Health care institutions generate large volumes of liquid effluents from specific activities
related to healthcare, analysis, and research. Their direct discharge into the environment …

The tremendous rise in the consumption of antimicrobial products had aroused global
concerns, especially in the midst of pandemic COVID-19. Antimicrobial resistance has been …

Background. Unreserved use of antibiotics exerted selective pressure on susceptible
bacteria, resulting in the survival of resistant strains. Despite this, the relationship between …

The aim of our investigation is to correlate the wholesale data on antibiotic consumption
expressed in daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day (DID) with the resistance rate of …

Cardiac medical devices (CMDs) are required when the patient's cardiac capacity or activity
is compromised. To guarantee its correct functionality, the building materials in the …

Multidrug resistance (MDR) is one of the deadliest public health concerns of the 21st
century, rendering many powerful antibiotics ineffective. The current study provides …

Background Antimicrobial use (AMU) in primary care is a contributing factor to the
emergence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. We assessed the potential effects of AMU on …

Simple Summary Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major threat to human and animal
health. One of the causes underlying the emergence of increasingly resistant strains is …

Background Antimicrobial resistance is associated with increased morbidity in secondary
infections and is a global threat owning to the ubiquitous nature of resistance genes in the …

Background and Objectives: Empirical antibiotic prescribing in patients with coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been common even though bacterial coinfections are …