Enterococci facilitate polymicrobial infections

W Xu, Y Fang, K Zhu - Trends in microbiology, 2024 - cell.com
Enterococci are ubiquitous members of the gut microbiota in human beings and animals and
are among the most important nosocomial organisms. Due to their opportunistic …

Antibiotic resistance: a global crisis, problems and solutions

R Aggarwal, P Mahajan, S Pandiya… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Healthy state is priority in today's world which can be achieved using effective medicines.
But due to overuse and misuse of antibiotics, a menace of resistance has increased in …

Diselenide-crosslinked nanogels laden with gold nanoparticles and methotrexate for immunomodulation-enhanced chemotherapy and computed tomography …

B Jia, Y Gao, Z Ouyang, S Shen, M Shen… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
It remains an extreme challenge to develop multifunctional drug delivery systems with tumor
specificity and a tumor microenvironment (TME) remodeling ability for achieving improved …

Characterization of microbial contamination in agricultural soil: A public health perspective

X Li, L Zhu, SY Zhang, J Li, D Lin, M Wang - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil is widely recognized as a reservoir of microbial contaminants including antibiotic
resistance genes (ARGs) and human bacterial pathogens (HBPs), which are major public …

In Silico and In Vitro Identification of 1,8-Dihydroxy-4,5-dinitroanthraquinone as a New Antibacterial Agent against Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis

J Amorim, V Vásquez, A Cabrera, M Martínez, J Carpio - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Increasing rates of bacterial resistance to antibiotics are a growing concern worldwide. The
search for potential new antibiotics has included several natural products such as …

Bosutinib Stimulates Macrophage Survival, Phagocytosis, and Intracellular Killing of Bacteria

RAG da Silva, CJ Stocks, G Hu, KA Kline… - ACS Infectious …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Host-acting compounds are emerging as potential alternatives to combating antibiotic
resistance. Here, we show that bosutinib, an FDA-approved chemotherapeutic for treating …

Repurposing Anthracycline Drugs as Potential Antibiotic Candidates and Potentiators to Tackle Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens

J Shi, C Chen, M Zhang, Z Wang, Y Liu - ACS Infectious Diseases, 2024 - ACS Publications
The escalating mortality rate resulting from multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria has
intensified the urgency for innovative antimicrobial agents. Currently, the antimicrobial …

[PDF][PDF] Context-Dependent Acquisition of Antimicrobial Resistance Mechanisms

M Winter - 2024 - ore.exeter.ac.uk
Natural transformation is a process whereby bacteria actively take up free DNA from the
environment while in a physiological state termed competence. Uptaken DNA is then …

Risk factors and pathogenic bacteria of central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infection in patients with emergency hemorrhagic shock: a single-center …

J Zhu, Y Xu, S Wu, F Wang, W Zhang, R Wang - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Objective To investigate and analyze the risk factors and pathogenic bacteria of central
venous catheter-associated bloodstream infection in patients with emergency hemorrhagic …

Cancer drugs as drivers of antibiotic resistance

J Guðmundsdóttir - 2023 - munin.uit.no
Antibiotics are the cornerstone for modern medicine, and their introduction into clinical use
has made common medical procedures such as surgeries and cancer chemotherapy …