Zhang Rong, Ph.D.

Position:Executive Vice Chair of Clinical Medical Laboratory

Department:Clinical Laboratory Medicine

Medical School:Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China

Academic Rank:Chief Technician

Clinical / Research Interests

Drug resistance mechanisms and pathogenic mechanisms in bacterial.

Professional Highlights

Professional Appointments

Education Experience

Research Summary

Drug resistance mechanisms in Enterobacteriaceae

Pathogenic mechanisms in Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pnermoniae

Publications

Hong Huang, Ning Dong, Lingbin Shu, Jiayue Lu, Qiaoling Sun, Edward Wai-Chi Chan, Sheng Chen, Rong Zhang. Colistin-resistance gene mcr in clinical carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae strains in China, 2014-2019. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2020 Jan 29;9(1):237-245.

Qiaoling Sun, Yu Wang, Ning Dong, Lingwei Shen, Hongwei Zhou, Yanyan Hu, Danxia Gu, Sheng Chen, Rong Zhang, Quanjiang Ji. Application of CRISPR/Cas9-Based Genome Editing in Studying the Mechanism of Pandrug Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019 Jun 24;63(7):e00113-19.

Rong Zhang, Ning Dong, Yonglu Huang, Hongwei Zhou, Miaomiao Xie, Edward Wai-Chi Chan, Yanyan Hu, Jiachang Cai, Sheng Chen. Evolution of tigecycline- and colistin-resistant CRKP (carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae) in vivo and its persistence in the GI tract. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2018 Jul 9;7(1):127.

Danxia Gu, Ning Dong, Zhiwei Zheng, Di Lin, Man Huang, Lihua Wang, Edward Wai-Chi Chan, Lingbin Shu, Jiang Yu, Rong Zhang, Sheng Chen. A fatal outbreak of ST11 carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Chinese hospital: a molecular epidemiological study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 Jan;18(1):37-46.

Rong Zhang, Lizhang Liu, Hongwei Zhou, Edward Waichi Chan, Jiaping Li , Ying Fang, Yi Li, Kang Liao, Sheng Chen. Nationwide Surveillance of Clinical Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Strains in China. EBioMedicine. 2017 May;19:98-106.

Current Program

Determining the transmission and harm of extensively drug resistant Enterobacteriaceae (XDRE)/resistance genes in clinic and surrounding environment. Funding Source: National Natural Science Foundation of China. 

Dissemination and resistance mechanisms of colisitin resistance gene mcr-1 in Escherichia coli isolates from human intestinal tract. Funding Source: National Natural Science Foundation of China. 


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