Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi or protozoans to grow despite exposure to antimicrobial substances designed to inhibit their growth. Microbes can ...

What does this mean for us humans, who have to fight with these new antibiotic resistant strains? Now, say that a few days after your initial infection with S. aureus, you decide to go to the ...

Georgetown University’s Global Health Institute (GHI), a university-wide platform that supports research, teaching and ...

Efflux Systems in Acinetobacter spp. Antimicrobial efflux is yet another important mechanism of resistance in Acinetobacter spp. In general, efflux constitutes a resistance mechanism that involves ...

Multidrug resistance has remarkably increased in many countries, which could limit the antibiotic options in the treatment of pneumococcal diseases. After the introduction of pneumococcal ...