Nasopharyngeal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in a rural population, Sierra Leone by Lisa Maria Kleine, Emmanuel Marx Kanu, Tobias Grebe, Desmond Mohamed Sesay, Henning Loismann, Maxwell Sesay, Tom Theiler, Viktoria Rudolf, Alexander Mellmann, Laura C. Kalkman, Martin P. Grobusch, Frieder Schaumburg

“…Results: Of 300 participants (62.7 % females, median age: 16 years), 168 (56 %) were colonized with S. aureus-related complex; six participants carried two different S. aureus genotypes, resulting in a total number of 174 isolates. Resistance to penicillin was predominant (97.1 %, 169/174), followed by tetracycline (66.1 %, 115/174), co-trimoxazole (56.9 %, 99/174) and oxacillin (24.1 %, 42/174, all mecA-positive, mostly associated with ST8/PVL-negative). …”
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Policy brief: Optimising antimicrobial usage in paediatric inpatient hospital settings by J Cloete, M Karsas, T Chetty, A Pillay, M Archary, D Moore, T Reddy, Y Balakrishna, F Nakwa, R Lancaster, A Goga, P Jeena

“…Common antimicrobials prescribed included beta-lactamase sensitive penicillin, aminoglycosides, and carbapenems. Antimicrobial selection aligned with the WHO AWaRe classification system. …”
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A Novel Therapeutic Calcium Peroxide Loaded Injectable Bio-adhesive Hydrogel Against Periodontitis by Shaojie Dong, Yukun Mei, Yuwei Zhang, Wenqing Bu, Yifei Zhang, Changjie Sun, Rui Zou, Lin Niu

“…Materials and Methods: Gelatin-oxidized dextran hydrogel loaded with calcium peroxide and penicillin (CP-P hydrogel) was synthesized and characterized using Universal mechanical testing machine, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, swelling test, and dissolved oxygen meter. …”
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Distribution of sasX, mupA, and qacA/B genes and determination of genetic relatedness of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains associated with bloodstream in... by Rui Zhao, Bingyu Du, Lingling Hu, Chenxi Li, Fen Xue, Xing Wang, Changhong Jiang, Jinghua Wang, Yanfeng Zhao

“…DiscussionNotably, forty-seven (61%) MRSA BSI strains were multidrug-resistant, with the majority exhibiting resistance to penicillin, erythromycin, and clindamycin. Major MRSA clones in southern China include ST59, ST5, ST764, and ST398. …”
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Biosynthesis and activity of Zn-MnO nanocomposite in vitro with molecular docking studies against multidrug resistance bacteria and inflammatory activators by Samy Selim, Tarek M. Abdelghany, Mohammed S. Almuhayawi, Mohammed K. Nagshabandi, Muyassar K. Tarabulsi, Mohammed Yagoub Mohammed Elamir, Asmaa A. Alharbi, Soad K. Al Jaouni

“…MnO-NPs and ZnO-NPs demonstrated inhibitory activity against the crystal structure of putative minohydrolase (PDB ID: 4EWT), methicillin acyl-penicillin binding protein 2a structure (PDB ID: 1MWU) and K2U bound crystal structure of class II peptide deformylase from MRSA (PDB ID: 6JFQ). …”
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A global Corynebacterium diphtheriae genomic framework sheds light on current diphtheria reemergence by Hennart, Mélanie, Crestani, Chiara, Bridel, Sébastien, Armatys, Nathalie, Brémont, Sylvie, Carmi-Leroy, Annick, Landier, Annie, Passet, Virginie, Fonteneau, Laure, Vaux, Sophie, Toubiana, Julie, Badell, Edgar, Brisse, Sylvain

“…Convergence of toxigenicity with penicillin and erythromycin resistance was observed in 2 isolates from France-2022. …”
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Monitoring of Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bacteria Isolated from Poultry Farms from 2014 to 2018 by Engy Ahmed Hamed, May Fathy Abdelaty, Hend Karam Sorour, Heba Roshdy, Mona Aly Abdelhalim AbdelRahman, Ola Magdy, Waleed Abdelfatah. Ibrahim, Ahmed Sayed, Hytham Mohamed, Mohammed Iraqi Youssef, Wafaa Mohamed Hassan, Heba Badr

“…All Salmonella positive samples were examined for antibiotic resistance against 10 different antibiotics, and the highest percentage all over the five years was against penicillin, ampicillin, and tetracycline. All E. coli positive samples were examined for antibiotic resistance against 14 different antibiotics, and the highest percentage all over the five years was with ampicillin, tetracycline, norfloxacin, streptomycin, and danofloxacin. …”
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Prevalence and characterization of IncQ1α-mediated multi-drug resistance in Proteus mirabilis Isolated from pigs in Kunming, Yunnan, China by Hongmei Liu, Hongmei Liu, Hongmei Liu, Na Xia, Fanan Suksawat, Bundit Tengjaroenkul, Yue Hu, Xiaofeng Zhou, Xiaojiang Li, Cuiqin Huang, Yinli Bao, Qiong Wu, Chunrong Zhang, Sunpetch Angkititrakul, Bin Xiang, Xin Wu

