Patent Human Infections with the Whipworm, Trichuris trichiura, Are Not Associated with Alterations in the Faecal Microbiota [PDF]
, 2013 Background: The soil-transmitted helminth (STH), Trichuris trichiura colonises the human large intestine where it may modify inflammatory responses, an effect possibly mediated through alterations in the intestinal microbiota.
A Olsen +46 more
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Host and bacterial proteases influence biofilm formation and virulence in a murine model of enterococcal catheter-associated urinary tract infection [PDF]
, 2017 Urinary tract infections: targeting enzymes might help Identifying bacterial and host enzymes that support biofilm formation may help prevent urinary tract infections caused by catheters.
Caparon, Michael G +5 more
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Genome sequences of nine gram-negative vaginal bacterial isolates [PDF]
, 2016 The vagina is home to a wide variety of bacteria that have great potential to impact human health. Here, we announce reference strains (now available through BEI Resources) and draft genome sequences for 9 Gram-negative vaginal isolates from the taxa ...
Deitzler, Grace E +10 more
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Presence of multiple bacterial markers in clinical samples might be useful for presumptive diagnosis of infection in cirrhotic patients with culture-negative reports [PDF]
, 2016 Bacterial infections in cirrhotic patients with ascites are associated with a severe prognosis and an increased risk of death. The microbiological standard tests for the diagnosis of suspected infection, based on culture test of blood and ascitic fluid ...
Boaretti, M +4 more
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Towards understanding the antibacterial activity of Ag nanoparticles: electron microscopy in the analysis of the materials-biology interface in the lung [PDF]
, 2015 Bacterial infections of the pulmonary system are increasing.
leo, BF +4 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2021 Clostridium perfringens is a spore-forming anaerobic pathogen responsible for a variety of histotoxic and intestinal infections in humans and animals.
Mostafa Y. Abdel-Glil +7 more
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Veterinary Research, 2021 Klebsiella (K.) pneumoniae as a multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogen is an emerging challenge for clinicians worldwide. Virulence factors are capsular antigens, adherence factors, the O-lipopolysaccharide, and siderophores promoting infectivity ...
Gamal Wareth, Heinrich Neubauer
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Septins and Bacterial Infection [PDF]
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2016 Septins, a unique cytoskeletal component associated with cellular membranes, are increasingly recognized as having important roles in host defense against bacterial infection. A role for septins during invasion of Listeria monocytogenes into host cells was first proposed in 2002.
Torraca, V, Mostowy, S
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Gut Pathogens, 2017 Background The global incidence of foodborne infections and antibiotic resistance is recently increased and considered of public health concern. Currently, scarcely information is available on foodborne infections and ESBL associated with poultry and ...
Amira A. Moawad +6 more
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Severe bacterial skin infections
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2020 The severe bacterial diseases discussed herein are those that present dermatological lesions as their initial manifestations, for which the dermatologist is often called upon to give an opinion or is even the first to examine the patient. This review focuses on those that evolve with skin necrosis during their natural history, that is, necrotizing ...
Sílvio Alencar Marques +1 more
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