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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Phenotypic resistance"”.
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Using wildlife to biomonitor for antimicrobial resistance in the Scottish environment
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a threat to global health. Surveillance of AMR<br/>bacteria in wildlife host is key to understanding and tracking their spread<br/>throughout our environment. We established baseline data on the prevalence of<br/>AMR E. coli in Scottish wild deer, utilising faecal …
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Investigating the resistance that arises in Escherichia coli towards the furazolidone – vancomycin antibiotic combination : Master of Science (Biological Sciences) at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand
Antibiotic resistance is a major threat to our current healthcare system. As bacterial resistance mechanisms continue to develop and spread, more and more antibiotics are becoming less and less effective, making an increasing number of bacterial infections difficult or even impossible to treat. …
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Patterns of antimicrobial resistance among enteric bacteria found in multi-site group-level cohorts of humans and swine
The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) phenotypes and genotypic characteristics (Class 1 integron and AMR gene cassettes) in commensal Escherichia coli (EC) and vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium (EF) isolated from humans and swine in a semi-closed, integrated farrow-to-fork …
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Domestic greywater systems: a potential reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes transfer
… the levels of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) (vanA, ampC and aadA), as well as the intI1 gene, which serves as a marker of horizontal gene transfer. Phenotypic resistance was confirmed using the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method. Notably, high levels of resistance to …
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Understanding the Genetics and Evolution of Antimicrobial Resistance in Escherichia Coli
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a global public health challenge. The central goals of my PhD research are to better understand AMR evolution, with the long-term goal of developing novel strategies to mitigate the problem of AMR. This involves gaining comprehensive insights into the …
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Enumeration, isolation, identification and probiotic characterisation of lactic acid bacteria from Nigerian human breast milk
… the identified LAB, to examine the antimicrobial resistance profile of the LAB and to investigate the possible relationship between the identified bacterial population and diversity with stage of lactation, number of children and diet. Samples of breast milk were collected from 20 breast feeding …
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Factors that enhance the ability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to resist the action of antibiotics
… treatment, focusing especially on the adaptive resistance could be the key area that the bacterium develops in this phenomenon. Most studies on antibiotic resistance in P.aeruginosa have focused upon genotypic studies. This study set out to develop an in vitro model to examine the effect of …
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Effect of Composting on the Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Resistance Genes in Cattle Manure
Antibiotic resistance is a growing human health threat, making infections more difficult to treat and increasing fatalities from and cost of treatment of associated diseases. The rise of multidrug resistant pathogens threatens a return to the pre-antibiotic era where even the most common infections …
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Optimising linezolid use for drug-resistant tuberculosis: pharmacokinetics, toxicity, and resistance
… and genotypic correlates of linezolid resistance in M. tuberculosis, needed to inform strategies for resistance testing. My thesis aimed to address these knowledge gaps to optimise use of this important agent in RR-TB. Methods: We conducted a prospective observational cohort study among …
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Genomic diversity and antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella isolates recovered from diverse sources in Nigeria
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) jeopardises the gains of modern medicine and is therefore considered a global public health threat. It has been predicted to cause up to 10 million deaths by 2050 if no serious actions are taken. AMR threatens people's lives worldwide but with a significantly higher …