[Epidemiology of multi-drug resistant gramnegative bacilli]

Rev Esp Quimioter. 2016 Sep:29 Suppl 1:21-5.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Current antimicrobial resistance in Gram negative bacilli is particularly worrisome due to development of resistance to all available antimicrobial agents. This situation dramatically limits therapeutic options. The microorganisms acquire a multiresistance phenotype as a consequence of different complex processes in which the antimicrobials acts as selective driver of resistance. Dissemination of multiresistant bacteria is driven by the expansion of the high-risk clones. These clones can be selected in the presence of antimicrobials allowing their persistence over time.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial* / genetics
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / drug effects*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / genetics
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents