Resistance to antibiotics: are we in the post-antibiotic era?

By A. Alanis. Archives of Medical Research, 2005

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Subfields: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology

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The epidemic of antibiotic-resistant infections: a call to action for the medical community from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. (2008, neutral): “and throughout the world [1–4].”
A Review on Antibiotic Resistance: Alarm Bells are Ringing (2017, background): “However, there may exist a different colony of bacteria that are genetically mutated which can lead to resistance [23].”
Heavy metal driven co-selection of antibiotic resistance in soil and water bodies impacted by agriculture and aquaculture (2012, background): “Because of this critical development associated with the loss of the therapeutic potential of antibiotics, some reports are already describing the start of the post-antibiotic era with the consequence of rising difficulties in the treatment of infectious diseases (Alanis, 2005).”
Functional Gold Nanoparticles as Potent Antimicrobial Agents against Multi-Drug-Resistant Bacteria (2014, background): “need for the discovery of novel antibacterials and treatment strategies.(4) There are a”
Isolation of soil Streptomyces as source antibiotics active against antibiotic-resistant bacteria (2008, background): “Serious infections caused by bacteria that have become resistant to commonly used antibiotics has become a major global healthcare problem in the 21st century (Alanis 2005).”
Antibiotic resistome in the livestock and aquaculture industries: Status and solutions (2020, background): “According to the World Health Organization (WHO), we are at the brink of entering a post-antibiotic era (Alanis, 2005; Laxminarayan et al., 2013), in which the arrival of multidrug-resistant pathogens will decrease the effectiveness of antibiotics for treating bacterial infections.”
Antibiotics in the aquatic environment--a review--part I. (2009, background): “In general, the emergence of resistance is a highly complex process which is not yet fully understood with respect to the significance of the interaction of bacterial populations and antibiotics, even in a medicinal environment (Björkman et al., 2000; Martinez and Baquero, 2000; Alanis, 2005).”
Antibiotics in the aquatic environments: A review of the European scenario. (2016, background): “Consequently, the remarkable efficacy and efficiency of the antibiotics retains a sense of the miraculous (Alanis, 2005).”
Antibiotics in the aquatic environment--a review--part II. (2009, background): “In general, the emergence of resistance is a highly complex process which is not yet fully understood with respect to the significance of the interaction of bacterial populations and antibiotics, even in a medicinal environment (Björkman et al., 2000; Martinez and Baquero, 2000; Alanis, 2005).”
Antimicrobial resistance: A global emerging threat to public health systems (2017, background): “Plasmids can be transmitted both vertically and horizontally and are considered the most common and effective acquired resistance mechanism (Alanis, 2005).”
Phage Therapy in the Postantibiotic Era (2019, background): “Losing the effectiveness of antibiotic therapy in health care would be catastrophic, and we are quickly approaching such a crisis: a so-called “postantibiotic era” (7).”
Antimicrobial activity of plant-food by-products: A review focusing on the tropics (2016, background): “However, factors related to the lipophilicity such as pH, ring substitutions (hydroxyl and methoxy groups), and the saturation of the side chain are determinant for the activity of cinnamic acids (Almajano et al., 2007; Sánchez-Maldonado et al., 2014).”
Bacterial interactions with nanostructured surfaces (2018, background): “18 1 25 Cationic coatings with alkylated quaternary ammonium groups can kill bacteria upon contact and constitute one way to prevent growth.”