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Antimicrobial Resistance

Published April 1, 2020 Calls for Papers Collections

An increasingly pressing public health issue, antimicrobial resistance currently imposes a high burden on health care systems globally and is projected to have a significant and worsening impact in the coming decades. In the absence of effective treatments against an increasing number of microbial infections, infectious diseases will become more difficult to treat, thereby increasing their morbidity and mortality. Antimicrobial resistance development and spread is a natural response to the selective pressures placed upon microorganisms as a result of antimicrobial consumption and reduced infection prevention & control, particularly in healthcare settings. To highlight current research, PLOS Biology, PLOS Medicine, and PLOS ONE have launched a Call for Papers focusing on antimicrobial resistance in all microorganisms.

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PLOS Biology Surveillance to maintain the sensitivity of genotype-based antibiotic resistance diagnostics
November 12, 2019 Allison L. Hicks, Stephen M. Kissler, Marc Lipsitch, Yonatan H. Grad
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PLOS Biology Historical contingency in the evolution of antibiotic resistance after decades of relaxed selection
October 23, 2019 Kyle J. Card, Thomas LaBar, Jasper B. Gomez, Richard E. Lenski

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PLOS Medicine Changes in resistance among coliform bacteraemia associated with a primary care antimicrobial stewardship intervention: A population-based interrupted time series study
June 7, 2019 Virginia Hernandez-Santiago, Peter G. Davey, Dilip Nathwani, Charis A. Marwick, Bruce Guthrie
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PLOS Medicine Prevalence and genetic profiles of isoniazid resistance in tuberculosis patients: A multicountry analysis of cross-sectional data
January 21, 2020 Anna Dean, Matteo Zignol, Andrea Cabibbe, Dennis Falzon, Philippe Glaziou, Daniela Cirillo, Claudio Köser, Lice Gonzalez-Angulo, Olga Tosas-Auget, Nazir Ismail, Sabira Tahseen, Maria Ama, Alena Skrahina, Natavan Alikhanova, S. M. Mostofa Kamal, Katherine Floyd
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PLOS Medicine Isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis: A problem we can no longer ignore
January 21, 2020 Madhukar Pai, Giorgia Sulis

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PLOS ONE Attributable burden in patients with carbapenem-nonsusceptible gram-negative respiratory infections
February 21, 2020 Ying P. Tabak, Anita Sung, Gang Ye, Latha Vankeepuram, Vikas Gupta, Eilish McCann
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PLOS ONE Describing the antimicrobial usage patterns of companion animal veterinary practices; free text analysis of more than 4.4 million consultation records
March 13, 2020 Brian A. Hur, Laura Y. Hardefeldt, Karin M. Verspoor, Timothy Baldwin, James R. Gilkerson
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PLOS ONE Characterization of subtypes and transmitted drug resistance strains of HIV among Beijing residents between 2001-2016
March 26, 2020 Jingrong Ye, Mingqiang Hao, Hui Xing, Yuncong Wang, Juan Wang, Yi Feng, Ruolei Xin, Ji Zeng, Shuai Zhao, Yinxiao Hao, Jing Chen, Yuhua Ruan, Xue Li, Yiming Shao, Hongyan Lu
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PLOS ONE Laboratory-based versus population-based surveillance of antimicrobial resistance to inform empirical treatment for suspected urinary tract infection in Indonesia
March 30, 2020 Adhi Kristianto Sugianli, Franciscus Ginting, R. Lia Kusumawati, Ida Parwati, Menno de Jong, Frank van Leth, Constance Schultsz
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PLOS ONE Exploration of risk factors for ceftriaxone resistance in invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella infections in western Kenya
March 3, 2020 Ulzii-Orshikh Luvsansharav, James Wakhungu, Julian Grass, Martina Oneko, Von Nguyen, Godfrey Bigogo, Eric Ogola, Allan Audi, Dickens Onyango, Mary J. Hamel, Joel M. Montgomery, Patricia I. Fields, Barbara E. Mahon
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PLOS ONE Multi-drug resistant bacteria predict mortality in bloodstream infection in a tertiary setting in Tanzania
March 4, 2020 Joel Manyahi, Upendo Kibwana, Edna Mgimba, Mtebe Majigo
