Molecular Detection of Pap II, OmpA, and LuxR Genes Responsible for Biofilm Formation in Acinetobacter baumannii Isolated from Hospitalized Patients by Estabraq Ali Maklef, Amal A. Kareem, Susan F. K. Al-Sudani

“…Background: The first pathogen to be designated a “red-alert” human pathogen is Acinetobacter baumannii, which is on the list of infections that must be treated urgently with new antibiotics. …”
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Immunomodulation by Gut Microbiota: Role of Toll-Like Receptor Expressed by T Cells by Mariagrazia Valentini, Alessia Piermattei, Gabriele Di Sante, Giuseppe Migliara, Giovanni Delogu, Francesco Ria

“…TLRs are able to recognize ligands from commensal or pathogen microbiota to maintain the tolerance or trigger the immune response. …”
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Human Oral Keratinocytes Challenged by Streptococcus sanguinis and Porphyromonas gingivalis Differentially Affect the Chemotactic Activity of THP-1 Monocytes by Huajing Li, Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne, Lijian Jin

“…This study investigated whether and to what extent human oral keratinocytes (HOKs) challenged by a periodontal commensal or pathogen could differentially affect the chemotactic activity of THP-1 monocytes. …”
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Identification of Antibiotic Resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii in Iraqi Patients by Maha E. Zidan, Jaleel Samanje, Hiba Mansour Nasir

“… A. baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen that was once regarded as a low-category pathogen but is now a prominent source of hospital and community-acquired illnesses. …”
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Within-host bayesian joint modeling of longitudinal and time-to-event data of Leishmania infection. by Felix M Pabon-Rodriguez, Grant D Brown, Breanna M Scorza, Christine A Petersen

“…The host immune system plays a significant role in managing and clearing pathogen material during an infection, but this complex process presents numerous challenges from a modeling perspective. …”
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Resistance to Multiple Tuber Diseases Expressed in Somaclonal Variants of the Potato Cultivar Russet Burbank by Tamilarasan Thangavel, Robert Steven Tegg, Calum Rae Wilson

“…Previously, novel somatic cell selection was used to generate potato variants of “Russet Burbank” with resistance to common scab caused by infection with an actinomycete pathogen. Coexpression of resistance to powdery scab caused by a protozoan pathogen was subsequently shown. …”
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Unwanted disorders and xenogeneic graft‐versus‐host disease in experimental immunodeficient mice: How to evaluate and how to report by Seyed Mostafa Monzavi, Samad Muhammadnejad, Vahid Mansouri, Hami Ashraf, Naser Ahmadbeigi

“…Therefore, a rigorous health surveillance and clinical monitoring system, along with the establishment of a strictly controlled barrier facility to maintain a pathogen‐free state, are mandatory. Even if all pathogen control and biosafety measures are followed, there are various noninfectious disorders capable of causing tissue and multiorgan damage in immunodeficient animals. …”
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Design of Epitope-Based Peptide Vaccine against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Fructose Bisphosphate Aldolase Protein Using Immunoinformatics by Mustafa Elhag, Ruaa Mohamed Alaagib, Nagla Mohamed Ahmed, Mustafa Abubaker, Esraa Musa Haroun, Sahar Obi Abd Albagi, Mohammed A. Hassan

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common pathogen that is responsible for serious hospital-acquired infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and various sepsis syndromes. …”
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Porphyromonas gulae and canine periodontal disease: Current understanding and future directions by Kyu Hwan Kwack, Eun-Young Jang, Cheul Kim, Young-Suk Choi, Jae-Hyung Lee, Ji-Hoi Moon

“…Porphyromonas gulae has emerged as a notable pathogen in canine periodontal disease, akin to Porphyromonas gingivalis in human periodontitis. …”
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Characterization of the Escherichia coli Antifungal Protein PPEBL21 by V. Yadav, R. Mandhan, M. Kumar, J. Gupta, G. L. Sharma

