Clinical Outcome with Oral Linezolid and Rifampin Following Recurrent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Despite Prolonged Vancomycin Treatment by Jon-David Schwalm, Philippe El-Helou, Christine H Lee

“…Drug-resistant Gram-positive bacteria, especially Staphylococcus aureus, are emerging as the predominant organisms involved in both nosocomial and community-acquired infections. …”
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New perspectives on probiotics in health and disease by Eric Banan-Mwine Daliri, Byong H. Lee

“…The gut microbiota continues to fascinate scientists in many realms when it is considered that humans contain 90% bacteria. Correlations between changes in composition and activity of the gut microbiota and common disorders such as cancer, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, inflammatory bowel diseases, obesity, oral health, etc. have been proposed. …”
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Grenadian cats as potential reservoir for Leptospira. by Keith K Kalasi, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Diana Stone, Talia Guttin, Andy Alhassan

“…Leptospirosis is a spirochetal disease caused by Leptospira spp. bacteria with global distribution affecting multiple mammalian species, including humans. …”
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Hepatic Portal Venous Gas: A Report of Two Cases and a Review of the Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Approach to Management by Saleh Alqahtani, Carla S Coffin, Kelly Burak, Fred Chen, John MacGregor, Paul Beck

“…BACKGROUND: Hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) is a rare condition that occurs when intraluminal gas and/or gas produced by intestinal bacteria enters the portal venous circulation. The most common precipitating factors include ischemia, intra-abdominal abscesses and inflammatory bowel disease. …”
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Antioxidant Functions of Nitric Oxide Synthase in a Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus by Manisha Vaish, Vineet K. Singh

“…However certain Gram positive bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus possess a gene encoding nitric oxide synthase (SaNOS) in their chromosome. …”
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World antimicrobial resistance (AMR) awareness week by Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi

“…Unfortunately, the number of cases infected with ceftazidime/avibactam-resistant Gram-negative bacteria has increased due to NDM-MBL production (Nearly 87% of K. pneumoniae clinical isolates in Isfahan). …”
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Crosslinking, Mechanical Properties, and Antimicrobial Activity of Photocurable Diacrylate Urethane/ZnO-Ag Nanocomposite Coating by Truc Vy Do, Minh Nguyet Ha, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Hoang Thu Ha, Thien Vuong Nguyen

“…The antimicrobial characteristic was tested by keeping track of the lag-log growth phase of E. coli bacteria in the coating existence among cell cultures. …”
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Prevention of Leptospirosis Infected Vector and Human Population by Multiple Control Variables by Muhammad Altaf Khan, Saeed Islam, Sher Afzal Khan, Ilyas Khan, Sharidan Shafie, Taza Gul

“…Leptospirosis is an infectious disease that damages the liver and kidneys, found mainly in dogs and farm animals and caused by bacteria. In this paper, we present the optimal control problem applied to a dynamical leptospirosis infected vector and human population by using multiple control variables. …”
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Antifungal Activity and Composition of Essential Oils of Conyza canadensis Herbs and Roots by Katalin Veres, Boglárka Csupor-Löffler, Andrea Lázár, Judit Hohmann

“…The antimicrobial activities of the oils were tested on Gram-positive (Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pyogenes), Gram-negative (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa) bacteria, reference fungal strains, and fungal strains isolated from patients (Candida, Cryptococcus, Trichophyton, Rhodotorula, and Aspergillus) by agar disc diffusion and broth dilution methods. …”
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ANALYZING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF METHANOLIC EXTRACTS FROM STACHYS BYZANTINE LEAVES by Ali Q. Khazaal, Zainab F. Mahmood, Sanaa A. Hammood

“…The methanolic extracts obtained from S. byzantine showed antibacterial activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. The extract inhibited Staphylococcus aureus with 15, 20, and 22 mm inhibition zones at 100, 200, and 400 mg/ml, respectively.  …”
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Intestinal Absorption of Bile Salts by Karen Madsen

“…The prima, y bile acids synthesized in the liver can be converted by intestinal bacteria into secondary and tertiary bile acids. Bile acids may also be conjugated with glycine or taurine which results in an increase in the hydrophilicity and solubility of these compounds at physiological pH. …”
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Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: When Natural Friends Turn into Enemies—The Importance of CpG Motifs of Bacterial DNA in Intestinal Homeostasis and Chronic Intestinal Inflammation by Florian Obermeier, Claudia Hofmann, Werner Falk

“…From numerous studies during the last years it became evident that bacteria and bacterial constituents play a decisive role both in the maintenance of intestinal immune homeostasis as well as in the development and perpetuation of chronic intestinal inflammation. …”
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Phospholipase D, a Novel Therapeutic Target Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative and Neuroimmune Diseases by Weiwei Zhang, Feiqi Zhu, Jie Zhu, Kangding Liu

“…Phospholipase D (PLD) is an enzyme that consists of six isoforms (PLD1–PLD6) and has been discovered in different organisms including bacteria, viruses, plants, and mammals. PLD is involved in regulating a wide range of nerve cells’ physiological processes, such as cytoskeleton modulation, proliferation/growth, vesicle trafficking, morphogenesis, and development. …”
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Efficacy of Sakacin on Selected Food Pathogenic Microorganisms Isolated from Fermented Milk Products by SSD Mohammed, D Damisa, TV Balogu, E Bala

“…Bacteriocins are antimicrobial substances of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have gained tremendous attention as potential bio preservatives in the food and dairy industries. …”
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Diagnostic Challenges in the Detection of Actinomycotic Osteomyelitis of the Mandible: A Case Report by Elitsa G. Deliverska, Dimitar T. Yovchev, Marusia Zh. Genadieva, Sadeta J. Parusheva

“…Actinomycosis is a rare chronic granulomatous infection and can be caused by Gram-positive anaerobic bacteria which are normal commensals of the oral cavity and pharynx. …”
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Pre-service science teacher’s opinions on virtual labs and their use in biology by Koca Asiye Bilge, Kizilay Esra

“…According to pre-service teachers, biology, cells, and the study of onion skin and bacteria are only a few examples of virtual laboratory applications that can be used in science teaching. …”
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Prebiotic Properties of Dates and Their Impact on Health by Ahmad Alhomsi, Mukaddes Kılıç Bayraktar

“…Research highlights that dates promote the growth of helpful bacteria, including Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus, which enhance intestinal health, improve barrier function, and increase the production of short-chain fatty acids. …”
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Case Study: Colibacillosis and Coccidiosis in Broiler Chicken Farm by Tyagita Tyagita Hartady, Reza Taufik Subagio, Shafia Khairani

“…In addition, moist litter also promote the growth of other disease agents such as bacteria and fungi.…”
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Synthesis and Catalytic and Biological Activities of Silver and Copper Nanoparticles Using Cassia occidentalis by Manjul Gondwal, Geeta Joshi nee Pant

“…The AgNPs and CuNPs showed highly potent antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhi bacteria, respectively. The CuNPs showed higher radical scavenging activity than AgNPs. …”
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Therapeutic effects of enrofloxacin on pneumonic and diarrhoeic calves by Kürşat Turgut, Osman Erganiş, Abdullah Başoğlu

“…P. haemolytica (70%) and mycoplasma ssp (30%) in calves with pneumonia and E.coli (86.6%) in calves with diarrhoea were the most common isolated bacteria. Except for 3 calves with pneumonia and 6 calves with diarrhoea, all calves cured by the treatment. …”
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