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Alves PM, Barrias CC, Gomes P, Martins MCL. How can biomaterial-conjugated antimicrobial peptides fight bacteria and be protected from degradation? Acta Biomater 2024:S1742-7061(24)00226-5. [PMID: 38697382 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2024.04.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2024] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
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The emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a serious threat to public health. Antimicrobial peptides (AMP) are a powerful alternative to antibiotics due to their low propensity to induce bacterial resistance. However, cytotoxicity and short half-lives have limited their clinical translation. To overcome these problems, AMP conjugation has gained relevance in the biomaterials field. Nevertheless, few studies describe the influence of conjugation on enzymatic protection, mechanism of action and antimicrobial efficacy. This review addresses this gap by providing a detailed comparison between conjugated and soluble AMP. Additionally, commonly employed chemical reactions and factors to consider when promoting AMP conjugation are reviewed. The overall results suggested that AMP conjugated onto biomaterials are specifically protected from degradation by trypsin and/or pepsin. However, sometimes, their antimicrobial efficacy was reduced. Due to limited conformational freedom in conjugated AMP, compared to their soluble forms, they appear to act initially by creating small protuberances on bacterial membranes that may lead to the alteration of membrane potential and/or formation of holes, triggering cell death. Overall, AMP conjugation onto biomaterials is a promising strategy to fight infection, particularly associated to the use of medical devices. Nonetheless, some details need to be addressed before conjugated AMP reach clinical practice. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Covalent conjugation of antimicrobial peptides (AMP) has been one of the most widely used strategies by bioengineers, in an attempt to not only protect AMP from proteolytic degradation, but also to prolong their residence time at the target tissue. However, an explanation for the mode of action of conjugated AMP is still lacking. This review extensively gathers works on AMP conjugation and puts forward a mechanism of action for AMP when conjugated onto biomaterials. The implications of AMP conjugation on antimicrobial activity, cytotoxicity and resistance to proteases are all discussed. A thorough review of commonly employed chemical reactions for this conjugation is also provided. Finally, details that need to be addressed for conjugated AMP to reach clinical practice are discussed.
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- Pedro M Alves
- i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; INEB - Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal; LAQV-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; INEB - Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- LAQV-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; INEB - Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
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Ghany SSHAE, Ibrahem RA, El-Gendy AO, El-Baky RMA, Mustafa A, Azmy AF. Novel synergistic interactions between monolaurin, a mono-acyl glycerol and β lactam antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus: an in vitro study. BMC Infect Dis 2024; 24:379. [PMID: 38584271 PMCID: PMC11000382 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-09261-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND A major worldwide health issue is the rising frequency of resistance of bacteria.Drug combinations are a winning strategy in fighting resistant bacteria and might help in protecting the existing drugs.Monolaurin is natural compound extracted from coconut oil and has a promising antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus.aureus. This study aims to examine the efficacy of monolaurin both individually and in combination with β-lactam antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus isolates. METHODS Agar dilution method was used for determination of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of monolaurin against S.aureus isolates. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used to detect morphological changes in S.aureus after treatment with monolaurin. Conventional and Real-time Polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were performed to detect of beta-lactamase (blaZ) gene and its expressional levels after monolaurin treatment. Combination therapy of monolaurin and antibiotics was assessed through fractional inhibitory concentration and time-kill method. RESULTS The antibacterial activity of monolaurin was assessed on 115 S.aureus isolates, the MIC of monolaurin were 250 to 2000 µg/ml. SEM showed cell elongation and swelling in the outer membrane of S.aureus in the prescence of 1xMIC of monolaurin. blaZ gene was found in 73.9% of S.aureus isolates. RT-PCR shows a significant decrease in of blaZ gene expression at 250 and 500 µg/ml of monolaurin. Synergistic effects were detected through FIC method and time killing curve. Combination therapy established a significant reduction on the MIC value. The collective findings from the antibiotic combinations with monolaurin indicated synergism rates ranging from 83.3% to 100%.In time-kill studies, combination of monolaurin and β-lactam antibiotics produced a synergistic effect. CONCLUSION This study showed that monolaurin may be a natural antibacterial agent against S. aureus, and may be an outstanding modulator of β-lactam drugs. The concurrent application of monolaurin and β-lactam antibiotics, exhibiting synergistic effects against S. aureus in vitro, holds promise as potential candidates for the development of combination therapies that target particularly, patients with bacterial infections that are nearly incurable.
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- Shimaa Salah Hassan Abd El Ghany
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, 62514, Egypt
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Deraya University, Minia, 11566, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, 61519, Egypt.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, 62514, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Deraya University, Minia, 11566, Egypt
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, 61519, Egypt
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- Faculty of Engineering, October University for Modern Science and Arts (MSA), Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, 62514, Egypt
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Chatterjee P, Chauhan N, Jain U. Confronting antibiotic-resistant pathogens: Distinctive drug delivery potentials of progressive nanoparticles. Microb Pathog 2024; 187:106499. [PMID: 38097117 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2023.106499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024]
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Antimicrobial resistance arises over time, usually due to genetic modifications. Global observations of high resistance rates to popular antibiotics used to treat common bacterial diseases, such as diarrhea, STIs, sepsis, and urinary tract infections, indicate that our supply of effective antibiotics is running low. The mechanisms of action of several antibiotic groups are covered in this review. Antimicrobials disrupt the development and metabolism of bacteria, leading to their eventual death. However, in recent years, microorganisms become resistant to the drugs. Bacteria encode resistant genes against antibiotics and inhibit the function of antibiotics by reducing the uptake of drugs, modifying the enzyme's active site, synthesizing enzymes to degrade antibiotics, and changing the structure of ribosomal subunits. Additionally, the methods of action of resistant bacteria against different kinds of antibiotics as well as their modes of action are discussed. Besides, the resistant pathogenic bacteria which get the most priority by World Health Organisation (WHO) for synthesizing new drugs, have also been incorporated. To overcome antimicrobial resistance, nanomaterials are used to increase the efficacy of antimicrobial drugs. Metallic, inorganic, and polymer-based nanoparticles once conjugated with antibacterial drugs, exhibit synergistic effects by increasing the efficacy of the drugs by inhibiting bacterial growth. Nanomaterial's toxic properties are proportional to their concentrations. Higher concentration nanomaterials are more toxic to the cells. In this review, the toxic properties of nanomaterials on lung cells, lymph nodes, and neuronal cells are also summarized.
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- Pallabi Chatterjee
- School of Health Sciences & Technology (SoHST), University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Bidholi, 248007, Dehradun, India
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- School of Health Sciences & Technology (SoHST), University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Bidholi, 248007, Dehradun, India
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- School of Health Sciences & Technology (SoHST), University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Bidholi, 248007, Dehradun, India.
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Kurćubić VS, Raketić SV, Mašković JM, Mašković PZ, Kurćubić LV, Heinz V, Tomasevic IB. Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Kitaibelia vitifolia Extract against Proven Antibiotic-Susceptible and Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) Strains of Bacteria of Clinical Origin. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:3236. [PMID: 37765400 PMCID: PMC10537753 DOI: 10.3390/plants12183236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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The goal of the present research was to screen the antimicrobial activity of an ethanolic extract of Kitaibelia vitifolia against 30 multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial strains isolated from healthcare-associated infections. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of the samples against the tested bacteria were determined using the microdilution method. MDR bacterial strains were characterized using standard biochemical tests and the commercial identification systems API 20 NE and API 20 E as: Klebsiella spp. (18 isolates-I); methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-3; Acinetobacter spp.-3; Pseudomonas aeruginosa-5; vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE)-1. The sensitivity of isolated bacterial strains was determined using the disc diffusion method against 25 commonly used antibiotics. The highest level of sensitivity to K. vitifolia extract was confirmed in 88.89% of Klebsiella spp. isolates, E. coli ATCC 25922, two strains of MRSA (1726, 1063), Acinetobacter spp. strain 1578, and VRE strain 30, like Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212 (MIC =< 2.44 μg/mL). The lowest sensitivity was exhibited by 75.00% of Acinetobacter spp. (strains 1577 and 6401), where the highest values for MICs were noted (1250 μg/mL). The results indicate that the extract of K. vitifolia could be a possible source for creating new, efficient, and effective natural medicines for combat against MDR strains of bacteria.
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- Vladimir S. Kurćubić
- Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Kragujevac, Cara Dušana 34, 32000 Čačak, Serbia;
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- Microbiology Laboratory for Food and Water, Public Health Institute Čačak, Veselina Milikića 7, 32000 Čačak, Serbia;
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Kragujevac, Cara Dušana 34, 32000 Čačak, Serbia; (J.M.M.); (P.Z.M.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Kragujevac, Cara Dušana 34, 32000 Čačak, Serbia; (J.M.M.); (P.Z.M.)
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Pasterova 2, 11000 Beograd, Serbia;
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- DIL German Institute of Food Technology, Prof.-von-Klitzing-Str. 7, D-49610 Quakenbrück, Germany;
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- DIL German Institute of Food Technology, Prof.-von-Klitzing-Str. 7, D-49610 Quakenbrück, Germany;
- Department of Animal Source Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Nemanjina 6, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia
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Saathoff M, Kosol S, Semmler T, Tedin K, Dimos N, Kupke J, Seidel M, Ghazisaeedi F, Jonske MC, Wolf SA, Kuropka B, Czyszczoń W, Ghilarov D, Grätz S, Heddle JG, Loll B, Süssmuth RD, Fulde M. Gene amplifications cause high-level resistance against albicidin in gram-negative bacteria. PLoS Biol 2023; 21:e3002186. [PMID: 37561817 PMCID: PMC10414762 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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Antibiotic resistance is a continuously increasing concern for public healthcare. Understanding resistance mechanisms and their emergence is crucial for the development of new antibiotics and their effective use. The peptide antibiotic albicidin is such a promising candidate that, as a gyrase poison, shows bactericidal activity against a wide range of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Here, we report the discovery of a gene amplification-based mechanism that imparts an up to 1000-fold increase in resistance levels against albicidin. RNA sequencing and proteomics data show that this novel mechanism protects Salmonella Typhimurium and Escherichia coli by increasing the copy number of STM3175 (YgiV), a transcription regulator with a GyrI-like small molecule binding domain that traps albicidin with high affinity. X-ray crystallography and molecular docking reveal a new conserved motif in the binding groove of the GyrI-like domain that can interact with aromatic building blocks of albicidin. Phylogenetic studies suggest that this resistance mechanism is ubiquitous in gram-negative bacteria, and our experiments confirm that STM3175 homologs can confer resistance in pathogens such as Vibrio vulnificus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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- Mareike Saathoff
- Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Robert Koch-Institute (RKI), MF2—Genome Sequencing and Genomic Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Robert Koch-Institute (RKI), MF2—Genome Sequencing and Genomic Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Sarr H, Niang AA, Diop A, Mediannikov O, Zerrouki H, Diene SM, Lo S, Dia ML, Sow AI, Fenollar F, Rolain JM, Hadjadj L. The Emergence of Carbapenem- and Colistin-Resistant Enterobacteria in Senegal. Pathogens 2023; 12:974. [PMID: 37623934 PMCID: PMC10459028 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12080974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Antibiotic resistance is a public health problem. The emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) infections is a concern, particularly in Senegal. (1) Methods: Between January 2019 and July 2022, 240 isolates of enterobacteria resistant to third-generation cephalosporins and imipenem from biological samples from Fann Hospital (Dakar) and Hôpital Paix (Ziguinchor) were selected. The isolates were identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, and susceptibility tests were performed by the disk diffusion method. Antibiotic-resistance genes for class A beta-lactamases, carbapenemases, and plasmid resistance to colistin resistance (mcr-1-8) were screened by RT-PCR. (2) Results: The 240 enterobacteria were composed of: Escherichia coli (60.83%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (21.67%), Enterobacter cloacae (13.75%), Citrobacter freundii (2.08%), Serratia marcescens (0.83%), Klebsiella aerogenes (0.42%), and Proteus mirabilis (0.42%). Class A beta-lactamase genes were found in 229 isolates (70.41% blaTEM, 37.5% blaSHV, 83.75% blaCTX-A, and 0.42% blaCTX-B). The carbapenemase genes blaOXA-48 and blaNDM were found in 25 isolates, including 14 isolates with blaOXA-48, 13 isolates with blaNDM, and 2 isolates with both genes simultaneously. The mcr-8 gene was found in one isolate of E. cloacae. (3) Conclusions: The epidemiology of antibiotic-resistance genes in enterobacteria in Senegal shows the emergence of CPEs. This phenomenon is worrying, and rigorous surveillance is necessary to avoid further spread.
