Heavy metal‐induced selection and proliferation of antibiotic resistance: A review

P Vats, UJ Kaur, P Rishi - Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Antibiotic resistance is recognized as a global threat to public health. The selection and
evolution of antibiotic resistance in clinical pathogens were believed to be majorly driven by …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic resistance: moving from individual health norms to social norms in one health and global health

S Hernando-Amado, TM Coque, F Baquero… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Antibiotic resistance is a problem for human health, and consequently, its study had been
traditionally focused toward its impact for the success of treating human infections in …

[HTML][HTML] Macrolide and nonmacrolide resistance with mass azithromycin distribution

T Doan, L Worden, A Hinterwirth… - … England Journal of …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Mass distribution of azithromycin to preschool children twice yearly for 2 years
has been shown to reduce childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa but at the cost of …

[HTML][HTML] Pneumococcal within-host diversity during colonization, transmission and treatment

G Tonkin-Hill, C Ling, C Chaguza, SJ Salter… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Characterizing the genetic diversity of pathogens within the host promises to greatly improve
surveillance and reconstruction of transmission chains. For bacteria, it also informs our …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges in forecasting antimicrobial resistance

S Pei, S Blumberg, JC Vega, T Robin… - Emerging infectious …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to human health. Since the 2000s, computational
tools for predicting infectious diseases have been greatly advanced; however, efforts to …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale genomic analysis of antimicrobial resistance in the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis

NF Hadjirin, EL Miller, GGR Murray, PLK Yen, HD Phuc… - BMC biology, 2021 - Springer
Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is among the gravest threats to human health
and food security worldwide. The use of antimicrobials in livestock production can lead to …

Factors favouring the evolution of multidrug resistance in bacteria

E Jacopin, S Lehtinen, F Débarre… - Journal of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The evolution of multidrug antibiotic resistance in commensal bacteria is an important public
health concern. Commensal bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Streptococcus pneumoniae …

[HTML][HTML] Tackling multidrug resistance in streptococci–from novel biotherapeutic strategies to nanomedicines

C Alves-Barroco, L Rivas-García… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The pyogenic streptococci group includes pathogenic species for humans and other animals
and has been associated with enduring morbidity and high mortality. The main reason for …

Diagnostics for Public Health—Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control

M Lipsitch, Y Grad - NEJM evidence, 2024 - evidence.nejm.org
Accurate diagnostics are critical in public health to ensure successful disease tracking,
prevention, and control. Many of the same characteristics are desirable for diagnostic …

Evolutionary mechanisms that determine which bacterial genes are carried on plasmids

S Lehtinen, JS Huisman, S Bonhoeffer - Evolution Letters, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The evolutionary pressures that determine the location (chromosomal or plasmid-borne) of
bacterial genes are not fully understood. We investigate these pressures through …