It's Not Easy Being Green: A Narrative Review on the Microbiology, Virulence and Therapeutic Prospects of Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

P Behzadi, Z Baráth, M Gajdács - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most frequent cause of infection among non-fermenting
Gram-negative bacteria, predominantly affecting immunocompromised patients, but its …

Emerging broad-spectrum resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii: mechanisms and epidemiology

A Potron, L Poirel, P Nordmann - International journal of antimicrobial …, 2015 - Elsevier
Multidrug resistance is quite common among non-fermenting Gram-negative rods, in
particular among clinically relevant species including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and …

Metallo-β-lactamases: a last frontier for β-lactams?

G Cornaglia, H Giamarellou… - The Lancet infectious …, 2011 - thelancet.com
Metallo-β-lactamases are resistance determinants of increasing clinical relevance in Gram-
negative bacteria. Because of their broad range, potent carbapenemase activity and …

Emergence of resistance to carbapenems in Acinetobacter baumannii in Europe: clinical impact and therapeutic options

M Kempf, JM Rolain - International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2012 - Elsevier
Despite having a reputation of low virulence, Acinetobacter baumannii is an emerging
multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogen responsible for community-and hospital-acquired …

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: mechanisms of virulence and resistance

NC Gordon, DW Wareham - International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2010 - Elsevier
Infection due to Acinetobacter baumannii has become a significant challenge to modern
healthcare systems. The organism shows a formidable capacity to develop antimicrobial …

Travel-related antimicrobial resistance: a systematic review

H Bokhary, KNA Pangesti, H Rashid… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
There is increasing evidence that human movement facilitates the global spread of resistant
bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes. We systematically reviewed the …

Molecular characterization of plasmid-encoded blaTEM, blaSHV and blaCTX-M among extended spectrum β-lactamases [ESBLs] producing Acinetobacter baumannii

ASG Smiline, JP Vijayashree… - British journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Acinetobacter baumannii associated with nosocomial infections are among the top six drug
resistant microbes. Extensive use of the β-lactam group of antibiotics has resulted in the …

Multidrug resistance (MDR) and collateral sensitivity in bacteria, with special attention to genetic and evolutionary aspects and to the perspectives of antimicrobial …

A Fodor, BA Abate, P Deák, L Fodor, E Gyenge… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic poly-resistance (multidrug-, extreme-, and pan-drug resistance) is controlled by
adaptive evolution. Darwinian and Lamarckian interpretations of resistance evolution are …

Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Infections in the United Kingdom versus Egypt: Trends and Potential Natural Products Solutions

WH Elwakil, SS Rizk, AM El-Halawany, ME Rateb… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is a problematic pathogen of global concern. It causes multiple
types of infection, especially among immunocompromised individuals in intensive care units …

Identification of bla OXA-51-like, bla OXA-58, bla DIM-1, and bla VIM Carbapenemase Genes in Hospital Enterobacteriaceae Isolates from Sierra Leone

TA Leski, U Bangura, DH Jimmy… - Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
We describe the results of a molecular epidemiological survey of 15 carbapenemase-
encoding genes from a recent collection of clinical isolates from Mercy Hospital in Bo, Sierra …