Insight into Acinetobacter baumannii: pathogenesis, global resistance, mechanisms of resistance, treatment options, and alternative modalities

M Asif, IA Alvi, SU Rehman - Infection and drug resistance, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Acinetobacter baumannii, once considered a low-category pathogen, has emerged as an
obstinate infectious agent. The scientific community is paying more attention to this …

Antimicrobial peptides–Advances in development of therapeutic applications

HX Luong, TT Thanh, TH Tran - Life Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
The severe infection is becoming a significant health problem which threaten the lives of
patients and the safety and economy of society. In the way of finding new strategy …

[HTML][HTML] The Mechanisms of Disease Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii

FC Morris, C Dexter, X Kostoulias, MI Uddin… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram negative opportunistic pathogen that has demonstrated
a significant insurgence in the prevalence of infections over recent decades. With only a …

[HTML][HTML] Convergence of biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii infection

S Roy, G Chowdhury, AK Mukhopadhyay… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Acinetobacter baumannii is a leading cause of nosocomial infections as this pathogen has
certain attributes that facilitate subversion of natural defenses of the human body. A …

Deciphering biosignatures in planetary contexts

MA Chan, NW Hinman, SL Potter-McIntyre… - Astrobiology, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Microbial life permeates Earth's critical zone and has likely inhabited nearly all our planet's
surface and near subsurface since before the beginning of the sedimentary rock record …

Antimicrobial peptides conjugated with fatty acids on the side chain of D-amino acid promises antimicrobial potency against multidrug-resistant bacteria

C Zhong, N Zhu, Y Zhu, T Liu, S Gou, J Xie… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
With the alarming burden of antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) seem to be
novel antimicrobial alternatives for infection treatment due to their rapid broad-spectrum …

Postbiotics in human health: Possible new functional ingredients?

MJ Hernández-Granados, E Franco-Robles - Food Research International, 2020 - Elsevier
The human intestinal microbiota is a set of microorganisms that inhabit the gastrointestinal
tract and have a symbiotic relationship with the host. These microorganisms are involved in …

[HTML][HTML] Immunomodulatory biomaterials for implant-associated infections: from conventional to advanced therapeutic strategies

J Dong, W Wang, W Zhou, S Zhang, M Li, N Li… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - Springer
Implant-associated infection (IAI) is increasingly emerging as a serious threat with the
massive application of biomaterials. Bacteria attached to the surface of implants are often …

Antimicrobial peptides as a promising treatment option against Acinetobacter baumannii infections

A Neshani, H Sedighian, SA Mirhosseini… - Microbial …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background With the increasing rate of antibiotic resistance in Acinetobacter, the World
Health Organization introduced the carbapenem-resistant isolates in the priority pathogens …

Antimicrobial peptides and their applications in biomedical sector

A Sultana, H Luo, S Ramakrishna - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
In a report by WHO (2014), it was stated that antimicrobial resistance is an arising challenge
that needs to be resolved. This resistance is a critical issue in terms of disease or infection …