Infectious diseases caused by antibiotic-resistant bacterial (ARB) pathogens are a serious
threat to human and animal health. The active surveillance of ARB using an integrated one …

The environment, and especially freshwater, constitutes a reactor where the evolution and
the rise of new resistances occur. In water bodies such as waste water effluents, lakes, and …

Antimicrobial resistance of fecal coliforms (n= 153) and enterococci (n= 199) isolates was
investigated in municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) based on activated sludge …

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) is a globally significant public health
threat and was listed on the World Health Organization's 2017 list of high-priority pathogens …

The Gram-positive species Enterococcus faecium has long been thought of as a harmless
commensal of the mammalian GI tract. In the last two decades, however, E. faecium has …

The significant increase of the linezolid-resistant enterococci (LRE) has been observed in
Polish hospitals since 2012 and our study aimed at elucidating the possible reasons for this …

Background: Hospital wastewater is a major source of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
outflow into the environment. This study uses metagenomics to study how hospital clinical …

Materials and Methods One day biofilms of PAO1 and three urinary tract infection MDRPA
isolates (PA2, PA8 and PA18) were formed in 96-well microtiter plate. Biofilms were …

The objective of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial resistance, Tn 1546
transposon variability and plasmid diversity among Polish vancomycin-resistant …

Antibacterial activity of Bifidobacterium species has been considered as an important
probiotic property for development of human gut immunity. This study was conducted to …