The emerging problems of Klebsiella pneumoniae infections: carbapenem resistance and biofilm formation

PY Chung - FEMS microbiology letters, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Klebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic pathogen that commonly causes nosocomial
infections in the urinary tract, respiratory tract, lung, wound sites and blood in individuals …

Biofilm development and enhanced stress resistance of a model, mixed-species community biofilm

KWK Lee, S Periasamy, M Mukherjee, C Xie… - The ISME …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Most studies of biofilm biology have taken a reductionist approach, where single-species
biofilms have been extensively investigated. However, biofilms in nature mostly comprise …

Foodborne ESKAPE biofilms and antimicrobial resistance: lessons learned from clinical isolates

A Patil, R Banerji, P Kanojiya… - Pathogens and Global …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus spp., Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella
pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter spp.) …

A Novel Polysaccharide Depolymerase Encoded by the Phage SH-KP152226 Confers Specific Activity Against Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae via Biofilm …

Y Wu, R Wang, M Xu, Y Liu, X Zhu, J Qiu… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The increasing prevalence of infections caused by multidrug-resistant Klebsiella
pneumoniae necessitates the development of alternative therapies. Here, we isolated …

Technical evaluation of a new medical device based on rigenase in the treatment of chronic skin lesions

E Romano, C Campagnuolo, R Palladino, G Schiavo… - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chronic wound is characterized by slow healing time, persistence, and abnormal healing
progress. Therefore, serious complications can lead at worst to the tissue removal. In this …

Sublethal concentrations of carbapenems alter cell morphology and genomic expression of Klebsiella pneumoniae biofilms

TA Van Laar, T Chen, T You… - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Klebsiella pneumoniae, a Gram-negative bacterium, is normally associated with pneumonia
in patients with weakened immune systems. However, it is also a prevalent nosocomial …

Disrupting the mixed-species biofilm of Klebsiella pneumoniae B5055 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO using bacteriophages alone or in combination with xylitol

S Chhibber, S Bansal, S Kaur - Microbiology, 2015 - microbiologyresearch.org
We investigated the potential of bacteriophages alone as well as in combination with xylitol
for tackling mixed-species biofilm of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa gshA Mutant Is Defective in Biofilm Formation, Swarming, and Pyocyanin Production

TA Van Laar, S Esani, TJ Birges, B Hazen, JM Thomas… - Msphere, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a ubiquitous Gram-negative bacterium that can cause severe
opportunistic infections. The principal redox buffer employed by this organism is glutathione …

Global transcriptome responses including small RNAs during mixed‐species interactions with methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas …

CL Miller, TA Van Laar, T Chen, SLR Karna… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus mixed‐species biofilm infections are
more resilient to biocide attacks compared to their single‐species counterparts. Therefore …

Growth, Viability, and Death of Planktonic and Biofilm Sphingomonas desiccabilis in Simulated Martian Brines

AH Stevens, D Childers, M Fox-Powell, N Nicholson… - Astrobiology, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Aqueous solutions on Mars are theorized to contain very different ion compositions than
those on Earth. To determine the effect of such solutions on typical environmental micro …