The COVID-19 pandemic has generated an overuse of antimicrobials in critically ill patients.
Acinetobacter baumannii frequently causes nosocomial infections, particularly in intensive …

Background Despite the adoption of strict infection prevention and control measures, many
hospitals have reported outbreaks of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) during the …

Emerging evidence indicates that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2)-infected individuals are at an increased risk for coinfections; therefore, physicians …

Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent threat to public health and global development; in this
scenario, the SARS-CoV2 pandemic has caused a major disruption of healthcare systems …

Background Clinical phage therapy is often delivered alongside antibiotics. However, the
phenomenon of phage-antibiotic synergy has been mostly studied in vitro. Here, we …

Background A wide range of bacterial infections occur in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) patients, particularly in those with severe coronaviral disease. Some of these are …

The misuse of antibiotics combined with a lack of newly developed ones is the main
contributors to the current antibiotic resistance crisis. There is a dire need for new and …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is among the most common pathogens
associated with healthcare-acquired infections, and is often antibiotic resistant, causing …

2. Wee LE, Conceicao EP, Tan JY, et al. Unintended consequences of infection prevention
and control measures during COVID-19 pandemic. Am J Infect Control 2020. doi: 10.1016/j …

Infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii represent a major concern for intensive care
unit (ICU) patients. However, the epidemiology of these infections among COVID-19 patients …