Determination of antibiotic resistance patterns of Vibrio parahaemolyticus from shrimp and shellfish in Selangor, Malaysia by Vengadesh Letchumanan, Nurul-Syakima Ab Mutalib, Sunny Hei Wong, Kok-Gan Chan, Learn-Han Lee

“… High consumer demand for seafood has led to the need for large-scale, reliable supply through aquaculture farming. However, bacterial infections - which can spread rapidly among the dense farming area pose a major threat to this industry. …”
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The Saudi thoracic society guidelines for vaccinations in adult patients with chronic respiratory diseases by Mohammed Al Ghobain, Fayssal Farahat, Mohammed Zeitouni, Waleed Alsowayan, Sultan Al-Awfi, Ali AlBarrak, Shareefah Al-Basheri, Fatmah Alhabeeb, Esam H. Alhamad

“…Adult patients with chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) are considered high risk group who are more likely to experience worse clinical outcomes if they acquire viral or bacterial infections. Vaccination is the best preventive tool to reduce the risk of infection and disease occurrence and to reduce the level of severity of complications associated with the various vaccine-preventable infections. …”
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INHIBITORY ACTIVITY OF ALLIUM SATIVUM L. EXTRACT AGAINST STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES AND PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA by Natasha Hana Savitri, Danti Nur Indiastuti, Manik Retno Wahyunitasari

“…Purpose: Antibiotics are the main therapy used in the incidence of bacterial infections. But over time, some antibiotics became resistance. …”
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The Bacterial Profile and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Urinary Tract Infection Patients at Pawe General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Abayeneh Girma, Aleka Aemiro

“…Even though in this locality, most isolates were sensitive to ceftriaxone, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, nitrofurantoin, and norfloxacin, they are considered appropriate antimicrobials for empirical treatment of urinary tract bacterial infections. Periodic monitoring of etiology and drug susceptibility is highly recommended, along with health education on the transmission and causes of urinary tract infection.…”
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Green Strategy–Based Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles for Antibacterial Applications by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…They are routinely used to treat bacterial infections and to prevent infections in patients with compromised immune systems and enhancing growth in livestock. …”
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Bifunctional copper ion/melittin incorporated hydrogel with antimicrobial and antioxidant capabilities for infected skin wound healing by Jun Yao, Xiao Li, Minjie Lin, Zhuoqi Han, Xiaonan Wang, Jingjing Guo, Bing Wu, Jiajie Xia

“…Skin infections present a major clinical challenge, as bacterial invasion and inflammation can complicate wound healing. Therefore, bacterial infections must be treated while the accompanying inflammation and oxidative stress are regulated. …”
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Photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin antibiotic from aqueous solution by BiFeO3 nanocomposites using response surface methodology by R. Mostafaloo, M. Asadi-Ghalhari, H. Izanloo, A. Zayadi

“…Ciprofloxacin antibiotic that is used to cure several kinds of bacterial infections have a high solubility capacity in water. …”
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Molecular Identification, Histopathology and Antibiotic Susceptibility Profiling of Aeromonas veronii Isolated from Oreochromis niloticus in Bangladesh by Sayed Mashequl Bari, Mohammad Muttakinul Islam, Aktia Amina, Marufa Khatun, A. M. Shahabuddin

“…However, commercial tilapia culture systems face increasing challenges from bacterial infections. Objectives The objective of this study was to identify the bacterial isolates from infected tilapia in an intensive cage culture farm located along the Shitalakshya River in Bangladesh. …”
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The Appearance of Antiphage Antibodies in Sera of Patients Treated with Phages by Marzanna Łusiak-Szelachowska, Beata Weber-Dąbrowska, Maciej Żaczek, Ryszard Międzybrodzki, Andrzej Górski

“…<b>Methods:</b> The antiphage activity of the sera (AAS) level of 27 patients with bacterial infections such as bone infections, soft tissue infections, or upper respiratory tract infections undergoing PT was performed using the plate phage neutralization test. …”
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Antibacterial Activity of Rationally Designed Antimicrobial Peptides by Marius B. Tincho, Thureyah Morris, Mervin Meyer, Ashley Pretorius

“…Due to these reasons, there is a need to seek and develop novel therapeutic regimens to reduce the rapid scale of bacterial infections. Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) are components of the first line of defense for prokaryotes and eukaryotes and have a wide range of activities against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, fungi, cancer cells, and protozoa, as well as viruses. …”
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Enhanced bacteriostatic effects of phage vB_C4 and cell wall-targeting antibiotic combinations against drug-resistant Aeromonas veronii by Xin Cao, Yanqiong Tang, ZhenZhang Lu, Xiang Ma, Hong Li, Xue Chi, Juanjuan Li, Zhu Liu

