Genomic Analysis Reveals New Integrative Conjugal Elements and Transposons in GBS Conferring Antimicrobial Resistance

• Main Authors: Uzma Basit Khan (Author), Edward A. R. Portal (Author), Kirsty Sands (Author), Stephanie Lo (Author), Victoria J. Chalker (Author), Elita Jauneikaite (Author), Owen B. Spiller (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<i>Streptococcus agalactiae</i> or group B streptococcus (GBS) is a leading cause of neonatal sepsis and increasingly found as an invasive pathogen in older patient populations. Beta-lactam antibiotics remain the most effective therapeutic with resistance rarely reported, while the major...