Bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is constantly evolving and horizontal gene transfer
through plasmids plays a major role. The identification of plasmid characteristics and their …

Polymyxins are important lipopeptide antibiotics that serve as the last-line defense against
multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacterial infections. Worryingly, the clinical utility …

Colistin is considered to be an antimicrobial of last-resort for the treatment of multidrug-
resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections. The recent global dissemination of mobilized …

Antibiotics are an essential tool of modern medicine, contributing to significantly decreasing
mortality and morbidity rates from infectious diseases. However, persistent misuse of these …

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 …

Seven wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) with different population equivalents and
catchment areas were screened for the prevalence of the colistin resistance gene mcr-1 …

The occurrence of viable but non-culturable (VBNC) bacteria in the wastewater system
poses a huge threat to environmental and public health, in particular in hospital wastewater …

Proposals to update the harmonised monitoring and reporting of antimicrobial resistance
(AMR) from a public health perspective in Salmonella, Campylobacter coli, Campylobacter …

Ambient recreational waters can act as both recipients and natural reservoirs for
antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria and antimicrobial resistant genes (ARGs), where they …

Abstract The second ECDC/EFSA/EMA joint report on the integrated analysis of
antimicrobial consumption (AMC) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria from …