Microplastics enhance the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in anaerobic sludge digestion by enriching antibiotic-resistant bacteria in surface biofilm and …

T Luo, X Dai, W Wei, Q Xu, BJ Ni - Environmental science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and microplastics (MPs) are recognized as emerging
contaminants and threats to global human health. Despite both of them being significantly …

Acinetobacter baumannii phages: past, present and future

Q Tu, M Pu, Y Li, Y Wang, M Li, L Song, M Li, X An… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is one of the most common clinical pathogens and
a typical multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacterium. With the increase of drug-resistant A …

Treatment and Management of Acinetobacter Pneumonia: Lessons Learned from Recent World Event

K Rangel, SG De-Simone - Infection and Drug Resistance, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Acinetobacter pneumonia is a significant healthcare-associated infection that poses a
considerable challenge to clinicians due to its multidrug-resistant nature. Recent world …

Antimicrobial peptide 2K4L disrupts the membrane of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and protects mice against sepsis

F Ji, G Tian, D Shang, F Jiang - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial peptides represent a promising therapeutic alternative for the treatment of
antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. 2K4L is a rationally-designed analog of a short …

A fresh pH-responsive imipenem-loaded nanocarrier against Acinetobacter baumannii with a synergetic effect

S Gui, X Li, M Feng, H Liu, L Huang… - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, the treatment of Acinetobacter baumannii infections has become a pressing
clinical challenge due to its increasing incidence and its serious pathogenic risk. The …

High-Loading-Dose Colistin with Nebulized Administration for Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective …

W Katip, A Rayanakorn, C Sornsuvit, P Wientong… - Antibiotics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) infections pose a serious threat,
with high morbidity and mortality rates. This retrospective cohort study, conducted at …

The Acinetobacter baumannii model can explain the role of small non-coding RNAs as potential mediators of host-pathogen interactions

M Sarshar, D Scribano, AT Palamara… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial small RNAs (sRNAs) research has accelerated over the past decade, boosted by
advances in RNA-seq technologies and methodologies for capturing both protein–RNA and …

[PDF][PDF] Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: An underestimated pathogen in veterinary medicine in Italy

M Mellace, C Ceniti, M Paonessa, AC Procopio… - Ger. J. Vet …, 2024 - researchgate.net
The increasing drug resistance of Acinetobacter (A.) baumannii is a growing concern
globally. This bacterium, prevalent in hospitals, is responsible for multi-resistant infections …

Stepwise Nitric Oxide Release and Antibacterial Activity of a Nitric Oxide Photodonor Hosted within Cyclodextrin Branched Polymer Nanocarriers

TJ Martins, C Parisi, J Guerra Pinto… - ACS Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A hydrophobic nitric oxide (NO) photodonor integrating both nitroso and nitro functionalities
within its chromophoric skeleton has been synthesized. Excitation of this compound with …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial Peptide Octoprohibitin-Encapsulated Chitosan Nanoparticles Enhanced Antibacterial Activity against Acinetobacter baumannii

EHT Jayathilaka, J Han, M De Zoysa, I Whang - Pharmaceutics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: This study focused on evaluating the physiochemical characteristics and
antibacterial activity of Octoprohibitin-encapsulated CNPs (Octoprohibitin-CNPs) against …