Antibiotic resistance has been declared a global concern by the World Health Organization and is increasing the rate of mortality of once-treatable, common infections. Antibiotic resistance is conferred by multiple mechanisms both intrinsic (horizontal gene ...

Antimicrobial resistance is a leading concern for medical professionals around the world, the lack of efficacy of many major antibiotics is now causing once treatable strains of bacteria to run rampant infections. One primary pathogen ...

The rise of multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogens is one of the greatest medical concerns of the century. In MDR infections, the use of antibiotics is almost entirely useless, leaving patients at a higher risk of ...

Clearance of surface attached biofilms produced by bacterial colonization remains a relevant challenge in both industrial, and the biomedical communities. The difficult eradication of these biofilms rests in that bacteria produce an extracellular matrix that ...