Distinct relative abundances in pathogens detected in mechanically ventilated patients with suspected pneumonia in the intensive care unit at King Abdulaziz University Hospital by Haifa Algethamy, Diyaa H. Bokhary, Ibrahim Abushoshah, Abdulrahman A. Alalyani, Maan K. Baamer, Dalya M. Attallah, Ruba M. Alotaibi, Shehla N. Amin, Shaza A. Mass, Nisreen R. Tashkandy

“…Samples treated with different antibiotics exhibited similar abundances of phyla and families. …”
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Therapeutic Effect of Zataria Multiflora Essential Oil on Burn Wound Infected by Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Maryam Zare, Elahe Sattarinezhad, Ali Karimi Akhormeh, Maryam Motevasel, Marzieh Ashrafmansouri, Maral Mokhtari, Omid Koohi Hosseinabadi, Aida Iraji, Azar Purkhosrow

“…Due to the rapid increase in resistance to the currently used antimicrobial agents, finding new antibiotics is one of the research priorities. This study was designed to investigate antibacterial and wound healing effects of Zataria multiflora essential oil (ZMEO) on burn wounds infected with P. aeruginosa in Sprague-Dawley rats. …”
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Clinical Features of iatrogenic Pharyngo-esophageal perforation in very low birth weight infants by Shu Eguchi, Yoshiya Hisaeda, Toshiko Ukawa, Mayu Koto, Miku Hosokawa, Chisa Tsurisawa, Tomohiro Takeda, Shusuke Amagata, Atsushi Nakao

“…All patients were treated conservatively with antibiotics and survived. Conclusions: When inserting a gastric tube for premature infants, it is critical to remember that these infants are at risk of IPEP. …”
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Probiotic Characterization of Lactic Acid Bacteria from Donkey Feces in China by Yanqiu Wu, Shousong Yue, Jinhui Yu, Fei Bian, Gao Chen, Yan Zhang

“…An L9 isolate, identified as <i>Ligilactobacillus salivarius</i>, was sensitive to most antibiotics tested. Overall, these results indicate that the <i>L. salivarius</i> L9 isolate meets the requirements of the probiotics selection criteria in vitro and can potentially be developed as a probiotic for donkeys.…”
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Real-world pharmacovigilance study of drug-induced autoimmune hepatitis from the FAERS database by Bu-kun Zhu, Si-ying Chen, Xiang Li, Shu-yun Huang, Zhan-yang Luo, Wei Zhang

“…Disproportionality analysis identified 22 drugs significantly associated with AIH risk, including 4 antibiotics, 3 antivirals, 4 cardiovascular drugs, 5 antitumor agents, 2 immunomodulators, 2 nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and 1 drug each from the respiratory and nervous system categories. …”
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Supramolecular discrimination and diagnosis-guided treatment of intracellular bacteria by Jia-Hong Tian, Siyuan Huang, Ze-Han Wang, Juan-Juan Li, Xianhui Song, Ze-Tao Jiang, Bing-Sen Shi, Ying-Ying Zhao, Hui-Yan Zhang, Ke-Rang Wang, Xin-Yue Hu, Xinge Zhang, Dong-Sheng Guo

“…By fingerprinting specimens collected from bacteria-infected mice, the facilitated accurate diagnosis offers valuable guidance for selecting appropriate antibiotics. Moreover, mannose-modified azocalix[4]arene (ManAC4A) is screened as a drug carrier efficiently taken up by macrophages. …”
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Canadian Thoracic Society Recommendations for Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – 2003 by Denis E O’donnell, Shawn Aaron, Jean Bourbeau, Paul Hernandez, Darcy D Marciniuk, Meyer Balter, Gordon Ford, Andre Gervais, Roger Goldstein, Rick Hodder, Francois Maltais, Jeremy Road

“…Acute exacerbations of COPD cause significant morbidity and mortality and should be treated promptly with bronchodilators and a short course of oral steroids; antibiotics should be prescribed for purulent exacerbations. …”
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Improved Outcome of Severe Acute Pancreatitis in the Intensive Care Unit by Polychronis Pavlidis, Siobhan Crichton, Joanna Lemmich Smith, David Morrison, Simon Atkinson, Duncan Wyncoll, Marlies Ostermann

“…Forty patients (80%) tolerated enteral nutrition, and 46% received antibiotics for non-SAP reasons. Acute kidney injury was significantly more common among hospital nonsurvivors compared to survivors (100% versus 42%, ). …”
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Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid for the Treatment of Odontogenic Infections: A Randomised Study Comparing Efficacy and Tolerability versus Clindamycin by Archiel Launch Tancawan, Maria Noemi Pato, Khamiza Zainol Abidin, A. S. Mohd Asari, Tran Xuan Thong, Puja Kochhar, Chandra Muganurmath, Monique Twynholm, Keith Barker

“…Treatment of odontogenic infections includes surgical drainage and adjunctive antibiotics. This study was designed to generate efficacy and safety data to support twice daily dosing of amoxicillin/clavulanic acid compared to clindamycin in odontogenic infections. …”
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Molecular detection of <i>Streptococcus agalactiae</i> in pregnant women and percentage of vertical transmission to their neonates in Babylon province by Ali D. Marhash, Zainab N. Nabat, Nawras A. Abbas

