Prevalence of multidrug resistant Escherichia coli recovered from patients suffering from urinary tract infections by Salwa Mahmoud Masoud, Rehab Mahmoud Abd El-Baky, Sherine A. Aly, Reham Ali Ibrahem

“…High prevalence of ESBLs producers (61.6 %) was detected, whereas ESBLs and MBLs production was significantly associated with high multiple antimicrobial resistance index (MARI). …”
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Macrolide Resistance and Its Molecular Genetic Mechanisms in Streptococcus pyogenes Isolated from Children by L. K. Katosova, A. V. Lazareva, T. A. Khokhlova, O. A. Ponomarenko, N. M. Alyabieva

“…The susceptibility was tested by the disk diffusion method and E-test strips. Identification of the mechanisms of resistance to macrolides and lincosamides included phenotypic and molecular genetic methods. …”
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Chlorhexidine and benzalkonium chloride: promising adjuncts in combating multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in healthcare settings by Amal F. Makled, Azza Z. Labeeb, Heba M. Moaz, Asmaa S. Sleem

“…Conventional PCR was employed to detect biocide resistance genes (qacE∆1 and cepA). …”
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Prevalence, Determinants, and Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of Urinary Tract Infections in Antenatal Women in an Urban Resettlement Colony and Slum in Delhi, India: A Cross-sectio... by Divya Gupta, Mongjam M. Singh, Saurav Basu, Suneela Garg, CP Baveja, YM Mala

“…The proportion of pregnant women detected having UTI on urine culture was 7.4% (n = 24, 95% CI: 5.1-10.8) with 13 (54.2%) asymptomatic and 11 (45.8%) symptomatic cases. …”
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Recurrent Meningeal Hemangiopericytoma with Multiple Metastasis and Hypoglycemia: A Case Report by Jammy Kin Iong Chan, Wah Cheuk, Luen Cheong Ho, Jian-Ming Wen

“…Abnormal low levels of growth hormone, insulin, and insulin-like growth factor-I except insulin-like growth factor-II were detected in the serum. By immunohistochemistry, the neoplastic cells characteristically express diffusely CD99, bcl2, and variable CD34. …”
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A uGMRT and MeerKAT Study of Radio Relics in the Low-mass Merging Cluster PSZ2 G200.95−28.16 by Arpan Pal, Ruta Kale, Qian H. S. Wang, Daniel R. Wik

“…Diffuse radio sources known as radio relics are direct tracers of shocks in the outskirts of merging galaxy clusters. …”
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Fundamental Understanding of Magnetic Reconnection via Spiral CT Scan. II. Ion-velocity Pattern and Electron-velocity Pattern by H. S. Fu, Z. Wang, J. B. Cao

“…Among these features, the first seven greatly meet theoretical expectations if we define the ion diffusion region as Δ < 0.8 d _i and electron diffusion region as Δ < 0.1 d _i ; the last one is a surprise, indicating that only part of the electrons participate in the reconnection process around the X-line.…”
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Nalidixic acid—a good marker of fluoroquinolone resistance mechanisms in Escherichia coli by Sofia Kalinen, Heini Kallio, Teemu Kallonen, Juha Knaapila, Tarja Lamminen, Pentti Huovinen, Peter Boström, Antti J. Hakanen, Marianne Gunell

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of ciprofloxacin, pefloxacin, and nalidixic acid was performed with the disk diffusion method. PCR-based and sequencing methods were used to detect chromosomal mutations in the gyrA and parC genes and the presence of plasmid-mediated qnr and aac(6′)-1b-cr genes. …”
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Occurrence of Florfenicol and Linezolid Resistance and Emergence of optrA Gene in Campylobacter coli Isolates from Tunisian Avian Farms by Manel Gharbi, Rihab Tiss, Chadlia Hamdi, Safa Hamrouni, Abderrazak Maaroufi

“…Among the 139 C. coli isolates, high rates of resistance (57.55%–100%) were detected toward nalidixic acid, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, azithromycin, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, linezolid, and kanamycin. …”
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Can Mammography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predict the Preoperative Size and Nuclear Grade of Pure Ductal Carcinoma In Situ? by Hülya Çetin Tunçez, Merve Gürsoy Bulut, Zehra Hilal Adıbelli, Ahmet Bozer, Bülent Ahmet Kart, Demet Kocatepe Çavdar

