Antibiotic resistance genes in bacteria: Occurrence, spread, and control

Z Jian, L Zeng, T Xu, S Sun, S Yan… - Journal of basic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The production and use of antibiotics are becoming increasingly common worldwide, and
the problem of antibiotic resistance is increasing alarmingly. Drug‐resistant infections …

Horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in the human gut microbiome

RS McInnes, GE McCallum, LE Lamberte… - Current opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•The human gut microbiome harbours antibiotic resistance genes ('the
resistome').•Antibiotic resistance genes can spread in the gut microbiome through horizontal …

Patterns of antibiotic use, pathogens, and prediction of mortality in hospitalized neonates and young infants with sepsis: A global neonatal sepsis observational cohort …

NJ Russell, W Stöhr, N Plakkal, A Cook… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background There is limited data on antibiotic treatment in hospitalized neonates in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs). We aimed to describe patterns of antibiotic use …

Molecular and clinical epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in the USA (CRACKLE-2): a prospective cohort study

D Van Duin, CA Arias, L Komarow, L Chen… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) are a global threat.
We aimed to describe the clinical and molecular characteristics of Centers for Disease …

Epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative infections globally

AJ Brink - Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2019 - journals.lww.com
High-resistance rates in carbapenem-resistant GNB in many countries will inevitably
complicate treatment of serious infections in vulnerable patient groups and should …

[HTML][HTML] Burden of bacterial bloodstream infection—a brief update on epidemiology and significance of multidrug-resistant pathogens

WV Kern, S Rieg - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Bloodstream infections comprise a wide variety of pathogens and clinical
syndromes with considerable overlap with similar syndromes of non-bacteraemic infections …

The impact of inpatient bloodstream infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

K Allel, J Stone, EA Undurraga, L Day, CE Moore… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Bloodstream infections (BSIs) produced by antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB)
cause a substantial disease burden worldwide. However, most estimates come from high …

Epidemiology of Carbapenem Resistance Determinants Identified in Meropenem-Nonsusceptible Enterobacterales Collected as Part of a Global Surveillance …

KM Kazmierczak, JA Karlowsky… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
To estimate the incidence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), a global
collection of 81,781 surveillance isolates of Enterobacterales collected from patients in 39 …

The role of hospital environment in transmissions of multidrug-resistant gram-negative organisms

PY Chia, S Sengupta, A Kukreja… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2020 - Springer
Infections by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative organisms (GN) are associated with
a high mortality rate and present an increasing challenge to the healthcare system …

Biofilm and Small Colony Variants—An Update on Staphylococcus aureus Strategies toward Drug Resistance

H Guo, Y Tong, J Cheng, Z Abbas, Z Li, J Wang… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, the drawbacks arising from the overuse of antibiotics have drawn growing public
attention. Among them, drug-resistance (DR) and even multidrug-resistance (MDR) pose …