A Tale of Two Pandemics: Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Enterococcus spp. in COVID-19 Era

DA Toc, A Botan, AMC Botescu, VD Brata, IA Colosi… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has held the spotlight over the past years, the
antimicrobial resistance (AMR) phenomenon continues to develop in an alarming manner …

Descriptive analysis of circulating antimicrobial resistance genes in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) during the COVID-19 pandemic

DA Toc, AL Butiuc-Keul, D Iordache, A Botan… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 offers ideal premises for bacteria to develop antimicrobial resistance. In this
study, we evaluated the presence of several antimicrobial resistance genes (ARG) in …

Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance Pattern of Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Neisseria meningitidis and Enterobacteriaceae in Two Reference Hospitals of …

CI Djuikoue, W Yamdeu Djonkouh, C Epie Bekolo… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic led to tremendously use of antimicrobial due to the lack of proper
treatment strategies, raising concerns about emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) …

Post-Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic antimicrobial resistance

L Boccabella, EG Palma, L Abenavoli, GGM Scarlata… - Antibiotics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background and aim: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a chronic issue of our Westernized
society, mainly because of the uncontrolled and improper use of antimicrobials. The …

Evaluation of antibiotics resistance in Southern Iran in light of COVID‐19 pandemic: A retrospective observational study

R Raoofi, N Namavari, V Rahmanian… - Health science …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) was taken as one of the high‐
priority long‐lasting public health issues, although it might have been underrated in terms of …

Profile of bacterial infections in COVID-19 patients: antimicrobial resistance in the time of SARS-CoV-2

I Stefanini, G De Renzi, E Foddai, E Cordani… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Since the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic, no specific drugs have been
available to treat the SARS-CoV-2 infection, therefore antibiotics have been often used both …

Assessment of antibiotic resistance changes during the Covid-19 pandemic in northeast of Iran during 2020–2022: an epidemiological study

R Khoshbakht, M Kabiri, A Neshani… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2022 - Springer
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 seems to change antibiotic resistance pattern.
Certain conditions in the Covid-19 era may be contributing to the rise of antimicrobial …

[HTML][HTML] First Report of Nosocomial Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Faecium Infection Among COVID-19 Patients Hospitalized in a Non-Intensive …

Y Jalali, I Šturdík, M Jalali, J Kyselovič, A Liptáková… - 2021 - europepmc.org
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 exerted immense pressure on health care
systems worldwide, causing substantial resources to be diverted to respond to the …

Pre-and post-COVID-19 antimicrobial resistance profile of bacterial pathogens, a comparative study in a tertiary hospital

MH Taleb, AA Elmanama, AH Taleb… - The Journal of Infection in …, 2023 - jidc.org
Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a natural evolutionary process in bacteria that
is accelerated by selection pressure from the frequent and irrational use of antimicrobial …

Is the pendulum of antimicrobial drug resistance swinging back after COVID-19?

F Serapide, A Quirino, V Scaglione, HL Morrone… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic may have had an effect on antimicrobial resistance. We compared
the prevalence of ESKAPE multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections in COVID-19 …