"A re-evaluation of M. prototuberculosis": continuing the debate. (2007)
Brisse, Sylvain, Supply, Philip, Brosch, Roland, Vincent, Veronique, Gutierrez, M Cristina
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"A re-evaluation of M. prototuberculosis": continuing the debate. (2007)
Brisse, Sylvain, Supply, Philip, Brosch, Roland, Vincent, Veronique, Gutierrez, M Cristina
no abstract
“A Re-Evaluation of M. prototuberculosis”: Continuing the Debate (2006)
Sylvain Brisse, Philip Supply, Roland Brosch, Veronique Vincent, M. Cristina Gutierrez
Genome Microevolution of Chikungunya Viruses Causing the Indian Ocean Outbreak (2006)
Isabelle Schuffenecker, Isabelle Iteman, Alain Michault, Séverine Murri, Lionel Frangeul, Marie-Christine Vaney, ...
Viral genome sequence isolated from 6 patients and partial sequences of isolates from 121 patients at different stages and locations of the outbreak reveals unique and evolving genetic features.
Genome Microevolution of Chikungunya Viruses Causing the Indian Ocean Outbreak (2006)
Isabelle Schuffenecker, Isabelle Iteman, Alain Michault, Séverine Murri, Lionel Frangeul, Marie-Christine Vaney, ...
BackgroundA chikungunya virus outbreak of unprecedented magnitude is currently ongoing in Indian Ocean territories. In Réunion Island, this alphavirus has already infected about one-third of the...
Ancient origin and gene mosaicism of the progenitor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (2006)
Gutierrez, M Cristina, Brisse, Sylvain, Brosch, Roland, Fabre, Michel, Omaïs, Bahia, Marmiesse, Magali, ...
The highly successful human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis has an extremely low level of genetic variation, which suggests that the entire population resulted from clonal expansion following an...
Ancient origin and gene mosaicism of the progenitor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (2006)
Gutierrez, M Cristina, Brisse, Sylvain, Brosch, Roland, Fabre, Michel, Omaïs, Bahia, Marmiesse, Magali, ...
The highly successful human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis has an extremely low level of genetic variation, which suggests that the entire population resulted from clonal expansion following an...
Evolutionary history of Salmonella Typhi (2006)
Roumagnac, Philippe, Weill, François-Xavier, Dolecek, Christiane, Baker, Stephen, Brisse, Sylvain, Chinh, Nguyen Tran, ...
Ancient Origin and Gene Mosaicism of the Progenitor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2005)
M. Cristina Gutierrez, Sylvain Brisse, Roland Brosch, Michel Fabre, Bahia Omaïs, Magali Marmiesse, ...
The highly successful human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis has an extremely low level of genetic variation, which suggests that the entire population resulted from clonal expansion following an...
Ancient origin and gene mosaicism of the progenitor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (2005)
Gutierrez, M Cristina, Brisse, Sylvain, Brosch, Roland, Fabre, Michel, Omaïs, Bahia, Marmiesse, Magali, ...
The highly successful human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis has an extremely low level of genetic variation, which suggests that the entire population resulted from clonal expansion following an...
Brisse, Sylvain, Verduin, Cees M., Milatovic, Dana, Fluit, Ad, Verhoef, Jan, Laevens, Severine, ...
Several species belonging to the genus Burkholderia are clinically relevant, opportunistic pathogens that inhabit major environmental reservoirs. Consequently, the availability of means for adequate...
Brisse, Sylvain, Milatovic, Dana, Fluit, A. C., Kusters, Karlijn, Toelstra, Annet, Verhoef, Jan, ...
Nosocomial isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. exhibit high rates of resistance to antibiotics and are often multidrug resistant. In a previous study (D. Milatovic, A. Fluit, S....
Brisse, Sylvain, Milatovic, Dana, Fluit, Ad C., Verhoef, Jan, Martin, Nele, Scheuring, Sybille, ...
The in vitro activities of ciprofloxacin, clinafloxacin, gatifloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, and trovafloxacin were tested against 72 ciprofloxacin-resistant and 28 ciprofloxacin-susceptible...
Brisse, Sylvain, Fluit, Ad C., Wagner, Ulrich, Heisig, Peter, Milatovic, Dana, Verhoef, Jan, ...
