Metallic nanoparticles: a promising arsenal against antimicrobial resistance—unraveling mechanisms and enhancing medication efficacy

S Wahab, A Salman, Z Khan, S Khan… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The misuse of antibiotics and antimycotics accelerates the emergence of antimicrobial
resistance, prompting the need for novel strategies to combat this global issue. Metallic …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal infections: Pathogenesis, antifungals and alternate treatment approaches

GKK Reddy, AR Padmavathi… - Current Research in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing incidence of fungal infections of recent times requires immediate intervention.
Fungal infections are seldom construed at initial stages that intensify the severity of …

Antifungals and drug resistance

CM Hossain, LK Ryan, M Gera, S Choudhuri, N Lyle… - Encyclopedia, 2022 - mdpi.com
Definition Antifungal drugs prevent topical or invasive fungal infections (mycoses) either by
stopping growth of fungi (termed fungistatic) or by killing the fungal cells (termed fungicidal) …

The dark side of nosocomial infections in critically ill COVID-19 patients

C Biondo, E Ponzo, A Midiri, GB Ostone, G Mancuso - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a potentially serious acute respiratory infection
caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Since the …

Beyond antibiotics: phage-encoded lysins against Gram-negative pathogens

S Shah, R Das, B Chavan, U Bajpai, S Hanif… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Antibiotics remain the frontline agents for treating deadly bacterial pathogens. However, the
indiscriminate use of these valuable agents has led to an alarming rise in AMR. The …

Xuanfei Baidu decoction in the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Efficacy and potential mechanisms

T Meng, J Ding, S Shen, Y Xu, P Wang, X Song, Y Li… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread worldwide and become a major global …

Antimicrobial and anti-diabetic efficiency of Polyalthia longifolia leaf extracts and major compounds characterization

K Brindhadevi, SA Subramanian, PT Kim… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
This research was performed to investigate the bactericidal and fungicidal competence of
extracts (methanol and petroleum ether extract) of Polyalthia longifolia leaf. Moreover, the …

Nanoformulations Insights: A Novel Paradigm for Antifungal Therapies and Future Perspectives

A Ahuja, M Bajpai - Current Drug Delivery, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
Currently, fungal infections are becoming more prevalent worldwide. Subsequently, many
antifungal agents are available to cure diseases like pemphigus, athlete's foot, acne …

Insights into the genomic features, lifestyle and therapeutic potential of B1 sub-cluster mycobacteriophages

R Das, R Arora, K Nadar, S Saroj, AK Singh, SA Patil… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Background A large number (about 1200) of mycobacteriophages (phages) have been
isolated on Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155. Their genome analysis shows high …

Non-viral infections and antimicrobial resistance in the time of COVID-19: what to expect?

L Boyanova, R Markovska, I Mitov… - Expert Review of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the resulting COVID-
19 pandemic have already infected over 418 million people and have killed almost 6 million …