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Staphylococcus13
Faecalis4
  • Enterococcus faecalis and E faecium can cause a variety of infections including cystitis, pyelonephritis and catheter-associated UTI, endocarditis, and mixed-organism infections of the abdomen and pelvis. (medscape.com)
  • Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium are the most prevalent species cultured from humans, accounting for more than 90% of clinical isolates. (medscape.com)
  • [ 1 ] Enterococcus faecalis is more virulent or pathogenic, but E faecium is responsible for most of the vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infections. (medscape.com)
  • Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium cause a variety of infections, including endocarditis, urinary tract infections. (msdmanuals.com)
Cephalosporins6
  • History of a serious hypersensitivity reaction (e.g., anaphylaxis or Stevens-Johnson syndrome) to amoxicillin or to other beta-lactams (e.g., penicillins or cephalosporins). (nih.gov)
  • Beta-lactam antibiotics are a wide range of antibiotics, including penicillin and its derivatives, cephalosporins, monoamide rings, carbapenems and penicillene enzyme inhibitors etc. β-lactam antibiotics (β-lactams) refer to a large class of antibiotics with β-lactam ring in the chemical structure. (ballyabio.com)
  • It is the most widely used class of existing antibiotics, including penicillins and cephalosporins that are most commonly used clinically, as well as newly developed cephalosporins, thiomycins, monocyclic β-lactams, etc. (ballyabio.com)
  • The impact on clavulanic acid and sulbactam is not clear, although their use in place of cephalosporins appears to reduce the emergence of ESBL and may reduce the emergence of other resistant pathogens such as Clostridium difficile and vancomycin-resistant enterococci. (vin.com)
  • Four-membered cyclic AMIDES, best known for the PENICILLINS based on a bicyclo-thiazolidine, as well as the CEPHALOSPORINS based on a bicyclo-thiazine, and including monocyclic MONOBACTAMS. (lookformedical.com)
  • Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae makes up under 1%, and E coli with a combined resistance against third-generation cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones, and aminoglycosides is around 3%, following a decline in the last 3-4 years. (medscape.com)
Antibiotics29
  • One source of disagreement concerns the major mechanisms by which antibiotics select resistant strains. (cdc.gov)
  • nonetheless, the cumulative effect of using these antibiotics has clearly been to increase the prevalence of resistance in the population as a whole. (cdc.gov)
  • Furthermore, we argue that the selective effects of antibiotic use on these organisms are poorly understood, and we make specific suggestions for studies that could improve understanding of the mechanisms by which antibiotics exert natural selection on these organisms. (cdc.gov)
  • Isolation of enterococci resistant to multiple antibiotics has become increasingly common in the hospital setting. (medscape.com)
  • Enterococci have both an intrinsic and acquired resistance to antibiotics, making them important nosocomial pathogens. (medscape.com)
  • The ability of bacteria to quickly develop resistance to commonly used antibiotics is a huge hurdle in the path of disease treatment. (kenyon.edu)
  • Because of this, there is an ever-present need to develop new antibiotics that are use novel mechanisms to overcome multidrug-resistance and prevent microbial growth. (kenyon.edu)
  • The mechanism of action of various β-lactam antibiotics is similar. (ballyabio.com)
  • Over time, microbes can develop resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics, like amoxicillin, by making an enzyme known as beta-lactamase. (everlywell.com)
  • Waxman DJ and Strominger JL (1983) Penicillin-binding proteins and the mechanism of action of beta-lactam antibiotics. (toku-e.com)
  • The use of bacterially insensitive antibiotics to treat bacterial diseases or prevent bacterial infections results in increased resistance to bacterial agents in nature. (creative-biolabs.com)
  • Even narrow-spectrum bacteria that were initially curable by a single low-dose antibiotic were forced to give high-dose combinations of antibiotics to overcome their accumulated resistance, which further led to the development of broad-spectrum-resistant bacteria. (creative-biolabs.com)
  • 17). Resistance to most commonly available antibiotics was moderate to very high among Gram-positive and Gram-negative isolates. (who.int)
  • VRE, particularly E faecium strains, are frequently resistant to all antibiotics that are effective treatment for vancomycin-susceptible enterococci, which leaves clinicians treating VRE infections with limited therapeutic options. (medscape.com)