“…Consequently, this study establishes a basis for evaluating the parameters essential for utilizing phage-antibiotic combination therapy in the treatment of biofilm-associated infections, thereby offering a novel selection for the clinical management of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections.…”
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High-Throughput 16 S rRNA Gene Sequencing Reveals Bacterial Diversity of Infant Formula Production Line Samples in Spring and Summer by Xian Li, Yongbo Li, Yalun Zhang, Rui Zhang, Hui Wang, Tao Zhang, Taotao Yan, Zilun Zhang, Guohua Shi, Wei Zhou

“…The trend of low breastfeeding rates increases the demand for infant milk formula (IMF) worldwide, but the use of IMF may be one of the causes of bacterial infections in infants. Complete sterility in the whole production line of IMF cannot be guaranteed; therefore, it is necessary to closely monitor the microbial content in the process. …”
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Discovery of Quinazolone Pyridiniums as Potential Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Agents by Jie Dai, Qianyue Li, Ziyi Li, Zhonglin Zang, Yan Luo, Chenghe Zhou

“…The overprescription of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture has accelerated the development and spread of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, which severely limits the arsenal available to clinicians for treating bacterial infections. This work discovered a new class of heteroarylcyanovinyl quinazolones and quinazolone pyridiniums to surmount the increasingly severe bacterial resistance. …”
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Coupling of an Au@AgPt nanozyme array with an micrococcal nuclease-specific responsiveness strategy for colorimetric/SERS sensing of Staphylococcus aureus in patients with sepsis by Xueqin Huang, Yingqi Yang, Hanlin Zhou, Liping Hu, Annan Yang, Hua Jin, Biying Zheng, Jiang Pi, Jun Xu, Pinghua Sun, Huai-Hong Cai, Xujing Liang, Bin Pan, Junxia Zheng, Haibo Zhou

“…Rapid and ultrasensitive detection of pathogen-associated biomarkers is vital for the early diagnosis and therapy of bacterial infections. Herein, we developed a close-packed and ordered Au@AgPt array coupled with a cascade triggering strategy for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and colorimetric identification of the Staphylococcus aureus biomarker micrococcal nuclease (MNase) in serum samples. …”
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Artesunate, EDTA, and colistin work synergistically against MCR-negative and -positive colistin-resistant Salmonella by Yajun Zhai, Peiyi Liu, Xueqin Hu, Changjian Fan, Xiaodie Cui, Qibiao He, Dandan He, Xiaoyuan Ma, Gongzheng Hu

“…Collectively, our work opens new avenues toward the potentiation of COL and reveals an alternative drug combination strategy to overcome COL-resistant bacterial infections.…”
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Alpha-defensins increase NTHi binding but not engulfment by the macrophages enhancing airway inflammation in Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency by Jungnam Lee, Naweed Mohammad, Kyudong Han, Kyudong Han, Tammy Flagg-Dowie, Maria Magallon, Mark L. Brantly, Karina A. Serban, Karina A. Serban

“…Despite the antimicrobial activities of α-defensins by direct bacterial killing and by modulation of immune responses, AATD individuals are paradoxically burdened by recurrent exacerbation triggered by bacterial infections, frequently with nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi). …”
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Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales infection and colonization in patients with severe burns: a retrospective cohort study in a single burn center by Myongjin Kim, Kibum Jeon, Dohern Kym, Jinsun Jung, Yu Jin Jang, Seung Beom Han

“…Abstract Background Clinical characteristics and outcomes of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) infection and colonization have rarely been reported in patients with severe burns, who are prone to severe bacterial infections. This study aimed to evaluate clinical characteristics and outcomes of CRE infection and colonization in patients with severe burns. …”
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Ceftazidime–avibactam for the Treatment of Intra-abdominal Sepsis and Urosepsis: A Retrospective Hospital-based Study in India by Prachee Sathe, Chitra Lele, Simran Chandra, Tatyasaheb Jadhav, Durgesh Makwana, Devidas Bhalerao

“…Background: In India, microbial susceptibility to antibiotics has been gradually decreasing, thus making treatment of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections challenging. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of ceftazidime–avibactam in patients with intra-abdominal sepsis or urosepsis. …”
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Airborne Escherichia coli bacteria biosynthesize lipids in response to aerosolization stress by Brooke L. Smith, Meiyi Zhang, Maria D. King

“…Understanding the relationship between environmental conditions in ventilated spaces, lipid biosynthesis, and cellular responses is crucial for developing effective strategies to combat bacterial infections and antibiotic resistance. By elucidating the repair mechanisms initiated by E. coli in response to aerosolization, this study contributes to the broader understanding of bacterial adaptation and vulnerability under specific environmental pressures. …”
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Clinical Predictors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia in Emergency Department by Yongsoon Choi, Jin Hui Paik, Ji Hye Kim, Seung Baik Han, Areum Durey

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa shows higher mortality rate compared to other bacterial infections and is susceptible to a limited number of antimicrobial agents. …”
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