Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a significant global healthcare problem.
Antibiotic use has accelerated the physiologic process of AMR, particularly in Gram-negative …

ABSTRACT β-Lactam antibiotics are the first choice for the treatment of most bacterial
infections. However, the increased prevalence of β-lactamases, in particular extended …

Plasmids are the primary vectors of horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes among
bacteria. Previous studies have shown that the spread and maintenance of plasmids among …

The fitness cost of an antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) can differ across host strains, creating
refuges that allow the maintenance of an ARG in the absence of direct selection for its …

Abstract Objectives We investigated longitudinally Vietnamese small-scale chicken flocks in
order to characterize changes in antimicrobial resistance gene (ARG) content over their life …

Quorum sensing is a type of cell–cell communication that modulates various biological
activities of bacteria. Previous studies indicate that quorum sensing contributes to the …

The rampant variability in codon bias existing between bacterial genomes is expected to
interfere with horizontal gene transfer (HGT), a phenomenon that drives bacterial adaptation …

Integrons are mobile genetic elements that have played an important role in the
dissemination of antibiotic resistance. Under stress, the integron can generate combinatorial …

The emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) is a threat to
public health, because of their resistance to clinically important carbapenem antibiotics. The …

Objective: To determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on antimicrobial consumption
and trends of therapeutic drugs for COVID-19 treatments, including corticosteroids …