Antimicrobial resistance is well-known to be a global health and development threat. Due to
the decrease of effective antimicrobials, re-evaluation in clinical practice of old antibiotics, as …

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the major threats to the health and welfare of both humans
and animals. The shortage of new antimicrobial agents has led to the re‐evaluation of old …

Two hundred and thirty-three nonduplicated clinical isolates of carbapenem-resistant
Enterobacteriaceae were collected from four hospitals in Zhejiang, China. 45.1%(105/233) …

Background fosA3 is the most commonly reported plasmid-mediated fosfomycin resistance
gene among Enterobacteriaceae. Objectives To identify the origin of fosA3. Methods The …

Enterococc i are one of the main causes of gastrointestinal tract infections in the healthcare
system and can develop resistance to fosfomycin through plasmid or chromosomally …

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa presents a serious threat to public
health due to its widespread resistance to numerous antibiotics. P. aeruginosa commonly …

The long-used antibiotic fosfomycin has recently been re-evaluated as a potential regimen
for treating extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) and carbapenem-resistant …

Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms of fosfomycin resistance
and epidemiological characteristics in fosfomycin-resistant enterococci in China. Methods A …

ABSTRACT A plasmid-located fosfomycin resistance gene, fosA8, was identified from a CTX-
M-15-producing Escherichia coli isolate recovered from urine. Identification of this gene was …

Fosfomycin is a decades-old antibiotic which is being revisited because of its perceived
activity against many extensively drug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens. FosA proteins …