Exploring Potential of a Remote Plasma Electrolysis System (RPES) for Fruit Surface Sterilization by Thana Phuthidhorn, Jaikua Mathin, Maitip Jakkrawut, Ungwiwatkul Sunisa, Prasertboonyai Kanyarak, Rueangwong Athitta, Promsart Woranika

“…The antimicrobial efficacy of RPES was tested in vitro against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Escherichia coli (E. coli). Following optimization, the system was applied to sterilize 1.0 kg samples of rambutans and grapes, with a treatment time of 10 minutes. …”
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Infectious and Noninfectious Acute Pericarditis in Children: An 11-Year Experience by Nahed Abdel-Haq, Zeinab Moussa, Mohamed Hani Farhat, Leela Chandrasekar, Basim I. Asmar

“…Purulent pericarditis occurred in 5 children including 4 due to Staphylococcus aureus: 2 were methicillin resistant (MRSA). All patients with purulent pericarditis had concomitant infection including soft tissue, bone, or lung infection; all had pericardial drain placement and 2 required pericardiotomy and mediastinal exploration. …”
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Revisiting the Synergistic In Vitro Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Potential of Chlorhexidine Gluconate and Cetrimide in Combination as an Antiseptic and Disinfectant Agent by Diamond Jain, Rimjhim Gupta, Rashmi Mehta, Pratheesh N. Prabhakaran, Deva Kumari, Kulpreet Bhui, Deepa Murali

“…This fixed-dose combination formulation exhibited a significant reduction in the viability of an array of clinically relevant micro-organisms, including ESKAPE pathogens, <i>Mycobacterium</i> sp., MRSA, <i>Leptospira</i>, <i>Candida</i> sp., norovirus and adenovirus. …”
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Discovery of Novel Caeridins from the Skin Secretion of the Australian White’s Tree Frog, Litoria caerulea by Lei Li, Qing Wu, Xi Wang, Huimin Lu, Xinping Xi, Mei Zhou, Chris J. Watson, Tianbao Chen, Lei Wang

“…Moreover, Caeridin-a1 was shown to potently inhibit the growth of the planktonic Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), and Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis), the Gram-negative bacterium, Escherichia coli (E. coli), and the yeast, Candida albicans (C. albicans). …”
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Manufactured Yttrium Barium Copper Nano Oxide for Medicinal Applications by Rania Daha, Manel Bouloudenine, Katia Djenadi, Tarek Tahraoui, Stefano Bellucci, Abdelaziz Rabehi

“…Remarkably, the Gram-positive strains, including Staphylococcus epidermidis and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), exhibited pronounced susceptibility to the YBCO NPs, while Gram-negative strains displayed minimal response. …”
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Factors associated with multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) mortality: an analysis from the national surveillance of multidrug-resistant organism, 2018-2022 by Sharifa Ezat WP, M Norhidayah, Muhammad Nur Amir AR

“…Methods This is a cross-sectional study performed at 28 hospitals under the Ministry of Health, Malaysia, involved in the National Surveillance of Multidrug-Resistant Organism, which surveys 6 MDROs (Acinetobacter baumanii, extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli, extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, carbapenem-resistant Entrobacterales (CRE), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE)). …”
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Enhancing the Therapeutic Potential of Peptide Antibiotics Using Bacteriophage Mimicry Strategies by Hongping Wan, Xinyi Zhong, Shinong Yang, Jiarong Deng, Xu Song, Yong Liu, Yuanfeng Li, Zhongqiong Yin, Xinghong Zhao

“…Additionally, these bacteriophage‐mimicking nanomedicines exhibit excellent therapeutic efficacy in a mouse model of MRSA‐induced pneumonia. The facile synthesis, potent antimicrobial performance, and favorable biocompatibility of these nanomedicines highlight their potential as alternative therapeutics for combating antibiotic‐resistant pathogens. …”
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Antibiofilm and Anticancer Activity of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Fabricated with Hot-Melt Extruded Astaxanthin-Mediated Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles by You HS, Jang YS, Sathiyaseelan A, Ryu SJ, Lee HY, Baek JS

“…The antibiofilm activity of MWCNT-AST was investigated by biofilm inhibition and destruction test, SEM, and CLSM analysis, and the anticancer activity was investigated by WST assay, fluorescent staining analysis, and flow cytometry analysis.Results: MWCNT-AST showed higher antioxidant activity and antibiofilm activity than MWCNT-Ag against E. coli, S. aureus, and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). MWCNT-AST showed higher anticancer activity against breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231) than MWCNT-Ag, and lower toxicity in normal cells HaCaT and NIH3T3.Conclusion: MWCNT-AST exhibits higher antioxidant, antibiofilm, and anticancer activities than MWCNT-Ag, and exhibits lower toxicity to normal cells. …”
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Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome and Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in the Era of COVID-19 by Khizar Hamid, Swaminathan Perinkulam Sathyanarayanan, Touba Naim, Muhammad Hamza, Mirza Omer Mahmood Baig, Emad Abu Sitta

