A survey of knowledge and attitudes towards antibiotic use and resistance among teachers in the Republic of Kenya: Implications for using teachers in raising public awareness of rational antibiotic use in school communities. by Patrick M Mutua, Joshua Mutiso, Michael M Gicheru

“…The average attitude score on antibiotic use was 6.1 out of 11. A quarter of the interviewees agreed that they gave family members antibiotics wherever they fell sick. …”
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Understanding Nigeria’s antibiotic resistance crisis among neonates and its future implications by Victor Oluwatomiwa Ajekiigbe, Ikponmwosa Jude Ogieuhi, Temiloluwa Adebayo Odeniyi, Praise Oluwatobi Ogunleke, Josiah Temitope Olatunde, Adedoyin Veronica Babalola, Akintunde Abisoye Omoleke, Tolulope Felix Omitade, Damilare Emmanuel Olakanmi, Adewunmi Akingbola, Chidera Stanley Anthony

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A Review of Detection of Antibiotic Residues in Food by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy by Jun-Fa Liang, Cheng Peng, Peiyu Li, Qiu-Xiong Ye, Yu Wang, Yun-Ting Yi, Zi-Sheng Yao, Gui-Yun Chen, Bin-Bin Zhang, Jia-Jian Lin, Qizhi Luo, Xuncai Chen

“…Antibiotics, as veterinary drugs, have made extremely important contributions to disease prevention and treatment in the animal breeding industry. …”
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Innovative cross-linked electrospun PVA/MOF nanocomposites for removal of cefixime antibiotic by Razieh Mirzaei, Shahram Tangestaninejad, Afsaneh Marandi, Majid Moghadam, Iraj Mohammadpoor-Baltork, Reihaneh Kardanpour, Hossein Abdolvand

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Community awareness, perceptions, and behavior regarding antibiotic consumption in an urban area of Pondicherry by C. Niranjhanadevi, P. Stalin

“…Results: Among 440 study participants, 286 (65%) said that they had ever heard of a type of medicine called antibiotics. Among them, more than 70% of participants were aware that antibiotics are used for killing germs but almost all said that antibiotics are often needed for cold and flu illnesses. 83.2% opined that they should take antibiotics to prevent getting a serious illness. 42.3% of the study participants never completed a full course of antibiotic treatment after feeling better with a few doses. …”
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Effects of multidrug-resistant bacteria and multi-antibiotic combination on intestinal microbiota in mice by Jing Ma, Zheng Gong, Meiling Kang, Zhongjing Tian, Liping You, Chengshi Ding

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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a Probable Cause of Antibiotic-Associated Enterocolitis by Alison B. Lane, Nathanial K. Copeland, Fatma Onmus-Leone, James V. Lawler

“…Antibiotic-associated diarrhea is typically associated with Clostridium difficile. …”
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Distribution and environmental dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes in poultry farms and surrounding ecosystems by ShangMin Li, Kai Wang, DanPing Wang, HongZhi Wang, HuaXuan Zhao, JunHua Pu, KeHua Wang, ChunMei Li

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Antibiotic Susceptibility Profile of Aeromonas Species Isolated from Wastewater Treatment Plant by Isoken H. Igbinosa, Anthony I. Okoh

“…Antibiotic susceptibility was determined using the disc diffusion method, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was employed for the detection of antibiotics resistance genes. …”
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From Cure to Crisis: Understanding the Evolution of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Human Microbiota by Hamed Tahmasebi, Neda Arjmand, Marzieh Monemi, Ali Babaeizad, Farnaz Alibabaei, Negar Alibabaei, Aisa Bahar, Valentyn Oksenych, Majid Eslami

Subjects: “…antibiotic-resistant…”
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Anti-Biofilm Agents to Overcome <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Antibiotic Resistance by Marie Hanot, Elodie Lohou, Pascal Sonnet

“…So-called anti-virulence agents (AVAs) would then restore the efficacy of conventional antibiotics (ATBs) or potentiate the effectiveness of the immune system. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among physicians and pharmacists toward antibiotic use in sepsis by Jingmin Zhang, Jingmin Zhang, Haipeng Shi, Haipeng Shi, Yanmei Xia, Yanmei Xia, Zhenghua Zhu, Yaojun Zhang

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The impact of antioxidant-ciprofloxacin combinations on the evolution of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by Doaa Higazy, Marwa N. Ahmed, Oana Ciofu

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Enhancing the Survival Rate of Sand Goby, Oxyeleotris marmorata (Blkr.), Larvae with Antibiotics by Irzal Effendi, Yani Hadiroseyani

“…The fry which reared in media containing antibiotics exhibited higher survival rate (28,09%, compared to 3,3 1 %), than the control, whereas their growth was similar (1,09-1,53 mm). …”
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Influence of a macrolide antibiotic, roxithromycin, on mast cell growth and activation in vitro by Toshikazu Shimane, Kazuhito Asano, Mayumi Suzuki, Tadashi Hisamitsu, Harumi Suzaki

“…However, the precise mechanisms by which macrolide antibiotics could improve clinical conditions of the patients are not well understood.…”
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Occurrence and Antibiotic Resistance of Mesophilic Aeromonas in Three Riverine Freshwaters of Marrakech, Morocco by Boujamaa Imziln

“…All selected isolates (total = 841) were tested for antibiotic susceptibility against 21 antibiotics. Antibiotic resistance frequencies recorded were: ampicillin and amoxicillin, 100%; novobiocin, 96%; cefalotin, 81%; colistin, 72%; sulfamethoxazole, 40%; cefamandole, 37%; polymyxin B, 23%; trimethoprim, 17%; erythromycin, 15%; streptomycin, 8%; amoxicillin-clavulanate, 5%. …”
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Evidence based use of antibiotics in epidemic keratoconjunctivitis to prevent development of microbial resistance by Shalini Kumari, Imsensenba Longkumer, Mamta Sharma, Shashank Tripathi

Subjects: “…antibiotic resistance…”
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The type of infections and the use of antibiotics among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A review by Asma D. Alshammari, Mona Matar Aldhafeeri, Amal M. Aldhafeeri, Maram Asaad Alanzi, Maha Bandar Almutairi, Jawaher Abdullah Alrasheedi, Thikra Adel Alsurur, Aeshah Dhahawi Alshammri

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Long-Term Use of Antibiotics and Risk of Parkinson’s Disease in the Nurses’ Health Study by Natalia Palacios, Éilis J O’Reilly, Michael A. Schwarzschild, Alberto Ascherio

“…Objective. Antibiotic use is one of the strongest environmental predictors of an altered and less diverse gut microbiome, which has been linked to Parkinson’s disease. …”
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Probing Antimicrobial Activity and Mechanism of Action of a Bile Acid-Derived Antibiotic by Colin C. Tang, Conor Pulliam, Alimi Abiodun, Adam Parris, Andrew Campbell, Jie Li

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