Random antimicrobial peptide mixtures as non-antibiotic antimicrobial agents for cultured meat industry by Idan Yakir, Einav Cohen, Sharon Schlesinger, Zvi Hayouka

“…Additionally, RPMs showed a low occurrence of resistance development with no significant resistance developed in compared with a combination of penicillin and streptomycin. Moreover, LK20 mixture was rapidly digested and a rapid digestion in a simulated digestion model. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Bacterial Isolates from Blood Culture among HIV/AIDS Patients at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Mohabaw Jemal, Teshiwal Deress, Teshome Belachew, Yesuf Adem

“…In his study, the majority of Gram-positive isolates showed high level of resistance to penicillin, 72 (95.5%), tetracycline, 55 (71.4%), and cotrimoxazole, 45 (58.4%). …”
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Comparative Analysis of Adverse Drug Reactions Associated with Fluoroquinolones and Other Antibiotics: A Retrospective Pharmacovigilance Study by Alshareef H, Alenzi KA, Albalawi BR, Alanazi RM, Albalawi NS, Alasoufi WS, Alqifari S, Ahmed R, Ali MAS

“…ADRs caused by FQs use were the most frequently reported (177; 29.3%), followed by penicillin (100; 23.4%) and cephalosporin (90; 21%). …”
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Low-Intensity Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation Inhibits Epileptic Seizures in Motor Cortex by Modulating Hippocampus Neural Activity by Na Pang, Qianqian Wang, Jiamin Pei, Hailin Zhang, Yi Yuan, Jiaqing Yan

“…To explore the answers of above questions, ultrasound was utilized to investigate the responses to the aforementioned inquiries by stimulating the hippocampus of mice with penicillin-induced epilepsy, while simultaneously recording the local field potentials (LFPs) in the hippocampus and the motor cortex (M1) throughout the experiment. …”
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Evaluation of ampicillin plus ceftobiprole combination therapy in treating Enterococcus faecalis infective endocarditis and bloodstream infection by Simone Giuliano, Jacopo Angelini, Floriana Campanile, Paola Conti, Sarah Flammini, Alberto Pagotto, Francesco Sbrana, Luca Martini, Denise D’Elia, Mohd H. Abdul-Aziz, Menino O. Cotta, Jason A. Roberts, Robert A. Bonomo, Carlo Tascini

“…The mechanism of dual beta-lactam therapy relies on the saturation of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs). Ceftobiprole exhibits high affinity binding to nearly all E. faecalis PBPs, thus suggesting its potential utility in the treatment of severe E. faecalis infections. …”
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The pattern of antibiotic utilisation among intensive care unit patients hospitalised in a Gauteng (South African) provincial tertiary hospital: Comparing findings before and durin... by L Spinickum, Z Booth, S Leigh-de Rapper

“…Conclusion. The macrolide and penicillin (in combination with a beta-lactamase inhibitor) classes demonstrated an increase in consumption from the pre-pandemic period moving into the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Isolation, Identification, and Susceptibility Profile of E. coli, Salmonella, and S. aureus in Dairy Farm and Their Public Health Implication in Central Ethiopia by Umer Seid Geletu, Munera Ahmednur Usmael, Abdulmuen Mohammed Ibrahim

“…Subsequently, 62 of S. aureus, 30 of E. coli, and 13 of Salmonella isolates were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and all isolates were resistant to at least one or more antimicrobials tested. Penicillin, methicillin, and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole are drugs to which a large proportion of isolated S. aureus were highly resistant, which range from 90% to 100%. …”
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Magnitude of Multidrug Resistance among Bacterial Isolates from Surgical Site Infections in Two National Referral Hospitals in Asmara, Eritrea by Eyob Yohannes Garoy, Yacob Berhane Gebreab, Oliver Okoth Achila, Nobiel Tecklebrhan, Hermon Michael Tsegai, Alex Zecarias Hailu, Abrehet Marikos Buthuamlak, Tewelde Ghide Asfaga, Mohammed Elfatih Hamida

“…All the Staphylococcus aureus isolates were resistant to penicillin. MRSA phenotype was observed in 70% of the isolates. …”
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Bacterial contamination in public transport during COVID-19 pandemic: Characterization of an unusual Staphylococcus aureus isolate tolerant to vancomycin by Eva Smelikova, Marcela Krutova, Vaclav Capek, Marie Brajerova, Pavel Drevinek, Jan Tkadlec

“…Resistance to clinically relevant drugs was rare except for resistance to ampicillin (67 %, 8/12), cefuroxime (42 %, 5/12) in Enterobacterales and chloramphenicol (90 %, 18/20), penicillin (45 %, 9/20), and erythromycin (20 %, 4/20) in S. aureus. …”
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Application of Minocycline-Containing Bismuth Quadruple Therapies as First-Line Regimens in the Treatment of Helicobacter pylori by Lingyun Zhang, Yu Lan, Qi Wang, Yuexia Zhang, Xiaobei Si

“…The bismuth quadruple regimen with minocycline/metronidazole had a good eradication effect with more obvious side effects and might be recommended to patients with penicillin allergy.…”
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Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Carriage is a Protective Factor of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Nasal Colonization in HIV-Infected Patients: A... by Ying Li, Jialing Lin, Linghua Li, Weiping Cai, Jiaping Ye, Suiping He, Wencui Zhang, Ning Liu, Zijun Gong, Xiaohua Ye, Zhenjiang Yao

