A mini review of antibacterial properties of ZnO nanoparticles

SV Gudkov, DE Burmistrov, DA Serov… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The development of antibiotic resistance of bacteria is one of the most pressing problems in
world health care. One of the promising ways to overcome microbial resistance to antibiotics …

Microbial biofilm: formation, architecture, antibiotic resistance, and control strategies

MA Rather, K Gupta, M Mandal - Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2021 - Springer
The assembly of microorganisms over a surface and their ability to develop resistance
against available antibiotics are major concerns of interest. To survive against harsh …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of the antimicrobial resistance mechanisms of bacteria

WC Reygaert - AIMS microbiology, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Resistance to antimicrobial agents has become a major source of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. When antibiotics were first introduced in the 1900's, it was thought that we had …

Emergent crisis of antibiotic resistance: A silent pandemic threat to 21st century

F Akram, M Imtiaz, I ul Haq - Microbial pathogenesis, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance has become an indispensably alarming menace to the global
community. The primary factors are overuse and abuse of antibiotics, lack of novel …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the mechanism of bacterial biofilms resistance to antimicrobial agents

S Singh, SK Singh, I Chowdhury… - The open microbiology …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A biofilm is a group of microorganisms, that causes health problems for the patients with
indwelling medical devices via attachment of cells to the surface matrix. It increases the …

Antimicrobial resistance: more than 70 years of war between humans and bacteria

SF Nadeem, UF Gohar, SF Tahir… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria is one of the major issues in the
present world and one of the greatest threats faced by mankind. Resistance is spread …

Clinical relevance of the ESKAPE pathogens

JN Pendleton, SP Gorman… - Expert review of anti …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, the Infectious Diseases Society of America has highlighted a faction of
antibiotic-resistant bacteria (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella …

Antibiotic hybrids: the next generation of agents and adjuvants against Gram-negative pathogens?

R Domalaon, T Idowu, GG Zhanel… - Clinical microbiology …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The global incidence of drug-resistant Gram-negative bacillary infections has been
increasing, and there is a dire need to develop novel strategies to overcome this problem …

Molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial tolerance and resistance in bacterial and fungal biofilms

H Van Acker, P Van Dijck, T Coenye - Trends in microbiology, 2014 - cell.com
The formation of microbial biofilms is an important reason for failure of antimicrobial therapy.
However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the survival of biofilm cells are still not …

Plants as sources of new antimicrobials and resistance-modifying agents

AC Abreu, AJ McBain, M Simões - Natural product reports, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to November 2011 Infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria are an
increasing problem due to the emergence and propagation of microbial drug resistance and …