Colistin has emerged as a last-resort therapeutic against antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, particularly those attributed to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) like CRKP. Yet, ...
Copyright: © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. Recently, Central American media channels have reported large typhoid fever outbreaks, although ...
Background/objectives: Whole genome sequencing (WGS) has proven to be a powerful subtyping tool for foodborne pathogenic bacteria like L. monocytogenes. The interests of genome-scale analysis for ...
The variability of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains (CRPA) isolated from urine and respiratory samples in a large microbiological laboratory, serving several health care settings, ...
Emeritus Professor of Antimicrobial Science, University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham, UK Professor of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University ...
Fifty-two tetracycline-resistant Citrobacter spp. strains were isolated from farm-raised catfish. Morphological and biochemical characteristics indicated that 38 of the 52 citrobacters were ...
Recent reports suggest that the rate and severity of Clostridium difficile–associated disease in the United States are increasing and that the increase may be associated with the emergence of a new ...
aDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, University College London Hospitals, London W1T4JF, UK bBloomsbury Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University College London, London ...
Salmonella is a leading cause of food-borne illness. The emergence of antimicrobial-resistant salmonella is associated with the use of antibiotics in animals raised for food; resistant bacteria can be ...