Preoperative Staphylococcus Aureus Screening Evaluated in Breast Reconstruction Cohort
A retrospective cohort study found preoperative Staphylococcus aureus screening was not independently associated with a significant reduction in surgical site ...
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Ultrasound Drainage and Oscillatory Ventilation Resolve Severe Neonatal Lung Infection
A case report details how ultrasound-guided drainage combined with high-frequency oscillatory ventilation successfully treated a newborn infant with severe staphylococcal ...
Crocin-Green Silver Nanoparticles Show Anticancer and Antibacterial Activity
A new study in Results in Chemistry demonstrates that crocin-mediated green synthesis of silver nanoparticles yields a multifunctional material with ...
Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria Found in Ethiopia’s Fermented Enset Staples
A study of 108 household-fermented kocho and bulla samples from central Ethiopia found coliform levels above the applicable quality criterion ...
Staphylococcal Virulence Genes Reveal Distinct Codon Biases Driving Pathogenicity and Adaptation
A genomic analysis of key Staphylococcal virulence genes reveals how natural selection shapes adenine- and thymine-rich codon biases to optimize ...
Cucumis Aculeatus Extracts Reveal Diverse Phytochemicals and In Vitro Antimicrobial Potential
A study of the wild plant Cucumis aculeatus identified diverse volatile phytochemicals and demonstrated polarity-dependent in vitro inhibitory effects against ...
Operating Room Bacterial Counts Fail to Predict Staphylococcal Pathogen Transmission
A prospective microbiological study in operating rooms reveals that surface bacterial colony counts do not correlate with Staphylococcus aureus transmission.
Clove Tea Reduces Kitchen Bacteria and Biofilms
A study in BMC Microbiology finds that clove tea exhibits concentration-dependent antimicrobial and antibiofilm effects against bacteria isolated from kitchen ...
Staphylococcus Aureus and Drug Resistance Rise Along Ethiopian Camel Milk Supply Chain
A cross-sectional investigation conducted across the pastoral landscapes of Moyale District in southern Ethiopia has established that raw camel milk ...
Geneva surveillance uncovers MRSA strains with novel genetic features
Long-term Geneva hospital surveillance has documented MRSA clones with novel SCCmec elements that standard typing assays cannot classify.
Staphylococcus aureus Community Pneumonia Linked to Higher Severity and Distinct Risk Factors
A retrospective comparative study of 360 adults found that community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia was associated with greater radiographic abnormalities, higher ...
Neonatal sepsis strikes one in three babies tested in sub-Saharan Africa, review finds
A meta-analysis of 21 studies finds that 35.2 percent of neonates evaluated for suspected sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa have culture-confirmed ...
Cancer drug 5-FU loaded onto Mn-doped ZnO nanocomposite boosts antibacterial activity
A 5-fluorouracil-loaded Mn-doped ZnO nanocomposite synthesized by co-precipitation showed stronger laboratory inhibition of S. aureus and E. coli than the ...
Liver sentinels that filter the bloodstream: how Kupffer cells trap and kill circulating pathogens
A PLOS Pathogens review explains how liver-resident Kupffer cells capture microbes from flowing blood, kill them intracellularly and recruit other ...
Phage K Holin’s C-Terminal Region Shapes Antibacterial Activity, Study Finds
Researchers report that the antibacterial activity of the bacteriophage K holin depends on coordinated action between its transmembrane domain and ...
Human organotypic skin explant culture: an ex vivo model for Staphylococcus aureus colonization and antimicrobial testing
Researchers standardized an ex vivo human skin explant model that kept tissue viable while tracking Staphylococcus aureus growth and antibiotic ...
Three Amino Acids Block and Break Down Candida and Staphylococcus Biofilms
Aspartic acid, cysteine, and glutamic acid reduced biofilm formation and disrupted established biofilms of Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus in ...
35-minute protocol for high-yield RNA extraction from gram-positive & gram-negative bacteria at room temperature without toxic chemicals
A modified acidic lysis protocol extracts intact RNA from Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in 35 minutes at room temperature without ...
Early Vulnerability, Not Ventilation Alone, Drives Pneumonia After Brain Injury
A narrative review proposes that severe traumatic brain injury compresses established pneumonia mechanisms into an early vulnerable window, explaining clustered ...
Midday Sunlight Yields Smaller Copper Nanoparticles With Stronger Antibacterial Activity
A laboratory study in India found that higher solar irradiance during green tea–assisted copper nanoparticle synthesis produced smaller, more stable ...
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