Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) directly kills about 1,600 people each year in Australia. This is a currently serious threat to both humans and animals...
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR or AR) occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from antimicrobials, which are drugs used to treat infections...
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applications of antimicrobials, i.e. to stem antimicrobial overuse, e.g. giving antibacterial drugs for viral infections, and thus antimicrobial resistance, ensure...
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Drug resistance is the reduction in effectiveness of a medication such as an antimicrobial or an antineoplastic in treating a disease or condition. The...
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Community for Open Antimicrobial Drug Discovery (CO-ADD) is a not-for-profit initiative created in 2015 reaching out to chemists in academia and research...
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Fusidic acid (category Multiple chemicals in Infobox drug)
global problem of advancing antimicrobial resistance has led to a renewed interest in its use. Fusidic acid is active in vitro against Staphylococcus...
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Corynebacterium striatum (category Antimicrobial resistance)
isolated showed resistance to at least one of the antimicrobial compounds tested. In this experiment, 82.5% of strains expressed resistance to the antibiotic...
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Antibiotic (section Resistance)
evolved resistance to them. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a naturally occurring process, is driven largely by the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials. Yet...
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Oseltamivir (redirect from Tamiflu resistance in the 2009 flu pandemic)
for the treatment and prophylaxis of influenza in diverse populations". The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 65 (Suppl 2): ii5 – ii10. doi:10.1093/jac/dkq015...
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Cephalosporin (redirect from Cephalosporin resistance)
aeruginosa, and Bacteroides fragilis strains having various resistance phenotypes". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 55 (5): 2390–2394. doi:10.1128/AAC...
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difficult-to-treat infections in humans. It caused more than 100,000 deaths worldwide attributable to antimicrobial resistance in 2019. MRSA is any strain...
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Phage therapy (redirect from Phage resistance)
growing battlefield in the war against biofilm-induced antimicrobial resistance: insights from reviews on antibiotic resistance". Front Cell Infect Microbiol...
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Klebsiella pneumoniae (category Bacteria described in 1886)
L.; et al. (February 12, 2022). "Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis". The Lancet. 399 (10325): 629–655...
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types exhibit a broad suite of antimicrobial defenses. Although obvious qualitative differences in disease resistance can be observed when multiple specimens...
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Nitrofurantoin (category Antimicrobials)
2020). "Treatment of urinary tract infections in the era of antimicrobial resistance and new antimicrobial agents". Postgrad Med. 132 (3): 234–250. doi:10...
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Mycoplasma genitalium (category Bacteria described in 1983)
observed in 20-50% of cases in the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Australia, and Japan. Resistance is also developing towards the second-line antimicrobials like fluoroquinolone...
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Fosfomycin (category Multiple chemicals in Infobox drug)
been proposed. The global problem of advancing antimicrobial resistance has led to a renewed interest in its use more recently. Fosfomycin can be used...
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Cutibacterium acnes (category Bacteria described in 1946)
SM (February 2010). "In vitro antimicrobial activity of silver-processed catheters for neurosurgery". The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 65 (2):...
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa (redirect from Genes Involved in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm-Specific Resistance to Antibiotics)
has been advised in combination with antibiotics to enhance antimicrobial action even in the presence of a certain level of resistance. Combination therapy...
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Penicillin (redirect from Penicillin resistance)
"Mutations in Genes Encoding Penicillin-Binding Proteins and Efflux Pumps Play a Role in β-Lactam Resistance in Helicobacter cinaedi". Antimicrobial Agents...
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Vancomycin (redirect from Vancomycin resistance)
Quintiliani Jr R, Courvalin P (1995). "Mechanisms of Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents". In Murray PR, Baron EJ, Pfaller MA, Tenover FC, Yolken RH...
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Ciprofloxacin (category Multiple chemicals in Infobox drug)
Jacobs, Worldwide Overview of Antimicrobial Resistance. International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance 2005. "Update on Extra-Label Use...
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Acinetobacter baumannii (category Bacteria described in 1986)
decrease its susceptibility to antimicrobials. The first, AdeB, has been shown to be responsible for aminoglycoside resistance. The second, AdeDE, is responsible...
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in the transfer of the antimicrobial genetic material in the cell. Loss of either OmpK35 and OmpK36 or only OmpK36 leads to carbapenem resistance. In...
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Staphylococcus aureus (category Bacteria described in 1884)
aureus is one of the leading pathogens for deaths associated with antimicrobial resistance and the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains, such as methicillin-resistant...
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Linezolid (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from June 2020)
2008). "Linezolid Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus: Gene Dosage Effect, Stability, Fitness Costs, and Cross-Resistances". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy...
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Dicloxacillin (section Resistance)
S2CID 28111642. Moellering RC (August 1983). "Rationale for use of antimicrobial combinations". The American Journal of Medicine. 75 (2A): 4–8. doi:10...
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Triclosan (section Resistance concerns)
triclocarban. Its efficacy as an antimicrobial agent, the risk of antimicrobial resistance, and its possible role in disrupted hormonal development remains...
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Fluconazole (category Multiple chemicals in Infobox drug)
shown successive results in functional therapies. Phages, viruses that infect microbes including fungi, exhibit potent antimicrobial effects against various...
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antimicrobial resistance. Ferguson, John (1 April 2004). "Antibiotic prescribing: how can emergence of antibiotic resistance be delayed?". Australian...
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