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Antibiotics, Volume 9, Issue 7

July 2020 - 69 articles

Cover Story: Just as a caterpillar turns into a butterfly, bacteria sensitive to antibiotics acquire resistance and often become multiresistant, and just as a butterfly that spreads pollen from flower to flower, antibiotic-resistant bacteria spread resistance through various environmental sectors. The rapid dissemination of antimicrobial-resistant determinants in hospital settings leads to the development of multidrug-resistant species. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is considered one of the most important and common pathogens causing hospital-acquired bloodstream infections. Despite adequate treatment, this condition is responsible for mortality rates between 20% and 40% in a period of 30 days. Therefore, it is extremely important to study the genetic characteristics of the most prevalent strains causing bacteremia to more effectively target the strategies for controlling these infections. View this paper
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Articles (69)

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,199 Views
12 Pages

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) have been heavily linked to hospital acquired infections (HAI) thereby leading to futility of antibiotics in treating infections and this have complicated public health problems. There is little knowle...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,384 Views
18 Pages

Campylobacter species are among the major bacteria implicated in human gastrointestinal infections and are majorly found in faeces of domestic animals, sewage discharges and agricultural runoff. These pathogens have been implicated in diseases outbre...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,210 Views
10 Pages

A novel straightforward analytical technique was developed to monitor the emission of hydrogen from anaerobic bacteria cultured in sealed headspace vials using a specific hydrogen sensor. The results were compared with headspace gas chromatography ca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,897 Views
14 Pages

In Vitro Evaluation of the Antimicrobial and Immunomodulatory Activity of Culinary Herb Essential Oils as Potential Perioceutics

  • Marcela Popa,
  • Luminița Măruțescu,
  • Eliza Oprea,
  • Coralia Bleotu,
  • Crina Kamerzan,
  • Mariana Carmen Chifiriuc and
  • Grațiela Grădișteanu Pircalabioru

Due to their antimicrobial, immunomodulatory, antioxidant, and regenerative activities, culinary herbs have multiple medicinal uses, among which to prevent and treat oral diseases. The whole essential oils (EOs) have multiple advantages over purified...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,484 Views
13 Pages

Antibiotic-Antiapoptotic Dual Function of Clinacanthus nutans (Burm. f.) Lindau Leaf Extracts against Bovine Mastitis

  • Aussara Panya,
  • Hataichanok Pundith,
  • Supawadee Thongyim,
  • Thida Kaewkod,
  • Thararat Chitov,
  • Sakunnee Bovonsombut and
  • Yingmanee Tragoolpua

Mastitis caused by bacterial infection has negative impacts on milk quality and animal health, and ultimately causes economic losses to the dairy industry worldwide. Gram-negative bacteria and their component lipopolysaccharide (LPS) can trigger the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,941 Views
13 Pages

Potato plants are liable to PVY infection without efficient control. Therefore, they were cultivated under greenhouse and open field conditions, artificially infected with PVY and then treated after 15 days of infection with native lactoferrin (LF) a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
6,922 Views
16 Pages

Environmental Dissemination of Selected Antibiotics from Hospital Wastewater to the Aquatic Environment

  • Mutshiene Deogratias Ekwanzala,
  • Raisibe Florence Lehutso,
  • Teddy Kabeya Kasonga,
  • John Barr Dewar and
  • Maggy Ndombo Benteke Momba

The environmental dissemination of selected antibiotics from hospital wastewater into municipal wastewater and lastly to a receiving water body was investigated. Selected antibiotics (azithromycin (AZM), ciprofloxacin (CIP), clindamycin (CDM), doxycy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,844 Views
9 Pages

Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Respiratory Specimens of Patients with Obstructive Lung Diseases—Colonization or Disease?

  • Monika Szturmowicz,
  • Karina Oniszh,
  • Dorota Wyrostkiewicz,
  • Piotr Radwan-Rohrenschef,
  • Dorota Filipczak and
  • Anna Zabost

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are increasingly a cause of human respiratory tract colonization and mycobacterial lung disease (NTM-LD), especially in patients with chronic lung diseases. The aim of the present study was to find the factors predi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,151 Views
13 Pages

Antibacterial and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Novel Peptide Toxin from the Spider Pardosa astrigera

  • Min Kyoung Shin,
  • In-Wook Hwang,
  • Yunkyung Kim,
  • Seung Tae Kim,
  • Wonhee Jang,
  • Seungki Lee,
  • Woo Young Bang,
  • Chang-Hwan Bae and
  • Jung-Suk Sung

The prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has become an immediate threat to public health. Antimicrobial peptides are attracting attention as a new source of antibiotics due to their ability to prevent drug-resistances with fewer side effects....

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,121 Views
17 Pages

In 2013, a change in copayment rate was introduced in the Basque Country (one year later than in the other regions in Spain), and improvements were made to drug packaging. In 2014, a National Program Against Bacterial Resistance (Spanish abbreviation...

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Antibiotics - ISSN 2079-6382