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PLOS ONE Low enrollment and high treatment success in children with drug-resistant tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A ten years national retrospective cohort study
February 26, 2020 Habteyes Hailu Tola, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Mehdi Yaseri, Ephrem Tesfaye, Zemedu Mahamed, Million Molla Sisay, Kourosh Holakouie-Naieni
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PLOS ONE Antimicrobial usage at a large teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia
February 10, 2020 Anne M. Masich, Ana D. Vega, Patricia Callahan, Amber Herbert, Sombo Fwoloshi, Paul M. Zulu, Duncan Chanda, Uchizi Chola, Lloyd Mulenga, Lottie Hachaambwa, Neha S. Pandit, Emily L. Heil, Cassidy W. Claassen
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PLOS ONE First Indian report on genome-wide comparison of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli from blood stream infections
February 26, 2020 Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi, Dhiviya Prabaa Muthuirulandi Sethuvel, Shalini Anandan, Karthick Vasudevan, Ayyan Raj Neeravi, Jones Lionel Kumar Daniel, Sowmya Sathyendra, Ramya Iyadurai, Ankur Mutreja, Balaji Veeraraghavan
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PLOS ONE Growth rate assays reveal fitness consequences of β-lactamases
January 31, 2020 Fabian Santiago, Evin Doscher, Jay Kim, Manel Camps, Juan Meza, Miriam Barlow, Suzanne Sindi
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PLOS ONE Surveys of knowledge and awareness of antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance in general population: A systematic review
January 16, 2020 Hathairat Kosiyaporn, Sunicha Chanvatik, Tibet Issaramalai, Wanwisa Kaewkhankhaeng, Anond Kulthanmanusorn, Nithiwat Saengruang, Woranan Witthayapipopsakul, Shaheda Viriyathorn, Supapat Kirivan, Watinee Kunpeuk, Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, Angkana Lekagul, Viroj Tangcharoensathien
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PLOS ONE PCR for the detection of pathogens in neonatal early onset sepsis
January 24, 2020 Clarissa Oeser, Marcus Pond, Philip Butcher, Alison Bedford Russell, Philipp Henneke, Ken Laing, Timothy Planche, Paul T. Heath, Kathryn Harris
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PLOS ONE Impact of chemorophylaxis policy for AIDS-immunocompromised patients on emergence of bacterial resistance
January 30, 2020 Ashley A. DeNegre, Kellen Myers, Nina H. Fefferman
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PLOS ONE International lineages of Salmonella enterica serovars isolated from chicken farms, Wakiso District, Uganda
January 28, 2020 Takiyah Ball, Daniel Monte, Awa Aidara-Kane, Jorge Matheu, Hongyu Ru, Siddhartha Thakur, Francis Ejobi, Paula Fedorka-Cray
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PLOS ONE A hierarchical Bayesian latent class mixture model with censorship for detection of linear temporal changes in antibiotic resistance
January 31, 2020 Min Zhang, Annette O’Connor, Chong Wang
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PLOS ONE Towards a bottom-up understanding of antimicrobial use and resistance on the farm: A knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey across livestock systems in five African countries
January 24, 2020 Mark A. Caudell, Alejandro Dorado-Garcia, Suzanne Eckford, Chris Creese, Denis K. Byarugaba, Kofi Afakye, Tamara Chansa-Kabali, Folorunso O. Fasina, Emmanuel Kabali, Stella Kiambi, Tabitha Kimani, Geoffrey Mainda, Peter E. Mangesho, Francis Chimpangu, Kululeko Dube, Bashiru Boi Kikimoto, Eric Koka, Tendai Mugara, Bachana Rubegwa, Samuel Swiswa
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PLOS ONE Novel MscL agonists that allow multiple antibiotics cytoplasmic access activate the channel through a common binding site
January 24, 2020 Robin Wray, Junmei Wang, Irene Iscla, Paul Blount
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PLOS ONE Vancomycin-resistance gene cluster, vanC, in the gut microbiome of acute leukemia patients undergoing intensive chemotherapy
October 10, 2019 Armin Rashidi, Zhigang Zhu, Thomas Kaiser, Dawn A. Manias, Shernan G. Holtan, Tauseef Ur Rehman, Daniel J. Weisdorf, Alexander Khoruts, Gary M. Dunny, Christopher Staley
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PLOS ONE When and what to test for: A cost-effectiveness analysis of febrile illness test-and-treat strategies in the era of responsible antibiotic use