  • This study aimed to assay the prevalence of common β-lactam resistance genes including bla TEM , bla SHV , bla CTX-M and bla CMY and phenotypic resistance to commonly used β-lactam and fluoroquinolone antibiotics in UTIs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Antibiotic resistance (ABR) refers to the ability of bacteria to resist the effects of one or more antibiotics . (unl.edu)
  • As a result of that, some microorganisms have evolved to produce antibiotics (penicillin was discover from soils' bacteria! (unl.edu)
  • Carbapenem antibiotics are typically reserved to treat multidrug-resistant bacterial infections, so when bacteria develop resistance to them, treatment options can be extremely limited. (floridahealth.gov)
  • Developing new antibiotics against GNBs has been challenging because of their large repertoire of drug-resistance mechanisms and their low membrane permeability. (juniperpublishers.com)
  • No new classes of antibiotics have been clinically approved in the last 25 years, which is problematic, because resistance to all existing GNB antibiotics will likely occur within the next 10-20 years, creating the possibility of a post-antibiotic era. (juniperpublishers.com)
  • This diagram presents the main bacterial targets of antibiotics and the primary mechanisms of bacterial resistance to antibiotics. (encyclopedie-environnement.org)
  • A figure alerts researchers to the consequences of the risk of antibiotic resistance on public health: 42.3 billion daily doses of antibiotics were consumed worldwide in 2015. (encyclopedie-environnement.org)
  • Antimicrobial resistance is defined as the ability of certain bacteria to resist the action of one or more antibiotics . (encyclopedie-environnement.org)
  • Figure 1 schematically presents the targets of antibiotics and the mechanisms of bacterial resistance to these molecules. (encyclopedie-environnement.org)
  • The Public Health Agency of Sweden is responsible for national monitoring of antibiotic resistance and sales of antibiotics in human medicine, with support from local and regional experts. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is growing up day by day in both community and hospital setting, with a significant impact on the mortality and morbidity rates and the financial burden that is associated. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is growing up day by day in both community and hospital setting, increasing mortality and morbidity [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We have a high-performance medicine in which we have to use antibiotics over and over again, and so resistance will carry on developing. (medscape.com)
  • The most important measure to avoid antibiotic resistance is to use antibiotics as sparingly as possible. (medscape.com)
Faecium2
  • [ 1 ] E faecium is responsible for most vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infections. (medscape.com)
  • was largely sensitive to glycopeptides and penicillin, except for a few strains of E. faecium. (bvsalud.org)
Klebsiella1
  • All laboratories participating in ELR must report antimicrobial resistance testing results for all Acinetobacter baumannii, Citrobater species, Enterococcus species, Enterobacter species, Escherichia coli , Klebsiella species, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Serratia species, and S. aureus isolates from normally sterile sites. (floridahealth.gov)
Pseudomonas3
Vancomycin9
Infections20
  • However, doctors discovered that the use of penicillin could cure S. aureus infections. (wikipedia.org)
  • For infections like tuberculosis, in which resistance can emerge in treated hosts through mutation, prevention of antimicrobial resistance in individual hosts is a primary method of preventing the spread of resistant organisms in the community. (cdc.gov)
  • Amoxicillin for Oral Suspension, USP is a penicillin-class antibacterial indicated for treatment of infections due to susceptible strains of designated microorganisms. (nih.gov)
  • Enterococci are part of the normal intestinal flora of humans and animals.The genus Enterococcus includes more than 17 species, although only a few cause clinical infections in humans. (medscape.com)
  • Antimicrobial treatment of infections by Enterococcus spp. (analesdepediatria.org)
  • Since tetracycline has been in wide use since the mid-1900s for treatment of many human and animal infections and as growth promoters in agriculture, many bacteria have since developed these mechanisms to prevent the harmful effects of tetracycline (Greer 2006). (kenyon.edu)
  • These new antimicrobial and antibiofilm technologies will treat wound and medical device related infections, and will provide an alternative treatment to antibiotic classes in which bacterial resistance is high. (cdc.gov)
  • Mixed Anaerobic Infections Anaerobes can infect normal hosts and hosts with compromised resistance or damaged tissues. (merckmanuals.com)
