Publications by authors named "Rosangela Cipriano"
Article Synopsis
- Infectious diseases like Elizabethkingia miricola pose significant risks not just to humans and animals, but to entire ecosystems, highlighting the importance of the One Health approach.
- An emerging strain of E. miricola in Brazil has shown nearly untreatable antibiotic resistance and is linked to increased anuran (frog) mortality, indicating a troubling trend in wildlife health.
- Genomic studies show this resistant strain (EM15) is closely related to others found globally, emphasizing its potential threat to public and environmental health in biodiverse regions like the Amazon.
Background: Pandrug-resistant (PDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae has been reported sporadically in many countries and remains rare in Brazil.
Objectives: This study unravelled the genetic determinants involved with the PDR background of a clinical ST11 K. pneumoniae recovered in the Brazilian Amazon Region, where K.
Background: Carbapenems are the antibiotics of choice to treat infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii, and resistance to this class can be determined by loss of membrane permeability and enzymatic mechanisms. Here, we analyzed the basis of carbapenem resistance in clinical A. baumannii isolates from different Brazilian regions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNosocomial outbreaks caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been associated to fibrocystic patients and isolates harboring metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) genes. Genotyping is an important tool for interpreting bacterial nosocomial outbreaks and implementing adequate control strategies. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether an outbreak of MDR P.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntegrons play a role in horizontal acquisition and expression of genes, as well as gene reservoir, contributing for the resistance phenotype, particularly relevant to bacteria of clinical importance. We aimed to determine the composition and the organization of the class 1 integron variable region present in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates from Brazil. Strains carrying class 1 integrons were resistant to the majority of antibiotics tested, except to imipenem and ceftazidime.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA hundred and six Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from clinical cases were screened using PCR for the presence of integrons and associated resistance gene cassettes. Forty-four isolates harboured class 1 integrons (41.5%), of which 29 isolates (66%) also carried gene cassettes.
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