China is one of the largest producers and consumers of antibiotics, and China is a larger
producer of livestock farming and aquaculture in the world. The livestock farming and …

The concept of the antibiotic resistome was introduced just over a decade ago, and since
then, active resistome studies have been conducted. In the present study, we describe the …

Public health interventions to control the current epidemic of carbapenem-resistant
Klebsiella pneumoniae rely on a comprehensive understanding of its emergence and …

The rapid emergence and dissemination of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial pathogens
pose a serious threat to global healthcare. One particular concern is the carbapenem …

Background Following the discovery and emergence of the plasmid-mediated colistin
resistance gene, mcr-1, the Chinese government formally banned colistin as an animal …

Tigecycline is a last-resort antibiotic that is used to treat severe infections caused by
extensively drug-resistant bacteria. tet (X) has been shown to encode a flavin-dependent …

Multidrug resistance in Escherichia coli has become a worrying issue that is increasingly
observed in human but also in veterinary medicine worldwide. E. coli is intrinsically …

Background Understanding of the factors driving global antimicrobial resistance is limited.
We analysed antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic consumption worldwide versus many …

The production and use of antibiotics are becoming increasingly common worldwide, and
the problem of antibiotic resistance is increasing alarmingly. Drug‐resistant infections …

The rapid increase in carbapenem resistance among gram-negative bacteria has renewed
focus on the importance of polymyxin antibiotics (colistin or polymyxin E). However, the …