  • Des infections microbiennes ont été observées chez 30% (155/519) de l'ensemble des malades admis au service de soins intensifs pour adultes de l'Hôpital universitaire de Jordanie à Amman en 1993. (who.int)
  • Enterococcal Infections Enterococci are gram-positive, facultative anaerobic organisms. (msdmanuals.com)
  • It may result from opportunistic colonization following immunosuppression by the primary pathogen and can be influenced by the time interval between infections, microbial physiology, or host resistance. (lookformedical.com)
  • It is imperative that all healthcare providers are cognizant of and learn the stewardship of the dwindling inventory of effective antimicrobial drugs given the rising global spread of antibiotic drugs resistance and incidence of hospital- and community-acquired infections. (cedevelopment.org)
  • A British study on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) estimated that 700,000 persons are dying each year worldwide due to antibiotic-resistant infections [ 4 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Flowchart showing the possible mechanisms linking oral/dental infections to systemic diseases. (medscape.com)
  • [ 5 , 7 ] Although the underlying mechanisms are complex, the chronic inflammatory state and microbial burden in people with periodontal disease may predispose them to cardiovascular diseases in ways proposed for other infections. (medscape.com)
  • Piperacillin 4000mg is an Ureidopenicillins (Penicillin) antibiotic that produces its action by preventing the bacterial cell wall synthesis which is essential for the growth of bacteria and it also prevents the spreading of infections. (drugcarts.com)
  • European resistance monitoring of invasive infections, coordinated by ECDC, a programme that has an important role in informing about the occurrence and spread of antibiotic resistance in Europe. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • Systemic use (500 mg 6 hourly or 1 g 12 hourly infused i.v. over 1 hr) is restricted to serious MRSA infections for which it is the most effective drug, and as a penicillin substitute (in allergic patients) for enterococcal endocarditis along with gentamicin. (pharmacy180.com)
  • A long-lasting effort is necessary to keep the [antibiotic-resistance] situation at a good level," said Tim Eckmanns, MD, head of the Department for Nosocomial Infections, Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance and Usage at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Berlin, Germany. (medscape.com)
  • The ECDC data show that from 2016 to 2020, the number of infections and deaths due to almost all antibiotic resistances had increased. (medscape.com)
Escherichia1
  • Escherichia coli rapidly develops resistance, particularly that associated with multiple drug resistance (MDR) when exposed to selected antimicrobials. (vin.com)
Aureus3
  • S. aureus is one of the leading pathogens for deaths associated with antimicrobial resistance and the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains, such as methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), is a worldwide problem in clinical medicine. (wikipedia.org)
  • The trends of antibiotic resistance and the toxinogenic S. aureus carried by the poultry intended for consumption in Tangier present a huge concern. (hindawi.com)
  • Treatment of methicillin-susceptible S aureus (MSSA) bacteremia with cefazolin has been shown to improve survival rates and decrease toxicity in comparison to antistaphylococcal penicillins. (medscape.com)
Pathogens1
  • Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria is one of the greatest biological and clinical medical challenges, as these pathogens rapidly mutate and deposit, thereby immunizing existing treatments. (creative-biolabs.com)
Strains6
  • The different strains can secrete different enzymes or bring different antibiotic resistances to the group, increasing its pathogenic ability. (wikipedia.org)
  • In addition, the lethal effect on bacteria should also include triggering the autolysin activity of the bacteria, and mutant strains lacking autolysin show resistance. (ballyabio.com)
  • In some bacterial species, these antimicrobial resistance mechanisms are stable and affect most strains: we speak of natural antimicrobial resistance. (encyclopedie-environnement.org)
  • On the contrary, acquired antibiotic resistance occurs when certain strains of a bacterial species usually susceptible to an antibiotic acquire a genetic mechanism of resistance to it. (encyclopedie-environnement.org)
  • More than half of the strains (54%) were resistant to penicillin, 29.4% to tetracycline, 23.5% to erythromycin, and 17% showed resistance to ciprofloxacin. (hindawi.com)
  • Multidrug resistance (MDR) bacteria is defined as non-susceptibility to one or more antimicrobials on three or more antimicrobial classes, while strains that are non-susceptible to all antimicrobials, are classified as extreme drug-resistant strains [ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