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- Habibou Sarr
- UFR des Sciences de la Santé, Université Assane Seck de Ziguinchor, Ziguinchor BP 523, Senegal;
- Unité de Bactériologie, Hôpital de la Paix de Ziguinchor, Ziguinchor BP 523, Senegal
- Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, MEPHI IRD, APHM, Aix Marseille Université, 13005 Marseille, France; (O.M.); (H.Z.); (S.M.D.); (J.-M.R.)
- IHU Méditerranée Infection, 13005 Marseille, France;
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- Faculté de Médecine, Pharmacie et Odonto-Stomatologie, Université Cheikh-Anta-Diop, Dakar BP 5005, Senegal; (A.A.N.); (A.D.); (M.L.D.); (A.I.S.)
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- Faculté de Médecine, Pharmacie et Odonto-Stomatologie, Université Cheikh-Anta-Diop, Dakar BP 5005, Senegal; (A.A.N.); (A.D.); (M.L.D.); (A.I.S.)
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- Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, MEPHI IRD, APHM, Aix Marseille Université, 13005 Marseille, France; (O.M.); (H.Z.); (S.M.D.); (J.-M.R.)
- IHU Méditerranée Infection, 13005 Marseille, France;
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- Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, MEPHI IRD, APHM, Aix Marseille Université, 13005 Marseille, France; (O.M.); (H.Z.); (S.M.D.); (J.-M.R.)
- IHU Méditerranée Infection, 13005 Marseille, France;
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- Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, MEPHI IRD, APHM, Aix Marseille Université, 13005 Marseille, France; (O.M.); (H.Z.); (S.M.D.); (J.-M.R.)
- IHU Méditerranée Infection, 13005 Marseille, France;
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- UFR des Sciences de la Santé, Université Gaston Berger, Saint Louis BP 234, Senegal;
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- Faculté de Médecine, Pharmacie et Odonto-Stomatologie, Université Cheikh-Anta-Diop, Dakar BP 5005, Senegal; (A.A.N.); (A.D.); (M.L.D.); (A.I.S.)
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- Faculté de Médecine, Pharmacie et Odonto-Stomatologie, Université Cheikh-Anta-Diop, Dakar BP 5005, Senegal; (A.A.N.); (A.D.); (M.L.D.); (A.I.S.)
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- IHU Méditerranée Infection, 13005 Marseille, France;
- VITROME, IRD, APHM, SSA, Aix Marseille Université, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, MEPHI IRD, APHM, Aix Marseille Université, 13005 Marseille, France; (O.M.); (H.Z.); (S.M.D.); (J.-M.R.)
- IHU Méditerranée Infection, 13005 Marseille, France;
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- Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, MEPHI IRD, APHM, Aix Marseille Université, 13005 Marseille, France; (O.M.); (H.Z.); (S.M.D.); (J.-M.R.)
- IHU Méditerranée Infection, 13005 Marseille, France;
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Synthetic Cinnamides and Cinnamates: Antimicrobial Activity, Mechanism of Action, and In Silico Study. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28041918. [PMID: 36838906 PMCID: PMC9967511 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28041918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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The severity of infectious diseases associated with the resistance of microorganisms to drugs highlights the importance of investigating bioactive compounds with antimicrobial potential. Therefore, nineteen synthetic cinnamides and cinnamates having a cinnamoyl nucleus were prepared and submitted for the evaluation of antimicrobial activity against pathogenic fungi and bacteria in this study. To determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the compounds, possible mechanisms of antifungal action, and synergistic effects, microdilution testing in broth was used. The structures of the synthesized products were characterized with FTIR spectroscopy, 1 H-NMR, 13 C-NMR, and HRMS. Derivative 6 presented the best antifungal profile, suggesting that the presence of the butyl substituent potentiates its biological response (MIC = 626.62 μM), followed by compound 4 (672.83 μM) and compound 3 (726.36 μM). All three compounds were fungicidal, with MFC/MIC ≤ 4. For mechanism of action, compounds 4 and 6 directly interacted with the ergosterol present in the fungal plasmatic membrane and with the cell wall. Compound 18 presented the best antibacterial profile (MIC = 458.15 μM), followed by compound 9 (550.96 μM) and compound 6 (626.62 μM), which suggested that the presence of an isopropyl group is important for antibacterial activity. The compounds were bactericidal, with MBC/MIC ≤ 4. Association tests were performed using the Checkerboard method to evaluate potential synergistic effects with nystatin (fungi) and amoxicillin (bacteria). Derivatives 6 and 18 presented additive effects. Molecular docking simulations suggested that the most likely targets of compound 6 in C. albicans were caHOS2 and caRPD3, while the most likely target of compound 18 in S. aureus was saFABH. Our results suggest that these compounds could be used as prototypes to obtain new antimicrobial drugs.
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Prevalence of colonization with multidrug-resistant bacteria in communities and hospitals in Kenya. Sci Rep 2022; 12:22290. [PMID: 36566323 PMCID: PMC9789952 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26842-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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We estimated the prevalence of extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales (ESCrE), carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in communities and hospitals in Kenya to identify human colonization with multidrug-resistant bacteria. Nasal and fecal specimen were collected from inpatients and community residents in Nairobi (urban) and Siaya (rural) counties. Swabs were plated on chromogenic agar to presumptively identify ESCrE, CRE and MRSA isolates. Confirmatory identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing were done using the VITEK®2 instrument. A total of 1999 community residents and 1023 inpatients were enrolled between January 2019 and March 2020. ESCrE colonization was higher in urban than rural communities (52 vs. 45%; P = 0.013) and in urban than rural hospitals (70 vs. 63%; P = 0.032). Overall, ESCrE colonization was ~ 18% higher in hospitals than in corresponding communities. CRE colonization was higher in hospital than community settings (rural: 7 vs. 1%; urban: 17 vs. 1%; with non-overlapping 95% confidence intervals), while MRSA was rarely detected (≤ 3% overall). Human colonization with ESCrE and CRE was common, particularly in hospitals and urban settings. MRSA colonization was uncommon. Evaluation of risk factors and genetic mechanisms of resistance can guide prevention and control efforts tailored to different environments.
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Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Escherichia coli Isolates from Small Scale Dairy Cattle in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Animals (Basel) 2022; 12:ani12141853. [PMID: 35883400 PMCID: PMC9311648 DOI: 10.3390/ani12141853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 07/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Dearth of information on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in small-scale dairy cattle in Dar es Salaam, the commercial city of Tanzania, prompted us to conduct this study. The objective was to determine the different levels of resistance phenotypical patterns among Escherichia coli (E. coli) isolates from rectal swabs of apparently healthy cattle. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when microorganisms develop the ability to tolerate antimicrobial concentrations to which they were initially susceptible. It is a phenomenon of global concern, which is on the rise due to antimicrobial use in food-producing animals. In dairy farms, cattle carry high levels of AMR Escherichia coli (E. coli), and may act as a potential reservoir. The study revealed that resistance to ampicillin, cefotaxime, tetracycline and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole was the most frequent. Resistance to nalidixic acid, ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol, and gentamycin was also observed among the E. coli isolates, but with lower percentages. E. coli resistant to third generation cephalosporins was also detected. The results of the current study give an insight into the status of antimicrobial resistance and multidrug resistance in small-scale dairy cattle in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The findings call for further research, prudent antimicrobial use, and surveillance initiatives. Abstract In Tanzania, information on antimicrobial resistance in small-scale dairy cattle is scarce. This cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the different levels and pattern of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), in 121 Escherichia coli isolated from rectal swab of 201 apparently healthy small-scale dairy cattle in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Isolation and identification of E. coli were carried out using enrichment media, selective media, and biochemical tests. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was carried out using the Kirby–Bauer disk diffusion method on Mueller-Hinton agar (Merck), according to the recommendations of Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). Resistance was tested against ampicillin, gentamicin, chloramphenicol, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline, nalidixic acid, ciprofloxacin and cefotaxime. Resistance to almost all antimicrobial agents was observed. The agents to which resistance was demonstrated most frequently were ampicillin (96.7%), cefotaxime (95.0%), tetracycline (50.4%), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (42.1%) and nalidixic acid (33.1%). In this case, 20 extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) producing E. coli were identified. 74.4% (90/121) of the isolates were Multidrug resistant (MDR), ranging from a combination of three to 8 different classes. The most frequently observed phenotypes were AMP-SXT-CTX with a prevalence of 12.4%, followed by the combination AMP-CTX with 10.7% and TE-AMP-CTX and NA + TE + AMP + CTX with 8.3% each. The high prevalence and wide range of AMR calls for prudent antimicrobial use.
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Synthesis, Characterization, X-Ray Single-Crystal Structure, Potentiometric Measurements, Molecular Modeling, and Bioactivity Screening of Some Thiosemicarbazones. J CHEM-NY 2022. [DOI: 10.1155/2022/1241470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A series of thiosemicarbazone (TSCN) compounds including ((E)-2-((E)-1-(2-(p-tolyl)hydrazono)propan-2-ylidene)hydrazine-1-carbothioamide (TSC1), (E)-N-ethyl-2-((E)-1-(2-(p-tolyl)hydrazono)propan-2-ylidene)hydrazine-1-carbothioamide (TSC2), and (E)-N-phenyl-2-((E)-1-(2-(p-tolyl)hydrazono)propan-2-ylidene)hydrazine-1-carbothioamide) (TSC3) were synthesized and fully characterized by diverse spectroscopies, such as X-ray single-crystal, infrared, mass, proton nuclear magnetic resonance, and ultraviolet-visible. Potentiometric measurements, molecular modeling, and biological and antitumor activity screening were studied. The thermodynamics and protonation constants of TSC1 as a representative of the synthesized TSCs were calculated and discussed. The solution speciation of different species was studied with pH. The molecular parameters of the optimized structures were calculated and discussed. The X-ray single crystals of TSC2 and TSC3 were established. Considering the antimicrobial activities and correlating structure-activity relationship of the synthesized compounds, the TSC1 molecule was considered a promising candidate as an antifungal agent against Candida albicans. Thus, it would be extremely helpful in the field of medicinal chemistry, particularly as an antimicrobial agent. The results are of significance to the chemistry of antimicrobial agents.
