Category Antimicrobial Resistance

Virulence, antibiotic resistance phenotypes and molecular characterisation of 𝑽𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒊 isolates from patients with diarrhoea

𝘝𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘪, an emerging human pathogen is associated with cases of acute…

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𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡: 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐚𝐰 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a global health threat, necessitating early and accurate…

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𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒐𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬

𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘦 (𝘊. 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘦) is a pathogenic bacterium responsible for antibiotic-associated diarrhea…

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𝐈𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭-𝐭𝐨-𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐦-𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐬: 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲

Bacterial resistance surveillance is crucial for effective antimicrobial stewardship (AMS). In this…

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“𝐀𝐌𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄: 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐲”

Every year on April 7th, World Health Day is celebrated as a…

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𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒔

The spread of antibiotic resistance poses a significant global health threat, emphasizing…

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𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐰- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞-𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦 β-𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐞- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐞-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚

Hospital surfaces serve as reservoirs for bacterial pathogens, contributing to nosocomial infections…

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