N-Acetyl cysteine exhibits antimicrobial and anti-virulence activity against Salmonella enterica. by Selwan Hamed, Mohamed Emara, Payman Tohidifar, Christopher V Rao

“…In addition, NAC inhibits the expression of virulence genes at sub-inhibitory concentrations in a dose-dependent manner. …”
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Asymptomatic Periprosthetic Joint Infection of the Hip with High-Virulence Pathogens: Report of Two Cases by Ruben A. Mazzucchelli, Christoph Meier, Yvonne Achermann, Peter Wahl

“…Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) may be a life-threatening condition, particularly when caused by pathogens with high virulence, capable of developing secondary bloodstream infection. …”
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N-Acetyl cysteine exhibits antimicrobial and anti-virulence activity against Salmonella enterica by Selwan Hamed, Mohamed Emara, Payman Tohidifar, Christopher V. Rao

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H3K4 methylation regulates development, DNA repair, and virulence in Mucorales by Macario Osorio-Concepción, Carlos Lax, Damaris Lorenzo-Gutiérrez, José Tomás Cánovas-Márquez, Ghizlane Tahiri, Eusebio Navarro, Ulrike Binder, Francisco Esteban Nicolás, Victoriano Garre

“…On the other hand, histone methylation is a regulatory mechanism with pleiotropic effects, including the virulence of several pathogenic fungi. However, the role of epigenetic changes at the histone level never has been studied in Mucorales. …”
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Molecular detection of some virulence gene in Proteus mirabilis isolated from chicken and human by Aamer Y. Alchalaby, Balsam Y. Rasheed, Ammar M. Al-AAlim

“…In conclusion, our findings underscore the potential danger of virulence genes in poultry, a human staple food. This highlights the crucial need for caution in meat processing and the use of effective methods to prevent infection and sterilize meat before human consumption.…”
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A functional approach to analyze the genetic basis for differences in virulence of monkeypox virus clades by Patricia L. Earl, Jeffrey L. Americo, Sara Reynolds, Wei Xiao, Catherine Cotter, Bernard Moss

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Molecular Detection of Virulence Factors in Salmonella serovars Isolated from Poultry and Human Samples by Kelly Johanna Lozano-Villegas, María Paula Herrera-Sánchez, Mónica Alexandra Beltrán-Martínez, Stefany Cárdenas-Moscoso, Iang Schroniltgen Rondón-Barragán

“…The presence of 24 virulence genes was evaluated using end-point PCR. …”
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Prevalence of Hyper virulence and Multidrug resistance Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from UTI patients by Manar Abdul karim, Zainab Mohammed Alzubaidy, Khazal Dabua Wadi

“… Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common bacterial infections and are often caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae. the results of detection of some virulence factors 30(13.6%)  isolates of K. pneumoniae showed that Hemolysin production was tested using sheep blood agar and it was found that all the 30 (100%) isolates of K. pneumonia not capable to hemolysis red blood. …”
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First genome-scale insights into the virulence of the snow mold causal fungus Microdochium nivale by Ivan Tsers, Ekaterina Marenina, Azat Meshcherov, Olga Petrova, Olga Gogoleva, Alexander Tkachenko, Natalia Gogoleva, Yuri Gogolev, Evgenii Potapenko, Olga Muraeva, Mira Ponomareva, Viktor Korzun, Vladimir Gorshkov

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Fungal Dimorphism and Virulence: Molecular Mechanisms for Temperature Adaptation, Immune Evasion, and In Vivo Survival by Gregory M. Gauthier

“…The conversion to yeast within healthy and immunocompromised mammalian hosts is essential for virulence. In the yeast phase, the thermally dimorphic fungi upregulate genes involved with subverting host immune defenses. …”
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Pectinolytic and Cellulolytic Enzymes Enhance Fusarium compactum Virulence on Tubercles Infection of Egyptian Broomrape by Olubukola O. Babalola

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A Fatal Case of Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by a Highly Virulent Escherichia coli Strain by Sadjia Bekal, André Vincent, Alex Lin, Josée Harel, Jean-Charles Côté, Cécile Tremblay

“…DNA microarray revealed the presence of 20 virulence genes.…”
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Clostridium difficile in Clinical Practice: Increasing Rates, More Virulent Organisms and New Therapies on the Horizon by Thomas J Louie

“…Epidemiological studies are underway to determine the presence of the more virulent strain of C difficile in hospitals across Canada. …”
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Protective Efficacy of the Calicivirus Valency of the Leucofeligen Vaccine against a Virulent Heterologous Challenge in Kittens by Cynthia Lesbros, Virginie Martin, Wojciech Najbar, Annaele Sanquer, David Mcgahie, Hyone-Myong Eun, Sylvie Gueguen

“…Four weeks after the second vaccination, all cats were challenged with virulent heterologous FCV and followed up for 21 days, monitoring their general condition, clinical signs, and immunological responses. …”
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CLONING OF GENES ENCODING TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEINS AND PROTEINS RESPONSIBLE FOR AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS VIRULENCE by Ali Mazloum, N. G. Zinyakov, A. S. Igolkin, N. N. Vlasova

Subjects: “…proteins responsible for asf virus virulence…”
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Virulence of Five Isolates of The Entomopathogenic Fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae, Against Brown Planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens) by Trizelia Trizelia, Haliatur Rahma, My Syahrawati

“…The research revealed that all M. anisopliae isolates tested were virulent against N. lugens nymphs and adults. The most virulent isolate for the two stages of BPH was Met3B, which was collected from the leek rhizosphere. …”
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Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Salmonella spp. Recovered From Migratory and Captive Wild Birds by Ruhena Begum, Nilima Akther Asha, Diponkar Chandra Chanda Dipu, Milton Roy, Asikur Rahman, Md. Shahidur Rahman Chowdhury, Hemayet Hossain, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Md Bashir Uddin, Md. Mahfujur Rahman, Md. Mukter Hossain

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The role of major virulence factors and pathogenicity of adherent-invasive Escherichia coli in patients with Crohn’s disease by Khalid A. Abdelhalim, Ataç Uzel, Nalan Gülşen Ünal

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In the coevolution of cotton and pathogenic fungi, resistant cotton varieties lead to an escalation in the virulence of Verticillium dahliae by Yalin Zhang, Lifang Cui, Ruibing Liu, Zili Feng, Hongjie Feng, Jinglong Zhou, Lihong Zhao, Feng Wei, Heqin Zhu

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Interplay between porin deficiency, fitness, and virulence in carbapenem-non-susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacteriaceae. by Hedi Mammeri, Youssouf Sereme, Eya Toumi, Hélène Faury, David Skurnik

“…Finally, we decipher what is the effect of such changes on bacterial fitness and virulence. Our goal is to integrate all these findings to give a global overview of how bacteria modify their porins to face antibiotic selective pressure trying to not induce fitness cost.…”
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