Antibiotics are powerful drugs used in the treatment of bacterial infections. The inappropriate use of these medicines has driven the dissemination of antibiotic resistance (AR) in most …
BACKGROUND Antibiotics are among the most important tools in medicine, but their efficacy is threatened by the evolution of resistance. Since the earliest days of antibiotics, resistance …
S Chevalier, E Bouffartigues, J Bodilis… - FEMS microbiology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative bacterium belonging to the γ-proteobacteria. Like other members of the Pseudomonas genus, it is known for its metabolic versatility and …
The increasing prevalence of chronic and hospital-acquired infections produced by multidrug-resistant (MDR) or extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa …
A Mombelli - Periodontology 2000, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this paper was to evaluate strategies for periodontal therapy from the perspective of periodontal disease being a consequence of microbial colonization of the periodontal …
R Tommasi, DG Brown, GK Walkup… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2015 - nature.com
Antimicrobial drug resistance is a growing threat to global public health. Multidrug resistance among the'ESKAPE'organisms—encompassing Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus …
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major opportunistic pathogen, causing a wide range of acute and chronic infections. β-lactam antibiotics including penicillins, carbapenems …
Antibiotic resistance, prompted by the overuse of antimicrobial agents, may arise from a variety of mechanisms, particularly horizontal gene transfer of virulence and antibiotic …
Antibiotics target essential cellular functions but bacteria can become resistant by acquiring either exogenous resistance genes or chromosomal mutations. Resistance mutations …