Staphylococcus aureus, a major human pathogen, has a collection of virulence factors and
the ability to acquire resistance to most antibiotics. This ability is further augmented by …

Globally, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and climate change (CC) are two of the top health
emergencies, and can be considered as two interlinked public health priorities. The complex …

The causes of antibiotic resistance are complex and include human behaviour at many
levels of society; the consequences affect everybody in the world. Similarities with climate …

The discovery of antibiotics more than 80 years ago has led to considerable improvements
in human and animal health. Although antibiotic resistance in environmental bacteria is …

Current molecular diagnostics of human pathogens provide limited information that is often
not sufficient for outbreak and transmission investigation. Next generation sequencing …

The use of antibiotics in agriculture is routinely described as a major contributor to the
clinical problem of resistant disease in human medicine. While a link is plausible, there are …

The report of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) encoding a divergent
mecA gene in 2011 was highly significant. This homologue, designated mecC, poses …

During the past 25 years an increase in the prevalence of methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) was recorded worldwide. Additionally, MRSA infections …

Legionnaires' disease (LD) is an often severe and potentially fatal form of bacterial
pneumonia caused by an extensive list of Legionella species. These ubiquitous freshwater …

Enterococcus faecium, natively a gut commensal organism, emerged as a leading cause of
multidrug-resistant hospital-acquired infection in the 1980s. As the living record of its …