“…A significant difference in the proportions of antibiotic resistance between MRSA and MRCoNS isolates was found except for penicillin, clindamycin, tetracycline, and teicoplanin. …”
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Characterization of <i>Streptococcus pyogenes</i> Strains from Tonsillopharyngitis and Scarlet Fever Resurgence, 2023—FIRST Detection of M1_UK in Bulgaria by Emma Keuleyan, Theodor Todorov, Deyan Donchev, Ani Kevorkyan, Radoslava Vazharova, Alexander Kukov, Georgi Todorov, Boriana Georgieva, Iskra Altankova, Yordanka Uzunova

“…Strains were susceptible to penicillin (β-lactams), macrolides, clindamycin, tetracyclines, co-trimoxazole, fluoroquinolones, and linezolid. …”
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Dissemination of Staphylococcus epidermidis in Swedish bovine dairy herds: minimal overlap with human isolates by Karin Persson Waller, Mattias Myrenås, Hyeyoung Kim, Micael Widerström, Tor Monsen, Stefan Börjesson, Stefan Börjesson, Stefan Börjesson, Emma Östlund, Wonhee Cha

“…Genes conferring AMR were more frequently identified in human patient isolates compared to bovine isolates. However, penicillin resistance, identified by presence of the blaZ gene, was detected in 42% of bovine S. epidermidis isolates. …”
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Characterization of Enterobacterales growing on selective CPE screening plates with a focus on non-carbapenemase-producing strains by Reut Efrati Epchtien, Elizabeth Temkin, Mor N. Lurie-Weinberger, Ophir Kastel, Alona Keren-Paz, David Schwartz, Yehuda Carmeli

“…Isolates had multiple beta-lactamases and all had penicillin-binding protein modifications and porin mutations; in meropenem-resistant K. pneumoniae isolates, both Ompk35 and Ompk36 were mutated. …”
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A STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES ON THE MORPHOFUNCTIONAL STATE OF THE ENDOMETRIUM IN VITRO by Оксана Александровна Мелкозерова, Ирина Викторовна Крутинь, Александра Юрьевна Храмцова, Мария Валерьевна Улитко, Алсу Фармутовна Мустафина

“…The resulting tissue fragments were placed in a phosphate-saline solution with the addition of penicillin-streptomycin, gentamicin and amphotericin for transportation. …”
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Release Profile and Antibacterial Activity of <i>Thymus sibthorpii</i> Essential Oil-Incorporated, Optimally Stabilized Type I Collagen Hydrogels by Caglar Ersanli, Ioannis Skoufos, Konstantina Fotou, Athina Tzora, Yves Bayon, Despoina Mari, Eleftheria Sarafi, Konstantina Nikolaou, Dimitrios I. Zeugolis

“…<i>Thymus sibthorpii</i> EO was released from the hydrogel matrix via Fickian diffusion and showed sustained release and 0.5% <i>v</i>/<i>v</i> EO-loaded hydrogels showed adequate antibacterial activity against <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and did not show any statistically significant difference compared to penicillin (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Moreover, none of the fabricated composite antibacterial scaffolds displayed any cytotoxicity on NIH-3T3 fibroblasts. …”
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Microbes on the Mobile Phones of Healthcare Workers in Palestine: Identification, Characterization, and Comparison by Mohammad Qadi, Rasha Khayyat, Mohammed A. AlHajhamad, Yazan I. Naji, Beesan Maraqa, Kais Abuzaitoun, Ahmed Mousa, Maysa Daqqa

“…More than half of staphylococci isolates were resistant to penicillin and erythromycin. Male gender, using a mobile phone in the bathroom, and entry to the operating theatre were associated with mobile phone contamination and increased resistance against specific antibiotics. …”
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Identification and characterization of Serratia nematophila and Acinetobacter guillouiae from putrid-skin disease lesions in farmed Chinese spiny frog (Quasipaa spinosa) by Ling Guo, Xiyu Jin, Dan Yang, Li Wei, Jie Chen, Zhihua Lin, Li Ma

“…Both strains demonstrated resistance to penicillin, ampicillin, bacitracin, and clindamycin. …”
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Enzymatic Activity and Horizontal Gene Transfer of Heavy Metals and Antibiotic Resistant Proteus vulgaris from Hospital Wastewater: An Insight by Manzar Alam, Nilofer Bano, Tarun Kumar Upadhyay, Reem Binsuwaidan, Nawaf Alshammari, Amit Baran Sharangi, Radhey Shyam Kaushal, Mohd Saeed

“…Among all the examined metals, Ni and Zn had the highest viable counts, whereas Hg, Cd, and Co had the lowest viable counts. Penicillin, ampicillin, and amoxicillin, among the antibiotics, demonstrated higher viable counts, whereas tetracycline and erythromycin exhibited lower viable counts. …”
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Virulence Genes and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Pasteurella multocida Strains Isolated from Rabbits in Brazil by Thais Sebastiana Porfida Ferreira, Maria Roberta Felizardo, Débora Dirani Sena de Gobbi, Cleise Ribeiro Gomes, Pedro Henrique de Lima Nogueira Filsner, Marina Moreno, Renata Paixão, Jucélia de Jesus Pereira, Andrea Micke Moreno

“…Resistance revealed to be more common against sulfonamides and cotrimoxazole, followed by erythromycin, penicillin, and amoxicillin.…”
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