Challenges to antimicrobial stewardship in the countries of the Arab League: concerns of worsening resistance during the COVID-19 pandemic and proposed …

NA Rizk, R Moghnieh, N Haddad, MC Rebeiz… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to worsen the global problem of antimicrobial
resistance (AMR). There is a heightened interest in understanding this effect and to develop …

Updates on the Status of Carbapenem‐Resistant Enterobacterales in Lebanon

M Fadlallah, A Salman… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Carbapenem‐resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) pathogens have been increasingly isolated
and reported in Lebanon. Several studies have been published over the last two decades …

The Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Control Interventions on Acinetobacter baumannii Resistance Rates in the ICU of a Tertiary Care Center in …

NA Rizk, N Zahreddine, N Haddad, R Ahmadieh… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to global health, causing increased mortality and
morbidity especially among critically ill patients. This toll is expected to rise following the …

Antimicrobial Peptide Cec4 Eradicates Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in vitro and in vivo

J Peng, Y Wang, Z Wu, C Mao, L Li, H Cao… - Drug Design …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Acinetobacter baumannii has become a major difficulty in the treatment of
bacteria-associated infection. The previously reported antimicrobial peptide Cec4 exhibited …

Insights on the performance of phenotypic tests versus genotypic tests for the detection of carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacilli in resource-limited settings

NA Kamel, ST Tohamy, IS Yahia, KM Aboshanab - BMC microbiology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background: Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative (CPGN) bacteria impose
life-threatening infections with limited treatment options. Rigor and rapid detection of CPGN …

Development of Novel Peptides for the Antimicrobial Combination Therapy against Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Infection

J Choi, A Jang, YK Yoon, Y Kim - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) infection has a high mortality rate,
making the development of novel effective antibiotic therapeutic strategies highly critical …

The glycopatterns of Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a potential biomarker for its carbapenem resistance

J Dang, J Shu, R Wang, H Yu, Z Chen… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections pose a significant challenge
to effective treatment. Although carbapenems were once considered the primary therapeutic …

WGS based analysis of acquired antimicrobial resistance in human and non-human Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from a German perspective

G Wareth, C Brandt, LD Sprague, H Neubauer… - BMC microbiology, 2021 - Springer
Background Acinetobacter baumannii ability to develop and acquire resistance makes it one
of the most critical nosocomial pathogens globally. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was …

Molecular characterization of hypermucoviscous carbapenemase‐encoding Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from an Egyptian hospital

SM Ragheb, J Osei Sekyere - … of the New York Academy of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to screen antibiotic resistance and virulence genes in carbapenem‐
resistant hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from an Egyptian hospital …

A study in a regional hospital of a mid-sized Spanish city indicates a major increase in infection/colonization by carbapenem-resistant bacteria, coinciding with the …

E Cano-Martín, I Portillo-Calderón, P Pérez-Palacios… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics has proven difficult to control over the past few decades.
The large group of multidrug-resistant bacteria includes carbapenemase-producing bacteria …