A review of antimicrobial resistance in poultry farming within low-resource settings

HD Hedman, KA Vasco, L Zhang - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Poultry production can function as an instrument for poverty alleviation and
economic development. As low-income countries transition into higher incomes alongside …

Molecular mechanisms of polymyxin resistance: knowns and unknowns

S Baron, L Hadjadj, JM Rolain, AO Olaitan - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Colistin, also referred to as polymyxin E, is an effective antibiotic against most multidrug-
resistant Gram-negative bacteria and is currently used as a last-line drug for treating severe …

Resistance to polymyxins in Gram-negative organisms

K Jeannot, A Bolard, P Plesiat - International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2017 - Elsevier
Polymyxins have recently been re-introduced into the therapeutic arsenal to combat
infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. However, the emergence …

Review on Bovine Tuberculosis: An Emerging Disease Associated with Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium Species

M Borham, A Oreiby, A El-Gedawy, Y Hegazy… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bovine tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease affecting a wide range of domesticated
and wild animals, representing a worldwide economic and public health burden. The …

The rise and spread of mcr plasmid-mediated polymyxin resistance

SC Nang, J Li, T Velkov - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Polymyxins are important lipopeptide antibiotics that serve as the last-line defense against
multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacterial infections. Worryingly, the clinical utility …

Transferable resistance to colistin: a new but old threat

S Schwarz, AP Johnson - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
In this Leading article, we summarize current knowledge of the occurrence of the first and so
far only transferable colistin resistance gene, mcr-1. Its location on a conjugative plasmid is …

Prevalence of mcr-1 in E. coli from Livestock and Food in Germany, 2010–2015

A Irrgang, N Roschanski, BA Tenhagen, M Grobbel… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Since the first description of a plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene (mcr-1) in
November 2015 multiple reports of mcr-1 positive isolates indicate a worldwide spread of …

Prevalence and Some Possible Mechanisms of Colistin Resistance Among Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

RM Abd El-Baky, SM Masoud… - Infection and Drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background and Aim The emergence of colistin-resistant strains is considered a great threat
for patients with severe infections. Here, we investigate the prevalence and some possible …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of colistin resistance, mobilized colistin resistance genes dissemination, global responses, and the alternatives to colistin: a review

MH Gharaibeh, SQ Shatnawi - Veterinary world, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Colistin, also known as polymyxin E, is an antimicrobial agent that is effective against a
variety of Gram-negative bacilli, especially the Enterobacteriaceae family. Recently, the wide …

Colistin use and colistin resistance in bacteria from animals

I Kempf, E Jouy, C Chauvin - International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2016 - Elsevier
Colistin has been used in veterinary medicine for decades, mainly for the prevention and
treatment of Enterobacteriaceae infections. However, data regarding colistin resistance in …