HIV-Infected Individuals Do Not Present Significant Differences regarding Periodontal Status: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Lucas Ribeiro Teixeira, Diana Estefania Ramos Peña, Leticia Rodrigues de Castro, Márcia dos Santos, Maria da Conceição Pereira Saraiva, Fernando Chahud, Bruno Pozzetto, Alan Grupioni Lourenço, Ana Carolina Fragoso Motta

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New Bioactive Metabolites from the Thermophilic Fungus Penicillium sp. Isolated from Ghamiqa Hot Spring in Saudi Arabia by Raha Orfali, Shagufta Perveen

“…All isolated metabolites were studied for their antibiotic effect against several pathogenic bacteria and for their cytotoxicity against the lymphoma human cancer cell line HTB-176. …”
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Comparative Study of Antibacterial Activity of Cistus ladanifer L. Leaves Extracted by Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction and Maceration by Houda Chtibi, Kaoutar Harboul, Taofiq Benali, Abdelhakim Bouyahya, Khabbach Abdelamjid, Said Louahlia, Jactty Chew, Long Chiau Ming, Khalil Hammani

“…These outcomes have underscored the presence of active compounds within Cistus ladanifer L. that could serve as potential alternatives to antibiotics against some of the most pathogenic bacterial species. …”
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GC-MS Analysis and Study of the Antimicrobial Activity of Citrus paradisi, Citrus aurantifolia, and Citrus sinensis Peel Essential Oils as Hand Sanitizer by Isra Osman Mohammed, Ayat Ahmed Alrasheid, Saad Mohammed Hussein Ayoub

“…In the setting of healthcare, the use of hand sanitizers and antiseptics for hand hygiene is of paramount importance to avoid transfer of pathogenic microorganism through hand and skin contact. …”
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Cell-marking techniques for cell lineage tracing by A. M. Yunusova, N. R. Battulin

“…Studying individual cell fates and their intertwined relations thus aids in understanding ontogenetic development as well as pathogenic processes in the body. Direct observations of developing embryos uncovered the fate of single blastomeres of ascidia and nematode. …”
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Studies of biofilms and phenotypic characteristics of Candida fungi by E. M. Lenchenko, N. P. Sachivkina

“…Optical microscopy revealed a three-dimensional structure of biofilms in the form of a dense network consisting of yeast cells, hyphal and pseudohyphalic forms surrounded by an intercellular polymer matrix. Candida spp. pathogenicity factors contribute to infection of susceptible species due to adhesion, invasion, secretion of hydrolases, dimorphism. …”
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Profil Bakteri Patogen dan Kepekaannya pada Pasien Ventilator Associated Pneumonia dengan Infeksi COVID- 19 di Rumah Sakit UKRIDA¬ by Jeremy Christopher, Ade Dharmawan, Donna Mesina Pasaribu, Nicolas Layanto

“…Objective: To determined the pathogenic bacterial profile and antibiotic susceptibility in Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) patients with COVID-19 infection. …”
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RESISTANCE OF POTATO HYBRIDS FROM THE SECOND TUBER GENERATION TO THE LOCAL POPULATION OF PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS (MONT.) DE BARY AND SELECTION OF ADVANCED CLONES by Z. Z. Evdokimova, M. V. Kalashnik

“…As a result of this research, genotypes with increased productivity and good table  quality of tubers were selected among the material possessing high  and medium resistance to the pathogen. Original hybrids will be  used as source material in the breeding programs targeted at the  development of cultivars with field resistance to late blight. …”
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Is SARS-CoV-2 an Etiologic Agent or Predisposing Factor for Oral Lesions in COVID-19 Patients? A Concise Review of Reported Cases in the Literature by Shahroo Etemad-Moghadam, Mojgan Alaeddini

“…The pathogenic mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 infection is unclear, and its symptoms vary in different patients. …”
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Antibacterial and Anticancer Potentials of Presynthesized Photosensitive Plectranthus cylindraceus Oil/TiO2/Polyethylene Glycol Polymeric Bionanocomposite by Musarat Amina, Nawal M. Al Musayeib, Nawal A. Alarfaj, Maha F. El-Tohamy, Gadah A. Al-Hamoud

“…The antibacterial potential of the fabricated bionanocomposite film was investigated against four pathogenic strains. The obtained results revealed excellent sensitivity against the bacterial strains, particularly E. coli and S. aureus, with minimum inhibitory concentration 320 µg mL−1 and minimum bactericidal concentration 640 and 1280 µg mL−1 for E. coli and S. aureus, respectively. …”
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Differential Susceptibility to Propofol and Ketamine in Primary Cultures of Young and Senesced Astrocytes by Liang Huang, Ferit Tuzer, Abigail Murtha, Michael Green, Claudio Torres, Henry Liu, Shadi Malaeb

