Infectious Disease

Characterization of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase and carbapenemase genes in bacteria from environment in Burkina Faso.

INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to characterize extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) and carbapenemase genes in bacteria from the environment in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.

Pregnancy-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria and antibiotic resistance in the Maternity and Children's Hospital, Arar, Saudi Arabia.

INTRODUCTION: The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia provides comprehensive antenatal care for all pregnant women with all required investigations. However, it does not include urine culture for diagnosis of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB). This is the first study to evaluate the prevalence of ASB among pregnant females, identify the causative organisms and determine their antibiotic susceptibility...

Serological and Molecular Characterization of Occult HBV Infection in Blood Donors from South Italy.

Despite good vaccine coverage and careful blood donor selection policies, hepatitis B virus (HBV) is still the most frequent viral infection among blo...

The correlation between serum creatinine and burn severity and its predictive value.

This study aimed to explore the correlation between serum creatinine and burn severity and the value of predicting the outcome of patients. For this p...

Effect of dexamethasone and tenoxicam on the virulence activities of different clinical isolates.

INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to examine the effect of commonly used non-antibiotic drugs (dexamethasone and tenoxicam), on treatment of infections,...

Comparative Effects of Essential Oil and Its Nanoliposomal State on Mortality of Larvae.

BACKGROUND: Malaria has remained the most dreadful vector-borne disease; hence, vector control is the most affordable and achievable approach to mitig...

Natural Occurrence of Fungi and Aflatoxins Associated Sugarcane Plant and Sugarcane Juice and Their Control.

Sugarcane is one of the most important crops in the world. It is also considered the most popular fresh juice in Egypt. The sugar content of the sugar...

Machine learning models for the early prediction of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Machine learning models for prediction of Escherichia coli O157:H7 growth in raw ground beef at different storage temperatures.

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) can be life-threatening and lead to major outbreaks. The prevention of STEC-related infections can be pr...

On the prediction of SAV transmission among Norwegian aquaculture sites.

Pancreas Disease (PD) is a viral disease that affects Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in Norwegian, Scottish and Irish aquaculture. It is caused by salm...

Effects of Mannosylerythritol-Lipids-B on ATCC 6919.

Mannosylerythritol-lipids-B (MEL-B) are microbial-produced glycolipids with skincare properties, notably moisturizing, antimelanogenic, antimicrobial,...

A high-throughput LC-MS/MS assay for piperaquine from dried blood spots: Improving malaria treatment in resource-limited settings.

BACKGROUND: Malaria is a parasitic disease that affects many of the poorest economies, resulting in approximately 241 million clinical episodes and 62...

Prospective Antiviral Effect of Aqueous Extract against COVID-19 Infection.

Marine algal extracts exhibit a potent inhibitory effect against several enveloped and non-enveloped viruses. The infection of severe acute respirator...

Predicting antimicrobial resistance in with discriminative position fused deep learning classifier.

() has become a particular concern due to the increasing incidence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) observed worldwide. Using machine learning (ML) ...

Nanoisland SERS-Substrates for Specific Detection and Quantification of Influenza A Virus.

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)-based aptasensors for virus determination have attracted a lot of interest recently. This approach provides...

Intranasally Delivered Adenoviral Vector Protects Chickens against Newcastle Disease Virus: Vaccine Manufacturing and Stability Assessments for Liquid and Lyophilized Formulations.

Newcastle disease (ND) remains a critical disease affecting poultry in sub-Saharan Africa. In some countries, repeated outbreaks have a major impact o...

Prevalence of JC Polyomavirus in Patients with Neuroinvasive Disease of Unknown Etiology in Croatia.

: John Cunningham polyomavirus (JCPyV) is a highly prevalent virus in the human population. The prevalence of JCPyV in patients with central nervous s...

Procalcitonin Levels in Identifying Bacterial Infections in Children with and without COVID-19.

OBJECTIVE: Elevated procalcitonin levels have been associated with bacterial infection in children. Observational studies reported high procalcitonin ...

Development of optimized functional clove fortified probiotic yoghurt.

We focused on assessing the antimicrobial effects of functional yoghurts supplemented with clove and probiotics. The formulation of aqueous clove extr...

Machine learning application for prediction of surgical site infection after posterior cervical surgery.

Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most common complications of posterior cervical surgery. It is difficult to diagnose in the early stage an...