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Current Pattern of Bloodstream Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Karachi and Clinical Significance of Positive Blood Cultures

Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences, 2010
Objective: Blood stream infections (BSI) (septicemias) require prompt empirical therapy based on awarenessof the drug susceptibility profiles of locally prevalent pathogens isolated.
Farhan Essa Abdullah, Yasmeen Taj, Shaheen Sharafat   +2 more
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Role of some wild birds in transmission of bacterial pathogens of zoonotic importance and poultry health and production [PDF]

Veterinary Medical Journal - Giza, 2014
Cloacal swabs and drooping samples of 48 wild birds, including 16sparrows, 6 Brewer’s blackbirds (Songbirds /starling),7 black crows (raven) ,10 Doves, 5 quail .
Ghazi Zohair, Amer M
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Wearable Smart Patches on Sustainable Chitosan With Reversible Microbial Growth‐Inhibitory Properties

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chitosan, a polysaccharide upcycled from biowaste, has long promised sustainable, biocompatible, and antimicrobial films and devices, an appeal reinforced by its recent regulatory recognition, with several chitosan‐based antibacterial dressings gaining clearance through the Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) pathway.
Jacopo Nicoletti, Kubra Kocak, Andrea Michel, Enrico Cavarzerani, Ali Raza, Petr Rohzin, Nouha Loudhaief, Saimir Frroku, Nicolò Baldovin, Hazrat Bilal, Alvise Perosa, Maurizio Selva, Flavio Rizzolio, Luca Sbuelz, Sabrina Tamburini, Domenico De Fazio, Giovanni Antonio Salvatore   +16 more
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Evaluation of the activity of antimicrobial peptides against bacterial vaginosis

Open Life Sciences
New drugs for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV) are yet to be developed due to concerns that they may contribute to the increase in antibiotic resistance in BV.
Kang Xuning, Zhao Ting, Song Yuzhu, Zhang Jinyang, Yuan Tao, Han Qinqin   +5 more
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Antimicrobial cellulose hydrogels against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria

Frontiers in Soft Matter
The development of hydrogels has a significant impact in fields such as tissue engineering and biomedical devices. The present study tests different cellulose particles extracted from plants to produce hydrogels and identify if these particles and ...
Karla Miño, Antonela Pérez, Tamia Xaymara Iza-García, Dayanna Gabriela Cabascango, Catalina Gordillo, Andrea Gordillo, Nelson Vispo, António Machado, Camilo Zamora-Ledezma, Frank Alexis   +9 more
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One‐Step Curcumin‐Mediated Multiphoton Lithography for Bioactive 3D Scaffolds

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Curcumin‐mediated multiphoton lithography enables one‐step fabrication of highly architected complex gelatin methacryloyl scaffolds by exploiting curcumin as a multifunctional bioactive photoinitiator. The resulting 3D structures support mesenchymal stem cell adhesion, proliferation, and migration, while exhibiting dual antibacterial activity through ...
Myrto Charitaki, Michalis Stavrou, Chrysanthi Pinelopi Apostolidou, Elmina Kabouraki, David Gray, Anna Mitraki, Anthi Ranella, Maria Farsari   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamically Actuated Reconfigurable Topographical Surface Enables Active Control of Implant‐Associated Infections

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A dynamically actuated reconfigurable topographical surface (DARTS) integrates contact‐mediated bactericidal nanotopography with programmable mechanical actuation to actively disrupt bacterial biofilms. Dynamic surface reconfiguration enhances bacterial killing and suppresses implant‐associated infections in vivo, providing a new strategy for active ...
Mohammad Asadi Tokmedash, Jihun Lee, J. Scott VanEpps, Sungmin Nam, Jouha Min   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can presepsin uniformly respond to various pathogens? - an in vitro assay of new sepsis marker -

BMC Immunology, 2020
Background Presepsin (soluble CD14 subtype) is a novel biomarker of sepsis used for early diagnosis. Originally, CD14 is known as the pattern recognition receptor for the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)/LBP complexes, and the diagnostic value of this molecule ...
Yusuke Koizumi, Daisuke Sakanashi, Tetsuo Mohri, Hiroki Watanabe, Arufumi Shiota, Nobuhiro Asai, Hideo Kato, Mao Hagihara, Kenta Murotani, Yuka Yamagishi, Hiroyuki Suematsu, Hiroshige Mikamo   +11 more
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Dual‐Layer Conducting and Redox Polymer Bioanodes for Synergistic Enhancement of Microbial Extracellular Electron Transfer

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A hybrid PEDOT/Fc‐LPEI conducting/redox polymer bioanode synergistically improves microbial extracellular electron transfer (EET) in Shewanella oneidensis MR‐1. The dual‐layer interface delivers 18‐fold higher current output and 27‐fold greater charge collected than bare carbon felt, highlighting an effective strategy for high‐performance ...
Shenghan Gu, Saman Azhari, Kuniaki Nagamine, Takeo Miyake, Gábor Méhes   +4 more
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MOST COMMON BACTERIA AS CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF FOURNIER'S GANGRENE

Trakia Journal of Sciences
PURPOSE: Fournier's gangrene is a form of necrotizing fasciitis, whose main treatment is surgery, followed by adequate antibiotic therapy. In the present study, we have investigated the most common bacteria acting as causative agents of Fournier's ...
B. Lazarov
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