2021
Bacteria-specific phototoxic reactions triggered by blue light and phytochemical carvacrol
Lu M, Wang S, Wang T, Hu S, Bhayana B, Ishii M, Kong Y, Cai Y, Dai T, Cui W, Wu M. Bacteria-specific phototoxic reactions triggered by blue light and phytochemical carvacrol. Science Translational Medicine 2021, 13 PMID: 33408183, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aba3571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhototoxic reactionsMammalian cellsMultidrug-resistant bacterial infectionsSkin wound infectionThird-degree burn woundsAdverse eventsBacterial colony-forming unitsWound infectionCombined therapyAntibiotic susceptibilityMDR bacteriaBacterial infectionsBurn woundsSingle treatmentColony-forming unitsBlue lightArray of bacteriaInfectionWound healingHost DNABacterial resistanceMature biofilmsOxygen speciesSuccessive passagesTreatment
2020
Prevalence of Colistin-Resistant, Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Proteobacteria in Hospital Water Bodies and Out-Falls of West Bengal, India
Bardhan T, Chakraborty M, Bhattacharjee B. Prevalence of Colistin-Resistant, Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Proteobacteria in Hospital Water Bodies and Out-Falls of West Bengal, India. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2020, 17: 1007. PMID: 32033408, PMCID: PMC7037630, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17031007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsColistin resistanceEosin methylene blue agarLevels of antibiotic resistanceNon-susceptible to meropenemPrevalence of colistin resistanceMethylene blue agarMeropenem-non-susceptiblePredominant speciesNon-susceptible isolatesCarbapenemase genesBlue agarAntibiotic resistanceMDR bacteriaNon-susceptibilityEnvironmental sourcesBacterial infectionsIsolatesGenesMeropenemHospitalSpeciesPrevalence patternsPrevalenceHospital wastewaterIndiscriminate use
2016
Phage selection restores antibiotic sensitivity in MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Chan BK, Sistrom M, Wertz JE, Kortright KE, Narayan D, Turner PE. Phage selection restores antibiotic sensitivity in MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Scientific Reports 2016, 6: 26717. PMID: 27225966, PMCID: PMC4880932, DOI: 10.1038/srep26717.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMDR P. aeruginosaMDR Pseudomonas aeruginosaEfflux pump mechanismAntibiotic-resistant infectionsResistant bacterial infectionsPseudomonas aeruginosaReceptor-binding siteMDR bacteriaTherapeutic interventionsResistant infectionsBacterial infectionsReduced pathogenesisAntibiotic sensitivityAntibiotic classesPhage therapyCurrent antibioticsNovel antibacterial strategiesTherapyP. aeruginosaInfectionBacterial pathogensBacterial resistanceLytic bacteriophagesAntibioticsTraditional antibiotics
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