Enterococci, a part of normal gut flora, are not particularly pathogenic organisms in humans. For example, they do not cause respiratory tract infections. The most frequent enterococcal infections are urinary tract infections. Despite their lack of pathogenicity, enterococci have emerged as significant nosocomial pathogens in the United States and elsewhere. Enterococci are formidable pathogens...

Abstract Purpose of Review People with cystic fibrosis (CF) suffer chronic lung infections a range antimicrobial-resistant bacterial pathogens. There is an urgent need for researchers to develop novel anti-infectives treat these problematic infections, but how can we select strains which are relevant robust testing and comparative research? Recent Findings Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Burkholderia ...

The substantial use of triclosan (TCS) has been aimed to kill pathogenic bacteria, but TCS resistance seems to be prevalent in microbial species and limited knowledge exists about TCS resistance determinants in a majority of pathogenic bacteria. We aimed to evaluate the distribution of TCS resistance determinants in major pathogenic bacteria (N = 231) and to assess the enrichment of potentially...

Cercospora leaf blight (CLB) causes extensive losses in soybean production worldwide, including major soybean-producing countries such as Argentina. kikuchii, C. cf. sigesbeckiae, flagellaris, and nicotianae are identified pathogens of CLB. Soybean resistance against CLB is still unknown. Also, chemical control for losing effectiveness because fungicide kikuchii. We urgently need to breed a CLB...

INTRODUCTION Due to an upsurge in antibiotic-resistant infections and lack of therapeutic options, new approaches are needed for treatment. Honey may be one such potential therapeutic option. We investigated the susceptibility of hospital acquired pathogens to four honeys from Wisconsin, United States, and then determined if the antibacterial effect of each honey against these pathogens is prim...

BACKGROUND Pathogens such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa now cause pneumonia in patients presenting to the hospital. The concept of health care-associated pneumonia (HCAP) attempts to capture this, but its predictive value is unclear. METHODS We examined patients admitted with pneumonia; infection with a resistant pathogen served as the study ...

introduction: this study is aimed to compare phenotypic test methods and determine antibiotic susceptibility pattern of ampc beta-lactamase producing uropathogenic escherichia coli and klebsiella pneumoniae in clinical isolates. method: e. coli and k. pneumoniae were identified by standard microbiological procedures. screening of ampc beta-lactamase production was done by using cefoxitin disc (...

The growing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in major pathogens is outpacing discovery of new antimicrobial classes. Vaccines mitigate the effect of antimicrobial resistance by reducing the need for treatment, but vaccines for many drug-resistant pathogens remain undiscovered or have limited efficacy, in part because some vaccines selectively favor pathogen strains that escape vaccine-ind...