BACKGROUND Human fecal carriage of Enterobacteriaceae possessing mobilized colistin resistance genes (mcr-1 and mcr-2) remains obscure in Hong Kong. As part of routine surveillance on emerging antibiotic resistance, we conducted a prospective study on this topic in a regional hospital in Hong Kong. METHODS From October 31 to November 25, 2016, all fecal specimens submitted for routine analysi...

The emergence of Enterobacteriaceae strains resistant to both colistin and carbapenem, which harbor the mobile resistance (mcr) gene, has become a significant clinical public health concern. aim this study was identify with co-resistance carbapenem gain further understanding antimicrobial characteristics these in South Korea. Bacterial identification performed using MALDI Biotyper Vitek2 compac...

Background: Infections caused by carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria are treated with colonistin as a last resort. However, the increased resistance in recent years is significant for treating multiple drug-resistant infections. Objectives: This study aimed to determine genes mobile colistin (mcr)-1 and mcr-2 colistin-resistant isolates, understand mechanism, help treatment. Methods: Is...

Colistin resistant Enterobacteriaceae have emerged in humans, food producing animals and food. The aim of this study was to assess the occurrence of MCR-1 and MCR-2 producers among Enterobacteriaceae isolated from companion animals admitted to the University of Zürich veterinary clinic. A total of 347 isolates (231 from dogs, 116 from cats) were analysed. Thereof, 274 (79%) were from urine and ...

triphenyl phosphine(pph3), an efficient and reusable catalyst, catalysed the synthesis of 2-amino-3-cyano-6-methyl-4-aryl-4h-pyran-5-ethylcarboxylate derivatives by one-pot condensation of aromatic aldehydes, malononitrile and ethyl acetoacetate in etoh-h2o (1:1) at reflux conditions. the results show that aromatic aldehydes containing electron-donating groups or electron-withdrawing groups cou...

A novel magnetically immobilized polyethyleneimine (PEI) fabricated by covalently anchoring on MCM-41 (MCM-41@PEI) was prepared. The synthesized catalyst was characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The immobilized PEI was shown to be an ef...

Methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR) catalyzes both the synthesis and anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM). Its catalytic site contains Ni at core cofactor F430. The ion, in its low-valent Ni(I) state, lights fuse leading to homolysis C–S bond methyl-coenzyme (methyl-SCoM) generate a methyl radical, which abstracts hydrogen atom from coenzyme B (HSCoB) mixed disulfide CoMSSCoB. Direct reversal thi...

A majority of t(14;18) translocations have been shown to cluster at one of two sites on chromosome 18, called the major breakpoint region (mbr) or the minor cluster region, (mcr), which map within or flanking the bcl-2 proto-oncogene, respectively. We have determined the nucleotide sequence for a portion of the mcr, and constructed oligonucleotides that were used to perform the polymerase chain...

Substituted 2, 4- diphenyl quinolines were synthesized by a multicomponent domino reaction of anilines, aldehydes and terminal aryl alkynes. The synthetic pathway involves the formation of an imine, followed by the intermolecular addition of an alkyne to the imine. This intermediate immediately undergoes ring closure and oxidative aromatization. The reaction is catalyzed by natural kaolin, a st...