The Prevalence of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Raw Chicken Meat Samples by Omid Zarei, Leili Shokoohizadeh, Hadi Hossainpour, Mohammad Yousef Alikhani

“…The antibiotic resistance patterns of E. coli isolates were determined by the disk diffusion method. The genetic relatedness of the E. coli O157 isolates was analyzed by ERIC-PCR. …”
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Diabetes Patients with Foot Ulcers by Tamil Selvi Sivanmaliappan, Murugan Sevanan

“…Eighteen strains (14.28%) of P. aeruginosa from 270 diabetic foot ulcers were detected. Almost all the strains exhibited a varying degree of resistance to the antibiotics tested. …”
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Phenotypic and molecular identification of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in escherichia coli in healthy broilers at the west region of iran by Sina Sheikhi, Elham Ahmadi

“…E. coli strains were isolated, confirmed molecularly and studied using disk combination method, antimicrobial susceptibility test and ESBL-detection polymerase chain reactions (PCR).…”
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Molecular Study of Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates for Metallo-β-Lactamases and Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamases Genes in Intensive Care Unit, Mansoura University Hospital, Egypt by Nashwa M. Alkasaby, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki

“…A. baumannii was identified by colony morphology, API 20E, and confirmed by detecting the bla OXA-51-like carbapenemase gene by PCR. …”
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Carriage of Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase- and AmpC-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) in Healthy Community and Outpatient Department (OPD) Patients in Nepal by Dipendra Kumar Mandal, Shiv Kumar Sah, Shyam Kumar Mishra, Sangita Sharma, Hari Prasad Kattel, Sanjeet Pandit, Pranav Kumar Yadav, Ujjwal Laghu, Rajani Lama, Niranjan Prasad Sah, Jeevan Bahadur Sherchand, Keshav Parajuli, Anup Bastola, Sher Bahadur Pun, Basista Prasad Rijal, Bharat Mani Pokharel

“…ESBL was screened using ceftazidime (CAZ, 30 μg) and cefotaxime (CTX, 30 μg) disks and confirmed by double-disk synergy test. …”
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Imaging exoplanets with coronagraphic instruments by Galicher, Raphaël, Mazoyer, Johan

“…Among these, imaging aims at the direct detection of the light reflected, scattered or emitted by exoplanets and circumstellar disks. …”
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Comprehensive Study of E-Bike Braking Dynamics: Modeling, Simulation, and Experimental Validation by Mutasim Salman, Shivam Chaturvedi, Wencong Su

“…This model will be used for detection and isolation of braking system components faults as well as prediction of their failure. …”
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Nosocomial Isolates and Their Drug Resistant Pattern in ICU Patients at National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences, Nepal by Pashupati Bhandari, Ganesh Thapa, Bharat Mani Pokhrel, Dwij Raj Bhatta, Upendra Devkota

“…A standard methodology was used to achieve these objectives as per recommendation of American Society for Microbiology. ESBL was detected by combined disc assay using cefotaxime and cefotaxime clavulanic acid, ABL by inhibitor based method using cefoxitin and phenylboronic acid, and MBL by imipenem-EDTA combined disk method. …”
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Extended Spectrum β-Lactamases among Gram-Negative Bacterial Isolates from Clinical Specimens in Three Major Hospitals in Northern Jordan by Raymond G. Batchoun, Samer F. Swedan, Abdullah M. Shurman

“…ESBL production is detectable by automation, E-test, double disk diffusion (DDD), and PCR. …”
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Identification of Staphylococcus aureus Causing Contamination in Raw Beef and Meat-Processing Environments in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia by Amgalanzaya Dorjgochoo, Anujin Batbayar, Altansukh Tsend-Ayush, Bayarlakh Byambadorj, Sarantuya Jav, Munkhdelger Yandag

