Microplastics enhance the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in anaerobic sludge digestion by enriching antibiotic-resistant bacteria in surface biofilm and …

T Luo, X Dai, W Wei, Q Xu, BJ Ni - Environmental science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and microplastics (MPs) are recognized as emerging
contaminants and threats to global human health. Despite both of them being significantly …

Pan-Genome Plasticity and Virulence Factors: A Natural Treasure Trove for Acinetobacter baumannii

T Karampatakis, K Tsergouli, P Behzadi - Antibiotics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative pathogen responsible for a variety of
community-and hospital-acquired infections. It is recognized as a life-threatening pathogen …

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on profiles of antibiotic-resistant genes and bacteria in hospital wastewater

L Zhao, Z Lv, L Lin, X Li, J Xu, S Huang, Y Chen… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected healthcare worldwide and has led to the
excessive use of disinfectants and antimicrobial agents. However, the impact of excessive …

Importance of mobile genetic elements for dissemination of antimicrobial resistance in metagenomic sewage samples across the world

MHK Johansson, FM Aarestrup, TN Petersen - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
We are facing an ever-growing threat from increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in
bacteria. To mitigate this, we need a better understanding of the global spread of …

Heteroresistance to cefiderocol in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the CREDIBLE-CR study was not linked to clinical outcomes: a post hoc …

C Longshaw, A Santerre Henriksen… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
This study aimed to determine the proportion of heteroresistance in carbapenem-resistant
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex (CRAB) isolates in the cefiderocol arm of …

Antibiotic resistance determinants among carbapenemase producing bacteria isolated from wastewaters of Kathmandu, Nepal

KC Sudeep, S Khanal, TP Joshi, D Khadka… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The emergence of carbapenem resistant bacteria (CRB) possesses a remarkable threat to
the health of humans. CRB and carbapenem resistance genes (CRGs) have frequently been …

Global Risk Maps of Climate Change Impacts on the Distribution of Acinetobacter baumannii Using GIS

A Sabour - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Impacts of climate change rank among the century's most significant ecological and medical
concerns. As a result of climatic changes, the distribution of some bacterial species will alter …

Non-Canonical Aspects of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance

CF Amábile-Cuevas, S Lund-Zaina - Antibiotics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The understanding of antibiotic resistance, one of the major health threats of our time, is
mostly based on dated and incomplete notions, especially in clinical contexts. The …

Microbial contamination, community diversity and cross-contamination risk of food-contact ice

X Liao, W Shen, Y Wang, L Bai, T Ding - Food Research International, 2023 - Elsevier
Ice is widely used in the food industry, as an ingredient (edible ice) directly added to food or
as a coolant (food-contact ice) for fresh food preservation along the cold chain. However, it …

A Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica with a novel type of blaVEB–1-carrying plasmid isolated from a zebra in China

J Guan, W Zhou, J Guo, L Zheng, G Lu, F Hua… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica is an emerging fly-borne zoonotic pathogen,
which causes infections in immunocompromised patients and some animals. Herein, we …