Drug Resistance, Bacterial
"Drug Resistance, Bacterial" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The ability of bacteria to resist or to become tolerant to chemotherapeutic agents, antimicrobial agents, or antibiotics. This resistance may be acquired through gene mutation or foreign DNA in transmissible plasmids (R FACTORS).
| Descriptor ID |
D024881
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G06.099.225 G06.225.347 G07.690.773.984.269.347
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Resistance, Bacterial" by people in Profiles.
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Molecular Epidemiology of Invasive Group B Streptococcus in South Africa, 2019-2020. J Infect Dis. 2025 Apr 15; 231(4):e697-e707.
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infections, South Africa, 2015-2023. Emerg Infect Dis. 2025 Mar; 31(3):417-426.
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The challenges of difficult-to-treat Acinetobacter infections. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2024 Dec 10; 37(4):e0009324.
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Enhancing clinical microbiology for genomic surveillance of antimicrobial resistance implementation in Africa. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2024 Nov 13; 13(1):135.
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Vaccines in the fight against antimicrobial resistance - perspectives from South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2024 09 02; 114(9):e2111.
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Accuracy of cobas MTB and MTB-RIF/INH for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Drug Resistance. J Mol Diagn. 2024 Aug; 26(8):708-718.
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Distributions of candidate vaccine Targets, virulence Factors, and resistance features of invasive group B Streptococcus using Whole-Genome Sequencing: A Multicenter, population-based surveillance study. Vaccine. 2024 Jun 11; 42(16):3564-3571.
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Incidence, pathogens and antimicrobial resistance of blood and cerebrospinal fluid isolates from a tertiary neonatal unit in South Africa: A 10 year retrospective review. PLoS One. 2024; 19(1):e0297371.
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Contribution of wastewater to antimicrobial resistance: A review article. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2023 09; 34:23-29.
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Children deserve simple, short, safe, and effective treatment for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 07; 23(7):778-780.