Honey: another alternative in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria?

P Combarros-Fuertes, JM Fresno, MM Estevinho… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antibacterial resistance has become a challenging situation worldwide. The increasing
emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens stresses the need for developing alternative or …

History, phytochemistry, experimental pharmacology and clinical uses of honey: A comprehensive review with special reference to Unani medicine

S Nikhat, M Fazil - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Honey is one of the most popular functional foods,
speculated to be in use since the advent of human civilization. Its health-protective activity is …

Biofilm management in wound care

CK Sen, S Roy, SS Mathew-Steiner… - Plastic and …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate for human infectious diseases
caused by bacteria with a biofilm phenotype is 65 percent and the National Institutes of …

Manuka honey, a unique mono-floral honey. A comprehensive review of its bioactives, metabolism, action mechanisms, and therapeutic merits

FF El-Senduny, NM Hegazi, GE Abd Elghani, MA Farag - Food Bioscience, 2021 - Elsevier
Manuka honey (MH) is a mono-floral honey obtained from the Manuka tree (Leptospermum
scoparium) belonging to the Myrtaceae family and grows as a shrub or a small tree mostly …

Antimicrobial susceptibility and clinical characteristics of multidrug-resistant polymicrobial infections in Pakistan, a retrospective study 2019–2021

MU Qamar, M Rizwan, R Uppal, AA Khan… - Future …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background: We determined the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in
polymicrobial pathogens in Pakistan. Methods: A total of 70,518 clinical samples were …

Natural strategies as potential weapons against bacterial biofilms

ST Asma, K Imre, A Morar, M Imre, U Acaroz… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microbial biofilm is an aggregation of microbial species that are either attached to surfaces
or organized into an extracellular matrix. Microbes in the form of biofilms are highly resistant …

Antibacterial efficacy of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) against metallo-β-lactamase and extended spectrum β-lactamase producing clinically procured isolates of …

M Muddassir, A Raza, S Munir, A Basirat, M Ahmed… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Resistance to carbapenems is a global threat, especially in developing countries with limited
health resources. Prevalence, antibiogram, PCR detection of antibiotic resistance genes …

[HTML][HTML] Unravelling the beehive air volatiles profile as analysed via solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and chemometrics

AA Abd El-Wahed, MA Farag, WA Eraqi… - Journal of King Saud …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Beehive air therapy is recognized as a potential remedy for treating asthma,
bronchitis, lung fibrosis, and respiratory tract infections. Developed countries in which …

Dissemination of genetically diverse NDM-1,-5,-7 producing-Gram-negative pathogens isolated from pediatric patients in Pakistan

MU Qamar, TR Walsh, MA Toleman, JM Tyrrell… - Future …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: To determine the prevalence of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM)-producing
Gram-negative pathogens isolated from children's samples. Materials & methods …

[HTML][HTML] Quorum sensing interfering strategies and their implications in the management of biofilm-associated bacterial infections

S Munir, AA Shah, M Shahid, I Manzoor… - Brazilian Archives of …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
The bacterial species employ various types of molecular communication systems
recognized as quorum sensing for the synchronization of differential gene expression to …