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Medical Sciences Forum, Volume 12, Issue 1

ECA 2022 2022 - 44 articles

The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Antibiotics—Drugs for Superbugs: Antibiotic Discovery, Modes of Action and Mechanisms of Resistance

Online | 15–30 June 2022

Volume Editors:
Manuel Simões, University of Porto, Portugal
Marc Maresca, Aix-Marseille University, France

Cover Story: This volume presents a collection of contributions that were made to the virtual event, “The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Antibiotics—Drugs for Superbugs: Antibiotic Discovery, Modes of Action and Mechanisms of Resistance”, on 15–30 June 2022. Today, we know that bacteria will resist and persist against all kinds of antibiotics. This is easy to understand if we consider that bacteria, during the course of their evolution, have faced situations even more difficult than antibiotic exposure. Additionally, this becomes worse when bacteria act as a community, i.e., as a biofilm. The aim of this conference (ECA 2022) was to provide an opportunity to representatives of academia, industry, and health services to discuss and advance our current knowledge on how to control microorganisms.
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Articles (44)

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,121 Views
6 Pages

Evidence and Perspectives on the Use of Phlorotannins as Novel Antibiotics and Therapeutic Natural Molecules

  • Javier Echave,
  • Catarina Lourenço-Lopes,
  • Lucia Cassani,
  • Maria Fraga-Corral,
  • Pascual Garcia-Perez,
  • Paz Otero,
  • Anxo Carreira-Casais,
  • Rosa Perez-Gregorio,
  • Sergio Baamonde and
  • Fermín Fernández Saa
  • + 2 authors

Multiple drug-resistant bacterial strains are showing new different mechanisms to overcome the antimicrobial action, which reduces the efficacy of conventional antibiotics. Therefore, drug discovery research has focused on developing fast, effective,...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,164 Views
6 Pages

The Utilization of Antibiotic, Incidence and Risk Aspects for Surgical Site Infections Amongst Surgical Patients

  • Devendra Kumar Mishra,
  • Shilpi Mishra,
  • Archita Tiwari,
  • Vishwanath Dubey,
  • Sandeep Yadav and
  • Savita Upadhyay

Surgical site infections (SSI) are one of the main healthcare-related infections in developing nations. Regardless of upgrades in surgical strategy and the utilization of best disease avoidance techniques, SSI stayed the significant reason for medica...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,342 Views
6 Pages

Spiramycin is a 16-membered macrolide used in human medicine as an antibacterial and antiparasitic agent. Spiramycin is effective against bacterial pathogens including Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. In contrast, Pseudomonas aeruginosa is i...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
976 Views
2 Pages

Variability in Antibiotic Resistance of Persistent and Intermittent Staphylococcus aureus Strains

  • Samuel González-García,
  • Aida Hamdan-Partida,
  • Julia Pérez Ramos and
  • Jaime Bustos-Martínez

Introduction: Approximately 30% of the population is colonized with Staphylococcus aureus on the skin, mucous membranes, and in the anterior part of the nose [...]

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
957 Views
2 Pages

Determination of the Pattern of Resistance to Antibiotics among Strains of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from the Nose or Pharynx

  • Samuel González-García,
  • Aida Hamdan-Partida,
  • Anaid Bustos-Hamdan and
  • Jaime Bustos-Martínez

The pathophysiology of Staphylococcus aureus in nasal carriers has been extensively studied, however, it must be admitted that the clinical relevance of S [...]

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,250 Views
2 Pages

In vitro Synergistic Activity of Colistin-Based Antimicrobial Combinations against Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Acinetobacter baumannii from a Tertiary Hospital in Greece

  • Paraskevi Mantzana,
  • Efthymia Protonotariou,
  • Angeliki Kassomenaki,
  • Maria Arhonti,
  • Georgios Meletis,
  • Olga Vasilaki,
  • Georgia Kagkalou and
  • Lemonia Skoura

Over the past years, Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a serious nosocomial pathogen especially due to its extensively resistant antimicrobial profile [...]

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1,157 Views
3 Pages

Using Antibiotics Scaffolds Will Warrant Novel Radiotracers for Effective Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Infections: Triumph or Pitfall?

  • Arno Christiaan Gouws,
  • Hendrik Gerhardus Kruger,
  • Mike Machaba Sathekge,
  • Jan Rijn Zeevaart,
  • Thavendran Govender,
  • Tricia Naicker and
  • Thomas Ebenhan

The excellent features of non-invasive molecular imaging, its progressive technology (real-time, whole-body imaging and quantification), and global impact by a growing infrastructure for positron emission tomography (PET) scanners are encouraging pro...

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