Antibiotic Use and Resistance for Beef Cattle Producers by Chad Carr, Matthew J. Hersom, K. C. Jeong, Nicolas DiLorenzo, Jason M. Scheffler, Gina Faniola, Stephanie Miller, Haley Denney, Victoria Roberts, Nahilia Williams, Bianca McCracken

“…Antibiotic-resistant microorganisms cause millions of illnesses and cost billions of dollars in the United States each year. …”
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Antibiotic Use and Resistance for Beef Cattle Producers by Chad Carr, Matthew J. Hersom, K. C. Jeong, Nicolas DiLorenzo, Jason M. Scheffler, Gina Faniola, Stephanie Miller, Haley Denney, Victoria Roberts, Nahilia Williams, Bianca McCracken

“…Antibiotic-resistant microorganisms cause millions of illnesses and cost billions of dollars in the United States each year. …”
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Economic Evaluation of FebriDx®: A Novel Rapid, Point-of-Care Test for Differentiation of Viral versus Bacterial Acute Respiratory Infection in the United States by Katherine Dick, John Schneider

“…The model considers the cost of antibiotic treatment, antibiotic resistant infections, antibiotic-related adverse events, and point-of-care testing. …”
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Resistance to antibiotics and presence of plasmid in enterobacteria and staphylococcus aureus in the sector of diet of a public hospital by Simone Cardoso Lisboa Pereira, Roberta Silva Ribeiro, Denise Mara Soares Bazzolli, Maria Cristina Dantas Vanetti

“…The occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has become more frequent and the presence of these microorganisms in hospitals exposes patients to serious risks. …”
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Priestia megaterium cells are primed for surviving lethal doses of antibiotics and chemical stress by Manisha Guha, Abhyudai Singh, Nicholas C. Butzin

“…Abstract Antibiotic resistant infections kill millions worldwide yearly. …”
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Phage Therapy as a Rescue Treatment for Recurrent <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Bentall Infection by Victor Eiferman, Pierre-Adrien Vion, Alexandre Bleibtreu

“…Phage therapy is experiencing renewed interest, particularly for antibiotic-resistant infections, and may also be useful for difficult-to-treat cases where surgery to remove foreign infected material is deemed too risky. …”
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Genome Sequence of Colistin-Resistant Bacteremic Shewanella algae Carrying the Beta-Lactamase Gene blaOXA-55 by Ying-Ju Chen, Kwong-Chung Tung, Yu-Kai Hong, Shi-Yu Chen, Yao-Ting Huang, Po-Yu Liu

“…Bacteremia is a major manifestation of S. algae infections, and there are increasing reports of antibiotic-resistant strains. However, little is known about the genomic characteristics of human bacteremic S. algae. …”
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The potential utility of phage therapy in the treatment of periprosthetic infection caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens: a review by Taalaibek U. Sheraliev, Alexander G. Samokhin, Baikozho R. Tashtanov, Andrey A. Korytkin, Vitaliy V. Pavlov

“…Of particular importance is periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens and followed by the worst treatment results. …”
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Piezoelectric biosensor with dissipation monitoring enables the analysis of bacterial lytic agent activity by Radka Obořilová, Eliška Kučerová, Tibor Botka, Hana Vaisocherová-Lísalová, Petr Skládal, Zdeněk Farka

“…Abstract Antibiotic-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus pose a significant threat in healthcare, demanding urgent therapeutic solutions. …”
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Preface by Peter Hinow, Pierre Magal, Shigui Ruan

“…Webb.The topics of the 12 articles appearing in this special issue includeevolutionary dynamics of population growth, spatio-temporal dynamicsin reaction-diffusion biological models, transmission dynamics ofinfectious diseases, modeling of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitals,analysis of Prion models, age-structured models in ecology and epidemiology,modeling of immune response to infections, modeling of cancer growth, etc.These topics partially represent the broad areas of Glenn's research interest.For more information please click the “Full Text” above.…”
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Genome sequence of Vibrio sp. OULL4 isolated from shellfish by Vengadesh Letchumanan, Wen-Si Tan, Wai-Fong Yin, Kok-Gan Chan

“…The control of these vibrios has been a hurdle due to the rising numbers of antibiotic resistant strains in the environments. We report the genome sequence of Vibrio sp. …”
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Innovative Approaches to Suppressing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Growth and Virulence: Current Status and Future Directions by Sandip Patil, Xiaowen Chen, Feiqiu Wen

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an antibiotic-resistant opportunistic pathogen, poses significant challenges in treating infections, particularly in immunocompromised individuals. …”
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A model of drug resistance with infection by health care workers by Avner Friedman, Najat Ziyadi, Khalid Boushaba

“…Antibiotic resistant organisms (ARO) pose an increasing seriousthreat in hospitals. …”
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The laboratory diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infections by Max A Chernesky

“…Presently, it appears that antibiotic-resistant C trachomatis is not a clinical problem. …”
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus: The protagonist of foodborne diseases by Vengadesh Letchumanan, Ke-Yan Loo, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Sunny Hei Wong, Bey-Hing Goh, Nurul-Syakima Ab Mutalib, Learn-Han Lee

“…V. parahaemolyticus infection occurs as a result of improper food handling and preparation, ability of the bacterium to withstand human gut to launch virulence, antibiotic resistant bacterium, and failure of regulatory bodies to safe-guard food quality. …”
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Progress on the prevention of poultry Salmonella with natural medicines by Yi Zhang, Jianglan Liu, Yinan Pan, Kai Shi, Ping Mai, Xiaokai Li, Shasha Shen

“…However, the current abuse of antibiotics has accelerated the mutation of pathogenic bacteria to generate antibiotic-resistant strains. Thus, the effectiveness of treatment with antibiotics alone is gradually diminishing. …”
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Inhibitory Effects of Antimicrobial Peptides on Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammation by Yue Sun, Dejing Shang

“…For the multiple-antibiotic-resistant strains, AMPs play a significant role in the development of novel antibiotics because of their broad-spectrum antimicrobial activities and specific antimicrobial mechanism. …”
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Synergistic effect of meropenem and vancomycin antibiotics with Ecballium elaterium and Senna italica extracts by Lubna Abdallah, Hiba Odeh, Huda Salem, Thanaa Barham, Samah Nazzal, Rahaf Kokaly, Hana Sa’d Aldeen, Amal Holuo

“…In conclusion, E. elaterium and S. italica leaf aqueous extracts have great potential as sources of antibacterial compounds against microorganisms and they can be used to treat infectious diseases caused by antibiotic-resistant microorganisms.…”
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Potential use of peptides mimicking CRAC/CARC domains as antivirulence therapies to inhibit RTX toxins activities by Vanesa Herlax

“…In recent years, research efforts have increased to develop new therapeutics aimed at combating antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. These efforts focus on inhibiting the virulence factors bacteria secrete to proliferate. …”
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Bacteriophages: Uncharacterized and Dynamic Regulators of the Immune System by Anshul Sinha, Corinne F. Maurice

“…The dramatic increase in antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens has spurred a renewed interest in using bacteriophages for therapy, despite the many unknowns about bacteriophages in the human body. …”
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