Journal
JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 369-378Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2016.08.007
Keywords
Antibiotic resistance; Biofilms; Infections; Public health; Emergency Department
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Antimicrobial resistance in bacterial pathogens is a challenge that is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Multidrug resistance patterns in Gram-positive and -negative bacteria are difficult to treat and may even be untreatable with conventional antibiotics. There is currently a shortage of effective therapies, lack of successful prevention measures, and only a few new antibiotics, which require development of novel treatment options and alternative antimicrobial therapies. Biofilms are involved in multidrug resistance and can present challenges for infection control. Virulence, Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium difficile infection, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, and control in the Emergency Department are also discussed. (C) 2016 King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Published by Elsevier Limited. All rights reserved.
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