“…Testing for COVID-19, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), influenza, bacterial pneumonia including tuberculosis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), aspergillosis, histoplasmosis, Blastomyces, and Coccidiodes was negative. …”
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Antimicrobial and antioxidant study of combined essential oils of Anethum Sowa Kurz. and Trachyspermum ammi (L.) along with quality determination, comparative histo-anatomical feat... by S.A. Wasim Akram, Mary Shamya Arokiarajan, J. John Christopher, Mohammad Jameel, Mohd Saquib, Tirumala Santosh Kumar Saripally, Noman Anwar, Mohd Asif, Kabiruddin Ahmed K

“…Combined essential oils (EOs 1 + 2) of both fruits showed excellent antimicrobial activity against various clinical pathogenic strains such as K. pneumoniae at 10 µL/mL, S. aureus at 2.5 µL/mL, E. coli and E. faecalis at 1.25 µL/mL, and MRSA and Bcereus at 0.625 µL/mL and (C) albicans at 0.312 µL/mL as the MIC. …”
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Palmitoleic acid sensitizes vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to vancomycin by outpacing the expression of resistance genes by Zajeba Tabashsum, Michelle Angeles-Solano, Ashelyn E. Sidders, Joshua B. Parsons, Sarah E. Rowe

“…The use of vancomycin, a frontline antibiotic used to treat hospitalized patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, is complicated by high rates of treatment failure. …”
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Metabolic Blockade-Based Genome Mining of <i>Malbranchea circinata</i> SDU050: Discovery of Diverse Secondary Metabolites by Hu Yang, Xiaowei Luo, Zhuo Shang, Kunlong Li, Jian Cai, Yingying Chen, Longchao Xin, Jianhua Ju

“…Bioactivity assays demonstrated that sclerin (<b>1</b>) and (−)-mycousnine (<b>10</b>) exhibited weak antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria such as <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>, methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MRSA), and <i>Bacillus subtilis</i>. These findings underscore the chemical diversity and biosynthetic potential of <i>M. circinata</i> SDU050 and highlight an effective strategy for exploring marine fungal metabolites.…”
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Magnitude of Multidrug Resistance among Bacterial Isolates from Surgical Site Infections in Two National Referral Hospitals in Asmara, Eritrea by Eyob Yohannes Garoy, Yacob Berhane Gebreab, Oliver Okoth Achila, Nobiel Tecklebrhan, Hermon Michael Tsegai, Alex Zecarias Hailu, Abrehet Marikos Buthuamlak, Tewelde Ghide Asfaga, Mohammed Elfatih Hamida

“…All the Staphylococcus aureus isolates were resistant to penicillin. MRSA phenotype was observed in 70% of the isolates. …”
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Senegalin-2: A Novel Hexadecapeptide from <i>Kassina senegalensis</i> with Antibacterial and Muscle Relaxant Activities, and Its Derivative Senegalin-2BK as a Bradykinin Antagonist by Yueyang Lu, Yanguo Zhu, Chengbang Ma, Lei Wang, Mei Zhou, Tianbao Chen, Xiaonan Ma, Xu Zhang, Zhimin Fan

“…Senegalin-2 relaxed rat bladder smooth muscle (EC₅₀ 17.94 nM) and ileum smooth muscle (EC₅₀ 135 nM), inhibited <i>S. aureus</i> and MRSA at 2 μM, and exhibited low hemolytic activity with no cytotoxicity. …”
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Bacterial contamination in public transport during COVID-19 pandemic: Characterization of an unusual Staphylococcus aureus isolate tolerant to vancomycin by Eva Smelikova, Marcela Krutova, Vaclav Capek, Marie Brajerova, Pavel Drevinek, Jan Tkadlec

“…No methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producers (ESBL) or carbapenemase-producing bacteria were detected. …”
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Microbial profile of burn wound injuries in the Northern West Bank − A retrospective cohort study by Sameh Natsha, Hester Lacey, Souad Belkebir, Ann Attili, Aya Atatra, Rawand Daragmeh, Anas Abu-Safa, Baljit Dheansa, Rasha Khayyat

