In many natural and clinical settings, bacteria are associated with some type of biotic or
abiotic surface that enables them to form biofilms, a multicellular lifestyle with bacteria …

Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive opportunistic pathogen that has evolved a
complex regulatory network to control virulence. One of the main functions of this …

Antimicrobial resistance constitutes one of the major challenges facing humanity in the
Twenty-First century. The spread of resistant pathogens has been such that the possibility of …

Commensal organisms that constitute the skin microbiota play a pivotal role in the
orchestration of cutaneous homeostasis and immune competence. This balance can be …

The majority of current infectious diseases are almost untreatable by conventional antibiotic
therapy given the advent of multidrug-resistant bacteria. The degree of severity and the …

Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) and Staphylococcus aureus are part of the
natural flora of humans and other mammals. We found that spent media from the CoNS …

The public view on antibiotics as reliable medicines changed when reports about “resistant
superbugs” appeared in the news. While reasons for this resistance development are easily …

Antibiotic resistance poses one of the greatest threats to global health today; conventional
drug therapies are becoming increasingly inefficacious and limited. We identified 16 …

Staphylococcus aureus is an important pathogen that causes a high number of infections
and is one of the leading causes of death in hospitalized patients. Widespread antibiotic …

A feeding trial was carried out to examine the effects of adding chestnut (Castanea sativa)
polyphenols (CSP) on the growth, skin mucus and serum immune parameters of Nile tilapia …