Role of genetic background on the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance
Papers from the MIDGE Center
Thiede SN, Steinberg H, Benedict E, Sansom S, Aroutcheva A, Gontjes KJ, Winner K, Royzenblat S, Pirani A, Weinstein RA, Zawitz C, Moore NM, Popovich KJ, Snitkin ES.
2025.
Antibiotic-resistance plasmid amplified among MRSA cases in an urban jail and its connected communities.
Nat Commun.
17:
420.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-67113-9.
Shankar C, Narayanan DB, Miihlbach A, McNamara S, Brennan B, Miles-Jay A, Blankenship HM, Bahr A, Snitkin ES.
2025.
Preprint: Tracking blaKPC Plasmid Dissemination within and between Enterobacterales across Michigan Over a Decade.
Gontjes KJ, Singh A, Sansom SE, Boyko JD, Smith SA, Lautenbach E, Snitkin E.
2025.
Phylogenetic context of antibiotic resistance provides insights into the dynamics of resistance emergence and spread.
J Infect Dis.
232:
e992-e1002.
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf478.
Gontjes KJ, Pirani A, Narayanan DB, Lojek LJ, Han J, Tolomeo P, Goldstein EJ, Lautenbach E, Snitkin E.
2025.
Preprint: Identifying drivers of β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor resistance emergence and spread before their clinical deployment.