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 83 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 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	1	1	2
2011	1	1	2
2012	2	1	3
2013	5	4	9
2014	2	2	4
2015	2	4	6
2016	2	2	4
2017	3	0	3
2018	2	2	4
2019	4	2	6
2020	2	2	4
2021	2	2	4
2022	0	3	3
2023	0	1	1
2024	1	1	2
2025	0	3	3
2026	2	0	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Resistance, Bacterial" by people in Profiles.

Weerathunge P, Yazdani M, Sharma TK, Wong WKM, Joglekar MV, Hardikar AA, Rotello VM, Ramanathan R, Bansal V. Nanozyme Aptasensor Array for Predictive Sensing of Virulent and Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus strains. Small. 2026 Mar; 22(15):e12266.

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Wu T, Wang D, Liu T, Xu P, Xiao H, Xiang Y, Shao L. HiGee-intensified ozonation for enhanced inactivation of waterborne antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Bioresour Technol. 2026 Mar; 444:134009.

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Aamir Hassan M, Abdelaziz M, Noor S, Nangmo Kemda P, Tan A, Park J, Rotello VM. Targeting bacterial biofilms using polymer-stabilized nanoemulsions. Expert Opin Drug Deliv. 2025 Dec; 22(12):1849-1860.

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Russo TA, Broczkowski B, Sallerson S, Knee A, Lorenzo MP. Association Between Erythromycin or Clindamycin Resistance and 30-Day Mortality in Patients With MSSA Bacteremia. J Pharm Pract. 2026 Feb; 39(1):18-24.

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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 05 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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Lee CC, Lai CH, Lin SY, Lee NY, Liu PY, Yang CH, Huang YH, Lin JN. In?vitro induction and selection of fluoroquinolone-resistant mutants in Elizabethkingia anophelis. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2024 Oct; 57(5):822-826.

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Bhattarai SK, Du M, Zeamer AL, M Morzfeld B, Kellogg TD, Firat K, Benjamin A, Bean JM, Zimmerman M, Mardi G, Vilbrun SC, Walsh KF, Fitzgerald DW, Glickman MS, Bucci V. Commensal antimicrobial resistance mediates microbiome resilience to antibiotic disruption. Sci Transl Med. 2024 01 17; 16(730):eadi9711.

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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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