“…<b>Results</b>: DCIS was detected in 91.1% of patients using mammography and 95.5% using MRI. …”
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Identification,safety and probiotic properties of 3 strains of Bacillus by WEI Jue, XU Lishi, WU Jianmin, QIN Shuying, YANG Lihua, QIN Shaomin, ZHU Peng, CHEN Fenglian, WEI Shanshan, LIN Jun, YANG Lei, LIU Jinfeng

“…In order to study the safety and probiotic properties of 3 isolated and screened Bacillus strains (numbered as V1, V2, and V5, respectively), these strains were identified by morphological observation and molecular biology techniques, and the drug sensitivity and resistance genes were detected by the K-B drug-sensitive paper diffusion method and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. …”
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Characteristics of ciprofloxacin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolates recovered from wastewater of an Algerian hospital by Lynda Anssour, Yamina Messai, Vanesa Estepa, Carmen Torres, Rabah Bakour

“…Quinolones, particularly ciprofloxacin, are commonly detected in these effluents, contributing to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. …”
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Grounding Line Remote Operated Vehicle (GROV) Survey of the Ice Shelf Cavity of Petermann Glacier, Greenland by E. Rignot, N. Chauche, R. Gadi, Shivani Ehrenfeucht, Enrico Ciraci

“…Water stratification at the base of the center channel is prone to diffusive convection instead of a fully‐developed turbulent state. …”
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Bilateral High Intra‐Abdominal Testes Successfully Treated With Multistage Fowler–Stephens Orchiopexy to Preserve Testicular Function by Akari Hiraguri, Yuichi Sato, Junya Hata, Yusuke Kirihana, Akihisa Hasegawa, Satoru Meguro, Kanako Matsuoka, Seiji Hoshi, Souichiro Ogawa, Yoshiyuki Kojima

“…At the age of 4 years, diffusion‐weighted magnetic resonance imaging detected a structure immediately caudal to the liver, which was suspected to be the right testis. …”
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Gastric Carcinoid with Hypergastrinemia: Report of Three Cases by Katsuyoshi Furumoto, Hidenobu Kojima, Masayuki Okuno, Hiroaki Fuji, Rei Mizuno, Tomohiko Mori, Daisuke Ito, Masafumi Kogire

“…Carcinoid component was diffusely intermingled with adenocarcinoma in the tumor and invaded into the subserosa. …”
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Precipitation of Radiation Belt Electrons by EMIC Waves With Conjugated Observations of NOAA and Van Allen Satellites by Zhigang Yuan, Kun Liu, Xiongdong Yu, Fei Yao, Shiyong Huang, Dedong Wang, Zhihai Ouyang

“…Theoretical calculations of pitch angle diffusion coefficients for radiation belt electrons indicate that observed EMIC waves can solely lead to flux enhancements of precipitating >MeV radiation belt electrons. …”
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Antimicrobial Activity of Zinc Oxide, titanium Dioxide and Silver Nanoparticles Against Mithicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates by Noura Burhan Aldeen Abdulrahman, Zainab Muhammad Nssaif

“…In this study different sizes of the three types of nanoparticles (NPs) was used to detect the antibacterial activity against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, which was isolated from patients (with burns and wound) at Erbil hospitals. …”
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A Case Study of Deep DNAPL Contamination in Marine Soft Clays by Yanbin Gao, Wenqi Ji, Tao Li

“…The study was conducted on the site of a former pharmaceutical factory in Shanghai, where serious 1,1,2-trichloroethane (DNAPL) contamination was detected up to the depth of 22.0 m below the existing grade. …”
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Macrostructural and microstructural alterations of hippocampal subregions in T2DM: NODDI provides added value to DTI and volumetric analyses by Xuan Huang, Ziyu Diao, Die Shen, Jianyu Li, Jiahe Wang, Kun Wang, Shijun Qiu

“…Objective: We explored macrostructural and microstructural changes in the hippocampal subregions of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and compared the effectiveness of neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) with that of traditional diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and volumetric analysis in detecting structural alterations. …”
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Phenotypic and Genomic Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Factors Determinants in <i>Salmonella</i> Heidelberg Isolated from Broiler Chickens by Arthur de Almeida Figueira, Thomas Salles Dias, Gisllany Alves Costa, Dayse Lima da Costa Abreu, Luciana dos Santos Medeiros, Virginia Léo de Almeida Pereira

“…Genus confirmation was performed by polymerase chain reaction. The disk diffusion test was conducted to assess the phenotypical antimicrobial susceptibility of the strains. …”
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