Escherichia coli growing under antimicrobial gallium nitrate stress reveals new processes of tolerance and toxicity by Daniel A. Salazar-Alemán, Raymond J. Turner

“…With the rising incidence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains, metal-based antimicrobials (MBAs) have re-emerged as an alternative to combat infections. …”
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High incidence of Escherichia coli resistance to colistin from chicken farms in Kathmandu Valley by Kipa Tamrakar, Avina Lama, Binita Dhakal, Luna Adhikari, Megha Shrestha, Jeena Amatya

“…All isolates were resistant to colistin, as detected by their growth on MacConkey Agar containing 4 µg/ml colistin. Antibiotic susceptibility tests were used to define the isolates further. 70.0% of isolates were categorized as multidrug-resistant, while the colistin-resistant isolates showed low resistance to Imipenem. …”
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Unveiling the Antibacterial Activity of Petai Seed Ethanol Extract (Parkia speciosa Hassk) with the Kirby-Bauer Method by Yustini Alioes, Altio Efendi, Mario Arya Ramadhan

“…<p>The increasing number of antibiotic resistance cases have to seek alternative treatments, including the petai plant (Parkia speciosa Hassk). …”
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First VIM-producing representative of Pseudomonas putida group from the largest Bulgarian hospital by Atanaska Petrova, Ivan N. Ivanov, Liubomir Paunov, Angel Uchikov, Ivan Stoikov, Todor Kantardjiev, Marianna Murdjeva

“…The species group P. putida was confirmed with MALDI-TOF system and whole genome sequencing defined it as P. kurunegalensis. Antibiotic susceptibility testing revealed susceptibility only to tobramycin and colistin. …”
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The Incidence of Infection Complicating Snakebites in Tropical Australia: Implications for Clinical Management and Antimicrobial Prophylaxis by Laura K. Smith, John Vardanega, Simon Smith, Julian White, Mark Little, Josh Hanson

“…Five (83%) of the six patients diagnosed with infection had received empirical antibiotics at presentation; only 1/710 (0.1%) patients who received no antibiotics developed a (superficial) infection. …”
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High-Dose Glycine Treatment of Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Body Dysmorphic Disorder in a 5-Year Period by W. Louis Cleveland, Robert L. DeLaPaz, Rashid A. Fawwaz, Roger S. Challop

“…At age 22, another severe exacerbation followed antibiotic treatment for H. pylori. This led to a hypothesis that postulates deficient signal transduction by the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR). …”
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A Case of Acute Budd-Chiari Syndrome Complicating Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome Presenting as Acute Abdomen and Responding to Tight Anticoagulant Therapy by Naofumi Chinen, Yasushi Koyama, Shinji Sato, Yasuo Suzuki

“…Acute gastroenteritis was suspected and an antibiotic was administered, but symptoms progressed. …”
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Serum IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α Levels in Early Diagnosis and Management of Neonatal Sepsis by A. Nese Citak Kurt, A. Denizmen Aygun, Ahmet Godekmerdan, Abdullah Kurt, Yasar Dogan, Erdal Yilmaz

“…At the time of diagnosis, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α levels of culture-proven sepsis and culture-negative sepsis were significantly higher than levels at the seventh day after antibiotic treatment. Conclusion. Serum IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α are mediators of inflammation and can be used at the diagnosis and at the evaluation of the therapeutic efficiency in neonatal sepsis.…”
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Discoloration of Roots Caused by Residual Endodontic Intracanal Medicaments by Belinda Kuan-Jung Chen, Roy George, Laurence James Walsh

“…This study examined the extent to which intervisit corticosteroid-based antibiotic pastes (CAP) medicaments contribute to staining of tooth structure after attempted removal by irrigation techniques. …”
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Convalescent plasma therapy in severe coronavirus disease-2019: A narrative review by Rasmi Ranjan Sahoo, Kasturi Hazarika, Prashant Bafna, Manesh Manoj, Anupam Wakhlu