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Li Y, Yang Y, Ma L, Liu J, An Q, Zhang C, Yin G, Cao Z, Pan H. Comparative Analyses of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Jejunum Microbiota of Pigs in Different Areas. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:887428. [PMID: 35719330 PMCID: PMC9204423 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.887428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are emerging environmental contaminants that threaten human and animal health. Intestinal microbiota may be an important ARGs repository, and intensive animal farming is a likely contributor to the environmental burden of ARGs. Using metagenomic sequencing, we investigated the structure, function, and drug resistance of the jejunal microbial community in Landrace (LA, Kunming), Saba (SB, Kunming), Dahe (DH, Qujing), and Diannan small-ear piglets (DS, Xishuangbanna) from different areas in Yunnan Province, China. Remarkable differences in jejunal microbial diversity among the different pig breeds, while the microbial composition of pig breeds in close areas tends to be similar. Functional analysis showed that there were abundant metabolic pathways and carbohydrate enzymes in all samples. In total, 32,487 ARGs were detected in all samples, which showed resistance to 38 categories of drugs. The abundance of ARGs in jejunum was not significantly different between LA and SB from the same area, but significantly different between DS, DH and LA or SB from different areas. Therefore, the abundance of ARGs was little affected by pig breeds and microorganism community structure, but it was closely related to geographical location. In addition, as a probiotic, Lactobacillus amylovorus is also an important ARGs producing bacterium. Our results revealed the antibiotic exposure and intestinal microbial resistance of farms in the study areas, which could provide basic knowledge and potential strategies for rational use of antibiotics and reducing the risk of ARGs transmission in animal husbandry.
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- Yongxiang Li
- Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
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- Institiute of Animal husbandry, Yunnan Vocational and Technical College of Agriculture, Kunming, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
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Alkhawaldeh R, Abu Farha R, Abu Hammour K, Alefishat E. The Appropriateness of Empiric Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Joran: A Cross-Sectional Study. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:antibiotics11050629. [PMID: 35625272 PMCID: PMC9137745 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11050629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2022] [Revised: 04/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted at Jordan University Hospital (JUH) to evaluate the appropriateness of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) empiric treatment based on microbial culture data and susceptibility testing. All urine cultures requested for adult patients (≥18 years) admitted to JUH within the period from January 2019–July 2021 were reviewed and only those cultures with positive episodes of infection were considered. In this study, 6950 urine culture episodes were screened; among them, 34.5% (n = 2400) revealed positive results. Among those patients with positive culture episodes, 1600 patients (66.7%) were discharged before the availability of culture results and were excluded. Of the remaining eligible 800 patients, 701 (87.6%) received empiric treatment. In 26.8% of the eligible cases (n = 214), the prescribed empiric agents failed to have appropriate coverage of the identified pathogens, and in 14.6% of the cases (n = 117) the identified microorganisms were reported as resistant to the prescribed empiric agents. Furthermore, only 13.4% of the patients (n = 107) were appropriately treated for their UTI with empiric antibacterial agents. We were not able to judge the appropriateness of UTI treatment for one third (n = 263, 32.9%) of the patients, because they did not have susceptibility reports performed. This study revealed an alarmingly high rate of inappropriate treatment of UTIs, which encourages the emergence of bacterial resistance and affects health-related outcomes negatively. Therefore, antimicrobial stewardship programs must be applied to optimize antibiotic consumption in hospital settings.
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- Rama Alkhawaldeh
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private University, Amman 11931, Jordan; (R.A.); (R.A.F.)
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private University, Amman 11931, Jordan; (R.A.); (R.A.F.)
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- Department Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan;
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- Department Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan;
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Health Science, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi 127788, United Arab Emirates
- Center for Biotechnology, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi 127788, United Arab Emirates
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +97-15-018-466
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Yang MR, Wu YW. Enhancing predictions of antimicrobial resistance of pathogens by expanding the potential resistance gene repertoire using a pan-genome-based feature selection approach. BMC Bioinformatics 2022; 23:131. [PMID: 35428201 PMCID: PMC9011928 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-022-04666-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Predicting which pathogens might exhibit antimicrobial resistance (AMR) based on genomics data is one of the promising ways to swiftly and precisely identify AMR pathogens. Currently, the most widely used genomics approach is through identifying known AMR genes from genomic information in order to predict whether a pathogen might be resistant to certain antibiotic drugs. The list of known AMR genes, however, is still far from comprehensive and may result in inaccurate AMR pathogen predictions. We thus felt the need to expand the AMR gene set and proposed a pan-genome-based feature selection method to identify potential gene sets for AMR prediction purposes. Results By building pan-genome datasets and extracting gene presence/absence patterns from four bacterial species, each with more than 2000 strains, we showed that machine learning models built from pan-genome data can be very promising for predicting AMR pathogens. The gene set selected by the eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) feature selection approach further improved prediction outcomes, and an incremental approach selecting subsets of XGBoost-selected features brought the machine learning model performance to the next level. Investigating selected gene sets revealed that on average about 50% of genes had no known function and very few of them were known AMR genes, indicating the potential of the selected gene sets to expand resistance gene repertoires. Conclusions We demonstrated that a pan-genome-based feature selection approach is suitable for building machine learning models for predicting AMR pathogens. The extracted gene sets may provide future clues to expand our knowledge of known AMR genes and provide novel hypotheses for inferring bacterial AMR mechanisms. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12859-022-04666-2.
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Ajose DJ, Oluwarinde BO, Abolarinwa TO, Fri J, Montso KP, Fayemi OE, Aremu AO, Ateba CN. Combating Bovine Mastitis in the Dairy Sector in an Era of Antimicrobial Resistance: Ethno-veterinary Medicinal Option as a Viable Alternative Approach. Front Vet Sci 2022; 9:800322. [PMID: 35445101 PMCID: PMC9014217 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.800322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bovine mastitis (BM) is the traditional infectious condition in reared cattle which may result in serious repercussions ranging from animal welfare to economic issues. Owing to the high costs associated with preventative practices and therapeutic measures, lower milk output, and early culling, bovine mastitis is accountable for most of the financial losses suffered in cattle farming. Streptococcus agalactiae, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus dysgalactiae and coliform bacteria are the predominant pathogens for bovine mastitis. In addition, the occurrence of BM has been linked to lactation stage and poor management, in the latter case, the poor stabling conditions around udder hygiene. BM occurs throughout the world, with varying rates of Streptococcus agalactiae infection in different regions. Despite the modern techniques, such as the appropriate milking practices that are applied, lower levels of pathogen vulnerability may help to prevent the development of the disease, BM treatment is primarily reliant on antibiotics for both prophylactic and therapeutic purposes. Nevertheless, as a result of the proliferation of bacterial agents to withstand the antibiotic effects, these therapies have frequently proven ineffectual, resulting in persistent BM. Consequently, alternative medicines for the management of udder inflammation have been researched, notably natural compounds derived from plants. This review focuses on BM in terms of its risk factors, pathogenesis, management, the molecular identification of causative agents, as well as the application of ethno-veterinary medicine as an alternative therapy.
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- Daniel Jesuwenu Ajose
- Food Security and Safety Niche Area, Faculty of Agriculture, Science and Technology, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa
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- Food Security and Safety Niche Area, Faculty of Agriculture, Science and Technology, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa
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- Food Security and Safety Niche Area, Faculty of Agriculture, Science and Technology, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa
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- Food Security and Safety Niche Area, Faculty of Agriculture, Science and Technology, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa
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- Food Security and Safety Niche Area, Faculty of Agriculture, Science and Technology, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa
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- Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) Centre, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa
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- Food Security and Safety Niche Area, Faculty of Agriculture, Science and Technology, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa
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Kerflani A, Si Larbi K, Rabahi A, Bouchoucha A, Zaater S, Terrachet-Bouaziz S. Novel palladium (II) complexes with iminocoumarin ligands: Synthesis, characterisation, electrochemical behaviour, DFT calculations and biological activities, ADMET study and molecular docking. Inorganica Chim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2021.120659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Green Biosynthesis, Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Anticancer Activities of Silver Nanoparticles of Luffa acutangula Leaf Extract. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 2021:5125681. [PMID: 34631882 PMCID: PMC8494549 DOI: 10.1155/2021/5125681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Studies on green biosynthesis of newly engineered nanoparticles for their prominent medicinal applications are being the torch-bearing concerns of the state-of-the-art research strategies. In this concern, we have engineered the biosynthesized Luffa acutangula silver nanoparticles of flavonoid O-glycosides in the anisotropic form isolated from aqueous leave extracts of Luffa acutangula, a popular traditional and ayurvedic plant in south-east Asian countries. These were structurally confirmed by Ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy accessed with attenuated total reflection (FTIR-ATR) spectral analyses followed by the scanning electron microscopic (SEM) and the X-ray diffraction (XRD) crystallographic studies and found them with the face-centered cubic (fcc) structure. Medicinally, we have explored their significant antioxidant (DPPH and ABTS assays), antibacterial (disc diffusion assay on E. coli, S. aureus, B. subtilis, S. fecilis, and S. boydii), and anticancer (MTT assay on MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, U87, and DBTRG cell lines) potentialities which augmented the present investigation. The molecular docking analysis of title compounds against 3NM8 (DPPH) and 1DNU (ABTS) proteins for antioxidant activity; 5FGK (Gram-Positive Bacteria) and 1AB4 (Gram-Negative Bacteria) proteins for antibacterial activity; and 4GBD (MCF-7), 5FI2 (MDA-MB-231), 1D5R (U87), and 5TIJ (DBTRG) proteins for anticancer activity has affirmed the promising ligand-protein binding interactions among the hydroxy groups of the title compounds and aspartic acid of the concerned enzymatic proteins. The binding energy varying from -9.1645 to -7.7955 for Cosmosioside (1, Apigenin-7-glucoside) and from -9.2690 to -7.8306 for Cynaroside (2, Luteolin-7-glucoside) implies the isolated compounds as potential bioactive compounds. In addition, the performed studies like QSAR, ADMET, bioactivity properties, drug scores, and toxicity risks confirmed them as potential drug candidates and aspartic acid receptor antagonists. This research auxiliary augmented the existing array of phytological nanomedicines with new drug candidates that are credible with multiple bioactivities.
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Detection of Campylobacter jejuni and Salmonella typhimurium in chicken using PCR for virulence factor hipO and invA genes (Saudi Arabia). Biosci Rep 2021; 41:229774. [PMID: 34519329 PMCID: PMC8458795 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20211790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Campylobacter jejuni and Salmonella typhimurium are the leading causes of bacterial food contamination in chicken carcasses. Contamination is particularly associated with the slaughtering process. The present study isolated C. jejuni and S. typhimurim from fifty chicken carcass samples, all of which were acquired from different companies in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The identification of C. jejuni was performed phenotypically by using a hippurate test and genetically using a polymerase chain reaction with primers for 16S rRNA and hippurate hydrolase (hipO gene). For the dentification of S. typhimurim, a serological Widal test was carried out using serum anti-S. typhimurium antibodies. Strains were genetically detected using invA gene primers. The positive isolates for C. jejuni showed a specific molecular size of 1448 bp for 16S rRNA and 1148 bp for hipO genes. However, the positive isolates of the invA gene exhibited a specific molecular size at 244 bp using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Comparing sequencing was performed with respect to the invA gene and the BLAST nucleotide isolates that were identified as Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar typhimurium strain ST45, thereby producing a similarity of 100%. The testing identified C.jejuni for hippuricase, GenBank: Z36940.1. While many isolates of Salmonella spp. that contained the invA gene were not necessarily identified as S. typhimurim, the limiting factor for the Widal test used antiS. typhimurum antibodies. The multidrug resistance (MDR) of C. jejuni isolates in chickens was compared with the standard C. jejuni strain ATCC 22931. Similarly, S. typhimurium isolates were compared with the standard S. typhimurium strain ATCC 14028.
