Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in ESKAPE pathogens

S Santajit, N Indrawattana - BioMed research international, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella
pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter …

Antibiotics, resistome and resistance mechanisms: A bacterial perspective

I Sultan, S Rahman, AT Jan, MT Siddiqui… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
History of mankind is regarded as struggle against infectious diseases. Rather than
observing the withering away of bacterial diseases, antibiotic resistance has emerged as a …

Carbapenem resistance: overview of the problem and future perspectives

G Meletis - Therapeutic advances in infectious disease, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Carbapenem resistance, mainly among Gram-negative pathogens, is an ongoing public-
health problem of global dimensions. This type of antimicrobial resistance, especially when …

Tetracycline antibiotics and resistance

TH Grossman - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2016 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Tetracyclines possess many properties considered ideal for antibiotic drugs, including
activity against Gram-positive and-negative pathogens, proven clinical safety, acceptable …

Structure, function and regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa porins

S Chevalier, E Bouffartigues, J Bodilis… - FEMS microbiology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative bacterium belonging to the γ-proteobacteria.
Like other members of the Pseudomonas genus, it is known for its metabolic versatility and …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa : new insights into pathogenesis and host defenses

SL Gellatly, REW Hancock - Pathogens and disease, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a metabolically versatile bacterium that can cause a wide
range of severe opportunistic infections in patients with serious underlying medical …

Exploiting quorum sensing to confuse bacterial pathogens

B LaSarre, MJ Federle - Microbiology and molecular biology …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cell-cell communication, or quorum sensing, is a widespread phenomenon in bacteria that
is used to coordinate gene expression among local populations. Its use by bacterial …

Antibacterial-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Clinical Impact and Complex Regulation of Chromosomally Encoded Resistance Mechanisms

PD Lister, DJ Wolter, ND Hanson - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Treatment of infectious diseases becomes more challenging with each passing year. This is
especially true for infections caused by the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas …

Contribution of bacterial outer membrane vesicles to innate bacterial defense

AJ Manning, MJ Kuehn - BMC microbiology, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are constitutively produced by Gram-
negative bacteria throughout growth and have proposed roles in virulence, inflammation …

Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria

FC Tenover - The American journal of medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
The treatment of bacterial infections is increasingly complicated by the ability of bacteria to
develop resistance to antimicrobial agents. Antimicrobial agents are often categorized …