“…Convalescent blood products were effective in reducing the mortality risk when administered early in the disease course during the deadliest pandemic of Spanish flu in 1918. Even in the antibiotic era, the use of passive immunization strategy continued to expand with promising results against measles, Ebola, Argentine hemorrhagic fever, and Zika viruses. …”
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Sinonasal Melioidosis in a Returned Traveller Presenting with Nasal Cellulitis and Sinusitis by Rebecca Sin Mei Lim, Sam Flatman, Markus C. Dahm

“…The patient received extended antibiotic therapy in keeping with published national guidelines. …”
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Phenotypic detection of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in clinical isolates at a tertiary care hospital by Astha Sinha, Mamta Gour, Riti Jain Seth

“…This information is relevant for surveillance, to implement infection prevention and control practices and antibiotic policies.…”
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TB Peritonitis Mistaken for Ovarian Carcinomatosis Based on an Elevated CA-125 by Joseph D. Boss, Christopher T. Shah, Oladoyin Oluwole, John N. Sheagren

“…This case outlines the unfortunate consequences of the misdiagnosis of what probably was an antibiotic responsive illness, resulting in an unnecessarily aggressive surgical procedure. …”
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Characterization and Synergistic Antimicrobial Evaluation of Lipopeptides from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Isolated from Oil-Contaminated Soil by Pratiwi Sudarmono, Ahmad Wibisana, Lira W. Listriyani, Saleha Sungkar

“…The aim of the study is to characterize the lipopeptides produced by B. amyloliquefaciens strain MD4-12 and evaluate the synergistic antimicrobial activity in combination with a conventional antibiotic against Gram-negative bacteria. B. amyloliquefaciens strain MD4-12 was isolated from oil-contaminated soil. …”
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Pyogenic Liver Abscess Caused by Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a 21-Year-Old Male by Samuel Igbinedion, Meher S. Mavuram, Moheb Boktor, John Bienvenu

“…Patient was started on broad spectrum antibiotics, given septic presentation. Peripheral blood cultures returned positive for methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA). …”
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The appropriate nutrient conditions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans dual-species biofilm formation in vitro by Pavlína Vávrová, Ondřej Janďourek, Adéla Diepoltová, Petr Nachtigal, Klára Konečná

“…Abstract Polymicrobial biofilms, the reason for most chronic wound infections, play a significant role in increasing antibiotic resistance. The in vivo effectiveness of the new anti-biofilm therapy is conditioned by the profound evaluation using appropriate in vitro biofilm models. …”
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The Prevalence of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Raw Chicken Meat Samples by Omid Zarei, Leili Shokoohizadeh, Hadi Hossainpour, Mohammad Yousef Alikhani

“…The samples were cultured in selective and differential culture media, and the virulence genes of E. coli isolates were analyzed by PCR assay. The antibiotic resistance patterns of E. coli isolates were determined by the disk diffusion method. …”
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Application of Samarium- and Terbium-Sensitized Luminescence via a Multivariate-Based Approach for the Determination of Orbifloxacin by Nessreen Al-Hashimi, Ahmed S. El-Shafie, Asmaa Jumaa, Marwa El-Azazy

“…A lanthanide-based optical sensor has been developed for the sensitive and reliable spectrofluorometric determination of the fluoroquinolone antibiotic orbifloxacin (ORLX). Reaction of ORLX and two lanthanide metal ions, Sm(III) and Tb(III), in aqueous buffered solution produced highly fluorescent complexes. …”
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Selectivity of Inhibition of N-Succinyl-l,l-Diaminopimelic Acid Desuccinylase in Bacteria: The product of dapE-gene Is Not the Target of l-Captopril Antimicrobial Activity by Narasimha Rao Uda, Marc Creus

“…The emergence of bacterial strains that are resistant to virtually all currently available antibiotics underscores the importance of developing new antimicrobial compounds. …”
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Anti-amoebic effects of selected herbal extracts against Acanthamoeba species isolated from different borehole water samples from Budiriro District in Harare, Zimbabwe by Kudzai Fambisai, Petros Muchesa, Farisai Chidzwondo, Rumbidzai Mangoyi

“…Chlorhexidine gluconate antibiotic was used as a control. The results show that Acanthamoeba castellannii is the most common Acanthamoeba species in borehole water in Budiriro District in Harare and all the tested plant samples had no anti-amoebic effects against this isolated Acanthamoeba castellannii. …”
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