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Nobrega DB, Tang KL, Caffrey NP, De Buck J, Cork SC, Ronksley PE, Polachek AJ, Ganshorn H, Sharma N, Kastelic JP, Kellner JD, Ghali WA, Barkema HW. Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance genes and its association with restricted antimicrobial use in food-producing animals: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Antimicrob Chemother 2021; 76:561-575. [PMID: 33146719 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkaa443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There is ongoing debate regarding potential associations between restrictions of antimicrobial use and prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria. OBJECTIVES To summarize the effects of interventions reducing antimicrobial use in food-producing animals on the prevalence of AMR genes (ARGs) in bacteria from animals and humans. METHODS We published a full systematic review of restrictions of antimicrobials in food-producing animals and their associations with AMR in bacteria. Herein, we focus on studies reporting on the association between restricted antimicrobial use and prevalence of ARGs. We used multilevel mixed-effects models and a semi-quantitative approach based on forest plots to summarize findings from studies. RESULTS A positive effect of intervention [reduction in prevalence or number of ARGs in group(s) with restricted antimicrobial use] was reported from 29 studies for at least one ARG. We detected significant associations between a ban on avoparcin and diminished presence of the vanA gene in samples from animals and humans, whereas for the mecA gene, studies agreed on a positive effect of intervention in samples only from animals. Comparisons involving mcr-1, blaCTX-M, aadA2, vat(E), sul2, dfrA5, dfrA13, tet(E) and tet(P) indicated a reduced prevalence of genes in intervention groups. Conversely, no effects were detected for β-lactamases other than blaCTX-M and the remaining tet genes. CONCLUSIONS The available body of scientific evidence supported that restricted use of antimicrobials in food animals was associated with an either lower or equal presence of ARGs in bacteria, with effects dependent on ARG, host species and restricted drug.
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- Diego B Nobrega
- Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.,Mastitis Network, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Production Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- W21C Research and Innovation Centre, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Libraries and Cultural Resources, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- W21C Research and Innovation Centre, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Production Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Mastitis Network, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada.,Department of Production Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Investigation of Stress Response Genes in Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogens Sampled from Five Countries. Processes (Basel) 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/pr9060927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Pathogens, which survive from stressed environmental conditions and evolve with antimicrobial resistance, cause millions of human diseases every year in the world. Fortunately, the NCBI Pathogen Detection Isolates Browser (NPDIB) collects the detected stress response genes and antimicrobial resistance genes in pathogen isolates sampled around the world. While several studies have been conducted to identify important antimicrobial resistance genes, little work has been done to analyze the stress response genes in the NPDIB database. In order to address this, this work conducted the first comprehensive statistical analysis of the stress response genes from five countries of the major residential continents, including the US, the UK, China, Australia, and South Africa. Principal component analysis was first conducted to project the stress response genes onto a two-dimensional space, and hierarchical clustering was then implemented to identify the outlier (i.e., important) genes that show high occurrences in the historical data from 2010 to 2020. Stress response genes and AMR genes were finally analyzed together to investigate the co-occurring relationship between these two types of genes. It turned out that seven genes were commonly found in all five countries (i.e., arsR, asr, merC, merP, merR, merT, and qacdelta1). Pathogens E. coli and Shigella, Salmonella enterica, and Klebsiella pneumoniae were the major pathogens carrying the stress response genes. The hierarchical clustering result showed that certain stress response genes and AMR genes were grouped together, including golT~golS and mdsB~mdsC, ymgB and mdtM, and qacEdelta1 and sul1. The occurrence analysis showed that the samples containing three stress response genes and three AMR genes had the highest detection frequency in the historical data. The findings of this work on the important stress response genes, along with their connection with AMR genes, could inform future drug development that targets stress response genes to weaken antimicrobial resistance pathogens.
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Smyshlyaev G, Bateman A, Barabas O. Sequence analysis of tyrosine recombinases allows annotation of mobile genetic elements in prokaryotic genomes. Mol Syst Biol 2021; 17:e9880. [PMID: 34018328 PMCID: PMC8138268 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20209880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Revised: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) sequester and mobilize antibiotic resistance genes across bacterial genomes. Efficient and reliable identification of such elements is necessary to follow resistance spreading. However, automated tools for MGE identification are missing. Tyrosine recombinase (YR) proteins drive MGE mobilization and could provide markers for MGE detection, but they constitute a diverse family also involved in housekeeping functions. Here, we conducted a comprehensive survey of YRs from bacterial, archaeal, and phage genomes and developed a sequence‐based classification system that dissects the characteristics of MGE‐borne YRs. We revealed that MGE‐related YRs evolved from non‐mobile YRs by acquisition of a regulatory arm‐binding domain that is essential for their mobility function. Based on these results, we further identified numerous unknown MGEs. This work provides a resource for comparative analysis and functional annotation of YRs and aids the development of computational tools for MGE annotation. Additionally, we reveal how YRs adapted to drive gene transfer across species and provide a tool to better characterize antibiotic resistance dissemination.
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- Georgy Smyshlyaev
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Hinxton, UK.,European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Hinxton, UK
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Monitoring microbial contamination of antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli isolated from the surface water of urban park in southeastern Brazil. ENVIRONMENTAL NANOTECHNOLOGY, MONITORING & MANAGEMENT 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enmm.2021.100438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Bhandari S, Khadayat K, Poudel S, Shrestha S, Shrestha R, Devkota P, Khanal S, Marasini BP. Phytochemical analysis of medicinal plants of Nepal and their antibacterial and antibiofilm activities against uropathogenic Escherichia coli. BMC Complement Med Ther 2021; 21:116. [PMID: 33836728 PMCID: PMC8033659 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-021-03293-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND A biofilm is an extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) composed of polysaccharides, proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids that impede antibiotics and immune cells, thus providing a shielded environment for bacterial growth. Due to biofilm formation, some microbes can show up to 1000 fold increased resistance towards the antibiotics than the normal planktonic forms. The study was conducted to screen the crude extracts of medicinal plants used in Nepal for their in vitro antibiofilm activities. METHODS Total phenolic and total flavonoid contents were determined by using a Folin-Ciocalteau reagent and aluminium trichloride method, respectively. Resazurin assay was used to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC). The initial antibiofilm activities and their inhibitory concentration (IC50) values were determined by the microtiter based modified crystal violet staining method. RESULTS Out of 25 different plant extracts were used for the study, methanolic extracts of 20 plants showed a biofilm inhibition activity against five different strong biofilm producing Escherichia coli strains. Calotropis gigantea exhibited inhibition against all five different E. coli strains with IC50 values ranging from 299.7 ± 20.5 to 427.4 ± 2.7 μg/mL. Apart from that, Eclipta prostrata also showed biofilm formation inhibition, followed by Eupatorium adenophorum, Moringa oleifera, Ocimum tenuifolium, Oxalis lantifolia, Prunus persica, and Urtica parviflora. The extracts of C. gigantea, E. prostrata, Mangifera indica, O. tenuifolium, P. persica, and U. parviflora exhibited a moderate to poor MIC value ranging from 625 to 2500 μg/mL. The highest amount of phenolic content (TPC) was found in Acacia catechu followed by Morus alba, which was 38.9 and 25.1 mg gallic acid equivalents, respectively. The highest amount of flavonoid content was found in A. catechu followed by M. indica, which was 27.1 and 20.8 mg quercetin equivalents, respectively. CONCLUSION Extracts of C. gigantea, E. prostrata, P. persica, U. parviflora, and O. tenuifolium showed antibacterial as well as antibiofilm activity against pathogenic and strong biofilm producing E. coli. Thus, extracts or the pure compound from these medicinal plants could be used as antibiotics in the future.
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- Sudip Bhandari
- Department of Biotechnology, National College, Tribhuvan University, Naya Bazar, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Department of Biotechnology, National College, Tribhuvan University, Naya Bazar, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Department of Biotechnology, National College, Tribhuvan University, Naya Bazar, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Department of Biotechnology, National College, Tribhuvan University, Naya Bazar, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Department of Microbiology, National College, Tribhuvan University, Naya Bazar, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Department of Biotechnology, National College, Tribhuvan University, Naya Bazar, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Department of Biotechnology, National College, Tribhuvan University, Naya Bazar, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Department of Biotechnology, National College, Tribhuvan University, Naya Bazar, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Franklin AM, Brinkman NE, Jahne MA, Keely SP. Twenty-first century molecular methods for analyzing antimicrobial resistance in surface waters to support One Health assessments. J Microbiol Methods 2021; 184:106174. [PMID: 33774111 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2021.106174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment is a growing global health concern, especially the dissemination of AMR into surface waters due to human and agricultural inputs. Within recent years, research has focused on trying to understand the impact of AMR in surface waters on human, agricultural and ecological health (One Health). While surface water quality assessments and surveillance of AMR have historically utilized culture-based methods, culturing bacteria has limitations due to difficulty in isolating environmental bacteria and the need for a priori information about the bacteria for selective isolation. The use of molecular techniques to analyze AMR at the genetic level has helped to overcome the difficulties with culture-based techniques since they do not require advance knowledge of the bacterial population and can analyze uncultivable environmental bacteria. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of common contemporary molecular methods available for analyzing AMR in surface waters, which include high throughput real-time polymerase chain reaction (HT-qPCR), metagenomics, and whole genome sequencing. This review will also feature how these methods may provide information on human and animal health risks. HT-qPCR works at the nanoliter scale, requires only a small amount of DNA, and can analyze numerous gene targets simultaneously, but may lack in analytical sensitivity and the ability to optimize individual assays compared to conventional qPCR. Metagenomics offers more detailed genomic information and taxonomic resolution than PCR by sequencing all the microbial genomes within a sample. Its open format allows for the discovery of new antibiotic resistance genes; however, the quantity of DNA necessary for this technique can be a limiting factor for surface water samples that typically have low numbers of bacteria per sample volume. Whole genome sequencing provides the complete genomic profile of a single environmental isolate and can identify all genetic elements that may confer AMR. However, a main disadvantage of this technique is that it only provides information about one bacterial isolate and is challenging to utilize for community analysis. While these contemporary techniques can quickly provide a vast array of information about AMR in surface waters, one technique does not fully characterize AMR nor its potential risks to human, animal, or ecological health. Rather, a combination of techniques (including both molecular- and culture-based) are necessary to fully understand AMR in surface waters from a One Health perspective.
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- A M Franklin
- Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, US Environmental Protection Agency, 26 Martin Luther King West, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.
