Revisiting fosfomycin to treat urinary tract infections in the era of rising carbapenem resistance by Sweety Kumari, Debasish Chattopadhya, Shalini Upadhyay, Tanisha Bharara, Manisha Khandait, Anshika Dubey

“…Antimicrobial sensitivity was performed through the Kirby Bauer disc diffusion method. Discrepant results were confirmed with VITEK 2. …”
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Subclinical bovine mastitis associated with Staphylococcus spp. in eleven Uruguayan dairy farms by Rosario de los Santos, Álvaro González-Revello, Lucía Majul, Ana Umpiérrez, Ariel Aldrovandi, Andrés Gil, Darío Hirigoyen, Pablo Zunino

“…SA (n = 39) was more common than NAS (n = 9) in the 48 samples tested. Isolates exhibited resistance to one, two, and even three different antibiotics. …”
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Pet and Stray Dogs as Reservoirs of Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia coli by Laura Marchetti, Daniel Buldain, Lihuel Gortari Castillo, Andrea Buchamer, Manuel Chirino‐Trejo, Nora Mestorino

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility was evaluated by the Kirby–Bauer disk diffusion method. The most prevalent resistance was for tetracycline, streptomycin, and ampicillin. …”
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Salmonella Schwarzengrund, Akuafo, and O:16 isolated from vacuum-packaged beef produced in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil by Barbara Muller, Adelino Cunha-Neto, Vinicius Silva Castro, Ricardo Cesar Tavares Carvalho, Larrayane Albuês Carvalho Teixeira, Dalia dos Prazeres Rodrigues, Eduardo Eustáquio de Souza Figueiredo

“…Methodology: A total of 107 samples from 13 different slaughterhouses in the Mato Grosso were analyzed. …”
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Four-Year Bacteriological Profile and Antibiotic Resistance Rate of Neonatal Blood Cultures in a Major Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Shiraz, Southwest Iran by Navid Omidifar, Mohammad Hadi Imanieh, Farshad Kakian, Mohsen Moghadami, Khadijehsadat Najib, Sahand Mohammadzadeh, Mohammad Motamedifar

“…In this study, we identified isolates from blood cultures in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a major referral hospital in Shiraz in southwest Iran and determined antibiotic resistance patterns.Methods: All newborns admitted to the NICU were evaluated in a four-year study. The blood samples were cultured using a BACTEC system. From May 2015 to March 2020, 5937 blood culture samples were analyzed. …”
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Yearly incidence of acute childhood gastroenteritis in Nigeria: Implicated pathogens predominantly harbor blaCTXM and blaTEM genes by Ebuka Elijah David, Ikechuku Okorie Igwenyi, Ifeanyichukwu Romanus Iroha, Eghosa Lucky Emumwen, Christian Emmanuel Offor, Okechukwu Jerry Orji, Franklyn Chinwe Igwe, David Chukwu Obasi, Jeff Onochie Nkama, Boniface Oke, Moses Eji Ogbanshi

“…Materials and Methods: The stool samples of children diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis were collected. …”
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Prevalence, characterization and antibiogram of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from bovine and swine population in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India by Chayanika Das, Rajesh Rathore, Vinod Kumar Singh

“…This study aimed to assess the prevalence, biofilm formation, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and molecular characterization of S. aureus isolates from cattle, buffalo, and pigs in Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh, India. A total of 406 samples including 187 milk samples and 200 nasal swabs from apparently healthy animals and 19 wound swabs were collected from cattle, buffalo, and pigs. …”
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Study on prevalence of ESBL producing multi drug resistant E. coli in livestock and poultry in Patna district of Bihar state, India by ARCHANA, PURUSHOTTAM KAUSHIK, ANJAY, BHOOMIKA, SEULI SAHA ROY, BABLU KUMAR, ANIL KUMAR, MANOJ KUMAR, SAVITA KUMARI, SAURABH SWAMI

“…Out of 254 samples processed a total 148 isolates were confirmed as E. coli. …”
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The role of veterinary drug use in driving antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus aureus isolates in smallholder swine farms in Central Vietnam by Nguyen Van Chao, Ho Thi Dung, Vu Thi Thanh Tam, Phan Thi Hang, Bui Thi Hien

“…A total of 155 nasal swab samples were collected and used for isolating S. aureus. …”
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Exploring the antibacterial and anti-biofilm activity of two Iranian medical-grade kinds of honey on multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Mustafa Riyadh Alshaybawee, Shahrzad Asgari, Paria Ghadersoltani, Ahmadreza Mehrabian, Parastoo Saniee

