Antimicrobial resistance extracts high morbidity, mortality and economic costs yearly by
rendering bacteria immune to antibiotics. Identifying and understanding antimicrobial …

The overuse of veterinary antibiotics in animal production and the subsequent land
applications of manures contribute to the elevated antibiotic resistance in the soil …

The increasing demand for animal-derived foods has led to intensive and large-scale
livestock production with the consequent formation of large amounts of manure. Livestock …

Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are a relatively new type of pollutant. The rise in
antibiotic resistance observed recently is closely correlated with the uncontrolled and …

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

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 emergence and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance among human, animal and
zoonotic pathogens pose an enormous threat to human health worldwide. The use of …

Colistin, the last resort for multidrug and extensively drug-resistant bacterial infection
treatment, was reintroduced after being avoided in clinical settings from the 1970s to the …

Plasmid-mediated resistance to carbapenems and colistin in Enterobacteriaceae represents
an emerging public health threat. Although animals have been identified as a relevant …