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- Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, US Environmental Protection Agency, 26 Martin Luther King West, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
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- Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, US Environmental Protection Agency, 26 Martin Luther King West, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
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- Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, US Environmental Protection Agency, 26 Martin Luther King West, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
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Du K, Bereswill S, Heimesaat MM. A literature survey on antimicrobial and immune-modulatory effects of butyrate revealing non-antibiotic approaches to tackle bacterial infections. Eur J Microbiol Immunol (Bp) 2021; 11:1-9. [PMID: 33735105 PMCID: PMC8042652 DOI: 10.1556/1886.2021.00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The excessive prescription of antibiotics has led to an increasing number of antimicrobial resistances, posing a major public health concern. Therefore, the pharmacological research has shifted its focus to the identification of natural compounds that exhibit anti-pathogenic properties without triggering antibiotic resistance. Butyrate has received increasing attention as a promising candidate for the treatment of bacterial infections in the gastrointestinal tract, particularly when antibiotic treatment is contraindicated. This literature survey summarizes recently investigated antibacterial and immunemodulatory effects of butyrate. This survey revealed that butyrate exerts direct antimicrobial effects against distinct strains of Acinetobacter baumannii, Escherichia coli, Bacillus, and Staphylococcus species. In addition, in vitro and in vivo studies confirmed indirect antimicrobial effects of butyrate, which were exhibited via induction of host defensin production as well as by activation of innate and adaptive immune responses. Finally, the synergistic action of butyrate in combination with other antimicrobial compounds results in a striking clearance of bacterial pathogens. In conclusion, butyrate and its derivatives might be considered as promising antibacterial and immune-modulatory agents in order to tackle bacterial infections without antibiotics.
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- Ke Du
- Institute of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Gastrointestinal Microbiology Research Group, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Gastrointestinal Microbiology Research Group, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Gastrointestinal Microbiology Research Group, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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Comparison of Class 2 Integron Integrase Activities. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:967-978. [PMID: 33543359 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-021-02352-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Integrons play important roles in the dissemination of antimicrobial resistant genes among bacteria. Class 2 integrons usually has an internal stop codon, TAA, in integrase genes (intI2), leading to a truncated integrase, IntI2*. However, a few class 2 integrons with a natural full-length integrase have been reported. In this study, the sequences of natural full-length intI2 were extracted from INTEGRALL database and analyzed. A total of 236 sequences of intI2 were retrieved from INTEGRALL database, only seven of which were natural full-length intI2 genes and could be divided into five types according to their coding amino acid sequence. Quantitative real-time PCR was used to detect gene cassette sat2 integration and excision efficiency catalyzed by different natural full-length IntI2s. The results showed that all five IntI2s could catalyze attI2 × attCsat2 integration and attCdfrA1/sat2 × attCsat2/aadA1 excision in Escherichia coli. Integration and excision frequency catalyzed by IntI2A176 was highest and was about twofold as high as those catalyzed by IntI2S175_A176. The secondary structure of the IntI2 was predicted by online software. Polymorphisms of these five IntI2s were limited within residues 172, 174, 175, 176 and 256, and these residues were all far away from the predicted DNA binding regions or catalyzed sites. Influence of amino acid sequence polymorphisms of these natural full-length IntI2s on their catalyzed activities is limited.
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Lessons and Considerations for the Creation of Universal Primers Targeting Non-Conserved, Horizontally Mobile Genes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:AEM.02181-20. [PMID: 33277268 PMCID: PMC7851684 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02181-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Effective and accurate primer design is an increasingly important skill as the use of PCR-based diagnostics in clinical and environmental settings is on the rise. While universal primer sets have been successfully designed for highly conserved core genes such as 16S rRNA and characteristic genes such as dsrAB and dnaJ, primer sets for mobile, accessory genes such as multidrug resistance efflux pumps (MDREP) have not been explored. Here, we describe an approach to create universal primer sets for select MDREP genes chosen from five superfamilies (SMR, MFS, MATE, ABC and RND) identified in a model community of six members (Acetobacterium woodii, Bacillus subtilis, Desulfovibrio vulgaris, Geoalkalibacter subterraneus, Pseudomonas putida and Thauera aromatica). Using sequence alignments and in silico PCR analyses, a new approach for creating universal primers sets targeting mobile, non-conserved genes has been developed and compared to more traditional approaches used for highly conserved genes. A discussion of the potential shortfalls of the primer sets designed this way are described. The approach described here can be adapted to any unique gene set and aid in creating a wider, more robust library of primer sets to detect less conserved genes and improve the field of PCR-based screening research.IMPORTANCE Increasing use of molecular detection methods, specifically PCR and qPCR, requires utmost confidence in the results while minimizing false positives and negatives due to poor primer designs. Frequently, these detection methods are focused on conserved, core genes which limits their applications. These screening methods are being used in various industries for specific genetic targets or key organisms such as viral or infectious strains, or characteristic genes indicating the presence of key metabolic processes. The significance of this work is to improve primer design approaches to broaden the scope of detectable genes. The use of the techniques explored here will improve detection of non-conserved genes through unique primer design approaches. Additionally, the approaches here highlight additional, important information which can be gleaned during the in silico phase of primer design which will improve our gene annotations based on percent identities.
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Antimicrobial Resistance in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals: A Brief Review. Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ 2021; 11:71-82. [PMID: 34542450 PMCID: PMC8314330 DOI: 10.3390/ejihpe11010006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The reduction in infectious disease morbidity and mortality may be attributed to a variety of factors; however, improved sanitation and public health, and the introduction of vaccines and antibiotics are among the most significant. The development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacterial pathogens is an expected consequence of evolutionary adaptation to these noxious agents and the widespread use of these drugs has significantly sped up this process. Infections caused by multidrug resistant pathogens are directly associated with worse clinical outcomes, longer hospital stays, excess mortality in the affected patients and an increasing burden and costs on the healthcare infrastructure. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were published in 2015 by the United Nations to serve as a global blueprint for a better, more equitable, more sustainable life on our planet. The SDGs contextualize AMR as a global public health and societal issue; in addition, the continuing emergence of AMR may limit the attainment on many SDGs. The aim of this mini-review is to provide insight on the interface between attainment of SDGs and the clinical problem of drug resistance in bacteria.
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Echeverría-Vega A, Morales-Vicencio P, Saez-Saavedra C, Alvarez MA, Gordillo F, Del-Valle R, Solís ME, Araya R. Characterization of the Bacteriophage vB_VorS-PVo5 Infection on Vibrio ordalii: A Model for Phage-Bacteria Adsorption in Aquatic Environments. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:550979. [PMID: 33193133 PMCID: PMC7661435 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.550979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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A mathematical first-order difference equation was designed to predict the dynamics of the phage-bacterium adsorption process in aquatic environments, under laboratory conditions. Our model requires knowledge of bacteria and bacteriophage concentrations and the measurements of bacterial size and velocity to predict both the number of bacteriophages adsorbed onto their bacterial host and the number of infected bacteria in a given specific time. It does not require data from previously performed adhesion experiments. The predictions generated by our model were validated in laboratory. Our model was initially conceived as an estimator for the effectiveness of the inoculation of phages as antibacterial therapy for aquaculture, is also suitable for a wide range of potential applications.
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- Alex Echeverría-Vega
- Centro de Investigación en Estudios Avanzados del Maule (CIEAM), Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Costera, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Recursos Biológicos, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Costera, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Recursos Biológicos, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile
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- Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile
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- Centro de Biotecnología de los Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Agronomía y Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile
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- Departamento de Matemática, Física y Estadística, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile
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- Departamento de Matemática, Física y Estadística, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile
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- Instituto de Ciencias Naturales Alexander von Humboldt, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Recursos Biológicos, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile
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Grzeszczuk Z, Rosillo A, Owens Ó, Bhattacharjee S. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) As a Surface Mapping Tool in Microorganisms Resistant Toward Antimicrobials: A Mini-Review. Front Pharmacol 2020; 11:517165. [PMID: 33123004 PMCID: PMC7567160 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.517165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The worldwide emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in pathogenic microorganisms, including bacteria and viruses due to a plethora of reasons, such as genetic mutation and indiscriminate use of antimicrobials, is a major challenge faced by the healthcare sector today. One of the issues at hand is to effectively screen and isolate resistant strains from sensitive ones. Utilizing the distinct nanomechanical properties (e.g., elasticity, intracellular turgor pressure, and Young’s modulus) of microbes can be an intriguing way to achieve this; while atomic force microscopy (AFM), with or without modification of the tips, presents an effective way to investigate such biophysical properties of microbial surfaces or an entire microbial cell. Additionally, advanced AFM instruments, apart from being compatible with aqueous environments—as often is the case for biological samples—can measure the adhesive forces acting between AFM tips/cantilevers (conjugated to bacterium/virion, substrates, and molecules) and target cells/surfaces to develop informative force-distance curves. Moreover, such force spectroscopies provide an idea of the nature of intercellular interactions (e.g., receptor-ligand) or propensity of microbes to aggregate into densely packed layers, that is, the formation of biofilms—a property of resistant strains (e.g., Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa). This mini-review will revisit the use of single-cell force spectroscopy (SCFS) and single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS) that are emerging as powerful additions to the arsenal of researchers in the struggle against resistant microbes, identify their strengths and weakness and, finally, prioritize some future directions for research.
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- School of Physics, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Zhao S, Li C, Hsu CH, Tyson GH, Strain E, Tate H, Tran TT, Abbott J, McDermott PF. Comparative Genomic Analysis of 450 Strains of Salmonella enterica Isolated from Diseased Animals. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11091025. [PMID: 32883017 PMCID: PMC7564550 DOI: 10.3390/genes11091025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Salmonella is a leading cause of bacterial infections in animals and humans. We sequenced a collection of 450 Salmonella strains from diseased animals to better understand the genetic makeup of their virulence and resistance features. The presence of Salmonella pathogenicity islands (SPIs) varied by serotype. S. Enteritidis carried the most SPIs (n = 15), while S. Mbandaka, S. Cerro, S. Meleagridis, and S. Havana carried the least (n = 10). S. Typhimurium, S. Choleraesuis, S. I 4,5,12:i:-, and S. Enteritidis each contained the spv operon on IncFII or IncFII-IncFIB hybrid plasmids. Two S. IIIa carried a spv operon with spvD deletion on the chromosome. Twelve plasmid types including 24 hybrid plasmids were identified. IncA/C was frequently associated with S. Newport (83%) and S. Agona (100%) from bovine, whereas IncFII (100%), IncFIB (100%), and IncQ1 (94%) were seen in S. Choleraesuis from swine. IncX (100%) was detected in all S. Kentucky from chicken. A total of 60 antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs), four disinfectant resistances genes (DRGs) and 33 heavy metal resistance genes (HMRGs) were identified. The Salmonella strains from sick animals contained various SPIs, resistance genes and plasmid types based on the serotype and source of the isolates. Such complicated genomic structures shed light on the strain characteristics contributing to the severity of disease and treatment failures in Salmonella infections, including those causing illnesses in animals.
