Hospital distribution, seasonality, time trends and antifungal susceptibility profiles of all Aspergillus species isolated from clinical samples from 2015 to 2022 in a tertiary care hospital
Aspergillus species cause a variety of serious clinical conditions with increasing trend in antifungal resistance. The present study aimed at evaluating hospital epidemiology and antifungal susceptibility of all ... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - April 3, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Iacopo Franconi, Cosmeri Rizzato, Emilia Ghelardi and Antonella Lupetti Tags: Research Source Type: research
Staphylococcus aureus foldase PrsA contributes to the folding and secretion of protein A
Staphylococcus aureus secretes a variety of proteins including virulence factors that cause diseases. PrsA, encoded by many Gram-positive bacteria, is a membrane-anchored lipoprotein that functions as a foldase t... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - April 2, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Mei-Hui Lin, Chao-Chin Liu, Chiao-Wen Lu and Jwu-Ching Shu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Influence of PhoPQ and PmrAB two component system alternations on colistin resistance from non-mcr colistin resistant clinical E. Coli strains
The current understanding of acquired chromosomal colistin resistance mechanisms in Enterobacterales primarily involves the disruption of the upstream PmrAB and PhoPQ two-component system (TCS) control caused by ... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - April 2, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ching-Hsun Wang, L. Kristopher Siu, Feng-Yee Chang, Yu-Kuo Tsai, Li-Yueh Huang and Jung-Chung Lin Tags: Research Source Type: research
Restoration of gut dysbiosis through Clostridium butyricum and magnesium possibly balance blood glucose levels: an experimental study
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by an elevated level of blood glucose due to the absence of insulin secretion, ineffectiveness, or lack of uptake of secreted insulin in the... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - April 1, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Hafiz Muhammad Ubaid Tayyib, Amjed Ali, Shaista Jabeen, Habib-ur-Rehman, Hafsa Kamran, Majed A. Bajaber, Muhammad Usman and Xiao Zhang Tags: Research Source Type: research
A hypervirulent Acinetobacter baumannii strain has robust anti-phagocytosis ability
In this study, we present a novel CAP-associated A. baumannii (CAP-AB) str... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - April 1, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Yan Li, Mohan Jv, Yuan Zhuang, Xu Zhao and Xiaoxiong Hu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Transcriptional dynamics during Rhodococcus erythropolis infection with phage WC1
Belonging to the Actinobacteria phylum, members of the Rhodococcus genus thrive in soil, water, and even intracellularly. While most species are non-pathogenic, several cause respiratory disease in animals and, m... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - April 1, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Dana L. Willner, Sudip Paudel, Andrew D. Halleran, Grace E. Solini, Veronica Gray and Margaret S. Saha Tags: Research Source Type: research
Comparison of integron mediated antimicrobial resistance in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli from urinary and bacteremic sources
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat driven mainly by horizontal gene transfer (HGT) mechanisms through mobile genetic elements (MGEs) including integrons. The variable region (VR) of an integron ... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - March 28, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Gauri Kumar, Keshava Balakrishna, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay and Vandana Kalwaje Eshwara Tags: Research Source Type: research
Promiscuous, persistent and problematic: insights into current enterococcal genomics to guide therapeutic strategy
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are major opportunistic pathogens and the causative agents of serious diseases, such as urinary tract infections and endocarditis. VRE strains mainly include species of Ente... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - March 28, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: David Hourigan, Ewelina Stefanovic, Colin Hill and R. Paul Ross Tags: Review Source Type: research
Bacillus subtilis SOM8 isolated from sesame oil meal for potential probiotic application in inhibiting human enteropathogens
While particular strains within the Bacillus species, such as Bacillus subtilis, have been commercially utilised as probiotics, it is critical to implement screening assays and evaluate the safety to identify pot... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - March 28, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Zhongtian Zhao, Wenrui Li, The Thien Tran and Say Chye Joachim Loo Tags: Research Source Type: research
Profile of non-tuberculous mycobacteria amongst tuberculosis presumptive people in Cameroon
Cameroon is a tuberculosis (TB) burden country with a 12% positivity among TB presumptive cases. Of the presumptive cases with a negative TB test, some are infected with Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM). How... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - March 26, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Valerie Flore Donkeng Donfack, Thierry Anicet Zemo Fokou, Lazare Eric Noche Wadje, Yves Le Grand Napa Tchuedji, Yvonne Josiane Djieugoue, Sorelle Nguimfack Teagho, Brenda Shile Takong, Yannick Patrick Assolo, Suzanne Magloire Ongboulal, Yannick Willy Kamd Tags: Research Source Type: research
Structure predictions and functional insights into Amidase_3 domain containing N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidases from Deinococcus indicus DR1
N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidases are cell wall modifying enzymes that cleave the amide bond between the sugar residues and stem peptide in peptidoglycan. Amidases play a vital role in septal cell wall cleavag..... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - March 26, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Malvika Modi, Menaka Thambiraja, Archana Cherukat, Ragothaman M Yennamalli and Richa Priyadarshini Tags: Research Source Type: research
Relationship between heart failure and intestinal inflammation in infants with congenital heart disease
The association between heart failure (HF) and intestinal inflammation caused by a disturbed intestinal microbiota in infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) was investigated. (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - March 25, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Qi-Liang Zhang, Xiu-Hua Chen, Si-Jia Zhou, Yu-Qing Lei, Qiang Chen and Hua Cao Tags: Research Source Type: research
In vitro investigation of relationship between quorum-sensing system genes, biofilm forming ability, and drug resistance in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen in the health-care systems and one of the primary causative agents with high mortality in hospitalized patients, particularly immunocompromised. The limitation ... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - March 25, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Jaber Hemmati, Mohsen Nazari, Fatemeh Sadat Abolhasani, Amjad Ahmadi and Babak Asghari Tags: Research Source Type: research
Human-derived bacterial strains mitigate colitis via modulating gut microbiota and repairing intestinal barrier function in mice
Unbalanced gut microbiota is considered as a pivotal etiological factor in colitis. Nevertheless, the precise influence of the endogenous gut microbiota composition on the therapeutic efficacy of probiotics in... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - March 23, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Juanjuan Dai, Mingjie Jiang, Xiaoxin Wang, Tao Lang, Leilei Wan and Jingjing Wang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Clostridium butyricum inhibits the inflammation in children with primary nephrotic syndrome by regulating Th17/Tregs balance via gut-kidney axis
This study was d... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - March 23, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ting Li, Xiaolong Ma, Ting Wang, Wenyan Tian, Jian Liu, Wenke Shen, Yuanyuan Liu, Yiwei Li, Xiaoxu Zhang, Junbai Ma, Xiaoxia Zhang, Jinhai Ma and Hao Wang Tags: Research Source Type: research
