Multiple-drug resistant bacteria

Chitnis V, Chitnis D, Patil S, Kant R (2000) Hospital effluent as a source of multiple drug-resistant bacteria. Curr Sci India 79 989-991... 

Davies J. and C.E. Amabile-Cuevas (2003). The Rise of Antibiotic Resistance. In C.F. Amabile-Cuevas (Ed.). Multiple Drug Resistant Bacteria. Horizon Scientific Press, Wymondham, UK, pp. 1-7. 

Because of the ultimate importance of vancomycin in the treatment of often fatal infections caused by multiple-resistant bacteria, extensive efforts have been directed toward the discovery of vancomycin derivatives with activity against these drug-resistant bacteria [89]. As a result of these efforts, several derivatives such as 41 (LY264826) have been found to be up to 500 times more effective than vancomycin itself. The most notable difference is the presence of another... 

Kruse, H. and Sorum, H. (1994) Transfer of multiple drug resistance plasmids between bacteria of diverse origins in natural microenvironments. Applied Environmental Microbiology, 60, 4015 1021. 

The present state of research increasin y strengthens the emerging concept that, like the multiple drug resistance markers both in enteric and other pathogenic bacteria, the metabohc versatiUty of soil bacteria, with few exceptions, is determined totally, or partly, by Ihe resident plasmids [75]. 

The emergence of microbial pathogens that are resistant to multiple classes of available antimicrobial agents is becoming a major worldwide pubhc health concern. These multidrug resistant bacteria are ubiquitous in both hospital and community settings [ 120]. The majority of these strains have been found to carry multiple drug resistance factors. At present, the only effective treatment for multiply resistant bacterial infections is vancomycin. Unfortunately,... 

Direct bioelectronic detection of multiple point mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis amplicons related to rifampin drug resistance was perfomed [98]. In recent studies, it was found that 95% of RIF-resistant bacteria strains possess mutations within... 

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