Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents

Antibiotics

Ammini Parvathi¹  ManuelF. Varela²  Manisha Ojha²  Nicholas Wenzel²  LeslieM. Sanford²  AlbertoJ. Hernandez²  Jerusha Stephen³  SanathH. Kumar³  Manjusha Lekshmi³ 

[1] CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Regional Centre, Kochi 682018, India;Department of Biology, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM 88130, USA;Post-Harvest Technology, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Seven Bungalows, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400061, India;

关键词: bacteria;    antimicrobial resistance;    infection;    pathogenesis;    multidrug resistance;   

DOI  :  10.3390/antibiotics10050593

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Bacterial pathogens as causative agents of infection constitute an alarming concern in the public health sector. In particular, bacteria with resistance to multiple antimicrobial agents can confound chemotherapeutic efficacy towards infectious diseases. Multidrug-resistant bacteria harbor various molecular and cellular mechanisms for antimicrobial resistance. These antimicrobial resistance mechanisms include active antimicrobial efflux, reduced drug entry into cells of pathogens, enzymatic metabolism of antimicrobial agents to inactive products, biofilm formation, altered drug targets, and protection of antimicrobial targets. These microbial systems represent suitable focuses for investigation to establish the means for their circumvention and to reestablish therapeutic effectiveness. This review briefly summarizes the various antimicrobial resistance mechanisms that are harbored within infectious bacteria.

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