How phages overcome the challenges of drug resistant bacteria in clinical infections

M Taati Moghadam, N Amirmozafari… - Infection and Drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Nowadays the most important problem in the treatment of bacterial infections is the
appearance of MDR (multidrug-resistant), XDR (extensively drug-resistant) and PDR (pan …

Acinetobacter baumannii: Pathogenesis, virulence factors, novel therapeutic options and mechanisms of resistance to antimicrobial agents with emphasis on …

R Dehbanipour, Z Ghalavand - Journal of Clinical Pharmacy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
What is known and objective Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most important
nosocomial pathogens with the ability to cause infections such as meningitis, pneumonia …

Evaluation of Nano-curcumin effects on expression levels of virulence genes and biofilm production of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from …

A Shariati, E Asadian, F Fallah, T Azimi… - Infection and drug …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background P. aeruginosa is considered as one of the most important pathogens, and high
antibiotic resistance to P. aeruginosa has become an alarming concern. This study attempts …

Evaluating the antimicrobial resistance patterns among major bacterial pathogens isolated from clinical specimens taken from patients in Mofid Children's Hospital …

T Azimi, S Maham, F Fallah, L Azimi… - Infection and drug …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background This study evaluates the epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance profile of
Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) and Gram-positive bacteria (GPB) isolated from clinical …

Association between biofilm formation, structure, and the expression levels of genes related to biofilm formation and biofilm-specific resistance of Acinetobacter …

M Amin, T Navidifar, FS Shooshtari… - Infection and drug …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background The ability of biofilm formation is an effective way for Acinetobacter baumannii
survival from stressed conditions. This present study was aimed to evaluate the association …

The effect of the efflux pump inhibitor Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) on the susceptibility to imipenem and cefepime in clinical strains of …

A Sanchez-Carbonel, B Mondragón… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Introduction In the last years the rapid expansion of multidrug-resistant A. baumannii strains
have become a major health problem. Efflux pumps are a group of transport proteins that …

L-lysine potentiates aminoglycosides against Acinetobacter baumannii via regulation of proton motive force and antibiotics uptake

W Deng, T Fu, Z Zhang, X Jiang, J Xie… - Emerging microbes & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Acinetobacter baumannii, a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen, is a leading cause of
hospital-and community-acquired infections. Acinetobacter baumannii can rapidly acquire …

Phenotypic characterization and heterogeneity among modern clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

A Valcek, C Philippe, C Whiteway, E Robino… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogenic bacterium prioritized by WHO and
CDC because of its increasing antibiotic resistance. Heterogeneity among strains represents …

Efflux pump inhibitory activity of biologically synthesized silver nanoparticles against multidrug‐resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates

R Behdad, M Pargol, A Mirzaie… - Journal of basic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study was carried out to investigate the possible efflux pump inhibitory activity of
biologically synthesized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) against multidrug‐resistant (MDR) …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the antimicrobial resistance patterns and molecular frequency of blaoxa-48 and blaGES-2 genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter …

F Tarafdar, B Jafari, T Azimi - New Microbes and New Infections, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to evaluate the antimicrobial resistance patterns and molecular
frequency of bla GES-2 and bla oxa-48 genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and …