Virulence Factors and Antibiotic Resistance of Enterobacterales / / Dobroslava Bujňáková, Nikola Puvača, Ivana Ćirković.

• VerfasserIn: Bujňáková, Dobroslava,; Ćirković, Ivana,; Puvača, Nikola,
• TeilnehmendeR: Ćirković, Ivana,; Puvača, Nikola,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (132 pages)

This book compiles research on Enterobacterales characterization concerning the presence of genes associated with virulence (adhesins; surface cellulose structures and curli; siderophores, e.g., enterobactin, aerobactin, and yersiniabactin; protectines; invasins or toxins), and, furthermore, bacterial-biofilm-associated phenotypes. Although not directly involved in pathogenicity, the acquisition of multiple antibiotic resistances strongly supports the success of opportunistic Enterobacterales pathogens in invasion, survival, and spread and markedly complicates the treatment of infections. Not only pathogens, but also commensal bacteria, considered harmless and part of the normal microbiota, are exposed to selection pressure and can be a reservoir of mobile genetic elements carrying antibiotic resistance genes. Therefore, the occurrence of drug-resistant bacteria within a commensal population and the possibility to exchange genetic material through horizontal gene transfer may represent a major health concern.

Table of Contents

About the Editors -- Preface to "Virulence Factors and Antibiotic Resistance of Enterobacterales" -- Alteration of Salmonella enterica Virulence and Host Pathogenesis through Targeting sdiA by Using the CRISPR-Cas9 System -- Bacterial Morphotypes as Important Trait for Uropathogenic E. coli Diagnostic; a Virulence-Phenotype-Phylogeny Study -- Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of Commensal, Community-Acquired and Nosocomial Klebsiella spp -- Outer Membrane Protein F Is Involved in Biofilm Formation, Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance in Cronobacter sakazakii -- K1 Antigen Is Associated with Different AST Profile in Escherichia coli: A One-Month-Long Pilot Study -- Escherichia coli Specific Virulence-Gene Markers Analysis for Quality Control of Ovine Cheese in Slovakia -- Successful Dissemination of Plasmid-Mediated Extended-Spectrum 8-Lactamases in Enterobacterales over Humans to Wild Fauna -- Antibiotic Resistant and Biofilm-Associated Escherichia coli Isolates from Diarrheic and Healthy Dogs.