[HTML][HTML] Environmental antimicrobial resistance and its drivers: a potential threat to public health

I Ahmad, HA Malak, HH Abulreesh - Journal of Global Antimicrobial …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Imprudent and overuse of clinically relevant antibiotics in agriculture, veterinary and medical
sectors contribute to the global epidemic increase in antimicrobial resistance (AMR). There …

Antimicrobial approaches for textiles: from research to market

DS Morais, RM Guedes, MA Lopes - Materials, 2016‏ - mdpi.com
The large surface area and ability to retain moisture of textile structures enable
microorganisms' growth, which causes a range of undesirable effects, not only on the textile …

Dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) via integrons in Escherichia coli: a risk to human health

S Zhang, M Abbas, MU Rehman, Y Huang, R Zhou… - Environmental …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
With the induction of various emerging environmental contaminants such as antibiotic
resistance genes (ARGs), environment is considered as a key indicator for the spread of …

Wildlife as sentinels of antimicrobial resistance in Germany?

C Plaza-Rodríguez, K Alt, M Grobbel… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
The presence of bacteria carrying antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes in wildlife is an
indicator that resistant bacteria of human or livestock origin are widespread in the …

Antimicrobial resistance in wildlife

M Vittecoq, S Godreuil, F Prugnolle… - Journal of Applied …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
The spread of antimicrobial resistance is of major concern for human health and leads to
growing economic costs. While it is increasingly hypothesized that wildlife could play an …

Plasmid-mediated resistance is going wild

M Dolejska, CC Papagiannitsis - Plasmid, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Multidrug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria have been increasingly reported in
humans, companion animals and farm animals. The growing trend of plasmid-mediated …

Occurrence and Characteristics of Mobile Colistin Resistance (mcr) Gene-Containing Isolates from the Environment: A Review

MU Anyanwu, IF Jaja, OC Nwobi - International journal of environmental …, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
The emergence and spread of mobile colistin (COL) resistance (mcr) genes jeopardize the
efficacy of COL, a last resort antibiotic for treating deadly infections. COL has been used in …

Antibiotic resistant bacteria in wildlife: Perspectives on trends, acquisition and dissemination, data gaps, and future directions

AM Ramey, CA Ahlstrom - Journal of wildlife diseases, 2020‏ - meridian.allenpress.com
The proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the environment has potential negative
economic and health consequences. Thus, previous investigations have targeted wild …

Resistance to critically important antimicrobials in Australian silver gulls (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) and evidence of anthropogenic origins

S Mukerji, M Stegger, AV Truswell… - Journal of …, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Objectives Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to critically important antimicrobials (CIAs)
amongst Gram-negative bacteria can feasibly be transferred amongst wildlife, humans and …

Insects, rodents, and pets as reservoirs, vectors, and sentinels of antimicrobial resistance

W Gwenzi, N Chaukura, N Muisa-Zikali, C Teta… - Antibiotics, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
This paper reviews the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in insects, rodents, and
pets. Insects (eg, houseflies, cockroaches), rodents (rats, mice), and pets (dogs, cats) act as …