January 8, 2020 Anthony Zhenhuan Zhang, Diana Negoescu, Claudia Munoz-Zanzi
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PLOS ONE Genomic insights on heterogeneous resistance to vancomycin and teicoplanin in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A first report from South India
December 30, 2019 Yamuna Devi Bakthavatchalam, Priyanka Babu, Elakkiya Munusamy, Hariharan Triplicane Dwarakanathan, Priscilla Rupali, Marcus Zervos, Peter John Victor, Balaji Veeraraghavan
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PLOS ONE Antimicrobial resistance genotypes and phenotypes of Campylobacter jejuni isolated in Italy from humans, birds from wild and urban habitats, and poultry
October 11, 2019 Francesca Marotta, Giuliano Garofolo, Lisa di Marcantonio, Gabriella Di Serafino, Diana Neri, Romina Romantini, Lorena Sacchini, Alessandra Alessiani, Guido Di Donato, Roberta Nuvoloni, Anna Janowicz, Elisabetta Di Giannatale
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PLOS ONE Trends and impact of antimicrobial resistance on older inpatients with urinary tract infections (UTIs): A national retrospective observational study
October 3, 2019 Hoa Q. Nguyen, Nga T. Q. Nguyen, Carmel M. Hughes, Ciaran O’Neill
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PLOS ONE CRISPR-Cas9 modified bacteriophage for treatment of Staphylococcus aureus induced osteomyelitis and soft tissue infection
November 22, 2019 Leah H. Cobb, JooYoun Park, Elizabeth A. Swanson, Mary Catherine Beard, Emily M. McCabe, Anna S. Rourke, Keun Seok Seo, Alicia K. Olivier, Lauren B. Priddy
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PLOS ONE Extending the use of the World Health Organisations’ water sanitation and hygiene assessment tool for surveys in hospitals – from WASH-FIT to WASH-FAST
December 16, 2019 Michuki Maina, Olga Tosas-Auguet, Jacob McKnight, Mathias Zosi, Grace Kimemia, Paul Mwaniki, Arabella Hayter, Margaret Montgomery, Constance Schultsz, Mike English
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PLOS ONE Evaluating the foundations that help avert antimicrobial resistance: Performance of essential water sanitation and hygiene functions in hospitals and requirements for action in Kenya
October 9, 2019 Michuki Maina, Olga Tosas-Auguet, Jacob McKnight, Mathias Zosi, Grace Kimemia, Paul Mwaniki, Constance Schultsz, Mike English
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PLOS ONE Prevalence and risk factors for multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli among poultry workers in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria
November 21, 2019 Mabel Kamweli Aworh, Jacob Kwaga, Emmanuel Okolocha, Nwando Mba, Siddhartha Thakur
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PLOS ONE Antibiotic use in mandarin production (Citrus reticulata Blanco) in major mandarin-producing areas in Thailand: A survey assessment
November 13, 2019 Sunicha Chanvatik, Siriporn Donnua, Angkana Lekagul, Wanwisa Kaewkhankhaeng, Vuthiphan Vongmongkol, Pornpimon Athipunyakom, Saenchai Khamlar, Maitree Prommintara, Viroj Tangcharoensathien
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PLOS ONE Shortening duration of ertapenem in outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy for complicated urinary tract infections: A retrospective study
September 26, 2019 Doug L. Fink, Steven Collins, Ronnie Barret, Gabriele Pollara, Sarah Logan, Michael Marks
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PLOS ONE Impact of multi-drug resistant bacteria on economic and clinical outcomes of healthcare-associated infections in adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis
January 10, 2020 Miquel Serra-Burriel, Matthew Keys, Carlos Campillo-Artero, Antonella Agodi, Martina Barchitta, Achilleas Gikas, Carlos Palos, Guillem López-Casasnovas
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PLOS ONE Investigating the dispersal of antibiotic resistance associated genes from manure application to soil and drainage waters in simulated agricultural farmland systems
September 17, 2019 Schuyler D. Smith, Phillip Colgan, Fan Yang, Elizabeth L. Rieke, Michelle L. Soupir, Thomas B. Moorman, Heather K. Allen, Adina Howe
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PLOS ONE Mutant prevention concentration of ozenoxacin for quinolone-susceptible or -resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis
October 9, 2019 Y. López, M. Tato, D. Gargallo-Viola, R. Cantón, I. Zsolt, J. Vila
