Drug Resistance, Bacterial

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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
MeSH Number(s)	G06.099.225 G06.225.347 G07.690.773.984.269.347
Concept/Terms	Drug Resistance, Bacterial Drug Resistance, Bacterial Antibacterial Drug Resistance Antibiotic Resistance, Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance, Bacterial

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Drug Resistance, Bacterial".

Biological Sciences [G]
Microbiological Phenomena [G06]
Bacterial Physiological Phenomena [G06.099]
Drug Resistance, Bacterial [G06.099.225]
Drug Resistance, Microbial [G06.225]
Drug Resistance, Bacterial [G06.225.347]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Pharmacological and Toxicological Phenomena [G07.690]
Pharmacological Phenomena [G07.690.773]
Drug Resistance [G07.690.773.984]
Drug Resistance, Microbial [G07.690.773.984.269]
Drug Resistance, Bacterial [G07.690.773.984.269.347]

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Bar chart showing 72 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2013

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	0	5	5
2004	2	1	3
2005	0	2	2
2006	3	3	6
2007	0	3	3
2008	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	2	1	3
2011	1	1	2
2012	2	0	2
2013	4	3	7
2014	2	2	4
2015	2	3	5
2016	2	2	4
2017	2	0	2
2018	2	2	4
2019	4	2	6
2020	2	2	4
2021	1	2	3
2022	0	2	2
2023	0	1	1
2025	0	2	2

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Hikal AF, Zhao S, Foley S, Khan AA. The newly identified grdA gene confers high-level plazomicin resistance in Salmonella enterica serovars. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2025 May 07; 69(5):e0160624.

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Luna MJ, Oluoch PO, Miao J, Culviner P, Papavinasasundaram K, Jaecklein E, Shell SS, Ioerger TR, Fortune SM, Farhat MR, Sassetti CM. Frequently arising ESX-1-associated phase variants influence Mycobacterium tuberculosis fitness in the presence of host and antibiotic pressures. mBio. 2025 Mar 12; 16(3):e0376224.

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Xie M, Gao M, Yun Y, Malmsten M, Rotello VM, Zboril R, Akhavan O, Kraskouski A, Amalraj J, Cai X, Lu J, Zheng H, Li R. Antibacterial Nanomaterials: Mechanisms, Impacts on Antimicrobial Resistance and Design Principles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2023 04 17; 62(17):e202217345.

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Rowlinson E, Soge OO, Hughes JP, Berzkalns A, Thibault C, Kerani RP, Khosropour CM, Manhart LE, Golden MR, Barbee LA. Prior Exposure to Azithromycin and Azithromycin Resistance Among Persons Diagnosed With Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection at a Sexual Health Clinic: 2012-2019. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 02 08; 76(3):e1270-e1276.

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Rothberg MB, Haessler S, Deshpande A, Yu PC, Lindenauer PK, Zilberberg MD, Higgins TL, Imrey PB. Derivation and validation of a risk assessment model for drug-resistant pathogens in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Jul; 44(7):1143-1150.

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Li X, Le W, Lou X, Genco CA, Rice PA, Su X. In Vitro Activity of Ertapenem against Neisseria gonorrhoeae Clinical Isolates with Decreased Susceptibility or Resistance to Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporins in Nanjing, China (2013 to 2019). Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2022 05 17; 66(5):e0010922.

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Bettoni S, Maziarz K, Stone MRL, Blaskovich MAT, Potempa J, Bazzo ML, Unemo M, Ram S, Blom AM. Serum Complement Activation by C4BP-IgM Fusion Protein Can Restore Susceptibility to Antibiotics in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Front Immunol. 2021; 12:726801.

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Ben-Chetrit E, Mc Gann P, Maybank R, Stam J, Assous MV, Katz DE. Colistin-resistant?Klebsiella pneumoniae?bloodstream infection: old drug, bad bug. Arch Microbiol. 2021 Aug; 203(6):2999-3006.

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Shamma F, Papavinasasundaram K, Quintanilla SY, Bandekar A, Sassetti C, Boutte CC. Phosphorylation on PstP Regulates Cell Wall Metabolism and Antibiotic Tolerance in Mycobacterium smegmatis. J Bacteriol. 2021 01 25; 203(4).

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Rosener B, Sayin S, Oluoch PO, Garc?a Gonz?lez AP, Mori H, Walhout AJ, Mitchell A. Evolved bacterial resistance against fluoropyrimidines can lower chemotherapy impact in the Caenorhabditis elegans host. Elife. 2020 11 30; 9.

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