Facultative anaerobic organisms1
  • Enterococcus species are facultative anaerobic organisms that can survive temperatures of 60°C for short periods and that grow in high salt concentrations. (medscape.com)
Organisms14
  • For these organisms, indirect, population-level mechanisms of selection account for the increase in the prevalence of resistance. (cdc.gov)
  • These mechanisms can operate even when treatment has a modest, or even negative, effect on an individual host's colonization with resistant organisms. (cdc.gov)
  • Tolerance Tolerance Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of the transplanted organ by the immune system Immune system The body's defense mechanism against foreign organisms or substances and deviant native cells. (lecturio.com)
  • Chlorhexidine bathing to prevent transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms has been adopted by many U.S. hospitals, but increasing chlorhexidine use has raised concerns about possible emergence of resistance. (cdc.gov)
  • however, clindamycin resistance has emerged among these organisms in some regions. (merckmanuals.com)
  • Many carbapenemases are encoded on plasmids, facilitating the spread of resistance genes among organisms of the same species or even different bacterial species. (msdmanuals.com)
  • To further improve surveillance and awareness of CRE, FDOH's Bureau of Public Health Laboratories (BPHL) expanded CRE testing capabilities to identify types of resistance mechanisms used by organisms. (floridahealth.gov)
  • The ability of organisms to develop resistance to an antimicrobial varies with the species and strain. (vin.com)
  • Thus, genes for resistance develop along with genes directing antibiotic production and organisms are "primed" to develop resistance. (vin.com)
  • Resistance may be easily conferred to other potentially more virulent organisms. (vin.com)
  • More disconcerting, resistance is easily conferred to more pathogenic organisms. (vin.com)
  • In human medicine, E. coli has developed resistance to the fluorinated quinolones, beta-lactams, or both: it is among the gram-negative organisms that secrete extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL). (vin.com)
  • Mechanisms of resistance in Gram negative organisms, mostly due to the production of ß-lactamases, are important to understand. (pedsoncologyeducation.com)
  • the current study to determine faecal car- riage of ESBL-producing organisms in a Multidrug resistance is increasingly seen in community setting. (who.int)
Acinetobacter1
Proteins5
Ampicillin6
  • Ampicillin Trihydrate, USP is a member of the β-lactam family similar in structure to penicillin. (toku-e.com)
  • Like all β-lactams, Ampicillin interferes with PBP (penicillin binding protein) activity otherwise involved in the final phase of peptidoglycan synthesis. (toku-e.com)
  • Resistance to Ampicillin is routinely utilized as a selectable marker to confirm successful cell transformation. (toku-e.com)
  • Ampicillin Trihydrate is often used to select for cells that have been transformed with a plasmid containing the ampR gene which confers resistance to Ampicillin. (toku-e.com)
  • Ampicillin is routinely used to select for cells containing the pcDNA3.1 and pEAK10 resistance plasmids in cell line A904L at an effective concentration of 50 µg/mL. (toku-e.com)
  • Gram negative isolates showed high resistance rate of 73.1% to ampicillin and 65.4% to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid while Gram-positive isolates showed high resistant rate of 94.1% to penicillin. (who.int)
MRSA1
  • It is the preferred surgical prophylactic in MRSA prevalent areas and in penicillin allergic patients. (pharmacy180.com)
Enterobacteriaceae2
Isolates4
  • Multiple bacterial isolates from a single patient with the same resistance patterns were considered as one isolate for studying minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) using Micro Scan, Type TN dried panel (Baxter Health Care Corporation, West Sacramento, California, USA). (who.int)
  • This study's results confirmed an explosion of antibiotic resistance amongst E. coli isolates from UTI against β-lactams and fluoroquinolones. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Exposure to antimicrobials may facilitate survival of isolates that have either spontaneously mutated or acquired resistance through other means. (vin.com)
  • This research conducted to study the resistance profile of bacterial isolates from Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza as a health institution and comparing their profile to a non-health institution. (medpdfarticles.com)
Coli2
  • The resistance rate to cephalosporin in E. coli was above 42% and varied across generations. (bvsalud.org)
  • K. pneumoniae showed a similar resistance spectrum to E. coli. (bvsalud.org)