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PLOS ONE Enhancement of antibiotics antimicrobial activity due to the silver nanoparticles impact on the cell membrane
November 8, 2019 R. Vazquez-Muñoz, A. Meza-Villezcas, P. G. J. Fournier, E. Soria-Castro, K. Juarez-Moreno, A. L. Gallego-Hernández, N. Bogdanchikova, R. Vazquez-Duhalt, A. Huerta-Saquero
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PLOS ONE Chemogenomic profiling to understand the antifungal action of a bioactive aurone compound
December 11, 2019 Fatmah M. Alqahtani, Brock A. Arivett, Zachary E. Taylor, Scott T. Handy, Anthony L. Farone, Mary B. Farone
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PLOS ONE Deconstruction of central line insertion guidelines based on the positive deviance approach—Reducing gaps between guidelines and implementation: A qualitative ethnographic research
September 19, 2019 Ricky Cohen, Anat Gesser-Edelsburg, Arvind Singhal, Shmuel Benenson, Allon E. Moses
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PLOS ONE Gut carriage of antimicrobial resistance genes among young children in urban Maputo, Mozambique: Associations with enteric pathogen carriage and environmental risk factors
November 22, 2019 David Berendes, Jackie Knee, Trent Sumner, Drew Capone, Amanda Lai, Anna Wood, Siddhartha Patel, Rassul Nalá, Oliver Cumming, Joe Brown
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PLOS ONE Assessment of Phenotype Microarray plates for rapid and high-throughput analysis of collateral sensitivity networks
December 18, 2019 Elsie J. Dunkley, James D. Chalmers, Stephanie Cho, Thomas J. Finn, Wayne M. Patrick
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PLOS ONE Resistome metagenomics from plate to farm: The resistome and microbial composition during food waste feeding and composting on a Vermont poultry farm
November 21, 2019 Korin Eckstrom, John W. Barlow
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PLOS ONE Evaluation of Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations for 154 Mycoplasma synoviae isolates from Italy collected during 2012-2017
November 7, 2019 Salvatore Catania, Marco Bottinelli, Alice Fincato, Michele Gastaldelli, Antonio Barberio, Federica Gobbo, Gaddo Vicenzoni
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PLOS ONE The burden of antimicrobial resistance among urinary tract isolates of Escherichia coli in the United States in 2017
December 10, 2019 Ian A. Critchley, Nicole Cotroneo, Michael J. Pucci, Rodrigo Mendes
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PLOS ONE Improving the antimicrobial efficacy against resistant Staphylococcus aureus by a combined use of conjugated oligoelectrolytes
November 15, 2019 Elias L. Bazan, Lin Ruan, Cheng Zhou
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PLOS ONE Selective culture enrichment and sequencing of feces to enhance detection of antimicrobial resistance genes in third-generation cephalosporin resistant Enterobacteriaceae
November 8, 2019 Leon Peto, Nicola J. Fawcett, Derrick W. Crook, Tim E. A. Peto, Martin J. Llewelyn, A. Sarah Walker
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PLOS ONE Antibacterial efficacy of cold atmospheric plasma against Enterococcus faecalis planktonic cultures and biofilms in vitro
November 26, 2019 Felix Theinkom, Larissa Singer, Fabian Cieplik, Sylvia Cantzler, Hannes Weilemann, Maximilian Cantzler, Karl-Anton Hiller, Julia L. Zimmermann, Tim Maisch
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PLOS ONE Survey on antimicrobial usage in local dairy cows in North-central Nigeria: Drivers for misuse and public health threats
December 26, 2019 Nma Bida Alhaji, Mohammed Baba Aliyu, Ibrahim Ghali-Mohammed, Ismail Ayoade Odetokun
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PLOS ONE Quinolone nonsusceptibility among enteric pathogens isolated from international travelers – Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) and National Antimicrobial Monitoring System (NARMS), 10 United States sites, 2004 – 2014
December 4, 2019 Julian E. Grass, Sunkyung Kim, Jennifer Y. Huang, Stephanie M. Morrison, Andre E. McCullough, Christy Bennett, Cindy R. Friedman, Anna Bowen
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PLOS ONE Validating a popular outpatient antibiotic database to reliably identify high prescribing physicians for patients 65 years of age and older
September 26, 2019 Kevin L. Schwartz, Cynthia Chen, Bradley J. Langford, Kevin A. Brown, Nick Daneman, Jennie Johnstone, Julie HC Wu, Valerie Leung, Gary Garber