“…The antibacterial activity of the honey samples against three clinical strains of multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa isolated from wound infections was evaluated using both the well-diffusion and broth microdilution methods. …”
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Bacterial Etiology of Urinary Tract Infection and Antibiogram Profile in Children Attending Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Teklehaimanot Kiros, Melaku Zeleke, Tahir Eyayu, Lemma Workineh, Shewaneh Damtie, Tesfaye Andualem, Tegenaw Tiruneh, Ayenew Assefa, Sisay Getu, Tazeb Molla, Tsehaynesh Gebreyesus

“…Gram staining, biochemical assays, and colony characteristics were used for bacterial identification. The disc diffusion method developed by Kirby and Bauer was used for antimicrobial susceptibility testing. …”
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Antibiogram of uropathogens from cases of urinary tract infections in a tertiary care hospital: A cross-sectional study. by Dr. Nazia Begum Mohammed, Richa Choudary Cherukuri, Dr. Jyothi pendyala, Dr. K. Parameswari

“…Results Out of 100 urine samples analyzed, 34% showed significant bacteriuria. …”
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Effects of the Ferrits Addition on the Properties of Polyethylene Terephthalate by Abbas K. Saadon, Auday Hattem Shaban, Kareem A. Jasim

“…The densities of the composites for all samples were calculated. Through the work the diffusion of zinc-ferrite into the grain of Polyethylene terephthalate has been noted.  …”
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Occurrence Characteristics of Early Rice Heat Disaster in Jiangxi Province by Yang Jianying, Huo Zhiguo, Wang Peijuan, Wu Dingrong

“…Therefore, maximum temperature, disaster and phenological data on rice in Jiangxi are integrated to construct the historical early rice heat samples from 1981 to 2016. Nine sets of rice heat samples are built in the context of combinations of different hot weather duration (3-5 d, 6-8 d and more than 8 d) and heat levels (light, moderate and severe). …”
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Exploring the antibacterial potential of environmental Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates: Insights from in vitro studies and genome mining approaches by Md. Saddam Hossain, Afroza Aktar Sharna, Sumaiya Sharmin, Tahrima Arman Tusty, Abu Hashem, Palash Kumar Sarker

“…A total of 231 bacterial isolates were obtained from 63 soil samples collected across Dhaka, Sylhet, and Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. …”
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Dual resistance to heavy metals and antibiotics of Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758) in Lake Tonga, Algeria by Lamia BENHALIMA, Sandra AMRI, Mourad BENSOUILAH

“…A total of 59 strains of Aeromonas hydrophila were isolated from 168 Carassius carassius samples and 144 waters samples of Lake Tonga. All the strains were tested for resistance to 13 antibiotics and three types of heavy metals (Cobalt, copper and cadmium) using disk diffusion and two-fold agar dilution method, respectively.  …”
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Brazilian clays for environmental solutions applied to radioactive waste management by Gabriel Gonzalo Machado, Victoria Krupskaya, Sergey V Zakusin, Julio HARADA, Rodrigo Papai de Souza, Leandro Goulart Araujo, Denise Crocce Espinosa, Edy L.T. Montalvan, Henrique Kahn, Roberto Vicente, Sabine Guilhen

“…The composition is especially expressed in terms of smectite contents, favoring montmorillonite rich materials containing majorly Na+ as compensating cation in interlayer position. All tested samples can be considered as suitable candidates to be used in the design of final destination storage for nuclear waste. …”
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Filtration flow rate at low convection volume in continuous hemodiafiltration using cytokine adsorbing hemofilter does not affect cytokine clearance in an experimental model by Mototsugu Kudo, Shinya Chihara, Hiroomi Tatsumi, Yoshiki Masuda

“…The test solution was circulated through the experimental circuit of hemodiafiltration (CHDF) with various dialysate flow rates (QD; 0, 200, 400, and 600 ml/h) and filtration flow rates (QF; 0, 200, 400, and 600 ml/h). Samples immediately before and after CAH from the sampling port of the circuit were collected seven times at 1-min intervals. …”
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Microbiological and Molecular Characterization of Bacterial Communities in Domestic Water Sources in Nabuti Village, Mukono District, Central Uganda by Catherine A. Najjembe, Oluwatoyin M. Aladejana, Jessica N. Uwanibe, Christian T. Happi, Onikepe A. Folarin

“…Access to clean and safe water is crucial for community well-being. Water samples from storage tank water (STW) and municipal tap water (MTW) were aseptically collected, and total bacterial and coliform counts were determined. …”
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Modulation of biofilm growth by shear and fluctuations in turbulent environments by Federico Pizzi, Francesc Peters, Elena Sorribes, Isabel Marín-Beltrán, Cristina Romera-Castillo, Joan Grau, Mona Rahmani, Lluís Jofre, Francesco Capuano

“…Two configurations were analyzed: one where plastic samples move along with the grid (shear-dominated) and another one where the samples are kept fixed downstream the grid, thus experiencing turbulence but no mean flow (shear-free). …”
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