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Antistaphylococcal Activity of Extracts, Fractions, and Compounds of Acacia polyacantha Wild (Fabaceae). EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2020; 2020:2654247. [PMID: 32256637 PMCID: PMC7102469 DOI: 10.1155/2020/2654247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 01/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Acacia polyacantha is a medicinal plant traditionally used to treat livestock diseases and gastrointestinal infections; our study was undertaken to evaluate the antistaphylococcal activities of the methanolic leaf, bark, and root extracts, fractions, and compounds from Acacia polyacantha against a panel of 14 multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus bacterial strains overexpressing efflux pumps. The study was also extended to investigate two possible modes of action, that is, influence on bacterial growth kinetics and influence on proton-ATPase pumps, of the most active compound against a reference strain. Materials and Methods. The crude extracts after extraction were subjected to column chromatography. Antibacterial assays of extracts, fractions, and compounds alone and in the presence of efflux pump inhibitors were carried out using the broth microdilution method and the study of two mechanisms of action achieved by standard methods with the most active compound. Results. The phytochemical study of Acacia polyacantha leaves leads to the isolation of stigmasterol (1), β-amyrin (2), 3-O-methyl-D-chiro-inositol (3), epicatechin (4), quercetin-3-O-galactoside (5), 3-O-[β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1 ⟶ 4)-β-D-galactopyranosyl]-oleanolic acid (6), 3-O-[β-galactopyranosyl-(1⟶ 4)-β-D-galactopyranosyl]-oleanolic acid (7) and that of leaves lead to the isolation of lupeol (8) 2,3-dihydroxypropyltetracosanoate (9), and methyl-gallate (10). Leaf, root, and bark extracts inhibited 92.85% (13/14), 92.85% (13/14), and 71.43 % (10/14) of the tested bacteria strains, respectively, with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) varying between 16 and 1024 μg/mL. Fractions exhibited better activities compared to those of their extracts of origin, as their MICs ranged from 16 to 512 μg/mL, with fractions from leaves being more active than those obtained from barks. Compounds had varying activities; MICs varied from 16 to 512 μg/mL with compound 4 presenting the best activity as MICs ≤100 μg/mL were obtained against 11 of the tested bacteria. The activities of extracts, fractions, and compounds were improved in the presence of carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) as an efflux pump inhibitor to as much as >128 folds. Meanwhile, in the presence of chlorpromazine as an efflux pump inhibitor, only the activity of compound 10 was improved on 10 of the tested bacteria strains. Compound 4 prolonged the lag phase of the growth kinetic in a concentration-dependent manner and equally inhibited the proton-ATPase pumps of the tested bacteria strains. Conclusion. The present study demonstrates the antistaphylococcal potential of Acacia polyacantha and its constituents to combat bacterial infections alone or in combination with efflux pump inhibitors.
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Occurrence and Characteristics of Mobile Colistin Resistance ( mcr) Gene-Containing Isolates from the Environment: A Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17031028. [PMID: 32041167 PMCID: PMC7036836 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17031028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The emergence and spread of mobile colistin (COL) resistance (mcr) genes jeopardize the efficacy of COL, a last resort antibiotic for treating deadly infections. COL has been used in livestock for decades globally. Bacteria have mobilized mcr genes (mcr-1 to mcr-9). Mcr-gene-containing bacteria (MGCB) have disseminated by horizontal/lateral transfer into diverse ecosystems, including aquatic, soil, botanical, wildlife, animal environment, and public places. The mcr-1, mcr-2, mcr-3, mcr-5, mcr-7, and mcr-8 have been detected in isolates from and/or directly in environmental samples. These genes are harboured by Escherichia coli, Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Proteus, Salmonella, Citrobacter, Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, Kluyvera, Aeromonas, Providencia, and Raulotella isolates. Different conjugative and non-conjugative plasmids form the backbones for mcr in these isolates, but mcr have also been integrated into the chromosome of some strains. Insertion sequences (IS) (especially ISApl1) located upstream or downstream of mcr, class 1–3 integrons, and transposons are other drivers of mcr in the environment. Genes encoding multi-/extensive-drug resistance and virulence are often co-located with mcr on plasmids in environmental isolates. Transmission of mcr to/among environmental strains is clonally unrestricted. Contact with the mcr-containing reservoirs, consumption of contaminated animal-/plant-based foods or water, international animal-/plant-based food trades and travel, are routes for transmission of MGCB.
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Antibiotic Resistance and Epigenetics: More to It than Meets the Eye. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2020; 64:AAC.02225-19. [PMID: 31740560 DOI: 10.1128/aac.02225-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The discovery of antibiotics in the last century is considered one of the most important achievements in the history of medicine. Antibiotic usage has significantly reduced morbidity and mortality associated with bacterial infections. However, inappropriate use of antibiotics has led to emergence of antibiotic resistance at an alarming rate. Antibiotic resistance is regarded as a major health care challenge of this century. Despite extensive research, well-documented biochemical mechanisms and genetic changes fail to fully explain mechanisms underlying antibiotic resistance. Several recent reports suggest a key role for epigenetics in the development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria. The intrinsic heterogeneity as well as transient nature of epigenetic inheritance provides a plausible backdrop for high-paced emergence of drug resistance in bacteria. The methylation of adenines and cytosines can influence mutation rates in bacterial genomes, thus modulating antibiotic susceptibility. In this review, we discuss a plethora of recently discovered epigenetic mechanisms and their emerging roles in antibiotic resistance. We also highlight specific epigenetic mechanisms that merit further investigation for their role in antibiotic resistance.
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Shedko ED, Timoshina O, Azyzov IS. Molecular epidemiology of mcr gene group. CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY 2020. [DOI: 10.36488/cmac.2020.4.287-300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Colistin and polymyxin B are the “last reserve” antimicrobials for the treatment of extensively drug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections. The rapidly increasing prevalence of polymyxin resistance mediated by the mcr gene localized on plasmid DNA currently poses a high epidemiological threat. In order to control a distribution of mcr genes, it is necessary to develop highly accurate, highly sensitive and easy-to-use diagnostic tools. This paper provides a review of the most relevant studies on the molecular epidemiology as well as current approaches to microbiological and molecular detection of mcr group genes.
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Effects of Dietary Chicory ( Chicorium intybus L.) and Probiotic Blend as Natural Feed Additives on Performance Traits, Blood Biochemistry, and Gut Microbiota of Broiler Chickens. Antibiotics (Basel) 2019; 9:antibiotics9010005. [PMID: 31861921 PMCID: PMC7168175 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics9010005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The experiment was designed to determine the effect of different levels of chicory (Chicorium intybus L.) powder and a probiotic blend (PrimaLac®) on productive performance, blood biochemical parameters, and ileal microbiota in broiler chickens. A total of 225 one-day-old broilers (Ross 308) were used in a completely randomized design with five experimental diets as follows: 1—basal-diet without supplements (control-group); 2—basal-diet including probiotic blend; 3— basal-diet including 0.10% chicory; 4—basal-diet including 0.15% chicory; 5—basal-diet including 0.20% chicory. At 42 days of age, representative birds per replicate were randomly selected for blood samples and carcass measurements. Results showed that the body weight gain of broilers fed the probiotic blend or 0.10% chicory was significantly (P < 0.05) higher than those fed on the other treatments. The abdominal fat pad was significantly (P < 0.05) lower in birds fed diets including chicory compared with control or probiotic. Blood triglycerides and LDL levels were reduced (P < 0.05) and HDL increased (P < 0.05) when fed probiotic or chicory whereas no significant effect on the other serum parameters was found. Broiler ileal microflora from the control group had significantly (P < 0.05) higher count of E. coli and lower Lactobacillus than those from the other groups. From findings, it is possible to conclude that dietary chicory powder supported positively growth performance and improved gut microbiota in broiler chickens. However, more research is needed on this subject to better understand the mode of action of feed additives used.
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Zaidi FZ, Dali-Yahia R, Zenati K, Yazi L, Lounes M, Aberkane S, Jean Pierre H, Barraud O, Godreuil S, Touati A. Characterization of VIM-4 Producing Clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Western Algeria: Sequence Type and Class 1 Integron Description. Microb Drug Resist 2019; 26:1437-1441. [PMID: 31829797 DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2019.0225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Objectives: Pseudomonas aeruginosa occupies a central position in nosocomial infections and remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to characterize carbapenem resistance mechanisms in P. aeruginosa isolates from clinical specimens collected at the University Hospital of Oran, western Algeria. Materials and Methods: The identification of 214 nonduplicated P. aeruginosa isolates (collected from January to December 2016) was confirmed using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. Thirteen antibiotics were tested using the disc diffusion method. Carbapenemase-encoding genes were detected with the GeneXpert system and multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Clonal relatedness was determined using multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and the seven housekeeping genes were further used for phylogenetic analysis of imipenem-resistant P. aeruginosa using concatenated gene fragments. The flanking regions of the blaVIM-4 gene were analyzed by whole-genome sequencing. Results: Eleven isolates (5.39%) were resistant to carbapenems. PCR amplification and sequencing showed that six of these isolates (2.94%) harbored the blaVIM-4 gene that was carried on a novel class 1 integron. MLST analysis assigned the tested isolates to seven different sequence types (STs), of which two were new (ST3349 and ST3350) and five were previously described (ST244, ST499, ST709, ST809, and ST1239). Conclusion: In this study, we reported P. aeruginosa isolates producing VIM-4 in an Algerian hospital. The blaVIM-4 is harbored in class 1 integron with a new arrangement of genes cassettes.
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- Fatma Zohra Zaidi
- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Microbienne, FSNV, Université de Bejaia, Bejaia, Algérie.,Laboratoire de Bactériologie, CHU de Montpellier, MIVEGEC, IRD-CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Microbienne, FSNV, Université de Bejaia, Bejaia, Algérie
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie, EHU d'Oran, Oran, Algérie
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie, CHU de Montpellier, MIVEGEC, IRD-CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie, CHU de Montpellier, MIVEGEC, IRD-CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie, CHU de Montpellier, MIVEGEC, IRD-CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- University Limoges, INSERM, CHU Limoges, RESINFIT, U1092, Limoges, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Microbienne, FSNV, Université de Bejaia, Bejaia, Algérie
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Mc Carlie S, Boucher CE, Bragg RR. Molecular basis of bacterial disinfectant resistance. Drug Resist Updat 2019; 48:100672. [PMID: 31830738 DOI: 10.1016/j.drup.2019.100672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Revised: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Antibiotic resistance could accelerate humanity towards an already fast-approaching post-antibiotic era, where disinfectants and effective biosecurity measures will be critically important to control microbial diseases. Disinfectant resistance has the potential to change our way of life from compromising food security to threatening our medical health systems. Resistance to antimicrobial agents occurs through either intrinsic or acquired resistance mechanisms. Acquired resistance occurs through the efficient transfer of mobile genetic elements, which can carry single, or multiple resistance determinants. Drug resistance genes may form part of integrons, transposons and insertions sequences which are capable of intracellular transfer onto plasmids or gene cassettes. Thereafter, resistance plasmids and gene cassettes mobilize by self-transmission between bacteria, increasing the prevalence of drug resistance determinants in a bacterial population. An accumulation of drug resistance genes through these mechanisms gives rise to multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria. The study of this mobility is integral to safeguard current antibiotics, disinfectants and other antimicrobials. Literature evidence, however, indicates that knowledge regarding disinfectant resistance is severly limited. Genome engineering such as the CRISPR-Cas system, has identified disinfectant resistance genes, and reversed resistance altogether in certain prokaryotes. Demonstrating that these techniques could prove invaluable in the combat against disinfectant resistance by uncovering the secrets of MDR bacteria.