“…It is thus hypothesized that a 16 kDa factor is essentially required by A. fumigatus for survival and its impaired synthesis due to treatment with PPEBL21 may lead to the death of pathogen.…”
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Diversity of Ethiopian Durum Wheat Landraces for Resistance to Stem Rust Seedling Resistance Genes by Silas Chiko, Mesfin Kebede Gessese, Daniel Shimelash, Wondimeneh Taye Haile, Belay Yebo Melo, Adera Sisay Wassie, Zemach Sorsa Lakore, Fentanesh Chekole Kassie

“…Among the 142 durum wheat accessions, 83 accessions were identified for possessing single ASR genes, and four accessions including the universal susceptible line (McNair) did not have effective resistance genes to the pathogen races tested in this study. The remaining 55 accessions had either a combination of two resistance genes, unknown number and kind of genes, or unidentified genes displaying resistance across all the pathogen races. …”
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A bibliometric and visualized analysis of heartland virus by Huiying Zhang, Huiying Zhang, Leiliang Zhang, Leiliang Zhang

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Quantification and Gene Expression Analysis of Histone Deacetylases in Common Bean during Rust Fungal Inoculation by Kalpalatha Melmaiee, Venu (Kal) Kalavacharla, Adrianne Brown, Antonette Todd, Yaqoob Thurston, Sathya Elavarthi

“…There was only one study reported on epigenetic modifications of the important legume crop, common bean, and its interaction with the fungal rust pathogen Uromyces appendiculatus prior to this project. …”
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Comparison of positive BioFire FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis (ME) panels, CSF cultures, CSF parameters, clinical presentation and in-patient mortality among patients with bacte... by Thein Myint, Jaime Soria, Yuanzheng Gao, Marice Ruiz Conejo Castillo, Vaneet Arora, Julie A. Ribes

“…MEP was 100% specific compared to culture. The PPV based on pathogen ranged from 78.6% to 100%. Interestingly, 27.4% (29 out of 106) cases (excluding FPs) would have no pathogen definitively identified if MEP had not been used. …”
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Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Dermabacter hominis by Tim Kintzinger, Dennis Knaack, Sören Schubert, Uwe Groß, Robin Köck, Frieder Schaumburg

“…Our data provide deeper insight into resistance rates and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of this specific pathogen.…”
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Gcn2 rescues reprogramming in the absence of Hog1/p38 signaling in C. neoformans during thermal stress by David Goich, Amanda L. M. Bloom, Sean R. Duffy, Maritza N. Ventura, John C. Panepinto

“…ABSTRACT The fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic pathogen of humans that reprograms its translatome to facilitate adaptation and virulence within the host. …”
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Prediction of potential drug targets and key inhibitors (ZINC67974679, ZINC67982856, and ZINC05668040) against Rickettsia felis using integrated computational approaches by Sudais Rahman, Hsien Liu, Mohibuallah Shah, Mashal M. Almutairi, Iram Liaqat, Tetsuya Tanaka, Chien-Chin Chen, Chien-Chin Chen, Chien-Chin Chen, Chien-Chin Chen, Abdulaziz Alouffi, Abid Ali

“…Rickettsia felis, responsible for flea-borne spotted fever, is a rising zoonotic pathogen posing an increasing global threat due to its expanding geographical distribution. …”
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Virus Immune Evasion: New Mechanism and Implications in Disease Outcome by Rika Draenert, John Frater, Julia G. Prado

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A Review of 11 Years of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Blood Isolates at a Tertiary Care Institute in Canada by Prenilla Naidu, Stephanie Smith

“…BACKGROUND: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia has emerged as a significant nosocomial pathogen with increasing resistance to trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole (TMP/SMX), the current drug of choice for treatment.…”
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Fusarium Wilt of Queen Palm and Mexican Fan Palm by Monica L. Elliott

“…Elliot, describes this lethal fungal disease affecting primarily queen and Mexican fan palms — pathogen and hosts, symptoms, diagnosis, and disease management. …”
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