Identifying key players in the spread of antimicrobial resistance

抗生素药物对治疗细菌感染至关重要。然而，一些细菌拥有可以抵抗某些药物的基因，这些基因可以在细菌之间传递，产生可以抵抗几乎所有药物的“超级细菌”。该项目调查了革兰氏阴性细菌（食物中毒、医院感染、尿路感染等常见病原体）之间耐药基因的转移，旨在确定在澳大利亚超级细菌传播中最重要的细菌和基因。

Antibiotic drugs are essential to treat bacterial infections. However some bacteria have genes that allow them to resist certain drugs, which can be transferred among bacteria to create 'superbugs' that can resist nearly all the drugs we have. This project investigates the transfer of drug resistance genes between Gram negative bacteria (common agents of food poisoning, hospital infection, UTI, etc) and aims to identify the bacteria and genes most important in the spread of superbugs in Australia.