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PLOS ONE CRISPR-Cas influences the acquisition of antibiotic resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae
November 20, 2019 Natalie A. Mackow, Juntao Shen, Mutayyaba Adnan, Aisha S. Khan, Bettina C. Fries, Elizabeth Diago-Navarro
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PLOS ONE Inhaled nebulized glatiramer acetate against Gram-negative bacteria is not associated with adverse pulmonary reactions in healthy, young adult female pigs
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PLOS ONE Understanding the effect of producers’ attitudes, perceived norms, and perceived behavioral control on intentions to use antimicrobials prudently on New York dairy farms
September 11, 2019 Amy K. Vasquez, Carla Foditsch, Stéphie-Anne C. Dulièpre, Julie D. Siler, David R. Just, Lorin D. Warnick, Daryl V. Nydam, Jaap Sok
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PLOS ONE Longitudinal trends of and factors associated with inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for non-bacterial acute respiratory tract infection in Japan: A retrospective claims database study, 2012–2017
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PLOS ONE Effects of treatment with enrofloxacin or tulathromycin on fecal microbiota composition and genetic function of dairy calves
December 11, 2019 Carla Foditsch, Richard V. V. Pereira, Julie D. Siler, Craig Altier, Lorin D. Warnick
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PLOS ONE Pathogen surveillance in the informal settlement, Kibera, Kenya, using a metagenomics approach
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PLOS ONE Antibiotic resistant bacteria and commensal fungi are common and conserved in the mosquito microbiome
August 14, 2019 Josephine Hyde, Courtney Gorham, Doug E. Brackney, Blaire Steven
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PLOS ONE Antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from small poultry flocks in Ontario, Canada: A two-year surveillance study
August 29, 2019 Csaba Varga, Michele T. Guerin, Marina L. Brash, Durda Slavic, Patrick Boerlin, Leonardo Susta
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PLOS ONE Antibiotic treatment adequacy and death among patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa airway infection
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PLOS ONE Bloodstream infections caused by Escherichia coli in onco-haematological patients: Risk factors and mortality in an Italian prospective survey
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PLOS ONE Characterizing the soil microbiome and quantifying antibiotic resistance gene dynamics in agricultural soil following swine CAFO manure application
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PLOS ONE Co-delivery of free vancomycin and transcription factor decoy-nanostructured lipid carriers can enhance inhibition of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
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PLOS ONE Ceftiofur formulation differentially affects the intestinal drug concentration, resistance of fecal Escherichia coli, and the microbiome of steers
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PLOS ONE Confounding by indication of the safety of de-escalation in community-acquired pneumonia: A simulation study embedded in a prospective cohort
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PLOS ONE Pathways to antibiotics in Bangladesh: A qualitative study investigating how and when households access medicine including antibiotics for humans or animals when they are ill
November 22, 2019 Patricia Jane Lucas, Mohammad Rofi Uddin, Nirnita Khisa, S. M. Salim Akter, Leanne Unicomb, Papreen Nahar, Mohammad Aminul Islam, Fosiul Alam Nizame, Emily K. Rousham
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PLOS ONE Characterisation of a novel SCCmec VI element harbouring fusC in an emerging Staphylococcus aureus strain from the Arabian Gulf region
November 5, 2019 Abiola Senok, Peter Slickers, Helmut Hotzel, Samar Boswihi, Sascha D. Braun, Darius Gawlik, Elke Müller, Anju Nabi, Rania Nassar, Hedda Nitschke, Annett Reissig, Antje Ruppelt-Lorz, Joseph Mafofo, Ali M. Somily, Edet Udo, Ralf Ehricht, Stefan Monecke
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PLOS ONE Structural characterization of scorpion peptides and their bactericidal activity against clinical isolates of multidrug-resistant bacteria
