Bacterial antibiotic resistance: the most critical pathogens

G Mancuso, A Midiri, E Gerace, C Biondo - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics have made it possible to treat bacterial infections such as meningitis and
bacteraemia that, prior to their introduction, were untreatable and consequently fatal …

Antibiotic resistance in bacteria—A review

R Urban-Chmiel, A Marek, D Stępień-Pyśniak… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: A global problem of multi-drug resistance (MDR) among bacteria is the cause
of hundreds of thousands of deaths every year. In response to the significant increase of …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of ESKAPE pathogens in the environment: Antibiotic resistance status, community-acquired infection and risk to human health

J Denissen, B Reyneke, M Waso-Reyneke… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The ESKAPE (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella
pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter spp.) …

Machine learning for antimicrobial resistance prediction: current practice, limitations, and clinical perspective

JI Kim, F Maguire, KK Tsang, T Gouliouris… - Clinical microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health crisis that poses a great threat to modern
medicine. Effective prevention strategies are urgently required to slow the emergence and …

Wastewater surveillance of antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens: A systematic review

A Tiwari, P Kurittu, AI Al-Mustapha, V Heljanko… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Infectious diseases caused by antibiotic-resistant bacterial (ARB) pathogens are a serious
threat to human and animal health. The active surveillance of ARB using an integrated one …

Enterococci, from harmless bacteria to a pathogen

S Ramos, V Silva, MLE Dapkevicius, G Igrejas, P Poeta - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Enterococci are gastrointestinal commensals whose hardiness allowed them to colonize
very diverse environments, including soils, water, food, and feed. This ability to overcome …

Antibiotics in food chain: The consequences for antibiotic resistance

SB Kumar, SR Arnipalli, O Ziouzenkova - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics have been used as essential therapeutics for nearly 100 years and, increasingly,
as a preventive agent in the agricultural and animal industry. Continuous use and misuse of …

Vancomycin Resistance in Enterococcus and Staphylococcus aureus

G Li, MJ Walker, DMP De Oliveira - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium and Staphylococcus aureus are both common
commensals and major opportunistic human pathogens. In recent decades, these bacteria …

The multifaceted lifestyle of enterococci: genetic diversity, ecology and risks for public health

V Cattoir - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Enterococci have become major human MDR nosocomial pathogens.•They are
found ubiquitously in non-human habitats (animals and the environment).•The main threat …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging enterococcus pore-forming toxins with MHC/HLA-I as receptors

X **ong, S Tian, P Yang, F Lebreton, H Bao, K Sheng… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Enterococci are a part of human microbiota and a leading cause of multidrug resistant
infections. Here, we identify a family of Enterococcus pore-forming toxins (Epxs) in E …