Antibiotic-resistant bacteria were first described in the 1940s, but whereas new antibiotics
were being discovered at a steady rate, the consequences of this phenomenon were slow to …

The use of antimicrobial agents has been claimed to be the driving force for the emergence
and spread of microbial resistance. However, several studies have reported the presence of …

Intensive use of antimicrobial agents in aquaculture provides a selective pressure creating
reservoirs of drug-resistant bacteria and transferable resistance genes in fish pathogens and …

In the production of food animals, large amounts of antimicrobial agents are used for therapy
and prophylaxis of bacterial infections and in feed to promote growth. There are large …

Over the past decade, antimicrobial resistance has emerged as a major public-health crisis.
Common bacterial pathogens in the community such as Streptococcus pneumoniae have …

Increasing antimicrobial resistance in nontyphoid Salmonella species has been a serious
problem for public health worldwide. The high rate of resistance is hampering the use of …

Nontyphoid Salmonella strains are important causes of reportable food-borne infection.
Among more than 2,000 serotypes, Salmonella enterica serotype Choleraesuis shows the …

The use of combination antimicrobial therapy for bacteraemia caused by Gram-negative
bacilli is controversial. We did a meta-analysis of published studies to determine whether a …

Several lines of evidence indicate that the use of anti‐microbial agents in food animals is
associated with anti‐microbial resistance among bacteria isolated from humans. The use of …

Current scenario in communicable diseases has generated new era that identifies the “One
health” approach to understand the sharing and management of etiological agents with its …