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  2. Antimicrobial resistance - Wikipedia

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    The Task Force for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria developed The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria with the intent of providing a roadmap to guide the US in the antibiotic resistance challenge and with hopes of saving many lives. This plan outlines steps taken by the Federal government over the next five ...

  3. List of antibiotic-resistant bacteria - Wikipedia

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    The evolution of bacteria on a "Mega-Plate" petri dish A list of antibiotic resistant bacteria is provided below. These bacteria have shown antibiotic resistance (or antimicrobial resistance). Gram positive Clostridioides difficile Clostridioides difficile is a nosocomial pathogen that causes diarrheal disease worldwide. Diarrhea caused by C. difficile can be life-threatening. Infections are ...

  4. Julian Davies (microbiologist) - Wikipedia

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    Davies was one of the early voices warning that the overuse and careless use of antibiotics would select resistant bacteria, making the antibiotics less and less ...

  5. CDC issues warning of drug-resistant stomach infection ... - AOL

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    An increasingly common strain of the debilitating stomach illness Shigella cannot be treated with antibiotics, the CDC warns CDC issues warning of drug-resistant stomach infection spreading across ...

  6. Resistome - Wikipedia

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    The resistome was first used to describe the resistance capabilities of bacteria preventing the effectiveness of antibiotics . [4] [5] Although antibiotics and their accompanying antibiotic resistant genes come from natural habitats, before next-generation sequencing, most studies of antibiotic resistance had been confined to the laboratory. [6]

  7. Antimicrobial stewardship - Wikipedia

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    The CDC's NHSN has been monitoring antimicrobial use and resistance in hospitals that volunteer to provide data. [16] On September 18, 2014, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order 13676, "Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.' This Executive Order charged a Task Force to develop a 5-Year action plan that included steps to reduce ...

  8. Stuart B. Levy - Wikipedia

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    His research into multiple drug resistance revealed a regulatory locus, mar, for intrinsic antibiotic resistance and virulence among the Enterobacteriaceae and other bacteria. [2] He led the first, and perhaps only, prospective farm study showing that feed containing low dose antibiotics led to the emergence of antibiotic resistance in animals ...

  9. Antibiotic sensitivity testing - Wikipedia

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    In clinical medicine, antibiotics are most frequently prescribed on the basis of a person's symptoms and medical guidelines.This method of antibiotic selection is called empiric therapy, [1] and it is based on knowledge about what bacteria cause an infection, and to what antibiotics bacteria may be sensitive or resistant. [1]