“…The nucA gene specific to S. aureus was amplified by PCR, and antibiotic susceptibility was evaluated using the Kirby–Bauer disk diffusion method. Resistance genes (mecA, mecC, vanA, and vanB) and virulence genes (sea, sed, tsst, eta, and etb) were detected via PCR. …”
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Occurrence of Virulence Genes and Antimicrobial Resistance of E. coli O157:H7 Isolated from the Beef Carcass of Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia by Habtamu Yalew Ayenew, Birhan Agmas Mitiku, Tesfaye Sisay Tesema

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using the disk diffusion method. Of 280 samples processed, 25 (8.9%) isolates were positive. …”
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Molecular Characterization of Methicillin Resistant and Extended Spectrum ?-Lactamase Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Burn Patients by Shawnm Ahmed Aziz

“…All the isolates were assessed for their susceptibility to different antibiotics depending on NCCL standards, followed by Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase detection by double disk diffusion synergy test. The production of ?…”
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Association of qnr Genes and OqxAB Efflux Pump in Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains by Fereshteh Amereh, Mohammad Reza Arabestani, Seyed Mostafa Hosseini, Leili Shokoohizadeh

“…The gene encoding the OqxAB efflux pump was detected in more than 90% of K. pneumomiae strains. …”
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Antifungal Susceptibility and Biofilm Production of Candida spp. Isolated from Clinical Samples by Munmun B. Marak, Biranthabail Dhanashree

“…The study aims to speciate clinical Candida isolates and detect their biofilm-forming ability and antifungal resistance. …”
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Crack Identification Method of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Based on Deep Learning: A Comparative Study and Shared Crack Database by Yang Ding, Shuang-Xi Zhou, Hai-Qiang Yuan, Yuan Pan, Jing-Liang Dong, Zhong-Ping Wang, Tong-Lin Yang, An-Ming She

“…Furthermore, the crack database is expanded by the migration learning method and the crack database is shared on the Baidu online disk. Finally, a concrete crack identification model based on YOLOv4 and Mask R-CNN is established. …”
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Direct imaging of exoplanets: Legacy and prospects by Chauvin, Gael

“…On the timescale of a human Life, we may well be witnessing the first discovery of an exoplanet and the first detection of indices of life in the atmosphere of a nearby exo-Earth!…”
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X-ray diffraction and SEM/EDX studies on technological evolution of the oxide-fluoride ceramic flux for submerged arc-surfacing by Sokolsky V.E., Roik A.S., Davidenko A.V., Kazimirov V.P., Lisnyak V.V., Galinich V.I., Goncharov I.A.

“…. %) was prepared in a disk dryer-granulator using a sodium/potassium silicate solution as a binder. …”
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A Comprehensive Study of the Relationship between the Production of β-Lactamase Enzymes and Iron/Siderophore Uptake Regulatory Genes in Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii... by Mahyar Porbaran, Hamed Tahmasebi, MohammadReza Arabestani

“…The antibiotic resistance patterns and β-lactamase-producing strains were identified using the disk diffusion method (DDM). Also, IUS genes were detected by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. …”
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Frequency of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria isolated from the Kınalıada Coastal Areas of the Sea of Marmara, Türkiye by Pelin Saliha Çiftçi Türetken, Gülşen Altuğ, Selma Dilara Karaman Baş

“…The bacteria isolated from the sea water were screened against: spectinomycin (SC300), nitrofurantoin (F50), Rifampicin (Rd2), tetracycline (TE30), ampicillin (AMP10), and oxytetracycline (OT30) using the disk diffusion technique. The frequencies of antibiotic-resistant faecal coliform, total coliform, intestinal enterococcus, and heterotrophic aerobic bacteria were evaluated according to the Clinical Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI). …”
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Characterization of Integrons and Antimicrobial Resistance in Escherichia coli Sequence Type 131 Isolates by Jiangqing Huang, Fangjun Lan, Yanfang Lu, Bin Li

“…The antibiotic susceptibility test was performed by the disk diffusion method. The presence and characterization of class 1, 2, and 3 integrons, as well as promotor of gene cassettes and other antimicrobial resistance genes, were detected by PCR and DNA sequencing. …”
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