Certain Subclasses of Bistarlike and Biconvex Functions Based on Quasi-Subordination by Nanjundan Magesh, Vitalrao Kupparao Balaji, Jagadesan Yamini

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Shared mechanisms of enhanced plasmid maintenance and antibiotic tolerance mediated by the VapBC toxin:antitoxin system by Sarah Hollingshead, Gareth McVicker, Maria R. Nielsen, YuGeng Zhang, Giulia Pilla, Rebekah A. Jones, Jonathan C. Thomas, Sarah E. H. Johansen, Rachel M. Exley, Ditlev E. Brodersen, Christoph M. Tang

“…Here, we identified a clinical isolate of Shigella sonnei (CS14) with a remarkably stable pINV virulence plasmid; pINV is usually frequently lost from S. sonnei, but plasmid loss was not detected from CS14. …”
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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and Shigella Species Associated with Acute Diarrhea in Tehran, Iran by Fereshteh Jafari, Mohammad Hamidian, Maryam Rezadehbashi, Michael Doyle, Siavosh Salmanzadeh-ahrabi, Faramarz Derakhshan, Mohammad Reza Zali

“…The predominant E coli was Shiga toxin-producing E coli (105 isolates [34.5%]) and the predominant Shigella serotype was Shigella sonnei (88 isolates [56.1%]). A high rate of antibiotic resistance was observed among E coli, with 40 of 53 (75.5%) Shiga toxin-producing E coli isolates resistant to amoxicillin and tetra-cycline, and eight (5.2%) E coli isolates resistant to more than six antibiotics. …”
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Characteristics of Sand at Major Quarrying Areas around Addis Ababa by Daniel Shewatatek, Belestie Tenaw, Asratie Yemiru, Gebrehana Belete, Tena Tadesse, Tamiru Tolla

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Biofilm Formation and Adherence Characteristics of Listeria ivanovii Strains Isolated from Ready-to-Eat Foods in Alice, South Africa by Mirriam E. Nyenje, Ezekiel Green, Roland N. Ndip

“…The partner strains of S. aureus, S. pyogenes, P. shigelloides, and S. sonnei displayed coaggregation indices of 75% each, while S. …”
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Antimicrobial Applications of Transition Metal Complexes of Benzothiazole Based Terpolymer: Synthesis, Characterization, and Effect on Bacterial and Fungal Strains by Mohamed A. Riswan Ahamed, Raja S. Azarudeen, N. Mujafar Kani

“…Biological activities of the ligand and its complexes were tested against Shigella sonnei, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella species, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, and Salmonella typhimurium bacteria and Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Penicillium species, Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, Mucor species fungi.…”
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Antibacterial Activities and In Vitro Anti-Inflammatory (Membrane Stability) Properties of Methanolic Extracts of Gardenia coronaria Leaves by Amin Chowdhury, Shofiul Azam, Mohammed Abdullah Jainul, Kazi Omar Faruq, Atiqul Islam

“…The Methanolic extracts of Gardenia coronaria leaves possessed a broad spectrum antibacterial activity against a variety of both Gram-negative and Gram-positive organisms like Streptococcus agalactiae, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus cereus, Shigella sonnei, Shigella boydii, and Proteus mirabilis, with a zone of inhibition from 10 to 16 mm. …”
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Temperature Depended Role of Shigella flexneri Invasion Plasmid on the Interaction with Acanthamoeba castellanii by Amir Saeed, David Johansson, Gunnar Sandström, Hadi Abd

“…Different bacteria interact differently with FLA since Francisella tularensis, Vibrio cholerae, Shigella sonnei, and S. dysenteriae are able to grow inside A. castellanii. …”
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Dysbiosis of Gastric Mucosal Fungal Microbiota in the Gastric Cancer Microenvironment by Zhenzhan Zhang, Hao Feng, Yaopeng Qiu, Zhou Xu, Qingfeng Xie, Wenfu Ding, Hao Liu, Guoxin Li

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Synthesis, antimicrobial evaluation, ADMET prediction, molecular docking and dynamics studies of pyridine and thiophene moiety-containing chalcones by Fahmida Akhter, Sumita Saznin Marufa, S. M. Anyet Ullah Shohag, Hiroshi Nishino, Mohammad Sayed Alam, Md. Aminul Haque, Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman

“…It displayed higher activity against Bacillus cereus (22.3 ± 0.6 mm), Shigella sonnei (43.3 ± 0.6 mm) and Shigella boydii (34.0 ± 1.0 mm) compared to the standard ceftriaxone (20.3 ± 0.6 mm, 40.3 ± 0.6 mm and 25.7 ± 0.6 mm, respectively). …”
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Vaccinomics Approach for Designing Potential Peptide Vaccine by Targeting Shigella spp. Serine Protease Autotransporter Subfamily Protein SigA by Arafat Rahman Oany, Tahmina Pervin, Mamun Mia, Motaher Hossain, Mohammad Shahnaij, Shahin Mahmud, K. M. Kaderi Kibria

