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  1. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health concern, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. As human behaviour plays a crucial role in the emergence and spread of resistance, data on the under...

    Authors: Elisenda Cama i Gibernau, Leslie Mawuli Aglanu, Alphonse Zakane, Denise Dekker, Albrecht Jahn, Ali Sié, John Humphrey Amuasi and Aurélia Souares
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:72
  2. In EU countries, 33,000 people die of antibiotic-resistant infections annually, and Türkiye is one of the countries with the highest rate of antimicrobial resistance. More than 70% of these infections are dire...

    Authors: Bahar Madran, Zeynep Ilgin Demir, Busra Yalcin, Oguz Taha Ayaz, Kaan Iyikosker, Aleyna Keskin, Azra Gorel, Yunus Aksoy, Nilayda Sagaltici, Koray Hacioglu, Ilker Kayi, Önder Ergönül, Sibel Sakarya and Şiran Keske
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:71
  3. Understanding the impact of catheter dwell time on the risk of central-line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) is crucial to developing effective infection prevention strategies. The aim of the study ...

    Authors: Vassiliki Pitiriga, Elsa Campos, John Bakalis, Konstantinos Sagris, George Georgiadis, George Saroglou and Athanasios Tsakris
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:70
  4. Unstandardised reprocessing procedures for flexible endoscopes can lead to infection outbreaks and threaten the lives of ICU patients. Despite recent updates to technical specification, there was a paucity of ...

    Authors: Yaqi Yu, Weijun Peng, Li Tan, Qi Xiao, Yixuan Wang, Chunling Guo, Juan Deng and Mengyao Jiang
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:69
  5. Surgical site infection (SSI) and antimicrobial resistance are a worldwide problem affecting patient safety. It is lacking randomised controlled trials (RCT) regarding how the number of personnel in the operat...

    Authors: Camilla Wistrand, Bo Söderquist and Ann-Sofie Sundqvist
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:68
  6. Central venous catheters offer considerable benefits, but their presence can expose patients to serious complications. Preventing such complications is crucial, not only for individual patients, but also for h...

    Authors: L. Foucault-Fruchard, N. van der Mee, C. Reinprecht, C. Durand, J. Cailhol, J. R. Zahar and S. Kerneis
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:67
  7. While continuous cuff pressure monitoring (CCPM) offers theoretical advantages in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), its clinical benefits remain controversial. This study aimed to investigat...

    Authors: Yanshuo Wu, Yunhao Su, Liping Zhao, Xi Wang, Kun Zhang, Yuhong Chen, Xiaokun Zhang, Peng Gao, Kangkang Shen, Chencong Li, Yanling Yin and Congcong Zhao
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:66
  8. Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a significant global health challenge, particularly in intensive care units (ICUs), where patient vulnerability is high. Effective infection prevention and control (IPC)...

    Authors: Sahar Elsheikh, Afaf Magdy and Lamiaa Asem
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:65
  9. This study aims to analyse the impact of a newly developed infection prevention and control (IPC) Virtual Reality (VR)-module on medical students’ IPC knowledge, attitudes and practices. Additionally, the impa...

    Authors: Bente Schippers, Olga Coenen, Franka Luk, Mark Graner, Frans van Hoek, Nike Stikkelbroeck, Machteld Dronkers, Edmée Bowles and Alma Tostmann
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:64
  10. Serratia marcescens is a frequent cause of outbreaks in high-risk hospital settings such as neonatal intensive care units (NICU). This study investigated a potential S. marcescens outbreak in the NICU of a refere...

    Authors: Desiree Henares, Meritxell Cubero, Irene Martinez-de-Albeniz, Alba Arranz, Muntsa Rocafort, Pedro Brotons, Amaresh Perez-Argüello, Maria Jose Troyano, Amadeu Gene, Aleix Lluansi, Marti Iriondo-Sanz, Iolanda Jordan, Claudia Fortuny, Mireia Urrea and C Muñoz-Almagro
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:63
  11. Bacillus cereus can cause severe and potentially fatal bloodstream infections in immunocompromised patients, including preterm neonates. When the infection is nosocomial, investigating a potential environmental s...

