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1. Antimicrobial Nanofibers to Fight Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

   Multidrug-resistant bacteria are among the most challenges in healthcare systems. According to the World Health Organization, these bacteria that...

   Carolina A. M. Ferreira, Sara F. C. Guerreiro, ... Juliana R. Dias in Nanotechnology Based Strategies for Combating Antimicrobial Resistance

   Chapter 2024
   

2. Polymer-Based Nanomaterials Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

   Currently, there are major developments in the fields of medicine and biomedical engineering to mitigate the spreading of resistant bacteria and the...

   Ana R. M. Ribeiro, Marta O. Teixeira, ... Helena P. Felgueiras in Nanotechnology Based Strategies for Combating Antimicrobial Resistance

   Chapter 2024
   

3. Metal Nanoparticles As Alternative Antimicrobial Agents to Combat Multidrug Resistance Bacteria

   The rise of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria poses a significant global health concern. The development of novel and effective antimicrobial agents...

   Sichao Tian, Peiyan Yuan, Qing-Hua Xu in Nanotechnology Based Strategies for Combating Antimicrobial Resistance

   Chapter 2024
   

4. Nanoparticles: Warheads to Overcome the Resistance Mechanism of Bacterial Superbugs

   In 2020–2021, communicable diseases became one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Widespread and unaware use of...

   Rajashree Sahoo, A. Swaroop Sanket, ... Gaurav Raj Dwivedi in Nanotechnology for Infectious Diseases

   Chapter 2022
   

5. Antimicrobial Resistance in Ocular Bacteria

   Every year a significant number of people die due to drug-resistant infectious diseases. Several countries have put together efforts to overcome...

   S. Shivaji in Human Ocular Microbiome

   Chapter 2022
   

6. Bacteria in cancer initiation, promotion and progression

   Cancer cells originate from a series of acquired genetic mutations that can drive their uncontrolled cell proliferation and immune evasion....

   Geniver El Tekle, Wendy S. Garrett in Nature Reviews Cancer

   Article 03 July 2023
   

7. Photodynamic and Light-Response Nanomaterials Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

   Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a life-threatening concern worldwide. To combat this issue, ongoing research is focused on advanced nanoparticle...

   Smritilekha Bera in Nanotechnology Based Strategies for Combating Antimicrobial Resistance

   Chapter 2024
   

8. Current Reserve Drugs

   The incidence of resistance development against antimicrobial agents is increasing in Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) worldwide. This has resulted into...

   Irfan Ahmad Khan in Beta-Lactam Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteria

   Chapter 2022
   

9. Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase and AmpC β -Lactamase-Producing Bacteria in Livestock Animals

   In the past decades, we faced a rapid increase in human infections caused by third-generation cephalosporin-resistant bacteria, e.g., Escherichia...

   Christa Ewers in Zoonoses: Infections Affecting Humans and Animals

   Living reference work entry 2023
   

10. Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase and AmpC β-Lactamase-Producing Bacteria in Livestock Animals

    In the past decades, we faced a rapid increase in human infections caused by third-generation cephalosporin-resistant bacteria, e.g., Escherichia...

    Christa Ewers in Zoonoses: Infections Affecting Humans and Animals

    Reference work entry 2023
    

11. Treatment pattern, prognostic factors, and outcome in patients with infection due to pan-drug-resistant gram-negative bacteria

    The present study investigated the clinical course, treatment pattern, prognostic factors, and outcome of patients with pun-drug resistant (PDR)...

    Diamantis P. Kofteridis, Angeliki M. Andrianaki, ... Antonis Valachis in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

    Article 13 January 2020

12. Prevalence and resistance profile of bacteria isolated from wound infections among a group of patients in upper Egypt: a descriptive cross-sectional study

    Aim

    This cross-sectional survey aimed to identify aerobic bacteria, antimicrobial resistance, and multi-drug resistance profiles of bacteria isolated...

    Eman Farouk Ahmed, Asia Helmi Rasmi, ... Gamal Fadl Mahmoud Gad in BMC Research Notes

    Article Open access 19 June 2023
    

13. Exopolysaccharides from Lactic Acid Bacteria

    Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are continuously arousing interest for their capacity to produce extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) without any health...

    Yousra Abid, Samia Azabou in Polysaccharides of Microbial Origin

    Reference work entry 2022
    

14. Macroporous Cryogel-Based Systems for Water Treatment Applications and Safety: Nanocomposite-Based Cryogels and Bacteria-Based Bioreactors

    Providing clean water to everyone is one of the current global challenges highlighted by the United Nations. Continuous industrial development,...

    Irina N. Savina, Lila Otero-Gonzalez, Dmitriy Berillo in Biomedical Applications and Toxicity of Nanomaterials

    Chapter 2023
    

15. Ceftazidime-Avibactam plus aztreonam synergistic combination tested against carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales characterized phenotypically and genotypically: a glimmer of hope

    Background

    Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) show rapid global dissemination and pose a significant therapeutic challenge. This study...

    Rawan Taha, Ola Kader, ... Shahinda Rezk in Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

    Article Open access 21 March 2023
    

16. Colistin-, cefepime-, and levofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica serovars isolated from Egyptian chicken carcasses

    Objectives

    The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Salmonella strains, especially resistant ones toward critically important antimicrobial classes...

    Bassant Ashraf El-Saeed, Hend Ali Elshebrawy, ... Khalid Ibrahim Sallam in Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

    Article Open access 04 July 2024
    

17. New Cephalosporins: Fifth and Sixth Generations

    New generation (5th) of cephalosporins have been introduced on the market over the last decade to combat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus...

    I. W. Fong in New Antimicrobials: For the Present and the Future

    Chapter 2023
    

18. Antimicrobial Resistance: Meaning and Develo** Realization

    Strategies to control inappropriate use of antimicrobials and to halt evolution of resistance in pathogenic, commensal and environmental bacteria are...

    Atul N. Chandu, Samsher Singh, Santosh Kumar Rath in Emerging Modalities in Mitigation of Antimicrobial Resistance

    Chapter 2022
    

19. Bacteriophage therapy for inhibition of multi drug‐resistant uropathogenic bacteria: a narrative review

    Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) uropathogenic bacteria have increased in number in recent years and the development of new treatment options for the...

    Zahra Chegini, Amin Khoshbayan, ... Aref Shariati in Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

    Article Open access 26 April 2021
    

20. Bacteriophage Therapy to Combat ESKAPE Pathogens

    Anti-microbial resistant ESKAPE pathogens are global threat to human due to their pathogenecity. These pathogens cause a substantial percentage of...

    Sayak Bhattacharya in ESKAPE Pathogens

    Chapter 2024