“…All isolates exhibited multi-drug resistance, with 100% resistance to cotrimoxazole, erythromycin, penicillin G, chloramphenicol, ampicillin, and streptomycin. …”
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Pien Tze Huang Attenuates Neuro-inflammatory Injury in BV2 Microglial Cells Induced by Lipopolysaccharide via Inhibition of TLR4/MAPK Signaling Pathway by Zhenwei HUANG, Qing ZHANG, Lili HUANG, Xiaoqin ZHANG, Mingqing HUANG

“…Objective:To investigate the protective effect and the molecular mechanism of Pien Tze Huang (PZH) on Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) -induced neuro-inflammatory injury in BV2 microglial cells.Methods:BV2 microglial cells were cultured with RPMI-1640 medium supplemented with 10%fetal bovine serum and 1%penicillin/streptomycin at 5%CO₂and 37℃in a humidified incubator. …”
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Jiedu Xiaozheng Decoction Augments 5-fluorouracil Induced Anti-hepatic Carcinoma Effect <italic>in Vitro</italic> and <italic>in Vivo</italic> by Zhiyun CAO, Liangpu ZHENG, Wei LIN, Xuzheng CHEN, Xiaoqin ZHU, Jiumao LIN, Wei LIN, Jian DU

“…HepG2 cell line was cultured in RPMI-1640 medium supplemented with 10%fetal bovine serum, 1%penicillin and streptomycin at 37℃in an incubator containing 5%CO₂.…”
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Analysis of antibacterial agents consumption in a Brazilian southeastern hospital complex from 2018 to 2021 by Giuliana Amanda de Oliveira, Adriano Max Moreira Reis

“…The groups of antibacterial agents most consumed in the hospital complex were carbapenems, penicillins + beta-lactamase inhibitors, beta-lactamase-resistant penicillins, glycopeptides, and fluoroquinolones. …”
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Capabilities of capillary electrophoresis for analysis of ready-to-use pharmaceutical products with an antibacterial effect by D. S. Bolshakov, V. G. Amelin, T. B. Nikeshina

“…Optimal conditions for separation and determination of different classes of such antibacterial agents as penicillins, fluoroquinolones, nitrofurans, sulfanilamides, metronidazole and chloramphenicol are chosen. …”
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Monitoring of antibiotic resistance of Acinobacillus pleuropneumoniae isolated in the Russian Federation in 2012-2014 by A. V. Potekhin, V. S. Rusaleyev

“…Most of them proved to be sensitive to penicillins (85,7%), aminopenicillins (92,9%), III-IV-generation cephalosporins (100%), enrofloxacin (81,0%), erythromycin (85,7%) and florfenicol (95,2%). …”
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Antimicrobial consumption in food animals in Fiji: Analysis of the 2017 to 2021 import data by Royford Magiri, Chaminda Dissanayake, Walter Okello

“…Fromthe total antimicrobial imports during the years 2017 to 2021, penicillins(69.72%) and tetracycline (15.95%) were the most imported antimicrobialclasses. …”
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Modern approaches to treatment of acute anaerobic paraproctitis by M. A. Yegorkin

“…In postoperative period antibiotic therapy by carbapenems or last generation penicillins in maximally allowed doses, treatment of organ dysfunction, control of regenerative processes in the vast wounds formed after radical operations is recommended.…”
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The detection of antibiotics in raw milk samples in bursa region by Canan Dokuzlu, Mustafa Tayar

“…According to the agar diffusion test results, 27 (18.00 %) of samples were positive for penıcılline, 11 (7.33 %) ol them for tetracyclines and 2 (1.33 %) of them for chloramphenicol. …”
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The Mechanisms of Catalysis by Metallo 𝛽-Lactamases by Michael I. Page, Adriana Badarau

“…Class B 𝛽-lactamases or metallo-𝛽-lactamases (MBLs) require zinc ions to catalyse the hydrolysis of 𝛽-lactam antibiotics such as penicillins, cephalosporins, carbapenems, and cephamycins. …”
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Molecular modelling of betalactamic antibiotic by Elso Manuel Cruz Cruz, Grettel Díaz Ramón

“…<strong><br />Results</strong> There are variations in the calculated properties that make possible to define two groups of compounds: one for the monobactams and the inhibitors of the betalactamases, with less planarity in the ring and less reactivity and another one with the penicillins, cephalosporins and carbapenems, planer, more structurally stable and reactive. …”
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Urinary Catheter Colonization by Multidrug-Resistant Cedecea neteri in Patient with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia by Peter S. Ginn, Serina B. Tart, Stephen M. Sharkady, Dorothea K. Thompson

“…This C. neteri isolate was resistant or intermediate to second-generation cephalosporins, penicillins, and certain β-lactamase inhibitor/β-lactam combinations. …”
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Biofilm Formation and Detection of Fluoroquinolone- and Carbapenem-Resistant Genes in Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii by María-Guadalupe Avila-Novoa, Oscar-Alberto Solís-Velázquez, Daniel-Eduardo Rangel-López, Jean-Pierre González-Gómez, Pedro-Javier Guerrero-Medina, Melesio Gutiérrez-Lomelí

“…Acinetobacter baumannii is an important opportunistic pathogen that shows resistance to cephalosporins, penicillins, carbapenems, fluoroquinolones, and aminoglycosides, the multiresistance being associated with its ability to form biofilms in clinical environments. …”
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