critical knowledge gaps in our understanding.
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spelling nottingham-432402020-05-04T18:46:00Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43240/ Metal resistance and its association with antibiotic resistance Pal, Chandan Asiani, Karishma R. Arya, Sankalp Rensing, Christopher Stekel, Dov J. Larsson, D.G. Joakim Hobman, Jon L. Antibiotic resistance is recognised as a major global threat to public health by the World Health Organization. Currently, several hundred thousand deaths yearly can be attributed to infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The major driver for the development of antibiotic resistance is considered to be the use, misuse and overuse of antibiotics in humans and animals. Nonantibiotic compounds, such as antibacterial biocides and metals, may also contribute to the promotion of antibiotic resistance through co-selection. This may occur when resistance genes to both antibiotics and metals/biocides are co-located together in the same cell (co-resistance), or a single resistance mechanism (e.g. an efflux pump) confers resistance to both antibiotics and biocides/metals (cross-resistance), leading to co-selection of bacterial strains, or mobile genetic elements that they carry. Here, we review antimicrobial metal resistance in the context of the antibiotic resistance problem, discuss co-selection, and highlight critical knowledge gaps in our understanding. Academic Press Poole, Robert K. 2017-05-18 Book Section PeerReviewed Pal, Chandan, Asiani, Karishma R., Arya, Sankalp, Rensing, Christopher, Stekel, Dov J., Larsson, D.G. Joakim and Hobman, Jon L. (2017) Metal resistance and its association with antibiotic resistance. In: Microbiology of metal ions. Advances in Microbial Physiology, 70 . Academic Press, Oxford, pp. 261-313. ISBN 9780128123867 Antibiotic resistance; Metal ion resistance; Co-selection; Co-resistance; Cross-resistance; Mercury; Copper; Silver; Arsenic; Zinc http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065291117300085 doi:10.1016/bs.ampbs.2017.02.001 doi:10.1016/bs.ampbs.2017.02.001
spellingShingle Antibiotic resistance; Metal ion resistance; Co-selection; Co-resistance; Cross-resistance; Mercury; Copper; Silver; Arsenic; Zinc
Pal, Chandan
Asiani, Karishma R.
Arya, Sankalp
Rensing, Christopher
Stekel, Dov J.
Larsson, D.G. Joakim
Hobman, Jon L.
Metal resistance and its association with antibiotic resistance
title Metal resistance and its association with antibiotic resistance
title_full Metal resistance and its association with antibiotic resistance
title_fullStr Metal resistance and its association with antibiotic resistance
title_full_unstemmed Metal resistance and its association with antibiotic resistance
title_short Metal resistance and its association with antibiotic resistance
title_sort metal resistance and its association with antibiotic resistance
topic Antibiotic resistance; Metal ion resistance; Co-selection; Co-resistance; Cross-resistance; Mercury; Copper; Silver; Arsenic; Zinc
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