Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Legionella from Artificial Water Systems: Findings from a Two-Year Study
The <i>lpeAB</i> gene is predominant in <i>L. pneumophila</i> sg1. A few isolates with the <i>lpeAB</i> gene exhibited MIC values below the EUCAST tentative highest MIC values for wild-type isolates. Expanding ARG monitoring in <i>Legionella</i> is essential to assess the public health risk of Legionnaires' disease.
Authors
- Mário Marrafa
- Célia Neto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4325-9816)
- Bernardo Beirão Pereira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0129-4747)
- Nuno Ferreiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4804-2835)
- Rui Neves Carneiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7924-7123)
- Paulo Paixão (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4294-0872)
- Joana Aguilar
- Maria de Jesus Chasqueira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8015-7109)
- Sílvia Monteiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9943-0742)
- Lúcia Rodrigues
- Carolina Cruz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4269-5800)
- Filipa Nunes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3920-2813)
- Aida Fernandes
- Ricardo Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1944-4261)
- Margarida Passanha
- Gonçalo Candeias
Institutions
- University of Lisbon (PT)
- Universidade Politécnica de Lisboa (PT)
- Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (PT)
- Águas de Portugal (Portugal) (PT)
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Antibiotics
- Published
- 2024-11-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics13121121
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Legionella and Acanthamoeba research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.24