“…At first, 44 SigA proteins from different variants of S. flexneri, S. dysenteriae, S. boydii, and S. sonnei were assessed to find the most antigenic protein. …”
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Synthesis of Silver and Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Using Polystichum lentum Extract for the Potential Antibacterial, Antioxidant, and Anticancer Activities by Deepak Kumar Shrestha, Akash Budha Magar, Manisha Bhusal, Rabina Baraili, Ishwor Pathak, Pusp Raj Joshi, Niranjan Parajuli, Khaga Raj Sharma

“…ZnO nanoparticles showed comparatively higher ZOI of 14 and 16 mm against Shigella sonnei and Klebsiella pneumoniae. It also displayed the lowest MIC and MBC of 3.125 and 6.25 mg/mL against Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae. …”
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HSBM-Produced Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: Physical Properties and Evaluation of Their Antimicrobial Activity against Human Pathogens by Imen Massoudi, Ridha Hamdi, Ibtisam Ababutain, Ethar Alhussain, Aya Kharma

“…Among the six Gram-negative tested bacteria, S. sonnei showed the largest inhibition zone of about 11.3 ± 0.6 mm with ZNPs measuring 148 nm in size (milled for 2 h), followed by E. coli ATCC 25922. …”
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Targeted modulation of intestinal barrier and mucosal immune-related microbiota attenuates IgA nephropathy progression by Ran Zhang, Yuyan Tang, Xiangru Feng, Xiaoxuan Lu, Mengyao Zhao, Jiayang Jin, Xiaoguo Ji, Haidong He, Liming Zhao

“…These results revealed that IgAN led to a reduction in α-diversity and structural alterations in the gut microbiota, characterized by an increase in Shigella sonnei, Streptococcus danieliae, Desulfovibrio fairfieldensis, and a decrease in Bifidobacterium pseudolongum and Clostridium leptum. …”
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Investigating the Prevalence, Antibiotic Resistance Pattern, and Serotyping of Shigella Isolates from Traditional and Industrial Olivier Salads by Shiva Jahanbakhshi, Mohammad Mehdi Soltan Dallal, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Katayoun Samimi-Rad, Seyedeh Zohre Mirbagheri, Ahmad Nasser, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi

“…Results: Among these samples, 10 isolates (6.6%) of Shigella were isolated, of which 6 (4%) belonged to serogroup D (Shigella sonnei), 3 (2%) to serogroup B (Shigella flexneri), and 1 isolate (0.66%) belonged to serogroup C (Shigella boydii). …”
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Selected Abstracts of the 20th International Workshop on Neonatology and Pediatrics; Cagliari (Italy); October 23-26, 2024 by --- Various Authors

“…Sanna, F. Zanco, V. Sanneris, S. Cossu, S. Dettori, D. Pruna, E. Flore, C. …”
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Phytochemical Analysis, Antioxidant Potential and Antibacterial Activities of Different Anatomical Parts of Hypericum cordifolium Choisy by Sujana Sapkota, Alishma Maharjan, Sanjeeta Tiwari, Meena Rajbhandari

“…In the antibacterial assay, the methanol extract of the leaf showed the inhibition zone of 12-13 mm and the stem extract showed the inhibition zone of 7–11 mm against S. aureus, E. coli, and S. sonnei, whereas both extracts were inactive against S. typhi. …”
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A broad spectrum Shigella vaccine based on VirG53 – 353 multiepitope region produced in a cell-free system by Girmay Desalegn, Charlotte Abrahamson, K. Ross Turbyfill, Lucy Pill-Pepe, Leslie Bautista, Chitradevi S. Tamilselvi, Dylan Dunn, Neeraj Kapoor, Barbara Sullinger, Matheo Herrera, Edwin V. Oaks, Jeff Fairman, Marcela F. Pasetti

“…When administered to mice intramuscularly, VirG53 – 353 elicited robust antibody responses and conferred high levels of protection against the three most prevalent Shigella serotypes (S. flexneri 2a, 3a, and S. sonnei). VirG53 – 353 evoked the production of Th2-type cytokines by spleen cells from vaccinated mice. …”
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Phenolic Content and Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Malva sylvestris L., Malva oxyloba Boiss., Malva parviflora L., and Malva aegyptia L. Leaves Extract by Khalid A. Shadid, Ashok K. Shakya, Rajashri R. Naik, Nidal Jaradat, Husni S. Farah, Naeem Shalan, Nooman A. Khalaf, Ghaleb A. Oriquat

“…., and Malva aegyptia L.) and also towards assessing their antibacterial activity against one Gram-positive isolate (Staphylococcus aureus) and four Gram-negative strains Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella sonnei, and Proteus vulgaris. It also aimed to evaluate the free radical scavenging activity of hexane, methanolic, aqueous, and acetone extracts of four Malva species. …”
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Compatibility and antimicrobial activity of silver nanoparticles synthesized using Lycopersicon esculentum peels by Esraa Ali, Samah H. Abu-Hussien, Esraa Hesham, Shimaa Ahmed, Habiba Mostafa, Ahmed Gamal, Salwa M. El-Sayed, Bahaa Hemdan, Ashraf Bakry, Naglaa M. Ebeed, Hesham Elhariry, Ahmed Galal, Basma T. Abd-Elhalim

“…However, Listeria monocytogenes NC 013768 and Shigella sonnei DSM 5570 were the most resistant pathogens, with IZDs of 0.92 and 0.90 cm, respectively. …”
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