    Authors: Elissa Maalouf, Barthélémy Tosello, Sophie Schipani, Frédérique Gouriet, Claire Nicaise, Alix Lamoureux, Farah Beih, Agnès Delaby, Véronique Roux, Remi N. Charrel and Carole Eldin
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:62
  12. Infection prevention and control (IPC) is a critical component of neonatal care, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where healthcare settings face unique challenges. Neonates, especially...

    Authors: Michuki Maina, Nancy Odinga, Vincent Kagonya, Gloria Ngaiza, Sebastian Fuller, Onesmus Onyango, Caroline Waithira, Dorothy Oluoch, David Gathara, Peter Mwangi, Loise Mwangi, Penina Musyoka, Lucy Kinyua, Lydia Thuranira, Virginia Njoroge, Ngina Mwangi…
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:61
  13. In a Dutch tertiary care hospital, two cases of puerperal sepsis were diagnosed within 16 days in June-July 2022. The subsequent outbreak investigation emphasizes the value of collaboration between hospital in...

    Authors: Irene V. Hoogendijk, Diane de Zwart - Slats, Stefan A. Boers, Boas C.L. van der Putten, Nina M. van Sorge, Bibi D.H. Molenaar, Myrthe M.A. Toorop, Marieke B. Veenhof, Karin Ellen Veldkamp, Adriënne S. van der Schoor and Joffrey van Prehn
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:60
  14. In the fight against antimicrobial resistance, mathematical transmission models have been shown as a valuable tool to guide intervention strategies in public health.

    Authors: Maja L. Brinch, Andrea Palladino, Jeroen Geurtsen, Thierry Van Effelterre, Lorenzo Argante, Michael J. McConnell, Lene Christiansen, Michelle A. Pihl, Natasja K. Lund and Tine Hald
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:59
  15. The epidemiology of community colonization with extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales (ESCrE) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is largely uncharacterized. In the community, the ...

    Authors: Sukaina Shivji, Naledi Mannathoko, Mosepele Mosepele, Robert Gross, Leigh Cressman, Anne Jaskowiak-Barr, Warren B. Bilker, Kevin Alby, Laurel Glaser, Melissa Richard-Greenblatt, Laura Cowden, Alexa Patel, Kgotlaetsile Sewawa, Dimpho Otukile, Giacomo Maria. Paganotti, Margaret Mokomane…
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:58
  16. Although it generates a significant burden, little attention has been paid to preventing Surgical Site Infection (SSI) in digestive surgery.

    Authors: Antoine Deslandes, Niki Christou, Patrice Baillet, Joseph Hajjar, Philippe Marre, Hubert Johanet, Marc Leone and Gabriel Birgand
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:57
  17. Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) present significant health risks and are among the most important nosocomial infections. Ribotype (RT) 027 poses a particular risk due to its proposed “hypervirulence”. T...

    Authors: Esther E. Dirks, Vanessa Pfiffer, Genevieve Sohl, Fabian K. Berger, Ina Friesen, Johannes Friesen, Ralf Ignatius, Johannes Elias, Alexander Mellmann and Mardjan Arvand
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:56
  18. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic constituted the largest global health crisis in recent generations. It may also have disrupted the pattern of antimicrobial use (AMU) and subsequently affected the ...

    Authors: Tam T. Tran, Adriana Krolicka, Ananda Tiwari, Tarja Pitkänen, Rolf Lood, Ásta Margrét Ásmundsdóttir and Odd-Gunnar Wikmark
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:55
  19. Serratia marcescens is an opportunistic gram-negative bacterium that is commonly associated with sudden outbreaks of various healthcare-associated infections in healthcare settings. This study describes two conse...

