Antimicrobial applications of lichens: secondary metabolites and green synthesis of silver nanoparticles: a review

M Alavi, MR Hamblin, JF Kennedy - Nano Micro Biosystems, 2022 - nmb-journal.com
Lichens produce a variety of unique extracellular secondary metabolites because these
organisms are a life form comprising a complex symbiotic relationship between fungi and …

Point prevalence surveys of health-care-associated infections: a systematic review

Z Saleem, B Godman, MA Hassali… - Pathogens and global …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Health-care-associated infections (HAIs) are considered a serious public health issues that
contribute substantially to the global burden of mortality and morbidity with respect to …

Antibacterial, antibiofilm, antiquorum sensing, antimotility, and antioxidant activities of green fabricated Ag, Cu, TiO2, ZnO, and Fe3O4 NPs via protoparmeliopsis …

M Alavi, N Karimi, T Valadbeigi - ACS Biomaterials Science & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Consideration of lichen organisms as the ecofriendly source of metal nanoparticles (MNPs)
and metal oxide NPs (MONPs) synthesis is seldom. In this study, Ag and Cu MNPs as well …

Burden of hospital acquired infections and antimicrobial use in Vietnamese adult intensive care units

VD Phu, HFL Wertheim, M Larsson, B Nadjm, QD Dinh… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Vietnam is a lower middle-income country with no national surveillance system
for hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). We assessed the prevalence of hospital-acquired …

Infección nosocomial en las unidades de cuidados intensivos

R Zaragoza, P Ramírez, MJ López-Pueyo - Enfermedades infecciosas y …, 2014 - Elsevier
Las infecciones nosocomiales (IN) tiene todavía una alta incidencia en las unidades de
cuidados intensivos (UCI), convirtiéndose en uno de los problemas más importantes que …

Hospital Outbreak of a Colistin-Resistant, NDM-1- and OXA-48-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: High Mortality from Pandrug Resistance

H Guducuoglu, NC Gursoy, Y Yakupogullari… - Microbial Drug …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Colistin resistance causes substantial problems in the treatment of serious infections with
carbapenem-resistant (CR) gram-negative bacteria. In this study, we report a fatal hospital …

Eco-friendly green synthesis of ZnO/GQD nanocomposites using Protoparmeliopsis muralis extract for their antibacterial and antibiofilm activity

S Rashki, HA Alshamsi, O Amiri… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the last few years, the emergence and widespread distribution of microbial resistance
to antibiotics is world-wide challenge in the medical science. In this regard, lichens are one …

Profiles of multidrug-resistant organisms among patients with bacteremia in intensive care units: An international ID-IRI survey

R El-Sokkary, S Uysal, H Erdem, R Kullar… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Evaluating trends in antibiotic resistance is a requisite. The study aimed to analyze the
profile of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) among hospitalized patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Surveillance strategies using routine microbiology for antimicrobial resistance in low-and middle-income countries

C Lim, EA Ashley, RL Hamers, P Turner… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Routine microbiology results are a valuable source of antimicrobial resistance
(AMR) surveillance data in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) as well as in high …

A protocol for a phase 3 multicentre randomised controlled trial of continuous versus intermittent β-lactam antibiotic infusion in critically ill patients with sepsis: BLING …

J Lipman, SJ Brett, JJ De Waele, MO Cotta… - Critical Care and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background and rationale: β-Lactam antibiotics display a time-dependent mechanism of
action, with evidence suggesting improved outcomes when administering these drugs via …