Antibiotic resistance: The challenges and some emerging strategies for tackling a global menace

D Chinemerem Nwobodo, MC Ugwu… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Antibiotic resistance is currently the most serious global threat to the effective
treatment of bacterial infections. Antibiotic resistance has been established to adversely …

Analysis of the clinical pipeline of treatments for drug-resistant bacterial infections: despite progress, more action is needed

MS Butler, V Gigante, H Sati, S Paulin… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
There is an urgent global need for new strategies and drugs to control and treat multidrug-
resistant bacterial infections. In 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a list of …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies to improve antimicrobial utilization with a special focus on developing countries

B Godman, A Egwuenu, M Haque, OO Malande… - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a high priority across countries as it increases morbidity,
mortality and costs. Concerns with AMR have resulted in multiple initiatives internationally …

Emergent crisis of antibiotic resistance: A silent pandemic threat to 21st century

F Akram, M Imtiaz, I ul Haq - Microbial pathogenesis, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance has become an indispensably alarming menace to the global
community. The primary factors are overuse and abuse of antibiotics, lack of novel …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial Resistance Threats in the emerging COVID-19 pandemic: Where do we stand?

S Ghosh, C Bornman, MM Zafer - Journal of infection and public health, 2021 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to exert a substantial toll on the global health and
world economy and is now expected to be hidden by COVID-19 for a while. The wrong …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing consumption of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for patient health and emerging anti-microbial resistance

SS Malik, S Mundra - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The emergence of COVID-19 infection led to the indiscriminate use of antimicrobials without
knowing their efficacy in treating the disease. The gratuitous use of antibiotics for COVID-19 …

Comparison of medication prescribing before and after the COVID-19 pandemic among nursing home residents in Ontario, Canada

MA Campitelli, SE Bronskill, LC Maclagan… - JAMA Network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance COVID-19 has had devastating effects on the health and well-being of older
adult residents and health care professionals in nursing homes. Uncertainty about the …

[HTML][HTML] The silent pandemic: Emergent antibiotic resistances following the global response to SARS-CoV-2

AR Mahoney, MM Safaee, WM Wuest, AL Furst - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
The ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has highlighted the importance of the rapid
development of vaccines and antivirals. However, the potential for the emergence of …

Antimicrobial resistance in rivers: a review of the genes detected and new challenges

P Grenni - Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
River ecosystems are very important parts of the water cycle and an excellent habitat, food,
and drinking water source for many organisms, including humans. Antibiotics are emerging …

Wastewater-based surveillance as a tool for public health action: SARS-CoV-2 and beyond

MD Parkins, BE Lee, N Acosta, M Bautista… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) has undergone dramatic advancement in the context
of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The power and potential of this …