    Authors: Mahsa Mazaheri Tirani, Samaneh Pourajam, Vajihe Sadat Nikbin, Mohammad Shirzadi and Hamid Solgi
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:54
  20. In case-control studies, a variety of factors have been associated with Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) due to the epidemic ribotype 027 strain. However, many studies have been limited due to small sampl...

    Authors: Sandra Y. Silva, Brigid M. Wilson and Curtis J. Donskey
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:53
  21. The development of disposable gloves and the discovery that good hand hygiene are essential for protecting patients are among the most important developments in the history of infection prevention and control,...

    Authors: Alexandra Peters, Martina Močenić, Alberto Spitilli, Sally Bloomfield and Mahmood F. Bhutta
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:52
  22. The emergence of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has impacted antibiotic use; however, studies on antibiotic use for acute upper respiratory infections (AURIs) in Chinese emergency department (ED) settings...

    Authors: Tingxi Wu, Tongxu Li, Heng Guo, Bin Zhu, Yang Zhang and Zhigang Zhao
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:51
  23. Application of standard infection prevention and control (IPC) measures is crucial to prevent hospital-acquired infections, but compliance by physicians is suboptimal. Interventions aimed to improve compliance...

    Authors: Miriam Schutte, Mireille Dekker, Jonne Sikkens and Rosa van Mansfeld
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:50
  24. Candidemia ranks among the top causes of nosocomial bloodstream infections, significantly increasing hospital stays and costs. Rapid and effective empirical antifungal therapy is crucial. The Candida parapsilosis

    Authors: Cihan Semet, Esra Kazak, Beyza Ener, Seçil Ak, Güven Özkaya, Harun Ağca, Yasemin Heper, Emel Yılmaz and Halis Akalın
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:49
  25. In the past decades, the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (CR-GNB) has increased on a global scale. Here, we outline the infection prevention and control (IPC) interventions for addres...

    Authors: Mojtaba Akbari, Christian G. Giske, Malihe Alenaseri, Ahmad Zarei, Narjes Karimi and Hamid Solgi
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:48
  26. The rising prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a critical global health challenge. Healthcare workers (HCWs) play a pivotal role in combating AMR by implementing effective preventive strategies ...

    Authors: Abdolreza Sotoodeh Jahromi, Negin Namavari, Mohammad Jokar, Nader Sharifi, Samira Soleimanpour, Negin Naserzadeh and Vahid Rahmanian
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:47
  27. In sub-Saharan Africa, invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella disease, characterized by bloodstream infections with high mortality rates, poses a significant public health burden. In Africa, Salmonella enterica, which...

    Authors: Thorsten Thye, Ralf Krumkamp, John P. A. Lusingu, Linda Aurelia Ofori, Daniel T. R. Minja, Antje Flieger, Samwel Gesase, Richard Phillips, Sandra Simon, Kwasi Obiri-Danso, Charity Wiafe Akenten, Joyce Mbwana, Ellis Paintsil, Oumou Maiga Ascofare, Anna Jaeger, Maike Lamshöft…
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:46
  28. Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) increase morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs of hospitalised patients, despite being largely preventable. While evidence-based guidelines for prev...

    Authors: Basilice Minka Obama, Rebecca Grant, Stephan Harbarth, Niccolò Buetti and Gaud Catho
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:45
  29. The emergence and spread of third-generation cephalosporins (3GC) and carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae pose a global critical challenge. Understanding the transmission dynamics within and between hospit...

    Authors: Neris García-González, Beatriz Beamud, Jordi Sevilla-Fortuny, Victoria Sánchez-Hellín, Inmaculada Vidal, Juan Carlos Rodríguez, Begoña Fuster, Nuria Tormo, Carme Salvador, Concepción Gimeno, Barbara Gomila-Sard, Salvador Giner, Olalla Martínez, Javier Colomina, David Navarro, Victoria Domínguez…
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:44
  30. Authors: Lena Landsmann, Anna Borodova, Carlos Rocha, Aziz Amadou Diallo, Kamis Mamadou Diallo, Matthias Borchert, Mardjan Arvand, Mamadou Diallo, Rebekah R. Wood and Sophie A. Müller
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:43

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  31. Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) significantly increase morbidity and mortality worldwide, with Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) being a leading HAI pathogen requiring targeted eradication in healthcare s...

