Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Staphylococcus aureus are commonly associated with biofilm-associated wound infections that are recalcitrant to conventional antibiotics. As an initial means to identify agents that may have a greater propensity to improve clearance of wound-associated bacterial pathogens, we screened a Food and Drug Administration-approved drug library for m...

BACKGROUND There is growing interest in the natural and constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment. While nutrient removal in wetlands has been extensively investigated, information regarding the degradation of the pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) has only recently been emerging. PPCPs are widely distributed in urban wastewaters and can be removed to some extent by the cons...

Objective: To compare Healing Effects of an Ayurvedic Preparation and Silver Sulfadiazine on burn wounds in Albino Rats. Methods: Albino rats–30 male / female rats weighing between 150-200g were used in the study. They were individually housed and maintained on normal diet and water ad libitum. Partial thickness burn wounds were inflicted, on overnight-starved animals under pentobarbitone (30mg...

CONTEXT Central venous catheters impregnated with chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine have recently been introduced for the prevention of catheter-related infections. However, there remains some uncertainty regarding the efficacy of these catheters because of conflicting reports in the literature. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of chlorhexidine-silver sulfadiazine-impregnated central ve...

Deoxyribonucleate (DNA) preparations were extracted from Neisseria meningitidis (four isolates from spinal fluid and blood) and N. gonorrhoeae strains, all of which were resistant to sulfadiazine upon primary isolation. These DNA preparations, together with others from in vitro mutants of N. meningitidis and N. perflava, were examined in transformation tests by using as recipient a drug-suscept...

A burn is an injury caused by transfer of thermal energy into tissue resulting in disruption of its normal anatomical structure. An experiment was carried out to compare the effect of silymarin and silver sulfadiazine on burned wound healing in rat. In this study, 36 Wistar rats were divided into 6 groups. A burn was generated on the backs of all rats by brass probe. The burned areas in the fir...

A study was conducted to compare in-vitro antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of the vaccine strain and field isolates of Pasteurella multocida. Three strains of P. multocida isolated from cattle and buffalo, were confirmed by biochemical tests and P. multocida specific Multiplex HSB-PCR. All the three field isolates belonged to P. multocida type B: 2 with amplified products of 460bp and 590 bp....

Background and Aim: Sulfadiazine, one of the sulfonamide group’s active compounds, is widely used for therapeutic production against several diseases. Veterinary drug residues can have a significant impact on human health conditions. This study aimed to develop prototype rapid test devices (RTDs) detecting sulfadiazine chicken carcasses based color indication. Materials Methods: Seven samples c...