“…The most common organisms isolated were Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 17) and Staphylococcus aureus (n = 18). n = 17 multidrug resistant (MDR) organisms were cultured, MRSA most commonly (n = 9), followed by K. pneumoniae (ESBL) (n = 5). …”
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Microbial Colonization and Antibiotic Resistance Profiles in Chronic Wounds: A Comparative Study of Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Venous Ulcers by Florica Sandru, Elena Poenaru, Smaranda Stoleru, Andreea-Maria Radu, Alexandra-Maria Roman, Corina Ionescu, Aurelian Zugravu, Jafal Mugurel Nader, Livia-Cristiana Băicoianu-Nițescu

“…<b>Results</b>: <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> was the most common pathogen in both groups (45.8% in HS; 38.6% in VU), with a notable prevalence of methicillin-resistant <i>S. aureus</i> (MRSA). <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> was exclusively identified in VU patients (27.3%), while beta-hemolytic <i>Streptococcus</i> and <i>Corynebacterium amycolatum</i> were identified in HS cases only. …”
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Insights into bioactivity guided chemical profiling of Ziziphus jujuba Mill. fruits wild-growing in Montenegro by Tatjana Perović, Biljana Lazović, Mirjana Adakalić, Ana Džamić, Lazar Žarković, Uroš Gašić, Marina Kostić, Jovana Petrović, Dejan Stojković, Ana Ćirić

“…E. coli and S. aureus strains were the most susceptible to the compounds present in the methylene chloride and n-butanol fractions with MIC of 0.01–0.025 mg/mL, and MBC 0.025–0.05 mg/mL, along with MRSA strain, which was the most susceptible to the effects of methanol extract with MIC of 0.10 mg/mL and MBC 0.15 mg/mL. …”
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World Health Organization priority antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacterales, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecium hea... by Laura C. Antochevis, Camila M. Wilhelm, Beatriz Arns, Daniel Sganzerla, Letícia O. Sudbrack, Thais C.R.L. Nogueira, Ricardo D. Guzman, Amanda S. Martins, Daniela S. Cappa, Ândrea C. dos Santos, Joseani C. Pascual, Vitor Hugo Perugini, Eliana C. Vespero, Maria Helena P. Rigatto, Dariane C. Pereira, Larissa Lutz, Robson S. Leão, Elizabeth A. Marques, Danielle M. Henrique, André A.M. Coelho, Lígia L. Frutuoso, Erika E. de A Sousa, Luiz F. Abreu Guimarães, Adriana L.P. Ferreira, Anna Carla Castiñeiras, Marcelle D. Alves, João Paulo Telles, Carolina H. Yamada, Francieli P. de Almeida, Evelyne S. Girão, Paulo C.P. de Sousa, Antonio G.N.D. de Melo, Elisa T. Mendes, Verônica de F.D. Rocha, Euclimeire da S. Neves, Marcello T. Ribeiro, Carlos Ernesto Ferreira Starling, Maura S. Oliveira, Jorge L.M. Sampaio, Andreza F. Martins, Afonso L. Barth, Alexandre P. Zavascki, Jéssica Nesello dos Santos, Charles Francisco Ferreira, Tarsila Vieceli, Julival Ribeiro Fagundes, Raquel Nascimento Matias, Shisue Karina Katagiri, Olavo José Vicente Neto, Rafaela Kuczynski da Rocha, Claudia Maria Dantas de Maio Carrilho, Mila Muraro de Almeida, Heloisa da Silva Rosa, Valéria Paes Lima, Tazio Vanni, Simone Aranha Nouer, Elizabeth Mendes Alves, Jorge Luiz Nobre Rodrigues, André Jhonathan Dantas, Gyselle de Souza Rebouças, Jailton Santos de Oliveira

“…Summary: Background: Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) are listed by World Health Organization (WHO) as priority antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. …”
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Epidemiology and Resistance Profiles of Bacteria Isolated From Blood Samples in Septic Patients at Emergency Department Admission: A 6-Year Single Centre Retrospective Analysis Fro... by Valeria Cento, Sara Carloni, Riccardo Sarti, Linda Bussini, Zian Asif, Paola Morelli, Francesco De Fazio, Federica Maria Tordato, Maddalena Casana, Debora Mondatore, Antonio Desai, Elena Generali, Nicola Pugliese, Elena Costantini, Massimo Vanoni, Maurizio Cecconi, Stefano Aliberti, Giorgio Da Rin, Erminia Casari, Michele Bartoletti, Antonio Voza

“…Conclusions: Community-onset BSIs demonstrated substantial prevalence of resistant pathogens, including ESBL and MRSA, emphasizing the need for robust surveillance systems. …”
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