The Impact of Training Intervention on Levels of Indicator Bacteria and Prevalence of Selected Pathogens in Raw Milk From Smallholder Women Dairy Farmers in Central Ethiopia by Achenef Melaku Beyene, Seleshe Nigatu, Juan C. Archila-Godinez, Kebede Amenu, Barbara Kowalcyk, Desalegne Degefaw, Binyam Mogess, Baye Gelaw, Mucheye Gizachew, Araya Mengistu, Ahmed G. Abdelhamid, James Barkley, Ahmed Yousef

“…Milk samples were collected from 120 dairy farmers one week before and four to six weeks after the training and analyzed for total coliforms, thermotolerant coliforms, Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), Salmonella enterica, and Campylobacter jejuni. …”
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Prevailing Antibiotic Resistance Patterns in Hospitalized Patients with Urinary Tract Infections in a Vietnamese Teaching Hospital (2014 – 2021) by Le HHL, Thuc LC, Ta TB, Tran TV, Hung DV, Kien HT, Le MN, Luong VH, Nguyen VTH, Pham HQ, Le HV, Viet NH, Hoang LH, Nguyen TT, Latsavong M, Le TD, Trong Tuan D, An NV

“…Gram-negative bacteria predominated (591/892; 66.3%), with Escherichia coli being the most prevalent (336/892; 37.7%). …”
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Monitoring of Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bacteria Isolated from Poultry Farms from 2014 to 2018 by Engy Ahmed Hamed, May Fathy Abdelaty, Hend Karam Sorour, Heba Roshdy, Mona Aly Abdelhalim AbdelRahman, Ola Magdy, Waleed Abdelfatah. Ibrahim, Ahmed Sayed, Hytham Mohamed, Mohammed Iraqi Youssef, Wafaa Mohamed Hassan, Heba Badr

“…A total of 657 different samples from internal organs (liver, heart, lung, and yolk) and paper-lining chick boxes were collected from native chicken farms which were submitted to the Reference Laboratory for Veterinary Quality Control on Poultry Production in the period from 2014 to 2018 for the detection of Salmonella, Escherichia coli (E. coli), and Staphylococcus. The bacterial isolates were tested for their antimicrobial susceptibility by disk diffusion technique. …”
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Characterization of an IncR Plasmid with Two Copies of ISCR-Linked qnrB6 from ST968 Klebsiella pneumoniae by Changrui Qian, Xinyi Zhu, Junwan Lu, Kai Shen, Qianqian Chen, Wangxiao Zhou, Hongmao Liu, Wei Lu, Danying Zhou, Zhewei Sun, Xi Lin, Kewei Li, Qiyu Bao, Teng Xu, Shunfei Lu

“…The IncR plasmids were derived from different bacterial genera or species, mainly Klebsiella pneumoniae (70.82%, 182/257), Escherichia coli (11.28%, 29/257), Enterobacter cloacae (7.00%, 18/257), and Citrobacter freundii (3.50%, 9/257). …”
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Predictive value of serum procalcitonin level for the diagnosis of bloodstream infections in hematological patients by Qi Sun, Qingsong Lin, Yanxia Lv, Zhiying Tian, Qiushuang Yan, Yaqing Yu, Xue Fu, Hongjing Yao, Fujun Sun, Yonghui Xia, Guoqing Zhu, Sizhou Feng

“…The main infected strains were Escherichia coli (n = 84, 21%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 61, 15.25%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 65, 16.25%), and the increasing trend of PCT level was more obvious in patients infected with Gram-negative bacteria. …”
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Epidemiology and Resistance Profiles of Bacteria Isolated From Blood Samples in Septic Patients at Emergency Department Admission: A 6-Year Single Centre Retrospective Analysis Fro... by Valeria Cento, Sara Carloni, Riccardo Sarti, Linda Bussini, Zian Asif, Paola Morelli, Francesco De Fazio, Federica Maria Tordato, Maddalena Casana, Debora Mondatore, Antonio Desai, Elena Generali, Nicola Pugliese, Elena Costantini, Massimo Vanoni, Maurizio Cecconi, Stefano Aliberti, Giorgio Da Rin, Erminia Casari, Michele Bartoletti, Antonio Voza

“…Results: Antibiotic-susceptible Escherichia coli (29.5%) was the most common isolate, including extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing strains (11.3%), followed by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA, 8.4%). …”
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Prevalence of Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens in Canadian Hospitals: Results of the Canadian Ward Surveillance Study (CANWARD 2007) by George G Zhanel, James A Karlowsky, Mel DeCorby, Kim A Nichol, Aleksandra Wierzbowski, Patricia J Baudry, Philippe Lagacé-Wiens, Andrew Walkty, Frank Schweizer, Heather Adam, Melissa McCracken, Michael R Mulvey, The Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA), Daryl J Hoban

“…OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of pathogens, including the resistance genotypes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and extendedspectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli in Canadian hospitals, as well as their antimicrobial resistance patterns. …”
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Optimization of the Antibacterial Activity of a Three-Component Essential Oil Mixture from Moroccan <i>Thymus satureioides</i>, <i>Lavandula angustifolia</i>, and <i>Origanum major... by Amine Elbouzidi, Mohamed Taibi, Naoufal El Hachlafi, Mounir Haddou, Mohamed Jeddi, Abdellah Baraich, Saad Bougrine, Ramzi A. Mothana, Mohammed F. Hawwal, Waleed A. Alobaid, Abdeslam Asehraou, Bouchra El Guerrouj, Hanae Naceiri Mrabti, Francois Mesnard, Mohamed Addi

“…The antibacterial activity was assessed against <i>Escherichia coli</i>, <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>, and <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> using minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) tests, while antioxidant activity was evaluated through DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl), and ABTS (2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)) assays. …”
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Pediatric bacterial meningitis in southern China: analysis of 838 cases by Lianfeng Chen, Wen-Lin Wu, Yuanyuan Gao, Xiaojing Li, Sida Yang, Huici Liang, Kelu Zheng, Yani Zhang, Haixia Zhu, Yang Tian, Bingwei Peng, Haisheng Lin, Xiuying Wang, Shuyao Ning, Yinyan Gan, Chi Hou, Yinting Liao, Huiling Sheng, Wen-Xiong Chen, Wen-Xiong Chen

“…Furthermore, 38.7% of the patients had positive bacterial cultures of blood or CSF, with Streptococcus agalactiae, Escherichia coli, and Streptococcus pneumoniae commonly seen. …”
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and spread of New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase (NDM) in Italy: A call for policymakers by Gabriella Nucera

“…Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli are the predominant carriers of blaNDM [8], but the source of infection remains unknown [12]. …”

Rational design of a triple-type HPV53/56/66 vaccine with one preferable base particle incorporating two identified immunodominant sites by Ciying Qian, Jie Chen, Yurou Yang, Yihan Lu, Tianyu Ren, Yanan Jiang, Yang Huang, Xin Chi, Shuyue Zhang, Chengzong Zhang, Kewei Li, Jingjia Shen, Sibo Zhang, Daning Wang, Lizhi Zhou, Tingting Li, Qingbing Zheng, Hai Yu, Ying Gu, Ningshao Xia, Shaowei Li

“…It introduces an effective method for their soluble expression, as well as that of their mutants, within an Escherichia coli expression system. Through strategic homologous loop swapping among HPV53, HPV56, and HPV66, we designed twenty double-type chimeric molecules. …”
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