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Viral evolution, frog-killing fungi, and antibiotic resistance reports - Microbial Minutes 04/09/18

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el Bcheraoui C. et al. Trends and patterns of differences in infectious disease mortality among US counties, 1980-2014. JAMA March 27 2018. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2676111?redirect=true 

 • JAMA commentary: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2676088?redirect=true

 • Medpage today: https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/72024 

Klein EY et al. Global increase and geographic convergence in antibiotic resistance between 2000 and 2015. PNAS March 26 2018. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/03/20/1717295115 

 • Goats and Soda (NPR): https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/03/26/597014559/surge-in-antibiotics-is-a-boon-for-superbugs

 • The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/26/calls-to-rein-in-antibiotic-use-after-study-shows-65-increase-worldwide?CMP=share_btn_tw


de Man TJB et al. Genomic analysis of a pan-resistant isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae, United States 2016. April 3 2018. http://mbio.asm.org/content/9/2/e00440-18 

 • ASM Press release: https://www.asm.org/index.php/newsroom/item/7194-researchers-analyze-genome-of-deadly-drug-resistant-pathogen 

Chávez –Jacobo VM et al. Novel ciprofloxacin-modifying enzyme (CrpP) encoded by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa pUM505 plasmid March 2018 http://aac.asm.org/content/early/2018/03/20/AAC.02629-17.full.pdf+html?ijkey=I7sRnbJomLRZ.&keytype=ref&siteid=asmjournals 

 • mBiosphere blog post: https://www.asm.org/index.php/mbiosphere/item/7193-new-mechanism-of-drug-resistance-discovered-in-p-aeruginosa

Containing unusual Resistance Vital Signs  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention April 2018 https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/containing-unusual-resistance/index.html 

 • NBC News: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/nightmare-bacteria-are-trying-spread-u-s-cdc-says-n862436 


Kim W et al. A new class of synthetic retinoid antibiotics effective against bacterial persisters. Nature April 5 2018. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature26157 

Nature commentary: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03440-w 

MTM Podcast featuring Bill Jacobs: https://www.asm.org/index.php/podcasts/meet-the-microbiologist/item/7157-tuberculosis-treatment-and-mycobacterial-genetics-with-bill-jacobs-mtm-78 

Voyles J et al. Shifts in disease dynamics in a tropical amphibian assemblage are not due to pathogen attenuation. Science March 30 2018. http://www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazine/30_march_2018/MobilePagedReplica.action?sub_id=t1ogI6Z4oaeR&u1=40943061&pm=2&folio=1516#pg94 

 • New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/science/frog-species-panama-fungus-rebound.html

Shi M et al. The evolutionary history of vertebrate RNA viruses Nature April 4 2018 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0012-7

 • Nature Commentary (1): https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-04102-7

 • Nature Commentary (2): https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03923-w 


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