The wide spread of antibiotic resistance has been alarming in recent years and poses a
serious global hazard to public health as it leads to millions of deaths all over the world. The …

Chemical biocides are used for the prevention and control of infection in health care,
targeted home hygiene or controlling microbial contamination for various industrial …

Concerns exist that widespread use of antiseptic or disinfectant biocides could contribute to
the emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria. To investigate this, we performed …

The emergence and rapid spread of antibiotic resistance seriously compromise the clinical
efficacy of current antibiotic therapies, representing a serious public health threat worldwide …

This review examined 3655 articles on benzalkonium chloride (BKC), benzethonium
chloride (BZT) and chloroxylenol (CHO) aiming to understand their impact on antimicrobial …

Coordination of bacterial stress response mechanisms is critical for long-term survival in
harsh environments for successful host infection. The general and specific stress responses …

The problem of antibiotic residues is very serious and is harmful to the ecological
environment and the human body. We have developed a method for the rapid detection of …

Antibiotic wastewater contains a variety of pollutant stressors that can induce and promote
antibiotic resistance (AR) when released into the environment. Although these substances …

Aminoglycosides (AGs) are long-known molecules successfully used against Gram-negative
pathogens. While their use declined with the discovery of new antibiotics, they are now …

The misuse and mismanagement of antibiotics have made the treatment of bacterial
infections a challenge. This challenge is magnified when bacteria form biofilms, which can …