The parC and gyrA genes of 73 ciprofloxacin-resistant and 6 ciprofloxacin-susceptible Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates were partly sequenced. Alterations in ParC and GyrA, possibly in...
Milatovic, Dana, Schmitz, Franz-Josef, Brisse, Sylvain, Verhoef, Jan, Fluit, Ad C.
The in vitro activities of sitafloxacin, ciprofloxacin, trovafloxacin, levofloxacin, clinafloxacin, gatifloxacin, and moxifloxacin against 5,046 gram-negative bacteria, 3,344 gram-positive cocci, and...
Automated Ribotyping of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates
Brisse, Sylvain, Fussing, Vivian, Ridwan, Ben, Verhoef, Jan, Willems, Rob J. L.
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) strains represent an important threat in hospital infections in the United States and are found at high frequencies in both the community and farm...
Fluit, Ad C., Paauw, Armand, Box, Adrienne T. A., Brisse, Sylvain, Verhoef, Jan
Seventy-four isolates of multiresistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. recovered during a 3-year period and 17 control strains with genotypically identified beta-lactamases were tested for the...
Brisse, Sylvain, Stefani, Stefania, Verhoef, Jan, Van Belkum, Alex, Vandamme, Peter, Goessens, Wil
We evaluated two new automated identification systems, the BD Phoenix (Becton Dickinson) and the VITEK 2 (bioMérieux), for identification of isolates of the Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC). The...
Onteniente, Lucie, Brisse, Sylvain, Tassios, Panayotis T., Vergnaud, Gilles
We report on the development of a scheme for the typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, multiple-locus variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA). We first evaluated the polymorphisms of 201...
Brisse, Sylvain, Issenhuth-Jeanjean, Sylvie, Grimont, Patrick A. D.
The objective of the present work was to develop a molecular method that would enable determination of the capsular serotypes of Klebsiella isolates without the use of antiserum. PCR amplification of...
Brisse, Sylvain, Cordevant, Christophe, Vandamme, Peter, Bidet, Philippe, Loukil, Chawki, Chabanon, Gérard, ...
A total of 153 Burkholderia cepacia strains obtained from 153 French patients with cystic fibrosis were identified as Burkholderia multivorans (51.6%) or Burkholderia cenocepacia (45.1%). Eighty-two...
Six Groups of the OXY β-Lactamase Evolved over Millions of Years in Klebsiella oxytoca
Fevre, Cindy, Jbel, Mehdi, Passet, Virginie, Weill, François-Xavier, Grimont, Patrick A. D., Brisse, Sylvain
The diversity and evolution of the class A OXY β-lactamase from Klebsiella oxytoca were investigated and compared to housekeeping gene diversity. The entire blaOXY coding region was sequenced in 18...
Multilocus Sequence Typing of Klebsiella pneumoniae Nosocomial Isolates
Diancourt, Laure, Passet, Virginie, Verhoef, Jan, Grimont, Patrick A. D., Brisse, Sylvain
A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme was developed for Klebsiella pneumoniae. Sequences of seven housekeeping genes were obtained for 67 K. pneumoniae strains, including 19 ceftazidime- and...
Marqué, Sophie, Poirel, Laurent, Héritier, Claire, Brisse, Sylvain, Blasco, Maria Dolores, Filip, Roxana, ...
The spread of the plasmid-mediated carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase OXA-58 was detected in Acinetobacter sp. clinical isolates from southern Europe, the Balkans, and central Turkey. It may...
Ancient Origin and Gene Mosaicism of the Progenitor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Gutierrez, M. Cristina, Brisse, Sylvain, Brosch, Roland, Fabre, Michel, Omaïs, Bahia, Marmiesse, Magali, ...
The highly successful human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis has an extremely low level of genetic variation, which suggests that the entire population resulted from clonal expansion following an...
Fevre, Cindy, Passet, Virginie, Weill, François-Xavier, Grimont, Patrick A. D., Brisse, Sylvain
Two blaOKP subgroups were found, diverging by 4.2%. Subgroups blaOKP-A (10 enzyme variants, pIs from 7.1 to 8.3) and blaOKP-B (11 variants, pI 7.1) showed similar antibiotic susceptibilities....
