Increased Mortality After Lower Extremity Amputation in a Danish Nationwide Cohort: The Mediating Role of Postoperative Complications by Brix ATH, Petersen TG, Nymark T, Schmal H, Lindberg-Larsen M, Rubin KH

“…Anna Trier Heiberg Brix,1,2 Tanja Gram Petersen,3 Tine Nymark,1,2 Hagen Schmal,1,4 Martin Lindberg-Larsen,1,2 Katrine Hass Rubin2,3 1Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; 2Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; 3Research Unit OPEN, Odense University Hospital and University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; 4Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyCorrespondence: Anna Trier Heiberg Brix, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Odense University Hospital, J. …”
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Hubungan Kadar Hemoglobin Ibu Hamil Trimester III Dengan Berat Bayi Lahir di Kota Pariaman by Anggi Setiawan, Nur Indrawaty Lipoeto, Amirah Zatil Izzah

“…The average of birth weight is 3.103 (SD 405) grams and 3,1% of total infant have low birth weight. …”
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Zero-BertXGB: An Empirical Technique for Abstract Classification in Systematic Reviews by Mohammad Shariful Islam, Mohammad Abu Tareq Rony, Md Rasel Hossain, Samah Alshathri, Walid El-Shafai

“…Addressing this gap, this study employs GloVe for word embedding via matrix factorization, FastText for character n-gram representation, and Doc2Vec for capturing paragraph-level semantics. …”
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Development and evaluation of optimized PCR and indirect ELISA for the detection of Morganella morganii in dairy cows by Meihua Zhang, Jiayi Li, Jianfeng Xue, Huiling Xu, Muzi Li, Yibo Xia, Changxi Qi, Pu Zhang, Yongxia Liu, Jianzhu Liu

“…IntroductionMorganella morganii (M. morganii) is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen, whose increasing virulence and antibiotic resistance negatively impact dairy cow health and productivity, raising concerns in livestock health management. …”
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Therapeutic effectiveness of three commercial anthelmintics against strongylids in buffalo calves (Bubalus bubalis) by David Uzcátegui, Víctor Gutiérrez, María Rodríguez, Andrea González, Alfredo Sánchez

“…Twenty-eight buffalo calves, naturally infected, with a parasite load ≥ 350 eggs per gram of faeces (EPG), and age between 2 and 3 months, with an average weight of 65.9 kgs, were selected. …”
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Green synthesis of titanium dioxide photocatalyst using Lactobacillus bulgaricus for processing palm oil mill effluent by L. Agustina, M. Romli, P. Suryadarma, S. Suprihatin

“…Phenol, which is toxic and difficult to degrade biologically, could eliminated significantly (up to 81.12 percent) using a photocatalyst dose of 1 gram per liter at a time irradiation of 2.5 hour.CONCLUSION: The biological synthesis of nano titanium dioxide photocatalysts is affected by temperatures and metal oxide concentrations. …”
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Roles of the rpoEc-chrR-chrA operon in superoxide tolerance and β-lactam susceptibility of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia by Ren-Hsuan Ku, Hsu-Feng Lu, Li-Hua Li, Li-Hua Li, Ting-Yu Yeh, Yi-Tsung Lin, Yi-Tsung Lin, Tsuey-Ching Yang

“…Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, an opportunistic pathogen, is a multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterium. Although it is not a photosynthetic microorganism, a rpoE-chrR homolog (smlt2377-smlt2378) was found in the S. maltophilia genome. …”
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Dissemination of clinical Escherichia coli harboring the mcr-1 gene in Pakistan by Sabahat Abdullah, Sabahat Abdullah, Muhammad Ahmad Mushtaq, Kalim Ullah, Brekhna Hassan, Mariya Azam, Mariya Azam, Muhammad Asif Zahoor, Juan Wang, Jianzhen Xu, Mark A. Toleman, Mashkoor Mohsin

