Novel green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from empty fruit bunch waste: Biomedical applications and mechanistic insights by Bashirat Olamide Yusuf-Salihu, Shakirat Afodun Abdulmumini, Toheeb Taiye Bajepade, Halimah Adekunbi Durosinmi, Muinat Olanike Kazeem, Victoria Atinuke Ajayi, Agbaje Lateef

“…EFB-AgNPs inhibited Escherichia coli, Klebsiella oxytoca, Staphylococcus aureus, Proteus mirabilis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa dose-dependently from 40 % to 80 %, and 100 % of Aspergillus niger, A. fumigatus, and A. flavus. …”
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Encapsulation of Hydrogen Peroxide in PVA/PVP Hydrogels for Medical Applications by Natalie Mounayer, Sivan Shoshani, Elena Afrimzon, Taly Iline-Vul, Moris Topaz, Ehud Banin, Shlomo Margel

“…The antibacterial activity of the hydrogel films was examined on four medically relevant bacteria: <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>, <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i>, <i>Escherichia coli</i>, and <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>, with an adapted disk diffusion assay. …”
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Preparation of Chitosan Coating Loaded with Cinnamaldehyde-Tannic Acid Nano-emulsion and Its Effect on the Preservation of Chilled Meat by Xingqun DENG, Juan YOU, Ru LIU, Jirawat YONGSAWADIGUL, Tao YIN, Hong YANG

“…Compared with chitosan coatings, CS/CIN-TAs exhibited much better antibacterial effects against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. …”
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Improving natural red pigment production by Streptomyces phaeolivaceus strain GH27 for functionalization of textiles with in silico ADME prediction by Gehad H. El Sayed, Mohamed Fadel, Rasha Fouad, Hend M. Ahmed, Ahmed A. Hamed

“…Polyester had the most important inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus (50.03%) and Bacillus cereus (39.49%). …”
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Novel Organotin(IV) Schiff Base Complexes with Histidine Derivatives: Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Activity by Ariadna Garza-Ortiz, Carlos Camacho-Camacho, Teresita Sainz-Espuñes, Irma Rojas-Oviedo, Luis Raúl Gutiérrez-Lucas, Atilano Gutierrez Carrillo, Marco A. Vera Ramirez

“…While pentacoordinated compounds 1, 2, and 3 are described as moderate effective to noneffective drugs against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, tetracoordinated tin(IV) compounds 4 and 5 are considered as moderate effective and most effective compounds, respectively, against the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains (Gram-positive).…”
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Exploring the antimicrobial and antioxidative potential of Leucas aspera (Willd.) link: Phytochemical screening, molecular docking, and HR-LC/MS profiling against SARS-CoV-2 protei... by Thavasiaanatham Seenivasan Shalini, Ragothaman Prathiviraj, Poomalai Senthilraja

“…Antibacterial activity was also assessed through agar well diffusion assays against Klebsiella pneumoniae, Salmonella typhi, Staphylococcus aureus, and Leucobacter sp., Where K. pneumoniae exhibits the highest zone of inhibition. …”
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Total Phenolic, Flavonoid, Tomatine, and Tomatidine Contents and Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Extracts of Tomato Plant by Norma Patricia Silva-Beltrán, Saul Ruiz-Cruz, Luis Alberto Cira-Chávez, María Isabel Estrada-Alvarado, José de Jesús Ornelas-Paz, Marco Antonio López-Mata, Carmen Lizette Del-Toro-Sánchez, J. Fernando Ayala-Zavala, Enrique Márquez-Ríos

“…The Pitenza variety extracts inhibited the growth of pathogens such as E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella Typhimurium, Staphylococcus aureus, and Listeria ivanovii, yielding inhibition halos of 8.0 to 12.9 mm in diameter and MIC values of 12.5 to 3.125 mg/mL. …”
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Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oil of <i>Camphora glanduliferum</i> ‘Honganzhang’ by Yang Yang, Qiuting Xiang, Yinan Yang, Donglv Shu, Jiawen Yan, Lijun Huang, Xiumei Yang, Jing Peng, Xingliang Chen, Guoqun Yang

“…In terms of antibacterial effect, CGHEO has significant antibacterial effects on three Gram-negative bacteria (<i>Escherichia coli</i>, <i>Salmonella enteritidis</i>, and <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>), and two Gram-positive bacteria (<i>Bacillus subtilis</i> and <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>). CGHEO can reduce Na⁺K⁺-ATPase activity and SDH activity and further interfere with the operation of the bacterial respiratory chain, thereby achieving the effect of inhibiting bacterial reproduction. …”
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Bloodstream infections at a tertiary hospital in the Gambia - a one-year retrospective study by Paul Rahden, Ebrima Barrow, Haddy Bah, Sheikh Omar Bittaye, David Nygren, Abdoulie Badjan

“…The most common pathogens were Staphylococcus aureus 106/260 (41%), Klebsiella spp. 41/260 (16%), other bacteria within the Enterobacterales order 33/260 (13%), Pseudomonas spp. 22/260 (8%) and Acinetobacter spp. 19/260 (7%). …”
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Green nanoparticles synthesized from damask rose petals: Evaluation of their antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-diabetic, anti-Alzheimer, and photocatalytic properties by Zeinab Alizadeh, Mohammad Fattahi, Alireza Farokhzad, Behvar Asghari, Soheil Yousefzadeh-Valendeh, Hadi Alipour, Javier Palazon