Genome Microevolution of Chikungunya Viruses Causing the Indian Ocean Outbreak
Schuffenecker, Isabelle, Iteman, Isabelle, Michault, Alain, Murri, Séverine, Frangeul, Lionel, Vaney, Marie-Christine, ...
Viral genome sequence isolated from 6 patients and partial sequences of isolates from 121 patients at different stages and locations of the outbreak reveals unique and evolving genetic features.
“A Re-Evaluation of M. prototuberculosis”: Continuing the Debate
Brisse, Sylvain, Supply, Philip, Brosch, Roland, Vincent, Veronique, Gutierrez, M. Cristina
Ecker, Joseph A., Massire, Christian, Hall, Thomas A., Ranken, Raymond, Pennella, Thuy-Trang D., Agasino Ivy, Cristina, ...
Members of the genus Acinetobacter are ubiquitous in soil and water and are an important cause of nosocomial infections. A rapid method is needed to genotype Acinetobacter isolates to determine...
Brisse, Sylvain, Verduin, Cees M., Milatovic, Dana, Fluit, Ad, Verhoef, Jan, Laevens, Severine, ...
Several species belonging to the genus Burkholderia are clinically relevant, opportunistic pathogens that inhabit major environmental reservoirs. Consequently, the availability of means for adequate...
Brisse, Sylvain, Milatovic, Dana, Fluit, A. C., Kusters, Karlijn, Toelstra, Annet, Verhoef, Jan, ...
Nosocomial isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. exhibit high rates of resistance to antibiotics and are often multidrug resistant. In a previous study (D. Milatovic, A. Fluit, S....
Brisse, Sylvain, Milatovic, Dana, Fluit, Ad C., Verhoef, Jan, Martin, Nele, Scheuring, Sybille, ...
The in vitro activities of ciprofloxacin, clinafloxacin, gatifloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, and trovafloxacin were tested against 72 ciprofloxacin-resistant and 28 ciprofloxacin-susceptible...
Brisse, Sylvain, Fluit, Ad C., Wagner, Ulrich, Heisig, Peter, Milatovic, Dana, Verhoef, Jan, ...
The parC and gyrA genes of 73 ciprofloxacin-resistant and 6 ciprofloxacin-susceptible Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates were partly sequenced. Alterations in ParC and GyrA, possibly in...
Milatovic, Dana, Schmitz, Franz-Josef, Brisse, Sylvain, Verhoef, Jan, Fluit, Ad C.
The in vitro activities of sitafloxacin, ciprofloxacin, trovafloxacin, levofloxacin, clinafloxacin, gatifloxacin, and moxifloxacin against 5,046 gram-negative bacteria, 3,344 gram-positive cocci, and...
Automated Ribotyping of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates
Brisse, Sylvain, Fussing, Vivian, Ridwan, Ben, Verhoef, Jan, Willems, Rob J. L.
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) strains represent an important threat in hospital infections in the United States and are found at high frequencies in both the community and farm...
Fluit, Ad C., Paauw, Armand, Box, Adrienne T. A., Brisse, Sylvain, Verhoef, Jan
Seventy-four isolates of multiresistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. recovered during a 3-year period and 17 control strains with genotypically identified beta-lactamases were tested for the...
Brisse, Sylvain, Stefani, Stefania, Verhoef, Jan, Van Belkum, Alex, Vandamme, Peter, Goessens, Wil
We evaluated two new automated identification systems, the BD Phoenix (Becton Dickinson) and the VITEK 2 (bioMérieux), for identification of isolates of the Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC). The...
Onteniente, Lucie, Brisse, Sylvain, Tassios, Panayotis T., Vergnaud, Gilles
We report on the development of a scheme for the typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, multiple-locus variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA). We first evaluated the polymorphisms of 201...
Brisse, Sylvain, Issenhuth-Jeanjean, Sylvie, Grimont, Patrick A. D.
The objective of the present work was to develop a molecular method that would enable determination of the capsular serotypes of Klebsiella isolates without the use of antiserum. PCR amplification of...
Brisse, Sylvain, Cordevant, Christophe, Vandamme, Peter, Bidet, Philippe, Loukil, Chawki, Chabanon, Gérard, ...
A total of 153 Burkholderia cepacia strains obtained from 153 French patients with cystic fibrosis were identified as Burkholderia multivorans (51.6%) or Burkholderia cenocepacia (45.1%). Eighty-two...
