Multi-Drug-Resistant Gram-Negative Microorganisms: Epidemiology, Treatment and Alternative Approach

Maria Teresa Mascellino

doi:10.3390/antibiotics11050678

Multi-Drug-Resistant Gram-Negative Microorganisms: Epidemiology, Treatment and Alternative Approach

Antibiotics (Basel). 2022 May 18;11(5):678. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11050678.

Author

Maria Teresa Mascellino¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.

Abstract

The presence of enzymes such as Extended-Spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and carbapenemases (KPCs, Metallo β-lactamases and OXA) constitutes the principal resistance mechanism to antibiotics [...].

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.