Global geographic trends in antimicrobial resistance: the role of international travel

I Frost, TP Van Boeckel, J Pires, J Craig… - Journal of travel …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a threat to modern medicine, and
increasing international mobility facilitates the spread of AMR. Infections with resistant …

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 …

Global phylogenetic analysis of Escherichia coli and plasmids carrying the mcr-1 gene indicates bacterial diversity but plasmid restriction

S Matamoros, JM Van Hattem, MS Arcilla, N Willemse… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
To understand the dynamics behind the worldwide spread of the mcr-1 gene, we determined
the population structure of Escherichia coli and of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) carrying …

Strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance: anti-plasmid and plasmid curing

MMC Buckner, ML Ciusa… - FEMS microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global problem hindering treatment of bacterial
infections, rendering many aspects of modern medicine less effective. AMR genes (ARGs) …

Worldwide Prevalence of mcr-mediated Colistin-Resistance Escherichia coli in Isolates of Clinical Samples, Healthy Humans, and Livestock—A Systematic Review …

C Bastidas-Caldes, JH de Waard, MS Salgado… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Antimicrobial resistance is a serious public-health problem throughout the
world. Escherichia coli, the most common Gram-negative microorganism, has developed …

Travel-acquired ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae: impact of colonization at individual and community level

PL Woerther, A Andremont… - Journal of travel medicine, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background: Antibiotic resistance is a rapidly increasing global emergency that calls for
action from all of society. Intestinal multidrugresistant (MDR) bacteria have spread …

Carbapenem and colistin resistance in Enterobacteriaceae in Southeast Asia: review and mapping of emerging and overlapping challenges

MD Malchione, LM Torres, DM Hartley, M Koch… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections have spread globally, leaving
polymyxins, including colistin, as 'last-resort treatments'. Emerging colistin resistance raises …

Evaluation of the association between gastric acid suppression and risk of intestinal colonization with multidrug-resistant microorganisms: a systematic review and …

RPJ Willems, K Van Dijk, JCF Ket… - JAMA internal …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Acid suppressants inhibit gastric acid secretion and disrupt the intestinal
microbiome. Whether acid suppression increases the risk of colonization with multidrug …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial travellers' diarrhoea: A narrative review of literature published over the past 10 years

R Lopez-Velez, M Lebens, L Bundy, J Barriga… - Travel Medicine and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Travellers' diarrhoea (TD) is the most frequent illness experienced by international travellers
to lower-income countries with bacterial agents considered to account for 80–90% of cases …

Travel and the spread of drug-resistant bacteria

KL Schwartz, SK Morris - Current infectious disease reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The rise in antimicrobial resistance is an urgent public health
threat which, in the absence of intervention, may result in a post-antibiotic era limiting the …