November 11, 2019 Catherine Cesa-Luna, Jesús Muñoz-Rojas, Gloria Saab-Rincon, Antonino Baez, Yolanda Elizabeth Morales-García, Víctor Rivelino Juárez-González, Verónica Quintero-Hernández
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PLOS ONE Procalcitonin to stop antibiotics after cardiovascular surgery in a pediatric intensive care unit—The PROSACAB study
September 18, 2019 Sara Bobillo-Perez, Anna Sole-Ribalta, Monica Balaguer, Elisabeth Esteban, Monica Girona-Alarcon, Lluisa Hernandez-Platero, Susana Segura, Aida Felipe, Cristian Launes, Iolanda Jordan, Francisco Jose Cambra
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PLOS ONE The impact of a rapid molecular identification test on positive blood cultures from critically ill with bacteremia: A pre-post intervention study
September 26, 2019 Alexia Verroken, Noémie Despas, Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos, Pierre-François Laterre
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PLOS ONE Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and molecular characterization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Ghana, 2012-2015
October 10, 2019 Naiki Attram, Bright Agbodzi, Helena Dela, Eric Behene, Edward O. Nyarko, Nicholas N. A. Kyei, John A. Larbi, Bernard W. L. Lawson, Kennedy K. Addo, Mercy J. Newman, Christopher A. Duplessis, Nehkonti Adams, Magnus Unemo, Andrew G. Letizia
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PLOS ONE High failure rates of protease inhibitor-based antiretroviral treatment in rural Tanzania – A prospective cohort study
January 13, 2020 Rahel Bircher, Alex Ntamatungiro, Tracy Glass, Dorcas Mnzava, Amina Nyuri, Herry Mapesi, Daniel Paris, Manuel Battegay, Thomas Klimkait, Maja Weisser
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PLOS ONE Knowledge and use of antibiotics in Thailand: A 2017 national household survey
August 9, 2019 Sunicha Chanvatik, Hathairat Kosiyaporn, Angkana Lekagul, Wanwisa Kaewkhankhaeng, Vuthiphan Vongmongkol, Apichart Thunyahan, Viroj Tangcharoensathien
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PLOS ONE Seasonality of antimicrobial resistance rates in respiratory bacteria: A systematic review and meta-analysis
August 15, 2019 Evelyn Pamela Martinez, Magda Cepeda, Marija Jovanoska, Wichor M. Bramer, Josje Schoufour, Marija Glisic, Annelies Verbon, Oscar H. Franco
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PLOS ONE Erythromycin-resistant lactic acid bacteria in the healthy gut of vegans, ovo-lacto vegetarians and omnivores
August 2, 2019 Vesna Milanović, Andrea Osimani, Federica Cardinali, Alice Litta-Mulondo, Carla Vignaroli, Barbara Citterio, Gianmarco Mangiaterra, Cristiana Garofalo, Francesca Biavasco, Luca Cocolin, Ilario Ferrocino, Raffaella Di Cagno, Silvia Turroni, Camilla Lazzi, Nicoletta Pellegrini, Francesca Clementi, Lucia Aquilanti
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PLOS ONE The health and cost burden of antibiotic resistant and susceptible Escherichia coli bacteraemia in the English hospital setting: A national retrospective cohort study
September 10, 2019 Nichola R. Naylor, Koen B. Pouwels, Russell Hope, Nathan Green, Katherine L. Henderson, Gwenan M. Knight, Rifat Atun, Julie V. Robotham, Sarah R. Deeny
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PLOS ONE A ten-year review of ESBL and non-ESBL Escherichia coli bloodstream infections among children at a tertiary referral hospital in South Africa
September 24, 2019 Oliver Ombeva Malande, James Nuttall, Vashini Pillay, Colleen Bamford, Brian Eley
PLOS ONE Antimicrobial resistance and molecular genotyping of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis clinical isolates from Guizhou province of Southwestern China
September 23, 2019 Xiaoyu Wei, Lv You, Dan Wang, He Huang, Shijun Li, Dingming Wang
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PLOS ONE Widespread antimicrobial resistance among bacterial infections in a Rwandan referral hospital
August 23, 2019 Tori Sutherland, Christophe Mpirimbanyi, Elie Nziyomaze, Jean-Paul Niyomugabo, Zack Niyonsenga, Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Ariel Mueller, Lisa M. Bebell, Theoneste Nkubana, Emile Musoni, Daniel Talmor, Jennifer Rickard, Elisabeth D. Riviello
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PLOS ONE Cecropin-like antimicrobial peptide protects mice from lethal E.coli infection
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