The History of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Brazil by Mariana Moreira Andrade, Wilson Barros Luiz, Rayane da Silva Oliveira Souza, Jaime Henrique Amorim

“…Clinical manifestations may vary from brand to critical condition due to host risk factors, as well as pathogen virulence and resistance. The high adaptability and pathogenic profile of MRSA clones contributed to its spread in hospital and community settings. …”
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Water pollution, cholera, and the role of probiotics: a comprehensive review in relation to public health in Bangladesh by Md. Rayhan Chowdhury, Ariful Islam, Valentina Yurina, Takeshi Shimosato, Takeshi Shimosato, Takeshi Shimosato

“…Recent probiotic advancements include engineering strains that disrupt V. cholerae biofilms and inhibit their virulence. Integrating probiotics with traditional cholera control measures could significantly enhance their effectiveness and provide a multifaceted approach to combating this persistent disease. …”
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Comparative analysis of selected methods of carbapenemase determination among clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae. by Agata Pruss, Alicja Skierska, Paweł Kwiatkowski, Helena Masiuk, Joanna Jursa-Kulesza, Stefania Giedrys-Kalemba, Iwona Bilska, Monika Sienkiewicz, Maria V Melnyk, Barbara Dołęgowska

“…Klebsiella pneumoniae is a typical opportunistic pathogen that exhibits multiple virulence factors and antibiotic resistance conditioning mechanisms. …”
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Potency of the Consortium of Pseudomonad fluorescent pf-142 and Bacillus mycoides Isolates Against Bacterial Wilt Disease In-Vitro by Yosua Nathanael Itona Sagala, Endang Triwahyu Prasetyawati, Yenny Wuryandari

“…Based on the study, it was known that R. solanacearum caused wilting in chili pepper plants with high virulence. Pseudomonad fluorescent pf-142 and B. mycoides did not produce an inhibition zone, indicating that both were compatible. …”
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A CRISPR-Cas9 system protecting E. coli against acquisition of antibiotic resistance genes by Danna Lee, Petra Muir, Sara Lundberg, August Lundholm, Linus Sandegren, Sanna Koskiniemi

“…However, one concern with the use of live bacteria is the risk of the bacteria acquiring genes encoding for AMR or virulence factors through horizontal gene transfer (HGT), and the transformation of the probiotic into a superbug. …”
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Convergent evolution of oxidized sugar metabolism in commensal and pathogenic microbes in the inflamed gut by Sophia Levy, Angela K. Jiang, Maggie R. Grant, Gabriela Arp, Glory Minabou Ndjite, Xiaofang Jiang, Brantley Hall

“…Previously considered a pathogen virulence factor, oxidized sugar metabolism is also present in specific commensals and may contribute to their increased relative abundance in gastrointestinal inflammation.…”
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Evolution of parasite transmission dispersion by Hannelore MacDonald, Sebastian Bonhoeffer, Roland Regoes

“…Furthermore, parasite adaptation can maintain increased transmission dispersion at endemic equilibria if virulence differs between hosts in a heterogeneous population. …”
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Helicobacter pylori Infection in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in the Asian Countries by Su Jin Hong, Sang Woo Kim

“…The interactions between genetic factors and the virulence of H. pylori infection may be the reason for the low prevalence of GERD in Asian countries. …”
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Isoferulic acid facilitates effective clearance of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae through targeting capsule. by Tingting Wang, Huaizhi Yang, Qiushuang Sheng, Ying Ding, Jian Zhang, Feng Chen, Jianfeng Wang, Lei Song, Xuming Deng

“…Capsule, an essential virulence determinant, is a major cause of the enhanced pathogenicity of hvKP and thus represents an attractive drug target to prevent the devastating clinical outcomes caused by hvKP infection. …”
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Mycoketide: A CD1c-Presented Antigen with Important Implications in Mycobacterial Infection by Isamu Matsunaga, Masahiko Sugita

“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis and related mycobacteria species are unique in that the acid-fast bacilli possess a highly lipid-rich cell wall that not simply confers resistance to treatment with acid alcohol, but also controls their survival and virulence. It has recently been established that a fraction of the cell wall lipid components of mycobacteria can function as antigens targeted by the acquired immunity of the host. …”
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Advancements in the development of antivirals against SARS-Coronavirus by Mrityunjay Kumar, Mirza Sarwar Baig, Kanchan Bhardwaj, Kanchan Bhardwaj

