Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Antimicrobial Resistance

Antimicrobial resistance is the capacity of microorganisms, bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites, to survive exposure to antimicrobial agents that would normally inhibit or kill them, rendering standard treatments ineffective. It arises through intrinsic and acquired mechanisms, including enzymatic drug inactivati…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 34× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2690-6759 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Antimicrobial resistance is the capacity of microorganisms, bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites, to survive exposure to antimicrobial agents that would normally inhibit or kill them, rendering standard treatments ineffective. It arises through intrinsic and acquired mechanisms, including enzymatic drug inactivation, target modification, reduced permeability, efflux pumps and biofilm formation, and spreads by clonal expansion and horizontal transfer of resistance genes among bacterial populations. Driven by overuse and misuse of antimicrobials in human medicine, agriculture and veterinary practice, resistance is a major global health threat that prolongs illness, raises mortality and constrains therapeutic options, particularly with carbapenem-resistant and multidrug-resistant organisms. Surveillance relies on susceptibility testing, molecular detection of resistance determinants, and assessment of prescribing practice and antimicrobial stewardship. Research collected under this term reflects these themes: situational analysis of resistance in a health district, faecal shedding and biofilm formation by Salmonella Typhi, prescriber knowledge and stewardship, carbapenem resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae and avian-pathogenic E. coli, susceptibility testing of bacterial isolates, genotypic diversity of typhoidal Salmonella, malaria as a driver of antibiotic-resistance spread, and self-medication practices. The peer-reviewed literature in this area spans resistance mechanisms, molecular epidemiology, susceptibility surveillance and stewardship across human, animal and environmental settings.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 34 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Antimicrobial Resistance, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Parasite Research (ISSN 2690-6759).

Journal editorial board
DABBU JAIJYAN · United States Aditya Gupta · United States Naglaa Shalaby · Saudi Arabia

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