Extended-spectrum β-lactamases: an update on their characteristics, epidemiology and detection

M Castanheira, PJ Simner… - JAC-antimicrobial …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Gram-negative pathogens are a major
cause of resistance to expanded-spectrum β-lactam antibiotics. Since their discovery in the …

Antimicrobial resistance and COVID-19: Intersections and implications

GM Knight, RE Glover, CF McQuaid, ID Olaru… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Before the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic began, antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
was among the top priorities for global public health. Already a complex challenge, AMR …

Genomic analysis of sewage from 101 countries reveals global landscape of antimicrobial resistance

P Munk, C Brinch, FD Møller, TN Petersen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to global health. Understanding the
emergence, evolution, and transmission of individual antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) is …

Antibiotic resistance mechanisms in bacteria: relationships between resistance determinants of antibiotic producers, environmental bacteria, and clinical pathogens

E Peterson, P Kaur - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Emergence of antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria poses a serious public health
challenge worldwide. However, antibiotic resistance genes are not confined to the clinic; …

Global epidemiology of CTX-M β-lactamases: temporal and geographical shifts in genotype

ER Bevan, AM Jones, PM Hawkey - Journal of antimicrobial …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Globally, rates of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae are rising. We undertook a literature
review, and present the temporal trends in bla CTX-M epidemiology, showing that bla CTX …

[HTML][HTML] A parallel and silent emerging pandemic: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) amid COVID-19 pandemic

S Rehman - Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2023 - Elsevier
World is in the middle of the pandemic (COVID-19), caused by SARS-COV-2 virus, which is
a significant global health crisis after Spanish influenza in the beginning of 20th century …

Resetting the agenda for antibiotic resistance through a health systems perspective

O Cars, SJ Chandy, M Mpundu, AQ Peralta… - The Lancet Global …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Although the individual and societal consequences of antibiotic resistance spiral upwards,
coordinated action has not kept pace on a global scale. The COVID-19 pandemic has …

Dissemination of antimicrobial resistance in microbial ecosystems through horizontal gene transfer

CJH Von Wintersdorff, J Penders… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance among pathogenic bacteria has been a
rising problem for public health in recent decades. It is becoming increasingly recognized …

Microplastics as hubs enriching antibiotic-resistant bacteria and pathogens in municipal activated sludge

DN Pham, L Clark, M Li - Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics can serve as carriers of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and pathogens,
representing a pressing concern to aquatic biota and human health. Activated sludge units …

The role of epidemic resistance plasmids and international high-risk clones in the spread of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae

AJ Mathers, G Peirano, JDD Pitout - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Escherichia coli sequence type 131 (ST131) and Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 emerged in
the 2000s as important human pathogens, have spread extensively throughout the world …