Water is essential to life, but many people do not have access to clean and safe drinking
water and many die of waterborne bacterial infections. In this review a general …

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging multidrug-resistant global opportunistic
pathogen. The increasing incidence of nosocomial and community-acquired S. maltophilia …

The Gram-negative bacteria Klebsiella pneumoniae is a major cause of nosocomial
infections, primarily among immunocompromised patients. The emergence of strains …

Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen of increasing importance due to its
propensity for intractable multidrug-resistant infections in hospitals. All clinical isolates …

Serratia species, in particular Serratia marcescens, are significant human pathogens. S.
marcescens has a long and interesting taxonomic, medical experimentation, military …

Objective. To describe the frequency of selected antimicrobial resistance patterns among
pathogens causing device-associated and procedure-associated healthcare-associated …

The genus Stenotrophomonas comprises at least eight species. These bacteria are found
throughout the environment, particularly in close association with plants. Strains of the most …

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is recognized to be among the most difficult
antimicrobial-resistant gram-negative bacilli to control and treat. Increasing antimicrobial …

Public health officials have raised concerns that plasmid transfer between
Enterobacteriaceae species may spread resistance to carbapenems, an antibiotic class of …

Despite having a reputation of low virulence, Acinetobacter baumannii is an emerging
multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogen responsible for community-and hospital-acquired …