Six Groups of the OXY β-Lactamase Evolved over Millions of Years in Klebsiella oxytoca
Fevre, Cindy, Jbel, Mehdi, Passet, Virginie, Weill, François-Xavier, Grimont, Patrick A. D., Brisse, Sylvain
The diversity and evolution of the class A OXY β-lactamase from Klebsiella oxytoca were investigated and compared to housekeeping gene diversity. The entire blaOXY coding region was sequenced in 18...
Multilocus Sequence Typing of Klebsiella pneumoniae Nosocomial Isolates
Diancourt, Laure, Passet, Virginie, Verhoef, Jan, Grimont, Patrick A. D., Brisse, Sylvain
A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme was developed for Klebsiella pneumoniae. Sequences of seven housekeeping genes were obtained for 67 K. pneumoniae strains, including 19 ceftazidime- and...
Marqué, Sophie, Poirel, Laurent, Héritier, Claire, Brisse, Sylvain, Blasco, Maria Dolores, Filip, Roxana, ...
The spread of the plasmid-mediated carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase OXA-58 was detected in Acinetobacter sp. clinical isolates from southern Europe, the Balkans, and central Turkey. It may...
Ancient Origin and Gene Mosaicism of the Progenitor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Gutierrez, M. Cristina, Brisse, Sylvain, Brosch, Roland, Fabre, Michel, Omaïs, Bahia, Marmiesse, Magali, ...
The highly successful human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis has an extremely low level of genetic variation, which suggests that the entire population resulted from clonal expansion following an...
Fevre, Cindy, Passet, Virginie, Weill, François-Xavier, Grimont, Patrick A. D., Brisse, Sylvain
Two blaOKP subgroups were found, diverging by 4.2%. Subgroups blaOKP-A (10 enzyme variants, pIs from 7.1 to 8.3) and blaOKP-B (11 variants, pI 7.1) showed similar antibiotic susceptibilities....
Genome Microevolution of Chikungunya Viruses Causing the Indian Ocean Outbreak
Schuffenecker, Isabelle, Iteman, Isabelle, Michault, Alain, Murri, Séverine, Frangeul, Lionel, Vaney, Marie-Christine, ...
Viral genome sequence isolated from 6 patients and partial sequences of isolates from 121 patients at different stages and locations of the outbreak reveals unique and evolving genetic features.
“A Re-Evaluation of M. prototuberculosis”: Continuing the Debate
Brisse, Sylvain, Supply, Philip, Brosch, Roland, Vincent, Veronique, Gutierrez, M. Cristina
Ecker, Joseph A., Massire, Christian, Hall, Thomas A., Ranken, Raymond, Pennella, Thuy-Trang D., Agasino Ivy, Cristina, ...
Members of the genus Acinetobacter are ubiquitous in soil and water and are an important cause of nosocomial infections. A rapid method is needed to genotype Acinetobacter isolates to determine...
Diancourt, Laure, Passet, Virginie, Chervaux, Christian, Garault, Peggy, Smokvina, Tamara, Brisse, Sylvain
Robust genotyping methods for Lactobacillus casei are needed for strain tracking and collection management, as well as for population biology research. A collection of 52 strains initially labeled L....
Salerno, Anna, Delétoile, Alexis, Lefevre, Martine, Ciznar, Ivan, Krovacek, Karel, Grimont, Patrick, ...
Plesiomonas shigelloides is an emerging pathogen that is widespread in the aquatic environment and is responsible for intestinal diseases and extraintestinal infections in humans and other animals....
A New Perspective on Listeria monocytogenes Evolution
Ragon, Marie, Wirth, Thierry, Hollandt, Florian, Lavenir, Rachel, Lecuit, Marc, Le Monnier, Alban, ...
Listeria monocytogenes is a model organism for cellular microbiology and host–pathogen interaction studies and an important food-borne pathogen widespread in the environment, thus representing an...
Origin, Spread and Demography of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex
Wirth, Thierry, Hildebrand, Falk, Allix-Béguec, Caroline, Wölbeling, Florian, Kubica, Tanja, Kremer, Kristin, ...
The evolutionary timing and spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), one of the most successful groups of bacterial pathogens, remains largely unknown. Here, using mycobacterial...