According to the latest reports from WHO, the incidence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial
infections is increasing worldwide, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality and a rising …

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa
isolates are frequent causes of serious nosocomial infections that may compromise the …

The acronym ESKAPE includes six nosocomial pathogens that exhibit multidrug resistance
and virulence: Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae …

Antibiotic resistance is arguably the biggest current threat to global health. An increasing
number of infections are becoming harder or almost impossible to treat, carrying high …

Bacteriophages (BPs) are viruses that can infect and kill bacteria without any negative effect
on human or animal cells. For this reason, it is supposed that they can be used, alone or in …

Against a backdrop of global antibiotic resistance and increasing awareness of the
importance of the human microbiota, there has been resurgent interest in the potential use of …

It is well established that the gut microbiota plays an important role in host health and is
perturbed by several factors including antibiotics. Antibiotic‐induced changes in microbial …

Biofilms are clusters of bacteria that live in association with surfaces. Their main
characteristic is that the bacteria inside the biofilms are attached to other bacterial cells and …

Global health is increasingly being threatened by the rapid emergence of drug-resistant
microbes. The ability of these microbes to form biofilms has further exacerbated the scenario …

Phages as bactericidal agents have been employed for 90 years as a means of treating
bacterial infections in humans as well as other species, a process known as phage therapy …