A Descriptive Study of Nosocomial Infections in an Adult Intensive Care Unit in Fiji: 2011-12 by Keshni Naidu, Ilisapeci Nabose, Sharan Ram, Kerri Viney, Stephen M. Graham, Karen Bissell

“…Gram negative bacteria were the commonest pathogens isolated, especially Klebsiella pneumoniae (extended-spectrum β-Lactamase-producing), Acinetobacter, and Pseudomonas species. …”
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The secreted host-cell protein clusterin interacts with PmpD and promotes Chlamydia trachomatis infection by Fabienne Kocher, Johannes H. Hegemann

“…Attachment and uptake into host cells are pivotal steps in the life cycle of the Chlamydiaceae, a family of obligate intracellular pathogens. Chlamydia trachomatis (Ctr) possesses a family of nine polymorphic membrane proteins (Pmps), which have been shown to be crucial for adhesion and internalization. …”
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First detection of the high‐risk Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 clone producing NDM‐14 in a community setting in Morocco: A new public health concern by Aboubakr Khazaz, Fatima El Otmani, Ihssane Benzaarate, Adil El Hamouchi, Fatna Bourjilat, Sylvain Brisse, Kaotar Nayme

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Reappraisal and neotypification of Phyllachora feijoae by L.C. Costa, D.M. Macedo, R.W. Barreto

“…Recently, during surveys for fungal pathogens of feijoa in southern Brazil, several plants were found bearing tar-spot symptoms caused by a species of Phyllachora. …”
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Pests and Fungal Organisms Identified on Olives (Olea europaea) in Florida by Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman, Sandra A. Allan, Jonael H. Bosques-Mendez, Lyle J. Buss

“…Fortunately, olives are a relatively pest-free species, but some occasional invaders can be a nuisance or cause lasting harm. A few plant pathogens that may infect olives also can lead to a decline in overall plant health, fruit yield, or the visual appearance of plants. …”
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Extraction of Catechins from Aegle marmelos Fruit Pulp: Statistical Optimization Using Response Surface Methodology and Artificial Neural Networks by Divya Kurimilla, Meena Vangalapati, Venkata Ratnam Myneni

“…The antimicrobial activity of the methanolic extract was tested against five different pathogens, including Streptococcus, Bacillus mega, Pseudomonas putida, Bacillus cerecus, and Staphylococcus aureus, using the agar diffusion method and the tube dilution method. …”
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Specific Roles of MicroRNAs in Their Interactions with Environmental Factors by Juan Wang, Qinghua Cui

“…Increased number of studies have shown that miRNAs can functionally interact with a wide spectrum of environmental factors (EFs) including drugs, industrial materials, virus and bacterial pathogens, cigarette smoking, alcohol, nutrition, sleep, exercise, stress, and radiation. …”
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Gut Microbiome: An Intersection between Human Genome, Diet, and Epigenetics by Abdullahi Y. Muhammad, Malik Amonov, Atif A. Baig, Farrukh J. Alvi

“…Under normal health conditions, the gut commensals are in homeostasis with the host; while they inhabit the gut for their normal growth, they protect against invading pathogens through anticolonization mechanisms and contribute largely to the metabolism of several macromolecules in the gut. …”
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Autophagy in Macrophages: Impacting Inflammation and Bacterial Infection by Ali Vural, John H. Kehrl

“…They possess an array of germline-encoded pattern recognition receptors/sensors (PRRs) that recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and which activate downstream effectors/pathways to help mediate innate immune responses and host defense. …”
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Antimicrobial Stewardship in Daily Practice: Managing an Important Resource by Nicole Le Saux, Canadian Paediatric Society, Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee

“…Antimicrobial stewardship is a recent concept that embodies the practical, judicious use of antimicrobials to decrease adverse outcomes from antimicrobials while optimizing the treatment of bacterial infections to reduce the emergence of resistant pathogens. The objectives of the present statement are to illustrate the principles of antimicrobial stewardship and to offer practical examples of how to make antimicrobial stewardship part of everyday hospital and outpatient practice. …”
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Brazilian Spotted Fever with an Approach in Veterinary Medicine and One Health Perspective by Sabrina Destri Emmerick Campos, Nathalie Costa da Cunha, Nádia Regina Pereira Almosny

