Tag: Antimicrobial Resistance

A new PLOS Ecosystems opinion article argues that free-living amoebae, long ignored in climate and public health surveillance, may be ...

A large metagenomic study of Iowa homes finds that bedroom dust contains more antimicrobial resistance genes when residences sit closer ...

Researchers in Iraq report that the anti-diabetic drug sitagliptin modulates the vanA and blaTEM resistance genes in multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecalis ...

A global meta-analysis finds erythromycin non-susceptibility of 75.7 percent in urogenital Mycoplasma and 13.3 percent in Ureaplasma, positioning josamycin as ...

Researchers have encapsulated antibacterial ajwain essential oil in chitosan nanoparticles embedded in a hydrogel that completely inhibits Staphylococcus aureus and ...

The University of Stirling has won £2.4 million to lead a 48-month transdisciplinary project tackling antimicrobial resistance in Vietnam's pangasius ...

A systematic review of 46 studies shows antibiotic residues at record-breaking concentrations in Ghanaian hospital effluents and landfill leachates, with ...

A seven-year hospital study in Northeast India found metallo-beta-lactamase and mobile colistin resistance genes in non-fermenting Gram-negative bacteria causing soft ...

Scientists have shown that tuning the internal nanoscale curvature of lipid nanoparticles can dramatically enhance the antibiotic daptomycin's ability to ...

A meta-analysis of 368 studies and over 43,000 isolates shows antimicrobial-resistant E. coli is entrenched across Iranian humans, animals, and ...

The first CLSI M39-A4-compliant cumulative antibiogram from Somaliland reveals high resistance to ampicillin and ciprofloxacin and reduced meropenem susceptibility among ...

A new review reveals how copper-based advanced oxidation processes could outperform traditional iron Fenton chemistry in destroying persistent micropollutants across ...

Researchers at Universitas Padjadjaran report that two secondary metabolites from Piper crocatum inhibit the growth and biofilm formation of Streptococcus ...

Egyptian researchers show that water-based extracts of oleander flowers, leaves, and stems are rich in phenolics and flavonoids and can ...

A new review maps how bacterial anti-phage defenses, from restriction enzymes to Thoeris and CBASS immune signaling, shape the success ...

A prenylated flavonoid from Sophora pachycarpa shows potent antibacterial and biofilm-disrupting activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis while only enhancing antibiotic penetration ...

Chemists have synthesized ten novel α-aminotetrazole compounds in a single-pot Ugi–azide reaction and identified an ortho-fluorinated lead with potent antibacterial ...

Researchers in India have shown that the essential oil of the underexplored Asian tree Vitex quinata, dominated by the sesquiterpene ...

A Karachi study of 308 Gram-negative catheter-associated urinary tract isolates found bla_NDM as the dominant carbapenemase gene and identified ICU ...

An investigation at an Indian cancer centre documents a cluster of difficult-to-treat Klebsiella pneumoniae infections, highlighting the vulnerability of immunocompromised ...