Fields · Life Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Molecular Medicine

Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

This cluster of papers focuses on the global challenge of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, particularly the emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria, the role of ESKAPE pathogens, the mechanisms of carbapenemases and plasmid-mediated resistance, the impact of efflux pumps, and the prevalence of extended-spectrum ß-lactamases. It also covers the epidemiology and molecular biology of specific resistant bacteria such as Acinetobacter baumannii.

142,056 works

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Most cited

  1. Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance

    Anna-Pelagia Magiorakos, Arjun Srinivasan, Roberta B. Carey, Yehuda Carmeli · 2011 · Clinical Microbiology and Infection · 14,399 citations

  2. Origins and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance

    Julian Davies, Dorothy Davies · 2010 · Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews · 5,831 citations

  3. Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism MCR-1 in animals and human beings in China: a microbiological and molecular biological study

    Yiyun Liu, Yang Wang, Timothy R. Walsh, Lingxian Yi · 2015 · The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 5,455 citations

  4. Identification of acquired antimicrobial resistance genes

    Ea Zankari, Henrik Hasman, Salvatore Cosentino, Martin Vestergaard · 2012 · Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy · 5,212 citations

  5. Bad Bugs, No Drugs: No ESKAPE! An Update from the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Helen W. Boucher, George H. Talbot, John S. Bradley, John E. Edwards · 2008 · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 4,991 citations

  6. Tetracycline Antibiotics: Mode of Action, Applications, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology of Bacterial Resistance

    Ian Chopra, Marilyn C. Roberts · 2001 · Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews · 4,534 citations

Most recent

  1. Pharmacodynamic modeling of colistin and imipenem against in vitro Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.

    Yuchen Guo, 殷金秋, Linda B S Aulin, Oana Ciofu · 2026 · PubMed · 0 citations

  2. Antibiotic Treatment of Severe Infections with Multiresistant Bacteria.

    Sören Gatermann, Karsten Becker, Santiago Ewig, Béatrice Grabein · 2026 · PubMed · 0 citations

  3. A fitness advantage from the pLVPK plasmid fuels the global spread of a carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae high-risk clone: ST11-KL64

    Yalu Ren, Xiaoping Li, Li Ju, Yanping Yao · 2026 · International Microbiology · 0 citations

  4. Combinatorial action of regulatory systems generates colistin heteroresistance

    Jacob E. Choby, Emily K. Crispell, Muqing Ma, Lam Dai Vu · 2026 · Science Advances · 1 citations

  5. Population genomics, resistome and plasmidome of invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in adults hospitalised in Johannesburg, South Africa

    Denasha L. Reddy, Courtney P. Olwagen, Frank O. Williams, Shama Khan · 2026 · npj Antimicrobials and Resistance · 0 citations

  6. Cefepime versus piperacillin-tazobactam for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia

    Raneem H. Pallotta, Walaiporn Wangchinda, Samantha R Sallerson, Gregory Eschenauer · 2026 · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 0 citations

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