J. Kamile Rasheed

Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae from 19 Laboratories Using the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Detection Methods

Steward, Christine D., Rasheed, J. Kamile, Hubert, Susannah K., Biddle, James W., Raney, Patti M., Anderson, Gregory J., ...

Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) are enzymes found in gram-negative bacilli that mediate resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins and aztreonam. In 1999, the National Committee for...

Characterization of the Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Reference Strain, Klebsiella pneumoniae K6 (ATCC 700603), Which Produces the Novel Enzyme SHV-18

Rasheed, J. Kamile, Anderson, Gregory J., Yigit, Hesna, Queenan, Anne Marie, Doménech-Sánchez, Antonio, Swenson, Jana M., ...

Klebsiella pneumoniae K6 (ATCC 700603), a clinical isolate, is resistant to ceftazidime and other oxyimino-β-lactams. A consistent reduction in the MICs of oxyimino-β-lactams by at least 3 twofold...

Detection of Tn917-Like Sequences within a Tn916-like Conjugative Transposon (Tn3872) in Erythromycin-Resistant Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae

McDougal, Linda K., Tenover, Fred C., Lee, Linda N., Rasheed, J. Kamile, Patterson, Jan E., Jorgensen, James H., ...

A series of macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLS)-resistant pneumococcal isolates of a variety of serotypes was examined and was found to contain Tn917-like elements by DNA-DNA hybridization....

TEM-71, a Novel Plasmid-Encoded, Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Produced by a Clinical Isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae

Rasheed, J. Kamile, Anderson, Gregory J., Queenan, Anne Marie, Biddle, James W., Oliver, Antonio, Jacoby, George A., ...

TEM-71, a novel extended-spectrum β-lactamase from a Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolate, had an isoelectric point of 6.0 and a substrate profile showing preferential hydrolysis of cefotaxime...

Carbapenem Resistance in a Clinical Isolate of Enterobacter aerogenes Is Associated with Decreased Expression of OmpF and OmpC Porin Analogs

Yigit, Hesna, Anderson, Gregory J., Biddle, James W., Steward, Christine D., Rasheed, J. Kamile, Valera, Lourdes L., ...

We investigated the mechanism of imipenem resistance in Enterobacter aerogenes strain 810, a clinical isolate from the United States for which the imipenem MIC was 16 μg/ml and the meropenem MIC was...

Mechanisms of Decreased Susceptibility to Cefpodoxime in Escherichia coli

Oliver, Antonio, Weigel, Linda M., Rasheed, J. Kamile, McGowan Jr., John E., Raney, Patti, Tenover, Fred C.

Cefpodoxime is one of five antimicrobial agents recommended by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards for screening isolates of Klebsiella spp. and Escherichia coli for...

Evaluation of the NCCLS Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Confirmation Methods for Escherichia coli with Isolates Collected during Project ICARE

Tenover, Fred C., Raney, Patti M., Williams, Portia P., Rasheed, J. Kamile, Biddle, James W., Oliver, Antonio, ...

To determine whether confirmatory tests for extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) production in Escherichia coli are necessary, we selected 131 E. coli isolates that met the National Committee for...

Carbapenem-Resistant Strain of Klebsiella oxytoca Harboring Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing β-Lactamase KPC-2

Yigit, Hesna, Queenan, Anne Marie, Rasheed, J. Kamile, Biddle, James W., Domenech-Sanchez, Antonio, Alberti, Sebastian, ...

We investigated a Klebsiella oxytoca isolate demonstrating resistance to imipenem, meropenem, extended-spectrum cephalosporins, and aztreonam. The MICs of both imipenem and meropenem were 32 μg/ml....

Utility of NCCLS Guidelines for Identifying Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in Non-Escherichia coli and Non-Klebsiella spp. of Enterobacteriaceae

Schwaber, Mitchell J., Raney, Patti M., Rasheed, J. Kamile, Biddle, James W., Williams, Portia, McGowan, John E., ...

NCCLS screening and confirmation methods for detecting extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) apply only to Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp., yet ESBLs have been found in other members of the...

Variety of β-Lactamases Produced by Amoxicillin-Clavulanate-Resistant Escherichia coli Isolated in the Northeastern United States

Kaye, Keith S., Gold, Howard S., Schwaber, Mitchell J., Venkataraman, Lata, Qi, Youlin, De Girolami, Paola C., ...

This study analyzed the enzymatic basis and molecular epidemiology of amoxicillin-clavulanate-resistant Escherichia coli isolated by the microbiology laboratory of a United States tertiary care...

Experimental Prediction of the Evolution of Ceftazidime Resistance in the CTX-M-2 Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase

Welsh, Kerry J., Barlow, Miriam, Tenover, Fred C., Biddle, James W., Rasheed, J. Kamile, Clark, Leigh Ann, ...

We applied in vitro evolution to an Escherichia coli strain containing blaCTX-M-2 and obtained 10 independent mutant blaCTX-M-2 alleles that confer elevated resistance to ceftazidime (MIC ≥ 32...

Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae from 19 Laboratories Using the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Detection Methods

Steward, Christine D., Rasheed, J. Kamile, Hubert, Susannah K., Biddle, James W., Raney, Patti M., Anderson, Gregory J., ...

Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) are enzymes found in gram-negative bacilli that mediate resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins and aztreonam. In 1999, the National Committee for...