    Authors: Panjie Hu, Yao Sun, Zeyong Zhong, Sichen Liu, Deyi Zhao, Weijun Chen, Ying Zhang, Zhexiao Ma, Jianming Cao and Tieli Zhou
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:42
  32. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Sub-Saharan Africa is a significant health threat, with limited data guide treatment. This study investigates multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli in urinary tract infections (U...

    Authors: Magreth Erick Macha, Philipp Kohler, Anja Bösch, Honorathy Msami Urassa, Weihong Qi, Salome N. Seiffert, Sabine Haller, Erin West, Maja Weisser Rohacek and Baharak Babouee Flury
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:41
  33. There is a lack of a universally accepted standard or guideline for the frequency of disinfection in purified water pipelines. Furthermore, there is no standardized method for detecting microorganisms in the f...

    Authors: Zhanjie Li, Bo Liu, Qingtang Zhu, Zijun Ge, Feng Zang, Wensen Chen, Yongxiang Zhang, Xiafen Ding, Jing Ding and Weihong Zhang
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:40
  34. Enterococci are gut commensal microorganisms, which can however cause life-threatening infections especially in patients suffering from intestinal barrier disorders. Treatment of these enterococcal infections ...

    Authors: Vera Rauschenberger, Heike Claus, Charlotte Polzin, Vera Blaschke and Stefanie Kampmeier
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:39
  35. In 2018, Singapore’s National Infection Prevention & Control Committee (NIPC) recommended standard precautions and unrestricted movements for CPE carriers in nursing homes.

    Authors: Kyaw Zaw Linn, Xiaowei Huan, Pei Yun Hon, Sharifah Farhanah Syed Husen, Natascha May Thevasagayam, Oon Tek Ng, Shawn Vasoo, Moi Lin Ling, Dale Fisher and Kalisvar Marimuthu
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:38
  36. Fungal infections are increasingly recognized as a global health concern, contributing to considerable morbidity and mortality in hospital settings. This underscores the urgent need for infection prevention an...

    Authors: Soudabeh Ghodsi, Mahnaz Nikaeen, Shima Aboutalebian, Rasoul Mohammadi and Hossein Mirhendi
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:37
  37. This study aims to assess the bactericidal efficacy of Multilevel Antimicrobial Polymer (MAP-1) on standard bedsheets in Long-term care facility (LTCF). The research quantifies total viable bacteria and MRSA c...

    Authors: Awais Farid, Wei Han, Joseph K.C. Kwan and King Lun Yeung
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:36
  38. The reference microbiology laboratory of Israel’s National Institute for Antibiotic Resistance and Infection Control has established a national repository of isolates analyzed by Fourier-transform infrared (FT...

    Authors: Mor N. Lurie-Weinberger, Elizabeth Temkin, Ophir Kastel, Moshe Bechor, Darya Bychenko-Banyas, Reut Efrati-Epchtien, Gabrielle D. Levi, Nadya Rakovitsky, Alona Keren-Paz and Yehuda Carmeli
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:34
  39. Environmental cleaning is a key infection prevention and control (IPC) intervention in healthcare settings. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with Infection Control Africa Network (ICA...

    Authors: Cori Dennison, Matthew Hudson, Damilola Adeniyi, Folasade Ogunsola, Hanako Osuka, Lisa P. Oakley, Paul Malpiedi, Amber Vasquez and Molly Patrick
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:33
  40. China has established an extensive multidisciplinary surveillance network encompassing antimicrobial utilisation, antimicrobial resistance, and nosocomial infections. We aimed to identify challenges and barrie...

