The Carba NP test was evaluated against a panel of 244 carbapenemase- and non-carbapenemase-producing
Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates. We …

Importance Although cephalosporins are the cornerstone of treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
infections, cefixime is the only oral antimicrobial option. Increased minimum inhibitory …

During 2020–2021, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean reported clinical
emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales that had not been previously …

The location of Helicobacter pylori in the gastric mucosa of mammals is defined by natural
pH gradients within the gastric mucus, which are more alkaline proximal to the mucosal …

Mupirocin is a topical antibiotic used for the treatment of skin infections and the eradication
of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage. It inhibits bacterial protein synthesis …

Yi-Yun Liu and colleagues’ Article1 reporting the emergence of plasmidmediated colistin
resistance in Escherichia coli from animal, food, and human sources in China is of concern …

Decreased susceptibility to chlorhexidine gluconate (CHDN) in methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is associated with the qacA, qacB, and smr genes, encoding efflux …

Surveillance of gonococcal antimicrobial resistance and the molecular characterization of
the mechanisms underlying these resistance phenotypes are essential in order to establish …

Molecular evolution of multiresistance in nontyphoid Salmonella spp. was investigated with
155 isolates obtained in Argentina from 1984 to 1998. In 74 isolates obtained from 1984 to …

Sir, Carbapenem resistance mediated by plasmid-encoded carbapenemases has emerged
worldwide and become a major concern. 1 The detection of the activity of carbapenemases …