“…BackgroundColistin is an antibiotic used as a last resort to treat multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections. Plasmid-mediated mobile colistin-resistant (mcr) genes in Escherichia coli (E. coli) are disseminated globally and are considered to be a major public health threat. …”
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Seroprevalence of brucellosis in camels and humans in the Al-Qassim region of Saudi Arabia and its implications for public health by Abdulaziz M. Almuzaini, Abdullah S. M. Aljohani, Ahmed I. Alajaji, Ayman Elbehiry, Adil Abalkhail, Abdulrahman Almujaidel, Sahar N. Aljarallah, Hazem R. Sherif, Eman Marzouk, Abdelmaged A. Draz

“…Abstract Brucellosis is a significant zoonotic disease caused by intracellular, gram-negative bacteria from the genus Brucella. Although camels are classified as secondary hosts for Brucella species, they are among the most susceptible and vulnerable animals to brucellosis, particularly Brucella abortus (B. abortus) and Brucella melitensis (B. melitensis). …”
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Hubungan Asupan Asam Folat, Zink, dan Vitamin A Ibu Hamil Trimester III terhadap Berat Badan Lahir di Kabupaten Padang Pariaman by Wici Septiyeni, Nur Indrawati Lipoeto, Joserizal Serudji

“…Rata-rata berat badan lahir 3181,36 gram dan rata-rata tinggi badan ibu adalah 153,8305 cm. …”
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Growth Factor Comparison in Cortical Demineralized Bone Matrix that Demineralized Using Chloric and Acetic Acid by Mouli Edward, Ferdiansyah Mahyudin, Mohammad Hardian Basuki, Heri Suroto, Ferdiansyah Danang Perwira

“…We characterized the Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), Bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2), and Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) content of 1 gram of New Zealand White Rabbit cortical bone immersed in 0.6 M hydrochloric acid and 0.5 M acetic acid for 3, 6, and 9 days. …”
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The effect of continuous and pulse feeding Lactiplantibacillus plantarum on growth performance, gut microbiota, immunological, haematological and plasma biochemical parameters of r... by Ivana Mikulíková, Marija Radojičić, Hana Banďouchová, Jana Blahová, Ondřej Malý, Ivana Papežíková, Hana Novotná, Eva Poštulková, Zuzana Lepková, Ivona Toulová, Klára Odehnalová, Jan Mareš, Dagmar Mudroňová, Miroslava Palíková

“…A potentially probiotic autochthonous strain of Gram-positive lactic acid bacteria, Lactiplantibacillus plantarum R2 Biocenol™ (CCM 8674), was assessed as a feed supplement in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. …”
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Antimicrobial susceptibilities of oral Neisseria from men on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Hanoi, Vietnam by Huan Vinh Dong, Paul Adamson, Dieu Hoa Pham, Quynh Hoa Pham, Hai Ha Long Le, Loc Quang Pham, Hao Thi Minh Bui, Giang Minh Le, Jeffrey D. Klausner

“…Participants self-collected oral specimens using phosphate buffer solution, for culture on LB agar media containing sucrose, vancomycin, and trimethoprim (LBVT.SNR). Oxidase-positive Gram-negative diplococci were identified using the Remel RapID NH system. …”
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Viral Mimetic Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles for Targeting Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 by Ahn G, Yoon HW, Jeong JH, Kim YH, Shin WR, Song MS, Ahn JY

