Keywords:

Clinical microbiology, antibiotic resistance 

Research interests:

1.Understanding the genetic mechanism of antibiotic resistance in clinical pathogens.

2.Development of diagnostic techniques for emerging infectious diseases

Professional recognition:

1.High-level Medical Specialist Award, 2018, by Guangzhou City, Guangdong, China

2.Nanshan Scholar Award, 2018, by Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, China

3.International Technologist in Microbiologist, 2015, by American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)

Selected Publications (* Correspondence author):

1.Chen D, Yang L, Peters BM, Liu J, Li L, Li B, Xu Z, Shirtliff ME. 2019. Complete Sequence of a Novel Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas putida Strain Carrying Two Copies of qnrVC6. Microb. Drug Resist. 25(1):1-7.

2.Wu HK, Chen JH, Yang L, Li AR, Su DH, Lin YP, Chen DQ*. 2018. Emergence and genomic analysis of multi-drug resistant Laribacter hongkongensis strain HLGZ1 from Guangzhou, China. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 73(3):643-647. 

3.Liu J, Xie J, Yang L, Chen D*, Peters BM, Xu Z*, Shirtliff ME. 2018. Identification of the KPC plasmid pCY-KPC334: new insights on the evolution pathway of the epidemic plasmids harboring fosA3-blaKPC-2 genes. Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents 52(4):510-511.

4.Liu J, Yang L, Chen D*, Peters BM, Li L, Li B, Xu Z*, Shirtliff ME. 2018. Complete sequence of pBM413, a novel multidrug resistance megaplasmid carrying qnrVC6 and blaIMP-45 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents. 51(1):145-150. 

5.Chen D, Wen S, Feng D, Xu R, Liu J, Peters BM, Su D, Lin Y, Yang L, Xu Z, Shirtliff ME. 2018. Microbial virulence, molecular epidemiology and pathogenic factors of fluoroquinolone-resistant Haemophilus influenzae infections in Guangzhou, China. Ann. Clin. Microbiol. Antimicrob. 17(1):41.

6.Liu J, Yang L, Li L, Li B, Chen D*, Xu Z*. 2018. Comparative genomic analyses of two novel qnrVC6 carrying multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas. spp strains. Microb. Pathog. 123:269-274. 

7.Xu Z, Xie J, Yang L, Chen D*, Peters BM, Shirtliff ME. 2018. Complete Sequence of pCY-CTX, a Plasmid Carrying a Phage-Like Region and an ISECP1-Mediated Tn2 Element from Enterobacter cloacae. Microb. Drug Resist. 24(3):307-313.

8.Wen S, Feng D, Lu Z, Liu J, Peters BM, Tang H, Su D, Lin YP, Yang L, Xu Z*, Shirtliff ME, Chen D*. 2018. Microbial infection pattern, pathogenic features and resistance mechanism of carbapenem-resistant Gram negative bacilli during long-term hospitalization. Microb. Pathog. 117:356-360.

9.Chen DQ, Wu AW, Yang L, Su DH, Lin YP, Hu YW, Zheng L, Wang Q. 2016. Emergence and Plasmid Analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae KP01 Carrying blaGES-5 from Guangzhou, China. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 60(10):6362-6364. 

10.Yang L, Wu AW, Su DH, Lin YP, Chen DQ*, Qiu YR*. 2014. Resistome analysis of Enterobacter cloacae CY01, an extensively drug-resistant strain producing VIM-1 metallo-β-lactamase from China. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 58(10):6328-6330.

11.Chen DQ, Yang L, Luo YT, Mao MJ, Lin YP, Wu AW. 2013. Prevalence and characterization of quinolone resistance in Laribacter hongkongensis from aquatic products. J. Med. Microbiol. 62(1):1559-1564.