“…The ability of nanoparticles to inhibit the growth of two bacteria Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus showed that G-ZnO NPs displayed the highest inhibition rate against bacterial growth for both strains. …”
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Atypical Microbiological Feature of Infectious Endophthalmitis on Jeju Island: A 10-Year Study at a Single Tertiary Referral Center by Joong Hyun Park, Dong Yoon Kim, Ahnul Ha, Dae Joong Ma, Hye Jin Lee, Jinho Jeong, Jin Young Kim

“…Among the exogenous causes, Staphylococcus species (Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis, and S. hominis) were the most common pathogens (7 cases). …”
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BTS1-knockout Saccharomyces cerevisiae with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity through lactic acid accumulation by Liu Cong, Yuan Zhou, Yu Zhang, Shanshan Mao, Chaoqun Chen, Liying Wang, Xiao Li, Zuo Zhang, Zuobin Zhu, Ying Li

“…Additionally, it significantly impedes Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation. Moreover, BTS1-KO S. cerevisiae exhibits low haemolytic activity, acid resistance, resistance to high bile salt concentrations, high auto-aggregation capacity and high co-aggregation capacities with pathogenic bacteria. …”
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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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The quality and technological parameters of milk obtained from dairy cows with subclinical mastitis by Magdalena Zalewska, Paulina Brzozowska, Magdalena Rzewuska, Ewelina Kawecka-Grochocka, Daria M. Urbańska, Tomasz Sakowski, Emilia Bagnicka

“…Escherichia coli, Streptococcus dysgalactiae, and Streptococcus uberis, (Group 4) and Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae (Group 5), collectively considered major pathogens, were identified in 16.66% of samples; their presence was associated with higher SCC levels. …”
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Synthesis and Evaluation of PCL/Chitosan/CQD‐Fe Magnetic Nanocomposite for Wound Healing: Emphasis on Gene Expression by Elham Maghareh Abed, Fatemeh Yazdian, Abbas Akhavan Sepahi, Behnam Rasekh

“…The MIC of Cs/CQD‐Fe against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli bacteria was 0.08 and 0.04 µg/mL, respectively. …”
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Towards New Scaffolds for Antimicrobial Activity—In Silico/In Vitro Workflow Introducing New Lead Compounds by Maria Mangana, George Lambrinidis, Ioannis K. Kostakis, Ioanna Kalpaktsi, Marina Sagnou, Chrysoula Nicolaou, Emmanuel Mikros, Stylianos Chatzipanagiotou, Anastasios Ioannidis

“…The <b>NSC 610491</b> and <b>NSC 610493</b> were active against <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MIC: 25 and 12.5 µg/mL, respectively) and methicillin-resistant <i>S. aureus</i> (MRSA) (MIC: 50 and 12.5 µg/mL, respectively). …”
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Controle microbiológico de formas farmacêuticas líquidas adaptadas em um hospital pediátrico de Manaus by Felipe Mota Tashiro, Adriana da Silva Carvalho, Igor Rafael dos Santos Magalhães, Karen Regina Carim da Costa Magalhães

“…., Pseudomonas aeruginosa e Staphylococcus aureus no período do estudo.…”
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Prevalence, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Bacterial Isolates, and Associated Factors of Urinary Tract Infections among HIV‐Positive Patients at Hiwot Fana Specialized Uni... by Dadi Marami, Senthilkumar Balakrishnan, Berhanu Seyoum

“…Escherichia coli (38.1%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (23.8%), and Staphylococcus aureus (11.1%) were the predominant causes of urinary tract infection. …”
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Bioinorganic Synthesis of Polyrhodanine Stabilized Fe3O4/Graphene Oxide in Microbial Supernatant Media for Anticancer and Antibacterial Applications by Seyyed Mojtaba Mousavi, Seyyed Alireza Hashemi, Ahmad Gholami, Navid Omidifar, Maryam Zarei, Sonia Bahrani, Khadije Yousefi, Wei-Hung Chiang, Aziz Babapoor

“…Our results showed that Go/Fe has the highest average inhibitory effect against Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and this compound possesses the least antimicrobial effect on Staphylococcus aureus. Considering the viability percent of cells in the PR/GO/Fe3O4 compound and comparing it with GO/Fe3O4, it can be understood that the toxic effects of polyrhodanine can diminish the metabolic activity of cells at higher concentrations (mostly more than 50 µg/mL), and PR/Fe3O4/Ko exhibited some promotive effects on cell growth, which enhanced the viability percent to more than 100%. …”
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Development and Characterization of a Hydrogel Containing Chloramphenicol-Loaded Binary Ethosomes for Effective Transdermal Permeation and Treatment Acne in Rat Model by Liu RJ, Li M, Zhu Q, Liu HY, Zhang XX, Han XY, Yu MJ, Zhou JW, Han CY

“…Chloramphenicol (CAM) is effective against Propionibacterium acnes and Staphylococcus aureus which cause acne, often used as a hospital preparation for acne treatment. …”
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