“…There is increasing interaction between man and pathogens transmitted by arthropods, especially by ticks. …”
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Post-genomic approaches to understanding interactions between fungi and their environment by R.P. de Vries, I. Benoit, G. Doehlemann, T. Kobayashi, J.K. Magnuson, E.A. Panisk, S.E. Baker, M.-H. Lebrun

“…They have highly varied life-styles including sap robes (using only dead biomass as a nutrient source), pathogens (feeding on living biomass), and symbionts (co-existing with other organisms). …”
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Iatrogenic Infective Endocarditis in Hemodialysis Patients: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Ali Oullaï, Edouard Cubilier, Mohamed Tayeb Salaouatchi, Maxime Taghavi, Yasmin Zouggari, Joëlle Nortier, Maria Do Carmo Filomena Mesquita

“…Foreign bodies such as implanted cardiac devices are susceptible to infections and may be involved in infective endocarditis. Exposure to pathogens, by frequent use of intravascular accesses for hemodialysis (i.e., catheters or fistulas), combined with high rates of degenerative heart valve diseases in hemodialysis patients, both favor the development of infective endocarditis in this population. …”
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Viral Interference and Persistence in Mosquito-Borne Flaviviruses by Juan Santiago Salas-Benito, Mónica De Nova-Ocampo

“…Mosquito-borne flaviviruses are important pathogens for humans, and the detection of two or more flaviviruses cocirculating in the same geographic area has often been reported. …”
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Epidemiology of Enterocytozoon bieneusi Infection in Humans by Olga Matos, Maria Luisa Lobo, Lihua Xiao

“…Studies on the prevalence of these emerging microsporidian pathogens in humans, in developed and developing countries, the different clinical spectra of E. bieneusi intestinal infection in children, in different settings, and the risk factors associated with E. bieneusi infection have been reviewed. …”
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Phototreatment of Water by Organic Photosensitizers and Comparison with Inorganic Semiconductors by Merlyn Thandu, Clara Comuzzi, Daniele Goi

“…Such molecules are also being explored for photodynamically treating microbial infections, killing of unwanted pathogens in the environment, and oxidation of chemical pollutants. …”
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Severe Legionnaires’ Disease Complicated by Rhabdomyolysis and Clinically Resistant to Moxifloxacin in a Splenectomised Patient: Too Much of a Coincidence? by Theocharis Koufakis, Ioannis Gabranis, Marianneta Chatzopoulou, Anastasios Margaritis, Maria Tsiakalou

“…More studies are required in order to clarify the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms that connect asplenia, immunological response to Legionella, and pathogen’s resistance to antibiotics.…”
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More than meets the eye: Nocardia farcinica, Candida dubliniensis and Aspergillus spp. co-infection in a patient with multiple myeloma treated with multiple treatment regimens by Lotte Vrijders, Erwin Ho, Danielle Van der Beek, Inge Vrelust, Heleen Nailis

“…In this case report, we describe a patient who received three lines of therapy, with proteasome inhibitors, corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide and lenalidomide, and who was concurrently infected with these three opportunistic pathogens. A blood stream infection with C. dubliniensis was treated with 4 weeks of anidulafungin. …”
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Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis in a Patient with Neurosarcoidosis on Chronic Steroid Therapy Secondary to Recreational Marijuana Usage by Preetam Gongidi, Debkumar Sarkar, Eric Behling, Joshua Brody

“…Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis is often a fatal disease that typically takes a hematogenous spread after inhalation or accidental skin inoculation of pathogens. We present a patient with a history of heavy marijuana smoking while being on chronic steroid therapy for treatment of neurosarcoidosis who was found to have multiple brain abscesses from Curvularia sp. …”
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Targeting Toll-Like Receptors for Treatment of SLE by Christopher G. Horton, Zi-jian Pan, A. Darise Farris

“…Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are important innate immune receptors for the identification and clearance of invading pathogens. Twelve TLRs that recognize various conserved components of microorganisms are currently known. …”
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