Multidrug resistance means that bacteria or viruses are insensitive towards various antibiotics or antivirals, respectively.
Synonyms
Multiple drug resistance
Detailed description
There is a general increase of resistances against antibiotics. Infections with multidrug-resistant pathogens pose a serious problem as their treatment with antibiotics is difficult or not possible any more.
An international group of scientists unraveled for the first time the global spread of multidrug resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains. The study shows that efficient tuberculosis
An international team of researchers has discovered an antibiotic compound which is effective against a broad spectrum of pathogens. First tests have shown that it does not generate resistance. A
Researchers from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) have confirmed the spread of a “multidrug-resistant plasmid” in a hospital. This plasmid is a mobile genetic element which can transfer
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing concern: Hospitals are increasingly being confronted with bacterial infections for which there is no cure. The frequent use of broad spectrum antibiotics, which