“…Positive isolates were 100% susceptible to antibiotics such as ceftriaxone, penicillin, and vancomycin, 93% were sensitive to chloramphenicol, 83% to erythromycin, and only 13% to tetracycline. …”
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Artesunate, EDTA, and colistin work synergistically against MCR-negative and -positive colistin-resistant Salmonella by Yajun Zhai, Peiyi Liu, Xueqin Hu, Changjian Fan, Xiaodie Cui, Qibiao He, Dandan He, Xiaoyuan Ma, Gongzheng Hu

“…Previously, artesunate (AS) has been reported to exert antibacterial enhancement activity in combination with β-lactam antibiotics via inhibition of the efflux pump AcrB. …”
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Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Presenting as Prolonged Pyrexia and Stauffer’s Syndrome: Can a Routine Ultrasound Scan Fail to Detect a Renal Cell Carcinoma? by C. L. Fonseka, A. G. T. A. Kariyawasam, S. A. G. L. Singhapura, C. M. de Silva, T. E. Kanakkahewa, I. G. T. M. Senarathna, C. K. Bodinayake

“…Despite intravenous antibiotics, her fever continued. She was found to have elevated alkaline phosphatase and gamma-glutamyl transferase and she underwent imaging with ultrasound scan of abdomen twice, which did not reveal demonstrable abnormalities. …”
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteraemia in a Young Boy following Mumps Infection: A Case Report by Jayakanthan Saravanan, AP Krithika, M Geetha

“…Laboratory investigations revealed the growth of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) in the blood, which was sensitive to the antibiotics doxycycline, ciprofloxacin and clindamycin. …”
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A Multimodal Approach to Analgesia in Anorectal Surgery by T. N. Garmanova, D. R. Markaryan, E. A. Kazachenko, A. M. Lukianov, M. A. Kazachenko, M. A. Agapov

“…Prophylactic use of antibiotics and bowel preparation do not reduce postoperative pain. …”
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Patient with Jaundice, Dyspnea and Hyperferritinemia after COVID-19 by V. R. Grechishnikova, P. E. Tkachenko, M. S. Zharkova, T. P. Nekrasova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…S. aureus was identified in blood cultures, CT scan of the facial skull bones showcased the focus of infection in the area of the roots of teeth 2.4 and 2.5. Therefore, antibiotics were prescribed. Subsequently, the patient's condition was complicated by the development of two episodes of acute respiratory distress syndrome, which occurred during the withdrawal of glucocorticosteroid therapy. …”
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Evaluation of Procalcitonin, C-Reactive Protein, and Interleukin-6 as Early Markers for Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis by Emad A. Morad, Rehab A. Rabie, Mohamed A. Almalky, Manar G. Gebriel

“…Blood cultures for these neonates were done before starting antibiotics. Also, bacterial DNA was revealed from the blood by broad-range 16S rDNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR). …”
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Antimicrobial Usage in Smallholder Poultry Production in Nigeria by Oladeji Bamidele, Tunde A. Amole, Oluwafikayo A. Oyewale, Olayinka O. Bamidele, Abdulmojeed Yakubu, Uduak E. Ogundu, Folasade O. Ajayi, Waheed A. Hassan

“…Critically important antibiotics, with lower to higher risk of antimicrobial resistance, were used by farmers (40%). …”
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Evaluating Antimicrobial Effectiveness of Gold Nanoparticles against Streptococcus oralis by Batool M Al-Fahham, Rafeef Ahmed Mohamed, Juman Mohammed Taqi Al-Talqani, Ali Hadi Fahad, Julfikar Haider

“…The increased drugs resistance against the infectious diseases is a major issue owing to excessive using of a broad spectrum of antibiotics. Recently, metallic nanoparticles (NPs) are being administered to control the growth of different types of microorganisms. …”
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Molecular Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica in Poultry in South Africa Using the Farm-to-Fork Approach by Melissa A. Ramtahal, Anou M. Somboro, Daniel G. Amoako, Akebe L. K. Abia, Keith Perrett, Linda A. Bester, Sabiha Y. Essack

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles were determined using Vitek-2 and the Kirby–Bauer disk diffusion method against a panel of 21 antibiotics recommended by the World Health Organisation Advisory Group on Integrated Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (WHO-AGISAR). …”
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Anti-Biofilm Effect of Ampicillin-Loaded Poly (Lactic-co-glycolic Acid) Nanoparticles Conjugated with Lysostaphin on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Elahe Norouzi, Seyed Mostafa Hosseini, Babak Asghari, Reza Mahjoub, Ehsan Nazarzadeh Zare, Mohammad-Ali Shahbazi, Fereshte Kalhori, Mohammad Reza Arabestani

“…Staphylococcus aureus exhibits the capacity to develop biofilms on various surfaces, encompassing both living and nonliving substrates, enabling it to develop resistance against the immune system and antibiotics. Therefore, this bacterium can cause numerous challenges in healthcare and treatment systems. …”
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