Can intracellular Staphylococcus aureus in osteomyelitis be treated using current antibiotics? A systematic review and narrative synthesis

AR Zelmer, R Nelson, K Richter, GJ Atkins - Bone research, 2022 - nature.com
Approximately 40% of treatments of chronic and recurrent osteomyelitis fail in part due to
bacterial persistence. Staphylococcus aureus, the predominant pathogen in human …

Periprosthetic joint infection: current clinical challenges

SB Nelson, JA Pinkney, AF Chen… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Over the last several decades, periprosthetic joint infection has been increasing in incidence
and is occurring in more complex patients. While there have been advances in both surgical …

Beyond the approved: target sites and inhibitors of bacterial RNA polymerase from bacteria and fungi

SH Kirsch, FPJ Haeckl, R Müller - Natural Product Reports, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2016 to 2022 RNA polymerase (RNAP) is the central enzyme in bacterial gene
expression representing an attractive and validated target for antibiotics. Two well-known …

Model-based comparative analysis of rifampicin and rifabutin drug-drug interaction profile

V Tuloup, M France, R Garreau, N Bleyzac… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Rifamycins are widely used for treating mycobacterial and staphylococcal infections. Drug-
drug interactions (DDI) caused by rifampicin (RIF) are a major issue. We used a model …

Gamma irradiation effectuality on the antibacterial and bioactivity behavior of multicomponent borate glasses against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus …

WM Abd-Allah, RM Fathy - JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Recently some borate bioactive glasses have been discovered to have an
antibacterial effect when interacting with pathogenic bacteria. In this study, borate bioactive …

Heartbreaking decisions: The dogma and uncertainties of antimicrobial therapy in infective endocarditis

JL Adema, A Ahiskali, M Fida, K Mediwala Hornback… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare but increasingly prevalent disease with high morbidity
and mortality, requiring antimicrobials and at times surgical intervention. Through the …

Machine learning-assisted high-throughput screening for Anti-MRSA compounds

F Shehadeh, LO Felix, M Kalligeros… - IEEE/ACM …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Background: Antimicrobial resistance is a major public health threat, and new agents are
needed. Computational approaches have been proposed to reduce the cost and time …

Rifabutin: a repurposed antibiotic with high potential against planktonic and biofilm staphylococcal clinical isolates

M Ferreira, M Pinto, F Aires-da-Silva… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Staphylococcus aureus poses a significant threat as an opportunistic pathogen in humans,
and animal medicine, particularly in the context of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) …

The Application of Rat Models in Staphylococcus aureus Infections

H Liang, Y Wang, F Liu, G Duan, J Long, Y Jin, S Chen… - Pathogens, 2024 - mdpi.com
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a major human pathogen and can cause a wide range
of diseases, including pneumonia, osteomyelitis, skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced antibiofilm potential of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound combined with 0.35% povidone-iodine in a rat model of periprosthetic joint infection

T Wang, C Yang, G Li, Y Wang, B Ji… - Bone & Joint …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aims Although low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) combined with disinfectants has
been shown to effectively eliminate portions of biofilm in vitro, its efficacy in vivo remains …