Investigating the impact of poverty on colonization and infection with drug-resistant organisms in humans: a systematic review [PDF]
, 2018 Background Poverty increases the risk of contracting infectious diseases and therefore exposure to antibiotics. Yet there is lacking evidence on the relationship between income and non-income dimensions of poverty and antimicrobial resistance ...
B Cohen +50 more
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Non-thermal plasma technology for the development of antimicrobial surfaces: a review [PDF]
, 2016 Antimicrobial coatings are in high demand in many fields including the biomaterials and healthcare sectors. Within recent progress in nanoscience and engineering at the nanoscale, preparation of nanocomposite films containing metal nanoparticles ( such ...
Cvelbar, U +6 more
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Probing protein sequences as sources for encrypted antimicrobial peptides [PDF]
, 2012 Starting from the premise that a wealth of potentially biologically active peptides may lurk within proteins, we describe here a methodology to identify putative antimicrobial peptides encrypted in protein sequences.
Alan Cooper +8 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes in Community Healthcare Organisations in England: A Cross-Sectional Survey to Assess Implementation of Programmes and National Toolkits [PDF]
, 2018 Objective: The aim of this study was to assess antimicrobial stewardship activities in Community Healthcare Organisations (CHOs) with focus on the implementation of the two national antimicrobial stewardship toolkits, TARGET (Treat Antibiotics ...
Ahmad, Raheelah +6 more
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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2022 Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in patients with diabetes are a major public health problem worldwide, particularly in developing countries. This study assessed the resistance profile of Escherichia coli and biochemical abnormalities in controlled and ...
Josiane Claire Sonkoue Lambou +5 more
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Investigation of the Influence of Antimicrobial Preparations on the Shelf Life of Broccoli Cabbage [PDF]
, 2018 Studies of the effect of antimicrobial agents on the conservation of broccoli cabbage have been conducted. The late hybrids of broccoli Ironman F1, Agassi F1, Beaumont F1, grown under the conditions of the Forest-Steppe of Ukraine were studied.
Bondarenko, V. (Veronika) +4 more
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Antimicrobial resistance of nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Russia: results of multicenter epidemiological study «MARATHON» 2013-2014 [PDF]
Клиническая микробиология и антимикробная химиотерапия, 2017 Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most abundant bacterial species causing nosocomial infections in Russia. In this paper, we report the data on antimicrobial susceptibility of 743 isolates of P.
Edelstein M.V. +9 more
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Risk factors and outcomes associated with persistent vancomycin resistant Enterococcal Bacteremia
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022 Background Prior studies have identified that vancomycin resistant enterococcus (VRE) bacteremia that persists for four days or more is an independent predictor of mortality.
Emily Fox +7 more
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Silver as antibacterial toward Listeria monocytogenes [PDF]
, 2016 Listeria monocytogenes is a serious foodborne pathogen that can contaminate food during processing and can grow during food shelf-life. New types of safe and effective food contact materials embedding antimicrobial agents, like silver, can play an ...
Antonia eRicci +11 more
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Effectiveness of antimicrobial-coated sutures for the prevention of surgical site infection: a review of the literature [PDF]
, 2018 OBJECTIVE:Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the third most common hospital-acquired infections and account for 14% to 16% of all such infections, and suture material may play a role in SSI rate.
Carella, S, Onesti, Mg, Scuderi, N
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