“…The existence of animal reservoirs of coronaviruses continues to pose a risk of re-emergence with improved fitness and virulence. Given the high death rate (up to 70 percent) and the high rate of severe sickness (up to 68.7 percent in long-COVID patients), it is even more critical to identify new therapies as soon as possible. …”
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Traffic Control of Bacteria-Derived Molecules: A New System of Host-Bacterial Crosstalk by Hiroaki Konishi, Mikihiro Fujiya, Yutaka Kohgo

“…Virulent microorganisms, such as pathogenic bacteria and viruses, are recognized by pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), including toll-like receptors (TLRs) and nucleotide-binding oligomerization-domain proteins (NODs), and induce inflammatory responses in mammalian hosts. …”
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Potential Usefulness of Streptococcus pneumoniae Extracellular Membrane Vesicles as Antibacterial Vaccines by Chi-Won Choi, Edmond Changkyun Park, Sung Ho Yun, Sang-Yeop Lee, Seung Il Kim, Gun-Hwa Kim

“…The EMVs of bacteria play important roles in their virulence, biogenesis mechanisms, and host cell interactions. …”
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Inflammasomes, Autophagy, and Cell Death: The Trinity of Innate Host Defense against Intracellular Bacteria by Teresa Krakauer

“…Various pathogens produce virulence factors to control inflammasomes, subvert autophagy, and modulate host cell death in order to evade host defense. …”
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E. coli Sepsis: Red Flag for Colon Carcinoma—A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Hiren G. Patel, Seme Tabassum, Sohail Shaikh

“…E. coli strains B2 and D produce cyclomodulin toxins as part of their virulence, which interferes with the cell cycle regulation, promoting chromosomal instability, and increasing susceptibility to cancer. …”
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Pathogenic potential of ornithogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> strains detected in the Earth's polar regions by Batyrbek I. Aslanov, Daniil V. Azarov, Maria A. Makarova, Elizaveta G. Marysheva, Lyudmila A. Kraeva, Aleksey S. Mokhov, Ekaterina A. Lebedeva, Nikita E. Goncharov, Natalya V. Lebedeva, Dmitry A. Starikov, Victoria V. Kolodzhieva, Dmitry E. Polev, Artemy E. Goncharov

“…All strains studied were characterized by the presence of extensive virulence. Among the pathogenicity factors identified were haemolysins A, E, F, siderophores, including the yersiniabactin gene cluster, a number of adhesion, colonization and invasion factors, as well as the thermostable enterotoxin EAST-1 and genes that characterize enteroaggregative strains of E. coli (the virulence regulator gene eilA and enteroaggregative protein (air)). …”
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The transcriptional regulator Lrp activates the expression of genes involved in the biosynthesis of tilimycin and tilivalline enterotoxins in Klebsiella oxytoca by Miguel A. De la Cruz, Hilda A. Valdez-Salazar, Diana Rodríguez-Valverde, Santa Mejia-Ventura, Nayely Robles-Leyva, Tania Siqueiros-Cendón, Quintín Rascón-Cruz, Nancy León-Montes, Jorge Soria-Bustos, Fernando Chimal-Cázares, Roberto Rosales-Reyes, María L. Cedillo, Jorge A. Yañez-Santos, J. Antonio Ibarra, Javier Torres, Jorge A. Girón, James G. Fox, Miguel A. Ares

“…The transcriptional regulator Lrp (leucine-responsive regulatory protein) controls the expression of several bacterial genes involved in virulence. In this work, we have uncovered novel findings that have significant implications. …”
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Accurate assembly of full-length consensus for viral quasispecies by Jia Tian, Ziyu Gao, Minghao Li, Ergude Bao, Jin Zhao

“…Reconstructing a robust consensus representation for these diverse mutant strains is essential for recognizing the genetic variations among strains and delving into aspects like virulence, pathogenesis, and selecting therapies. Virus genomes are typically small, often composed of only a few thousand to several hundred thousand nucleotides. …”
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Immune Response in H. pylori-Associated Gastritis and Gastric Cancer by Qingbin Niu, Jun Zhu, Xingquan Yu, Tao Feng, Hong Ji, Yuming Li, Weiwei Zhang, Baoguang Hu

“…Some types of immune cells are recruited to enforce an antibacterial response, which could be impeded by H. pylori virulence factors with or without a specific immune cell. …”
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Exploration of Nitrate Reductase Metabolic Pathway in Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis by Sintia Almeida, Cassiana Sousa, Vinícius Abreu, Carlos Diniz, Elaine M. S. Dorneles, Andrey P. Lage, Debmalya Barh, Vasco Azevedo

“…Findings about pathogen metabolism can contribute to the identification of relationship between nitrate reductase and the C. pseudotuberculosis pathogenicity, virulence factors, and discovery of drug targets.…”
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