Bacterial resistance3
  • Bacterial resistance arises from the fact that antibacterial therapy is not fully studied and the heavy use of antibiotic combinations in medicine and agriculture. (creative-biolabs.com)
  • The advancement of modern medicine has given us a temporary upper hand in the battle against bacteria, but we also have to face the crisis brought about by the spread of bacterial resistance. (creative-biolabs.com)
  • Antibiotic target and bacterial resistance mechanisms. (encyclopedie-environnement.org)
Drug resistance7
  • Consider factors for drug resistance, including previous antimicrobial use, and results of recent urine cultures. (ceufast.com)
  • When starting empiric antimicrobial therapy, make sure to consider factors for drug resistance, including previous antimicrobial use, and results of recent urine cultures. (ceufast.com)
  • As the plasticity of bacteria and the ability to develop drug resistance to circumvent treatment is well understood, we must consider new approaches to managing bacterial diseases. (creative-biolabs.com)
  • Findings explain the necessity of deep changes in quantity and quality of drug resistance diagnosis and antibiotic therapy strategies. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There is no consensus on bile microbial culture profiles in previous studies, and identified microbial spectrum and drug resistance is helpful for targeted preventive and therapeutic drugs in the perioperative period. (bvsalud.org)
  • Antimicrobial drug resistance (AMR or AMDR) is a multidimensional and systemic failure of the health, education, societal behavior, and medical policies and practices. (cedevelopment.org)
  • The report also includes a summary on the status of drug resistance for TB, HIV and malaria. (who.int)
Genes11
  • Several genes isolated from resistant enterococci ( agg, gelE, ace, cylLLS, esp, cpd, fsrB ) encode virulence factors such as the production of gelatinase and hemolysin, adherence to caco-2 and hep-2 cells, and capacity for biofilm formation. (medscape.com)
  • Real-time PCR was applied to detect β-lactam resistance genes and conventional PCR was used to determine the phylotypes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The prevalence of resistance genes were 89.6% for bla TEM , 44.3% for bla CTX-M , 6.6% for bla SHV and 0.9% for bla CMY . (biomedcentral.com)
  • Microflora of the GI tract can serve as reservoir of resistance genes. (vin.com)
  • It corresponds to the presence in the genome of these bacteria of genes encoding this resistance. (encyclopedie-environnement.org)
  • The acquisition of new antibiotic resistance may be linked to mutations (see Genetic Polymorphism and Variation ) affecting the properties or level of expression of resistance genes. (encyclopedie-environnement.org)
  • It may also be the consequence of the acquisition of new resistance genes. (encyclopedie-environnement.org)
  • Preventive and containment measures should be implemented in order to limit the dissemination of resistance genes through the food chain and to reduce their increased rate. (hindawi.com)
  • Zoonotic resistant bacteria and resistance genes could be transferred not only to people with occupational livestock exposure but also other persons in the community through direct contact with animals, via the food chain or by environment [ 9 , 10 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Antimicrobial resistance occurs through different mechanisms, which include spontaneous (natural) genetic mutations and horizontal transfer of resistant genes through deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). (who.int)
  • This report presents the status of AMR in Africa by analysing the main types of resistance and the underlying genes where possible. (who.int)
Extended-spectrum3
Gram-negativ2
Fluoroquinolones1
Multidrug2
  • [ 4 ] Clonal spread is the dominant factor in the dissemination of multidrug-resistant enterococci in North America and Europe. (medscape.com)
  • Exploring the mechanism through which berberine (Ber) reverses the multidrug resistance (MDR) of breast cancer is of great importance. (bvsalud.org)
Pneumoniae1
  • If you take the K pneumoniae resistance to carbapenems, for example, which is under 1% in Germany, then this is actually comparable in almost every country in northwest Europe," said Eckmanns. (medscape.com)
Amoxicillin4
  • Anaphylactic reactions: Serious and occasionally fatal anaphylactic reactions have been reported in patients on penicillin therapy, including amoxicillin. (nih.gov)
  • 5,7] Amoxicillin is a derivative of penicillin and is considered a third-generation penicillin antibiotic. (everlywell.com)
  • Augmentin® works by the combined mechanisms of action of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid. (everlywell.com)