Characterization of the Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Reference Strain, Klebsiella pneumoniae K6 (ATCC 700603), Which Produces the Novel Enzyme SHV-18

Rasheed, J. Kamile, Anderson, Gregory J., Yigit, Hesna, Queenan, Anne Marie, Doménech-Sánchez, Antonio, Swenson, Jana M., ...

Klebsiella pneumoniae K6 (ATCC 700603), a clinical isolate, is resistant to ceftazidime and other oxyimino-β-lactams. A consistent reduction in the MICs of oxyimino-β-lactams by at least 3 twofold...

Detection of Tn917-Like Sequences within a Tn916-like Conjugative Transposon (Tn3872) in Erythromycin-Resistant Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae

McDougal, Linda K., Tenover, Fred C., Lee, Linda N., Rasheed, J. Kamile, Patterson, Jan E., Jorgensen, James H., ...

A series of macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLS)-resistant pneumococcal isolates of a variety of serotypes was examined and was found to contain Tn917-like elements by DNA-DNA hybridization....

TEM-71, a Novel Plasmid-Encoded, Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Produced by a Clinical Isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae

Rasheed, J. Kamile, Anderson, Gregory J., Queenan, Anne Marie, Biddle, James W., Oliver, Antonio, Jacoby, George A., ...

TEM-71, a novel extended-spectrum β-lactamase from a Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolate, had an isoelectric point of 6.0 and a substrate profile showing preferential hydrolysis of cefotaxime...

Carbapenem Resistance in a Clinical Isolate of Enterobacter aerogenes Is Associated with Decreased Expression of OmpF and OmpC Porin Analogs

Yigit, Hesna, Anderson, Gregory J., Biddle, James W., Steward, Christine D., Rasheed, J. Kamile, Valera, Lourdes L., ...

We investigated the mechanism of imipenem resistance in Enterobacter aerogenes strain 810, a clinical isolate from the United States for which the imipenem MIC was 16 μg/ml and the meropenem MIC was...

Mechanisms of Decreased Susceptibility to Cefpodoxime in Escherichia coli

Oliver, Antonio, Weigel, Linda M., Rasheed, J. Kamile, McGowan Jr., John E., Raney, Patti, Tenover, Fred C.

Cefpodoxime is one of five antimicrobial agents recommended by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards for screening isolates of Klebsiella spp. and Escherichia coli for...

Evaluation of the NCCLS Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Confirmation Methods for Escherichia coli with Isolates Collected during Project ICARE

Tenover, Fred C., Raney, Patti M., Williams, Portia P., Rasheed, J. Kamile, Biddle, James W., Oliver, Antonio, ...

To determine whether confirmatory tests for extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) production in Escherichia coli are necessary, we selected 131 E. coli isolates that met the National Committee for...

Carbapenem-Resistant Strain of Klebsiella oxytoca Harboring Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing β-Lactamase KPC-2

Yigit, Hesna, Queenan, Anne Marie, Rasheed, J. Kamile, Biddle, James W., Domenech-Sanchez, Antonio, Alberti, Sebastian, ...

We investigated a Klebsiella oxytoca isolate demonstrating resistance to imipenem, meropenem, extended-spectrum cephalosporins, and aztreonam. The MICs of both imipenem and meropenem were 32 μg/ml....

Utility of NCCLS Guidelines for Identifying Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in Non-Escherichia coli and Non-Klebsiella spp. of Enterobacteriaceae

Schwaber, Mitchell J., Raney, Patti M., Rasheed, J. Kamile, Biddle, James W., Williams, Portia, McGowan, John E., ...

NCCLS screening and confirmation methods for detecting extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) apply only to Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp., yet ESBLs have been found in other members of the...

Variety of β-Lactamases Produced by Amoxicillin-Clavulanate-Resistant Escherichia coli Isolated in the Northeastern United States

Kaye, Keith S., Gold, Howard S., Schwaber, Mitchell J., Venkataraman, Lata, Qi, Youlin, De Girolami, Paola C., ...

This study analyzed the enzymatic basis and molecular epidemiology of amoxicillin-clavulanate-resistant Escherichia coli isolated by the microbiology laboratory of a United States tertiary care...

Experimental Prediction of the Evolution of Ceftazidime Resistance in the CTX-M-2 Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase

Welsh, Kerry J., Barlow, Miriam, Tenover, Fred C., Biddle, James W., Rasheed, J. Kamile, Clark, Leigh Ann, ...

We applied in vitro evolution to an Escherichia coli strain containing blaCTX-M-2 and obtained 10 independent mutant blaCTX-M-2 alleles that confer elevated resistance to ceftazidime (MIC ≥ 32...

Detection of the Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase Type 2 Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Enzyme in Clinical Isolates of Citrobacter freundii and K. oxytoca Carrying a Common Plasmid▿

Rasheed, J. Kamile, Biddle, James W., Anderson, Karen F., Washer, Laraine, Chenoweth, Carol, Perrin, John, ...

The Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) was detected in carbapenem-resistant isolates of Citrobacter freundii and Klebsiella oxytoca recovered from different patients in a Michigan hospital....

First Report on a Hyperepidemic Clone of KPC-3-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Israel Genetically Related to a Strain Causing Outbreaks in the United States ▿

Navon-Venezia, Shiri, Leavitt, Azita, Schwaber, Mitchell J., Rasheed, J. Kamile, Srinivasan, Arjun, Patel, Jean B., ...

A highly epidemic carbapenem-resistant clone of KPC-3-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae emerged in Israel in 2006, causing a nationwide outbreak. This clone was genetically related to outbreak strains...