Updated understanding of Staphylococcus aureus in atopic dermatitis: From virulence factors to commensals and clonal complexes

J Hwang, A Thompson, J Jaros… - Experimental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common inflammatory dermatosis that has multiple contributing
factors including genetic, immunologic and environmental. Staphylococcus aureus (SA) has …

Antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in greywater: Challenges of the current treatment situation and predictions of future scenario

EA Noman, RMSR Mohamed, AA Al-Gheethi… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current work reviews the quantitative microbiological risk assessment of antibiotic-
resistant bacteria (ARB) in greywater and discusses the international strategies currently …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative proteomics and secretomics revealed virulence, and coresistance-related factors in non O1/O139 Vibrio cholerae recovered from 16 species of …

X Shan, J Fu, X Li, X Peng, L Chen - Journal of Proteomics, 2022 - Elsevier
Vibrio cholerae can cause pandemic cholera in humans. The bacterium resides in aquatic
environments worldwide. Identification of risk factors of V. cholerae in aquatic products is …

Genes influencing phage host range in Staphylococcus aureus on a species-wide scale

AG Moller, K Winston, S Ji, J Wang, MN Hargita Davis… - Msphere, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Staphylococcus aureus is a human pathogen that causes serious diseases, ranging from
skin infections to septic shock. Bacteriophages (phages) are both natural killers of S. aureus …

Interest of bacterial pangenome analyses in clinical microbiology

H Anani, R Zgheib, I Hasni, D Raoult, PE Fournier - Microbial pathogenesis, 2020 - Elsevier
Thanks to the progress and decreasing costs in genome sequencing technologies, more
than 250,000 bacterial genomes are currently available in public databases, covering most …

Effect of genetic background on the evolution of Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA)

M Su, MH Davis, J Peterson, C Solis-Lemus, SW Satola… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) typically arises through
accumulation of chromosomal mutations that alter cell-wall thickness and global regulatory …

[HTML][HTML] Design and synthesis of etrasimod derivatives as potent antibacterial agents against Gram-positive bacteria

M Zore, P San-Martin-Galindo, I Reigada… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria along with a declining pipeline of clinically
useful antibiotics has led to the urgent need for the development of more effective …

Comparative proteomics reveals the antibiotic resistance and virulence of Cronobacter isolated from powdered infant formula and its processing environment

D Song, X Qi, Y Huang, A Jia, Y Liang, C Man… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cronobacter species are opportunistic foodborne pathogens that can cause neonatal
meningitis, sepsis, and necrotizing enterocolitis. In this genus, certain level strains have high …

Staphylococcus aureus phenol-soluble modulins mediate interspecies competition with upper respiratory commensal bacteria

JT Huffines, MR Kiedrowski - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
In chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) disease, microbial dysbiosis is considered a key contributor
to inflammation and pathogenicity, with increased prevalence of upper respiratory tract …

Novel anti-virulence compounds disrupt exotoxin expression in MRSA

H Balogh, AK Anthony, R Stempel, L Vossen… - Microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Hemolysins are lytic exotoxins expressed in most strains of S. aureus, but hemolytic activity
varies between strains. We have previously reported several novel anti-virulence …