Antimicrobial susceptibility testing: a comprehensive review of currently used methods

I Gajic, J Kabic, D Kekic, M Jovicevic, M Milenkovic… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a major threat to public health globally.
Accurate and rapid detection of resistance to antimicrobial drugs, and subsequent …

Origin of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance, and their impacts on drug development: A narrative review

G Muteeb, MT Rehman, M Shahwan, M Aatif - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics have revolutionized medicine, saving countless lives since their discovery in the
early 20th century. However, the origin of antibiotics is now overshadowed by the alarming …

The burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in the WHO African region in 2019: a cross-country systematic analysis

B Sartorius, AP Gray, ND Weaver, GR Aguilar… - The Lancet Global …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background A critical and persistent challenge to global health and modern health care is
the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Previous studies have reported a …

Review on multiple facets of drug resistance: a rising challenge in the 21st century

M Saha, A Sarkar - Journal of xenobiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
With the advancements of science, antibiotics have emerged as an amazing gift to the
human and animal healthcare sectors for the treatment of bacterial infections and other …

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 …

Global diversity and antimicrobial resistance of typhoid fever pathogens: Insights from a meta-analysis of 13,000 Salmonella Typhi genomes

ME Carey, ZA Dyson, DJ Ingle, A Amir, MK Aworh… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Background: The Global Typhoid Genomics Consortium was established to bring together
the typhoid research community to aggregate and analyse Salmonella enterica serovar …

Current rates of purchasing of antibiotics without a prescription across sub-Saharan Africa; rationale and potential programmes to reduce inappropriate dispensing …

TM Sono, E Yeika, A Cook, A Kalungia… - Expert review of anti …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global concern. Currently, the greatest
mortality due to AMR is in Africa. A key driver continues to be high levels of dispensing of …

Vancomycin Resistance in Enterococcus and Staphylococcus aureus

G Li, MJ Walker, DMP De Oliveira - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium and Staphylococcus aureus are both common
commensals and major opportunistic human pathogens. In recent decades, these bacteria …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges in forecasting antimicrobial resistance

S Pei, S Blumberg, JC Vega, T Robin… - Emerging infectious …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to human health. Since the 2000s, computational
tools for predicting infectious diseases have been greatly advanced; however, efforts to …

[HTML][HTML] Global strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance: a one health perspective

S Mudenda, B Chabalenge, V Daka, RL Mfune… - Pharmacology & …, 2023 - scirp.org
Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health challenge that has escalated
due to the inappropriate use of antimicrobials in humans, animals, and the environment …