  • Clavulanic acid is an inhibitor of the beta-lactamase enzymes and is added to amoxicillin to help reduce this resistance. (everlywell.com)
Organism1
Binds1
  • The drug binds to a protein called penicillin-binding protein (PBP) to interrupt the creation of the outer layer, destroying the bacteria. (everlywell.com)
Infection3
  • It is likely that patterns of microbial infection and antibiotic resistance in ICU patients differ widely from one hospital or country to another and are often facilitated by the increasing use of invasive techniques, immunosuppressive drugs and inappropriate antibiotic therapy [1,4-7]. (who.int)
  • The objective of this study was to investigate the incidence of microbial infection in association with antibiotic resistance among patients consecutively admitted to the adult ICU in the Jordan University Hospital in Amman over a one-year period. (who.int)
  • Streptomycin, in combination with penicillin, is used in a standard antibiotic cocktail to prevent bacterial infection in cell culture. (histo.cat)
Microbial1
  • This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of MedEDirect, Inc. and the Center for the Study of International Medical Policies and Practices (CSIMPP), School of Public Policy, George Mason University, in collaboration with the World Medical Association (WMA) and the International Society for Microbial Resistance (ISMR). (cedevelopment.org)
Spread of bacterial1
  • Nowadays, the continuous development and the spread of bacterial resistances pose some questions about their future and represent a serious threat for their clinical utility, leading to an urgent requirement for new compounds. (biomedcentral.com)
Carbapenems1
Infective1
Endocarditis1
  • Dual antibiotic therapy with a cell-wall active agent plus a synergistic agent is necessary when treating endocarditis or meningitis due to enterococci. (medscape.com)
Antibacterial3
  • The antibacterial mechanism of cephalexin is to inhibit the synthesis of the bacterial cell wall, so that the cell swells to death, thereby achieving a bactericidal effect. (ballyabio.com)
  • Its antibacterial ability is 20 times greater than penicillins, 10 times greater than sulfonamides, and 5 times greater than quinolones. (ballyabio.com)
  • Sweden is actively working for a quality-assured methodology for surveillance of antibacterial resistance. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
Develop resistance1
  • These drug-resistant bacteria develop resistance through four main mechanisms, including enzymatic inactivation/alteration of drugs, changes in drug binding sites, changes in cell permeability, and biofilm formation. (creative-biolabs.com)
Susceptibility1
  • Comparing the occurrence of antibiotic resistance between different regions over time requires that the clinical microbiology laboratories uses the same susceptibility breakpoints and Sweden has used those established by the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) for many years. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
Carbapenem1
  • However, carbapenem resistance may also be mediated by the loss or alteration of porin channels, the expression of efflux pumps, or penicillin-binding protein (PBP) modification. (msdmanuals.com)
Antimicrobial agents1
  • The need to stem the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance has prompted multiple, sometimes conflicting, calls for changes in the use of antimicrobial agents. (cdc.gov)
Species1
  • To survive, they develop genetic and biochemical mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, which have spread widely between species due to their frequent genetic exchanges. (encyclopedie-environnement.org)
Example of antibiotic resistance1
Drugs2
  • The growth of antimicrobial resistance has prompted calls to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use and to improve treatment protocols to maximize the lifespan of these drugs. (cdc.gov)
  • It may be useful in cases where resistance to other drugs is identified. (histo.cat)
Commonly2
  • It is commonly combined with procaine penicillin for intramuscular injection. (histo.cat)
  • We are currently observing increases in certain resistances in eastern Europe, which also commonly have a fatal outcome," he added. (medscape.com)
Microorganisms1
  • In the last two decades multi drug resistant microorganisms (both hospital- and community-acquired) challenged the scientific groups into developing new antimicrobial compounds that can provide safety in use according to the new regulation, good efficacy patterns, and low resistance profile. (biomedcentral.com)
Antibiotic resistance among1
  • In particular, Abt Associates aims to help better understand the status and threat of antibiotic resistance among private health facilities and pharmacies worldwide, among formal and informal providers, and to collect data on contextual factors that contribute to antibiotic resistance in particular geographic regions. (cdc.gov)