“…Gna Ahn,1,2,* Hyo-Won Yoon,1,* Ju Hwan Jeong,3,4,* Yang-Hoon Kim,1,* Woo-Ri Shin,1,5,6 Min-Suk Song,3 Ji-Young Ahn1 1Department of Microbiology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea; 2Center for Ecology and Environmental Toxicology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea; 3Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea; 4Functional Biomaterial Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jeongeup, Republic of Korea; 5Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 6Department of Animal Bioscience & Integrated Biotechnology, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Ji-Young Ahn; Min-Suk Song, Tel +82-43-261-2301 ; +82-43-261-3778, Email jyahn@chungbuk.ac.kr; songminsuk@chungbuk.ac.krPurpose: Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) derived from Gram-negative bacteria naturally serve as a heterologous nano-engineering platform, functioning as effective multi-use nanovesicles for diagnostics, vaccines, and treatments against pathogens. …”
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Overcoming beta-lactam resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by targeting metallo-beta-lactamase VIM-1: a one-microsecond molecular dynamics simulation study by Mohammed Salleh M. Ardawi, Samar A. Badreddine, Muhammad Yasir, Muhammad Yasir, Aiah M. Khateb, Aiah M. Khateb, Safaa A. Turkistani, Ahmed Afandi, Samah O. Noor, Adhari Alselmi, Adhari Alselmi, Vivek Dhar Dwivedi, Vivek Dhar Dwivedi, Esam I. Azhar, Esam I. Azhar

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen with a high resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics, mainly due to the production of metallo-beta-lactamase VIM-1 (MBL-VIM-1) enzyme. …”
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Attenuation of acute kidney injury in a murine model of neonatal Escherichia coli sepsis by Esther M. Speer, Atilade A. Adedeji, Joyce Lin, Alexandra Khorasanchi, Asma Rasheed, Maya Bhat, Kelly Mackenzie, Randolph Hennigar, Kimberly J. Reidy, Robert P. Woroniecki

“…We hypothesized that addition of PTX to antibiotics may attenuate immune and histological AKI in a murine neonatal sepsis model.MethodsPostnatal (PN) day 1 C57BL/6J mice were injected with E. coli K1 strain at 105 colony forming units per gram weight or saline control. After 1.5 hours, septic pups randomly received saline, gentamicin or cefotaxime, with/without PTX. 5.5h after sepsis initiation, kidneys and blood were harvested for measurements of biomarkers of inflammation and kidney injury. …”
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Regulation of ofloxacin resistance in Escherichia coli strains causing calf diarrhea by quorum-sensing acyl-homoserine lactone signaling molecules by Zi Wang, Zi Wang, Zi Wang, Miao Sun, Yongqiang Wang, Yongqiang Wang, Jinchuan Shi, Wei Gao, Dongxu Han, Fanjun Zeng, Sanren, Liyin Du, Liyin Du, Hongxia Ma, Kai Liu, Kai Liu, Kai Liu

“…This system can found in Gram-negative bacteria and operates through acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) signaling molecules. …”
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Acinetobacter baumannii represses type VI secretion system through a manganese-dependent small RNA-mediated regulation by Somok Bhowmik, Avik Pathak, Shivam Pandey, Kuldip Devnath, Abhiroop Sett, Nishant Jyoti, Timsy Bhando, Jawed Akhter, Saurabh Chugh, Ramandeep Singh, Tarun Kumar Sharma, Ranjana Pathania

“…ABSTRACT Type VI secretion system (T6SS) is utilized by many Gram-negative bacteria to eliminate competing bacterial species and manipulate host cells. …”
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The clinical features and risk factors of coagulopathy associated with cefoperazone/sulbactam: a nomogram prediction model by Changjing Xu, Junlong Zhu, Kun Tu, Hui Tang, Xinxin Zhou, Qiuyu Li, Kun Chen, Xuping Yang, Yilan Huang

“…BackgroundCefoperazone/sulbactam (CPZ/SAM) is an important treatment option for infections caused by multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria. However, it is associated with an increased risk of coagulation disorders (CD) and causes severe bleeding in some instances. …”
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A new Lactobacillus gasseri strain HMV18 inhibits the growth of pathogenic bacteria by Xiang Gao, Zixuan Wang, Xiang Li, Xiaoling Zhang, Shengqiang Du, Miaomiao Jia, Dailun Hu, Xianxian Jia, Bin Cong, Yan Zhang, Chunling Ma, Song Zhou, Jun Zhang

“…The new isolate was identified as L. gasseri by the colony morphology, Gram staining, biochemical reactions and confirmed by the 16S rDNA sequencing. …”
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