“…Previously, mechanistic and pathogenic investigations focused on neurons, and little is known about the effect of commonly used intravenous anesthetics such as propofol and ketamine on astrocytes. …”
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STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION IN DOGS (DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION) by V. B. Rudenko, P. A. Rudenko, S. G. Semushina, I. A. Pakhomova

“…Staphylococci produce a great number of pathogenicity factors (including toxins able to act independently). …”
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A PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON THE CONTROL OF CERCOSPORA LEAF SPOT ATTACK IN SOME SUGAR BEET HYBRIDS WITH DIFFERENT DOSES OF FUNGICIDES by Manuela Hermeziu, Lorena Adam, Diana Petre, Carmen Chelmea

“…To the National Institute of Research and Development for Potato and Sugar Beet Brasov, in 2023, two polyfactorial experiments were carried out on the sugar beet crop which aimed to determine the effect of fungicides, full dose, respectively half dose, on beet plants affected by the pathogen Cercospora beticola. The experiments included five variants each, an untreated (control) variant, two variants with the recommended dose of fungicide (250 g/l difenoconazole active substance, respectively 14.1 g/l Bacillus subtilis strain QST 713) and two variants with 50% of the recommended fungicides dose. …”
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Development of a broad-spectrum epitope-based vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae. by Md Nahian, Muhammad Shahab, Md Rasel Khan, Shopnil Akash, Tanjina Akhtar Banu, Murshed Hasan Sarkar, Barna Goswami, Sanjana Fatema Chowdhury, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Ahmed Abu Rus'd, Shamima Begum, Ahashan Habib, Aftab Ali Shaikh, Jonas Ivan Nobre Oliveira, Shahina Akter

“…Streptococcus pneumoniae (SPN) is a significant pathogen causing pneumonia and meningitis, particularly in vulnerable populations like children and the elderly. …”
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Quantitative Risk Assessment of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Toxi Infection Associated with the Consumption of Roasted Shrimp (Penaeus monodon) by Arnaud Carter Keinko Takoundjou, Rhoda Nsen Bughe, Abraham Nkoue Tong, Sylvain Leroy Sado Kamdem, Jean Justin Essia-Ngang

“…Based on the distribution of total V. parahaemolyticus in shrimp and literature information indicating that nonhaemolysing carrier strains could be pathogenic to humans, the cooking, and consumption patterns, the daily exposure level generated in this study, and the dose-response model from other studies, the infectious risk was evaluated and quantified by the Monte Carlo simulation. …”
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Expression Profiles of Differentially Expressed Circular RNAs and circRNA–miRNA–mRNA Regulatory Networks in SH-SY5Y Cells Infected with Coxsackievirus B5 by Jing Li, Heng Yang, Huaran Shi, Jihong Zhang, Wei Chen

“…Circular RNA (circRNA) has been shown to play an important role in regulating pathogenic processes. However, the functions of circRNA in response to CVB5 infection remain unclear. …”
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Network Analysis of MERS Coronavirus within Households, Communities, and Hospitals to Identify Most Centralized and Super-Spreading in the Arabian Peninsula, 2012 to 2016 by Oyelola A. Adegboye, Faiz Elfaki

“…Results suggested that being a healthcare worker has a higher eigenvector centrality score on average than being nonhealthcare workers. Pathogenic droplets are easily transmitted within a confined area of hospitals; therefore, control measures should be put in place to curtail the number of hospital visitors and movements of nonessential staff within the healthcare facility with MERS cases.…”
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Comparative metabolic study of planktonic and sessile cells in Salmonella Enteritidis ATCC 13076: Elucidating metabolic pathways driving biofilm formation. by Yuliany Guillín, Claudia Ortiz, William Hidalgo

“…This ability has hindered the effective treatment of diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms, including Salmonella, which is responsible for a significant number of deaths worldwide. …”
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New Insights in Genetic Cholestasis: From Molecular Mechanisms to Clinical Implications by Eva Sticova, Milan Jirsa, Joanna Pawłowska

“…Thus far, five representatives of PFIC (named PFIC1-5) caused by pathogenic mutations present in both alleles of ATP8B1, ABCB11, ABCB4, TJP2, and NR1H4 have been described. …”
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Histopathological characterization of skin and muscle lesions induced by lionfish (Pterois volitans) venom in a murine experimental model by Cecilia Díaz, Arturo Chang-Castillo, Natalia Ortiz

“…This is the case of an abundant protein, present in venom, with homology to a Golgi-associated plant pathogenic protein 1-like (GAPR1), which belongs to the same protein superfamily as venom CRISPs and insect allergens. …”
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