Nanoparticles (NPs) are increasingly used to target bacteria as an alternative to antibiotics.
Nanotechnology may be particularly advantageous in treating bacterial infections. Examples …

Effective and efficient utilization of antimicrobial drugs has been one of the important
cornerstone of modern medicine. However, since antibiotics were first discovered by …

Wastewater discharged from clinical isolation and general wards at two hospitals in
Singapore was examined to determine the emerging trends of antibiotic resistance (AR). We …

Objective Increase in antimicrobial resistance is a threat to health sector globally.
Surveillance on the spread and emergence of antimicrobial resistance is therefore invertible …

Background The human and animal intestinal tract harbors a complex community of
microbes which enables bacteria to inherit antibiotic resistance genes. The aims of this study …

Background: The emergence and spread of extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-
producing Gram-negative bacteria (GNB), particularly in Enterobacteriaceae, Acinetobacter …

Objectives Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most prevalent infectious diseases
and can lead to a high rate of morbidity and mortality. The emergence of multiple-drug …

Background: Escherichia coli is the most prominent cause of infectious diseases that span
from the gastrointestinal tract to extra-intestinal sites such as urinary tract infection …

Nanotechnology has made a tremendous impact over a period of three decades in various
facets of industrial and medical sectors and still find recent interests to exploit their …

Antibiotic resistance refers to when microorganisms survive and grow in the presence of
specific antibiotics, a phenomenon mainly related to the indiscriminate widespread use and …