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Hossain S, Wickramanayake MVKS, Dahanayake PS, Heo GJ. Occurrence of Virulence and Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Determinants in Vibrio spp. Isolated from Marketed Hard-Shelled Mussel ( Mytilus coruscus). Microb Drug Resist 2019; 26:391-401. [PMID: 31596685 DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2019.0131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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This study investigated the occurrence of virulence and antimicrobial resistance properties in Vibrio spp. isolated from hard-shelled mussel (Mytilus coruscus) marketed in Korea. A total of 32 Vibrio spp. isolates including Vibrio diabolicus (n = 16), Vibrio alginolyticus (n = 13), Vibrio parahaemolyticus (n = 2), and Vibrio harveyi (n = 1) were identified by gyrB gene sequencing. Every isolate grouped with their respective reference sequence excluding V. diabolicus and V. alginolyticus that were intermixed in a neighbor-joining phylogenetic tree. Every Vibrio spp. showed DNase and gelatinase activities. Phospholipase, slime, caseinase, lipase, β-hemolysis, and α-hemolysis were positive in 31 (96.8%), 31 (96.8%), 29 (93.5%), 28 (87.5%), 17 (53.1%), and 9 (28.1%) isolates, respectively. The PCR amplification of virulence genes displayed that V. alginolyticus-specific (toxR, tlh, VAC, and VPI) genes were detected in 23 (71.9%), 18 (56.3%), 21 (65.6%), and 26 (81.3%) isolates, respectively. V. parahaemolyticus-specific (toxR and tlh) genes were harbored by 2 (6.3%) and 2 (6.3%) isolates, respectively. The other virulence genes including ctxAB and hupO genes were observed in 23 (71.9%) and 16 (50.0%) isolates, respectively. The antimicrobial resistance was prevalent for amoxicillin (100.0%), ampicillin (100.0%), and streptomycin (37.5%) in disk diffusion test. Multiple antimicrobial resistance index ranged from 0.09 to 0.22. The extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) genes, blaCTX, blaTEM, blaSHV, and blaOXA were detected in 28 (87.5%), 13 (40.6%), 7 (21.8%), and 1 (3.1%) isolates, respectively. Non-ESBLs such as streptomycin resistance (strA.B), kanamycin resistance (aphA-IAB), and tetracycline resistance (tetE) genes were found in 5 (15.6%), 3 (9.4%), and 1 (3.1%) isolates. Class 1 integron-related Integrase 1 (intI1) gene was found in 8 (25.0%) isolates. Our results reveal that the consumption of raw mussels may cause a potential public health risks owing to the virulent and antimicrobial-resistant Vibrio spp.
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- Sabrina Hossain
- Veterinary Medical Center and College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea
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- Veterinary Medical Center and College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea
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- Veterinary Medical Center and College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea
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Barour D, Berghiche A, Boulebda N. Antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli isolates from cattle in Eastern Algeria. Vet World 2019; 12:1195-1203. [PMID: 31641297 PMCID: PMC6755386 DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2019.1195-1203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background and Aim Lack of information about the antibiotic resistance in commensal Escherichia coli from Algerian livestock prompted us to do this study to determine the different levels of antimicrobial susceptibility, antibiotic multidrug resistance (MDR) rates, and phenotypical patterns of E. coli strains isolated from healthy cattle to control the spread of animal-resistant strains to humans and the environment. Materials and Methods A total of 198 cattle were sampled (swabbed in the rectum), reared in the farms of Souk Ahras, Tebessa, and Oum el Bouaghi governorates of Eastern Algeria. Isolation of E. coli strains was performed on MacConkey agar and then the different strains were identified to the species level using an API 20E identification kit. Antimicrobial susceptibility was determined using a panel of 13 antibiotic disks by disk diffusion method on Mueller-Hinton agar. The double-disk synergy test with cefotaxime and amoxicillin-clavulanate disks was used for the screening of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase phenotypes. For colistin susceptibility, the minimum inhibitory concentration was examined using broth microdilutions technique. Results The results showed that among the 198 E. coli isolates, elevated resistance rates were observed for ampicillin (59.09%) and tetracycline (43.43%), and moderate resistance rates for cephalothin (16.16%), trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (15.15%), and amoxicillin/clavulanate (11.62%); however, low resistance rates were found for nalidixic acid (8.08%), ciprofloxacin (7.07%), kanamycin (6.56%), cefotaxime (4.54%), chloramphenicol (4.04%), nitrofurantoin (2.52%), cefoxitin (2.02%), gentamycin (1.01%), and no resistance to colistin. However, nine extended-spectrum ß-lactamases producing E. coli strains were identified. Forty-four different patterns were determined, indicating a wide variety of resistance, ranging from one antimicrobial to a combination of 10. Analysis of coresistances revealed that 63 isolates (31.82%) were susceptible to all antibiotics used in the study, 42 isolates (21.21%) were resistant to one antibiotic, 43 isolates (21.72%) were resistant to two antibiotics, 24 isolates (12.12%) resistant to three antibiotics, 26 isolates (13.13%) were resistant for more than three agents, and 45 isolates (22.73%) were MDR (which means resistant to three or more families of antibiotics). Conclusion This study demonstrates that commensal E. coli remains a potential source of antibiotic resistance in view of the high prevalence of antimicrobial resistance. The vast range of MDR phenotypes, especially extended-spectrum ß-lactamases producing strains, emphasizes the urgent requirement to adopt measures to control the use of antimicrobials, in particular, by private veterinarians, as well as the strengthening of veterinary surveillance networks for antimicrobial resistance to control the spread of MDR bacteria from animals to humans and the environment.
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- Djanette Barour
- Department of Veterinary Science, Institute of Agronomic and Veterinarian Sciences, University of Mohamed Cherif Messaâdia, Souk Ahras, Algeria.,Laboratory of Science and Technique of the Living, University of Mohamed Cherif Messaâdia, Souk Ahras, Algeria
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- Department of Veterinary Science, Institute of Agronomic and Veterinarian Sciences, University of Mohamed Cherif Messaâdia, Souk Ahras, Algeria.,Laboratory of Science and Technique of the Living, University of Mohamed Cherif Messaâdia, Souk Ahras, Algeria
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- Department of Veterinary Science, Institute of Agronomic and Veterinarian Sciences, University of Mohamed Cherif Messaâdia, Souk Ahras, Algeria.,Laboratory of Science and Technique of the Living, University of Mohamed Cherif Messaâdia, Souk Ahras, Algeria
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Mahajan H, Singh Arora D, Singh H, Jain SK, Namarta K, Singh J. Scientific validation of the antimicrobial and antiproliferative potential of Clerodendrum serratum (L. ) Moon, its phytoconstituents and their biosafety by acute oral toxicity study. Drug Chem Toxicol 2019; 44:620-630. [PMID: 31368375 DOI: 10.1080/01480545.2019.1643875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The screening of aqueous extract of Clerodendrum serratum revealed its broad-spectrum antimicrobial potential against Gram positive, Gram negative bacteria, and yeast. Optimizing the extraction strategies, revealed 15% concentration of aqueous extract prepared at 40 °C by extracting for 40 min, as optimum parameters and its statistical optimization by Box-Behnken design led to 1.16-1.35 folds enhancement in activity. Organic solvent extraction further improved the activity where methanol proved to be the best organic extractant which was effective against all the 13 pathogens tested with inhibition zone ranging from 14 to 32 mm. Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) study endorsed the methanolic extract to be the best organic extractant, as it showed the lowest MIC (0.5-10 mg/ml) in comparison to aqueous extract (1-10 mg/ml) as well as Partially Purified Phytoconstituents i.e., flavonoids (1-5 mg/ml), diterpenes (5-10 mg/ml) and cardiac glycosides (5-10 mg/ml). All these were found to be biosafe in both In-vitro (Ames and MTT assay) and In-vivo toxicity studies. Acute oral toxicity testing of flavonoids (2000 mg/ml) on Wistar rats did not reveal any significant change in relative organ weight, biochemical, hematological parameters and organs' architecture in comparison to control. Antiproliferative potential of flavonoids against human cancerous cell lines i.e., HeLa, HCT-15, and U87-MG, further increase the importance of this plant as a promising candidate for drug development. The overall study justified the medicinal importance of this plant.
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- Himadri Mahajan
- Microbial Technology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
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- Microbial Technology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
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Das N, Madhavan J, Selvi A, Das D. An overview of cephalosporin antibiotics as emerging contaminants: a serious environmental concern. 3 Biotech 2019; 9:231. [PMID: 31139546 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-019-1766-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Antibiotics have been categorized as emerging pollutants due to their indiscriminate usage, continuous input and persistence in various environmental matrices even at lower concentrations. Cephalosporins are the broad-spectrum antibiotics of β-lactam family. Owing to its enormous production and consumption, it is reported as the second most prescribed antibiotic classes in Europe. The cephalosporin wastewater contains toxic organic compounds, inorganic salts, and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) which pose a potential threat to the organisms in the environment. Therefore, removal of cephalosporin antibiotics from the environment has become mandatory as it contributes to increase in the level of chemical oxygen demand (COD), causing toxicity of the effluent and production of cephalosporin-resistant microbes. So far, several processes have been reported for degradation/removal of cephalosporins from the environment. A number of individual studies have been published within the last decade covering the various aspects of antibiotics. However, a detailed compilation on cephalosporin antibiotics as an emerging environmental contaminant is still lacking. Hence, the present review intends to highlight the current ecological scenario with respect to distribution, toxicity, degradation, various remediation technologies, and the regulatory aspects concerning cephalosporins. The latest successful technologies for cephalosporin degradation/removal discussed in this review will help researchers for a better understanding of the nature and persistence of cephalosporins in the environment along with the risks associated with their existence. The research thrust discussed in this review will also evoke new technologies to be attempted by the future researchers to develop sustainable options to remediate cephalosporin-contaminated environments.
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- Nilanjana Das
- 1Bioremediation Laboratory, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, VIT, Vellore, Tamilnadu 632014 India
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- 2Solar Energy Lab, Department of Chemistry, Thiruvalluvar University, Serkadu, Vellore, Tamilnadu 632115 India
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- 3Environmental Molecular Microbiology Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University, Serkadu, Vellore, Tamilnadu 632115 India
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- 4Department of Biotechnology, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu India
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Haq A, Siddiqi M, Batool SZ, Islam A, Khan A, Khan D, Khan S, Khan H, Shah AA, Hasan F, Ahmed S, Badshah M. Comprehensive investigation on the synergistic antibacterial activities of Jatropha curcas pressed cake and seed oil in combination with antibiotics. AMB Express 2019; 9:67. [PMID: 31102037 PMCID: PMC6525210 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-019-0793-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Synergistic combinations of various antimicrobial agents are considered ideal strategies in combating clinical and multidrug resistant (MDR) infections. In this study, antibacterial potential of Jatropha curcas crude seed extracts, seed oil, commercially available antibiotics, and their combinations were investigated for their synergistic effect against clinical, MDR and ATCC bacterial strains by agar well diffusion assay. Methanolic extracts remained more active against Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC), with zone of inhibition (ZOI) of 21 mm, than clinical and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains (ZOI range ~ 15.0-17.0 mm). Molecular docking demonstrated that beta-monolaurin from methanolic extract exhibited greater affinity conformation for UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-tripeptide-D-alanyl-D-alanine (MurF) ligase's active pocket with binding energy of -7.3 kcal/mol. Moxifloxacin exhibited greater activity against Escherichia coli (ATCC) (ZOI ~ 50.0 mm), followed by ofloxacin against Pseudomonas chlororaphis (47.3 mm), moxifloxacin against P. monteilii (47 mm), P. aeruginosa (46.3 mm) and MRSA2 (46 mm) and ofloxacin against S. aureus (ATCC) strains (45.7 mm). Methanolic extract in combination with rifampicin showed the highest synergism against MRSA strains, A. baumannii, E. coli, E. faecalis, S. aureus, and P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii (MDR strain), P. chlororaphis, E. coli ATCC25922 and S. aureus ATCC25923. In combinations, moxifloxacin exhibited the highest antagonism. The methanolic, n-hexane, aqueous extracts and seed oil in various combinations with antibiotics showed 44.71, 32.94, 9.41 and 25.88% synergism, respectively. The current study showed that potency of antibiotics was improved when screened in combination with J. curcas seed's components, supporting the drug combination strategy to combat antibacterial resistance.
