Klebsiella pneumoniae is a common cause of antimicrobial-resistant opportunistic infections
in hospitalized patients. The species is naturally resistant to penicillins, and members of the …

Emergence of antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria poses a serious public health
challenge worldwide. However, antibiotic resistance genes are not confined to the clinic; …

The environment is increasingly being recognized for the role it might play in the global
spread of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance. Environmental regulators monitor and …

The discovery of antibiotics in the previous century lead to reduction in mortality and
morbidity due to infectious diseases but their inappropriate and irrational use has resulted in …

The emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant pathogens is a major public health issue,
which requires global action of an intersectoral nature. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens …

The escalating demand for secondary metabolites in international markets poses a severe
threat to many plant species. An unscrupulous collection is also the immediate challenge to …

The anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) process is regarded as a promising
approach to treat antibiotic-containing wastewater. Therefore, it is urgent to elucidate the …

Antibiotics target essential cellular functions but bacteria can become resistant by acquiring
either exogenous resistance genes or chromosomal mutations. Resistance mutations …

Background Mass distribution of azithromycin to preschool children twice yearly for 2 years
has been shown to reduce childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa but at the cost of …

Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections are an ever-growing threat because of the shrinking
arsenal of efficacious antibiotics,,,. Metal nanoparticles can induce cell death, yet the toxicity …