    Authors: Haishaerjiang Wushouer, Weibin Li, Junxuan Yu, Lin Hu, Xiaodong Guan, Xiaolin Liu, Anhua Wu, Xiaoqiang Yang, Minggui Wang, Yingchun Xu, Yanping Luo, Xun Huang and Luwen Shi
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:32
  41. In 2022, approximately 56.5% of adults and 47.1% of children and adolescents were affected by Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection in Africa, and clarithromycin-resistant H. pylori (CRHp) strains have become...

    Authors: Komla Mawunyo Dossouvi, Tchilabalo Bouyo, Simon Sognonnou, Ephraim Ehidiamen Ibadin, Lu-chao Lv, Bissoume Sambe Ba, Abdoulaye Seck, Sika Dossim, Fábio Parra Sellera, Makhtar Camara, Amr El Kelish and Stella Ifeanyi Smith
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:31
  42. During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic, the strain on intensive care units (ICUs) has increased, which made them more vulnerable to the threat of multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO).

    Authors: Yi Kong, Ting Liu, Yanru Zhang, Hui Wang and Hongyi Lin
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:30
  43. Good quality data is essential in optimising containment strategies for antimicrobial resistance, a global public health threat estimated to cause around 10 million deaths yearly and up-to 5% loss in GDP by 20...

    Authors: Obiageli J. Okolie, Sanda U. Ismail, Uzoma Igwe and Emmanuel C. Adukwu
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:29
  44. Protecting patients from hospital-acquired viral respiratory infections is a major challenge, but the hierarchy of measures to achieve this is not yet completely clear.

    Authors: Costa Salachas, Quentin Le Hingrat, Skerdi Haviari, Audrey Valdes, Vincent Mackiewicz, Isabelle Lolom, Nadhira Fidouh, Benoît Visseaux, Donia Bouzid, Diane Descamps, Jean-Christophe Lucet, Charlotte Charpentier and Solen Kernéis
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:28
  45. In May 2018, an outbreak of NDM-5-carrying Escherichia coli (NDM-5-EC) was detected at the hemato-oncology department of a tertiary care center in Austria. This report details the outbreak investigation, control ...

    Authors: Heidrun Kerschner, Linda Jernej, Adriana Cabal, Patrick Hyden, Sigrid Machherndl-Spandl, Lucia Berning, Anna Blaimschein, Werner Ruppitsch, Petra Apfalter and Rainer Hartl
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:27
  46. Hospitals in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) face context-specific challenges in implementing antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes. The Global Point Prevalence Survey (Global-PPS) project has est...

    Authors: Ines Pauwels, Ann Versporten, Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Silvia Figueiredo Costa, Herberth Maldonado, Ana Paula Matos Porto, Shaheen Mehtar, Herman Goossens, Sibyl Anthierens and Erika Vlieghe
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:26
  47. Surveillance data on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) determinants such as antibiotic use, prevalence of AMR, antimicrobial stewardship, and infection prevention and control are mostly analysed and reported sepa...

    Authors: S. A. M. van Kessel, C. C. H. Wielders, A. F. Schoffelen and A. Verbon
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:25
  48. We reviewed culture-confirmed healthcare-associated outbreaks linked to bacterial and fungal contamination of intravenous fluids and medicines (further “infusates”) in low-income countries and lower and upper ...

    Authors: Jemima Nyandwaro, Peter Hyland, Raffaella Ravinetto and Jan Jacobs
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:24
  49. Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) poses a significant concern in healthcare settings, particularly during outbreaks. Traditional antibiotic susceptibility testing may fail to detect occult vancomy...

    Authors: Artur J. Sabat, Lilli Gard, Monika A. Fliss, Viktoria Akkerboom, Robin F. J. Benus, Mariette Lokate, Andreas Voss and Erik Bathoorn
    Citation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 2025 14:23