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- Abdul Haq
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320 Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320 Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320 Pakistan
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- Postgraduate Program in Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901 Brazil
- Present Address: Sulaiman Bin Abdullah Aba Al Khail Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, 44000 Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320 Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320 Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320 Pakistan
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- Centre for Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Swat, Swat, 19200 Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320 Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320 Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320 Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320 Pakistan
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Dharmawati IGAA, Mahadewa TGB, Widyadharma IPE. Antibacterial Activity of Lumbricus Rubellus Earthworm Extract Against Porphyromonas Gingivalis as the Bacterial Cause of Periodontitis. Open Access Maced J Med Sci 2019; 7:1032-1036. [PMID: 30976356 PMCID: PMC6454178 DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2019.222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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AIM: The purpose of this study was to determine the antibacterial activity of Lumbricus rubellus earthworms through inhibitory zone diameter to the growth of the bacterium Phorphyromonas gingivalis as the cause of periodontitis. METHODS: This was an experimental study with randomised posttest-only control group design. The study was conducted at the Microbiology Research Center laboratory at the Faculty of Dentistry, Airlangga University, Indonesia. The study was conducted in vitro, the sample size was calculated using the Federer formula as many as four agar plates containing bacteria Phorphyromonas gingivalis, with each plate given five different treatments: control (ethanol), Lumbricus rubellus earthworm extract (ECT) with concentrations of 50%, 25%, 12.5%, and 6.25% respectively. The data in the form of inhibition zone diameter (measured in millimetres) obtained were tested using One-Way ANOVA. RESULTS: The mean diameter of the inhibitory zone extract of Lumbricus rubellus earthworm on the growth of Phorphyromonas gingivalis bacteria in the treatment group had significant differences (p < 0.05). The mean inhibition zones between controls and the ECT treatment group (ECT 50%, ECT 25%, ECT 12.5%) were statistically different (p < 0.05), in contrast with ECT 6.25% (p > 0.05) which did not show significant difference with the control group (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Lumbricus rubellus earthworm extract with a concentration of 50% has the largest diameter of the inhibitory zone on the growth of the Phorphyromonas gingivalis bacteria. The 6.25% earthworm extract showed no antibacterial activity against the growth of Phorphyromonas gingivalis bacteria.
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- Neurology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Sanglah General Hospital, Bali, Indonesia
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Istiaq A, Shuvo MSR, Rahman KMJ, Siddique MA, Hossain MA, Sultana M. Adaptation of metal and antibiotic resistant traits in novel β-Proteobacterium Achromobacter xylosoxidans BHW-15. PeerJ 2019; 7:e6537. [PMID: 30886770 PMCID: PMC6421061 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Chromosomal co-existence of metal and antibiotic resistance genes in bacteria offers a new perspective to the bacterial resistance proliferation in contaminated environment. In this study, an arsenotrophic bacterium Achromobacter xylosoxidans BHW-15, isolated from Arsenic (As) contaminated tubewell water in the Bogra district of Bangladesh, was analyzed using high throughput Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM) complete genome sequencing scheme to reveal its adaptive potentiality. The assembled draft genome of A. xylosoxidans BHW-15 was 6.3 Mbp containing 5,782 functional genes, 1,845 pseudo genes, and three incomplete phage signature regions. Comparative genome study suggested the bacterium to be a novel strain of A. xylosoxidans showing significant dissimilarity with other relevant strains in metal resistance gene islands. A total of 35 metal resistance genes along with arsenite-oxidizing aioSXBA, arsenate reducing arsRCDAB, and mercury resistance merRTPADE operonic gene cluster and 20 broad range antibiotic resistance genes including β-lactams, aminoglycosides, and multiple multidrug resistance (MDR) efflux gene complex with a tripartite system OM-IM-MFP were found co-existed within the genome. Genomic synteny analysis with reported arsenotrophic bacteria revealed the characteristic genetic organization of ars and mer operonic genes, rarely described in β-Proteobacteria. A transposon Tn21 and mobile element protein genes were also detected to the end of mer (mercury) operonic genes, possibly a carrier for the gene transposition. In vitro antibiotic susceptibility assay showed a broad range of resistance against antibiotics belonging to β-lactams, aminoglycosides, cephalosporins (1st, 2nd, and 3rd generations), monobactams and even macrolides, some of the resistome determinants were predicted during in silico analysis. KEGG functional orthology analysis revealed the potential of the bacterium to utilize multiple carbon sources including one carbon pool by folate, innate defense mechanism against multiple stress conditions, motility, a proper developed cell signaling and processing unit and secondary metabolism-combination of all exhibiting a robust feature of the cell in multiple stressed conditions. The complete genome of the strain BHW-15 stands as a genetic basis for the evolutionary adaptation of metal and the antibiotic coexistence phenomenon in an aquatic environment.
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- Arif Istiaq
- Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Antibacterial and Antibiotic Modifying Potential of Crude Extracts, Fractions, and Compounds from Acacia polyacantha Willd. against MDR Gram-Negative Bacteria. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2019; 2019:7507549. [PMID: 30956683 PMCID: PMC6431460 DOI: 10.1155/2019/7507549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The present study aimed to assess the in vitro antibacterial and antibiotic modifying activities of methanol extracts prepared from the leaf (APL) and bark (APB) of Acacia polyacantha, fractions (APLa-d) and compounds isolated from APL against a panel of multidrug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria. Leaf extract was subjected to column chromatography for compounds isolation; antibacterial assays were performed on samples alone and with an efflux pump inhibitor (EPI), respectively, and several antibiotics on the tested bacteria. The phytochemical investigation of APL led to the isolation of stigmasterol (1), β-amyrin (2), 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosylstigmasterol (3), 3-O-methyl-D-chiro-inositol (4), epicatechin (5), quercetin-3-O-glucoside (6), 3-O-[β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-galactopyranosyl]-oleanolic acid (7), and 3-O-[β-galactopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-galactopyranosyl]-oleanolic acid (8). APL and APB had minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values ≤ 1024 μg/mL on 73.3% and 46.7% of the tested bacteria, respectively. APLb and APLd were effective against 88.9% of tested bacterial species with compound 8 showing the highest activity inhibiting 88.9% of tested bacteria. The EPI, phenylalanine-arginine-β-naphthylamide (PAßN), strongly improved the activity of APL, APLb, APLd, and compound 8 on all tested bacteria. Synergistic effects were obtained when APL and compounds 7 and 8 were combined with erythromycin (ERY), gentamycin (GEN), ciprofloxacin (CIP), and norfloxacin (NOR). The present study demonstrates the antibacterial potential of Acacia polyacantha and its constituents to combat bacterial infections alone or in combination with EPI.
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Silva IFD, Guimarães AL, Amorim VS, Silva TMGD, Peixoto RDM, Nunes XP, Silva TMS, Costa MMD. ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF ETHANOLIC EXTRACTS FROM Commiphora leptophloeos (MART.) J. B. GILLETT AGAINST Staphylococcus SPP. ISOLATED FROM CASES OF MASTITIS IN RUMINANTS. CIÊNCIA ANIMAL BRASILEIRA 2019. [DOI: 10.1590/1089-6891v20e-57228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Abstract Considering the therapeutic potential of medicinal plants as alternatives to antibiotic therapy, the research aims to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of Commiphora leptophloeos against isolates of Staphylococcus spp. from the milk of ruminants with subclinical mastitis. For this, the crude ethanolic extract from the bark and leaves of Commiphora leptophloeos was prepared, with these being chemically characterized by HPLC-DAD-MS and by MALDI-TOF. The extracts were then evaluated as to their antimicrobial effects against 60 isolates of Staphylococcus spp. through the broth microdilution technique to determine the minimum bactericidal concentration. In addition, the extracts were evaluated as to their ability to interfere with biofilm formation and with the already established biofilm. Although all tested extracts showed antimicrobial action, lower MBC values were recorded for the bark extract in the concentration 781.2 µg/mL (25/60). The extracts of the bark and leaves were able to interfere with the initial stages of biofilm formation, but there was no interference of the extract on the established biofilm. There was a high sensitivity of Staphylococcus spp. isolates from subclinical mastitis cases in ruminants when subjected to the extracts from bark and leaves of Commiphora leptophloeos, as well as regarding the ability of extracts to interfere in biofilm formation, indicating their potential in the use for ruminant mastitis therapy.
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Cadena M, Froenicke L, Britton M, Settles ML, Durbin-Johnson B, Kumimoto E, Gallardo RA, Ferreiro A, Chylkova T, Zhou H, Pitesky M. Transcriptome Analysis of Salmonella Heidelberg after Exposure to Cetylpyridinium Chloride, Acidified Calcium Hypochlorite, and Peroxyacetic Acid. J Food Prot 2019; 82:109-119. [PMID: 30702951 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-18-235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The application of RNA sequencing in commercial poultry could facilitate a novel approach toward food safety with respect to identifying conditions in food production that mitigate transcription of genes associated with virulence and survivability. In this study, we evaluated the effects of disinfectant exposure on the transcriptomes of two field isolates of Salmonella Heidelberg (SH) isolated from a commercial broiler processing plant in 1992 and 2014. The isolates were each exposed separately to the following disinfectants commonly used in poultry processing: cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC), acidified calcium hypochlorite (aCH), and peroxyacetic acid (PAA). Exposure times were 8 s with CPC to simulate a poultry processing dipping station or 90 min with aCH and PAA to simulate the chiller tank in a poultry processing plant at 4°C. Based on comparison with a publicly available annotated SH reference genome with 5,088 genes, 90 genes were identified as associated with virulence, pathogenicity, and resistance (VPR). Of these 90 VPR genes, 9 (10.0%), 28 (31.1%), and 1 (1.1%) gene were upregulated in SH 2014 and 21 (23.3%), 26 (28.9%), and 2 (2.2%) genes were upregulated in SH 2014 challenged with CPC, aCH, and PAA, respectively. This information and previously reported MICs for the three disinfectants with both SH isolates allow researchers to make more accurate recommendations regarding control methods of SH and public health considerations related to SH in food production facilities where SH has been isolated. For example, the MICs revealed that aCH is ineffective for SH inhibition at regulatory levels allowed for poultry processing and that aCH was ineffective for inhibiting SH growth and caused an upregulation of VPR genes.
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- Myrna Cadena
- 1 Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA.,2 Cooperative Extension, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- 3 Genome Center, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- 3 Genome Center, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- 3 Genome Center, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- 4 Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- 3 Genome Center, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- 1 Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- 1 Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA.,2 Cooperative Extension, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- 1 Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA.,2 Cooperative Extension, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- 5 Department of Animal Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- 1 Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA.,2 Cooperative Extension, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Santos R, Grilo M, Araújo M, Monteiro JL, Oliveira M. Asymptomatic carriage of antibiotic-resistant Gram-positive cocci among different background populations in East Timor, Southeast Asia. Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung 2018; 65:501-513. [PMID: 30010391 DOI: 10.1556/030.65.2018.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dissemination of pathogenic multiresistant bacteria is of public health concern. Reliable data can be difficult to obtain, especially in developing countries. This work aimed to characterize the skin and oropharyngeal microbiota, as well as their antimicrobial resistance profiles, of East-Timor populations to identify potentially pathogenic Gram-positive cocci. In order to assess the prevalence of pathogenic bacteria in East-Timor, the oropharyngeal and skin microbiota of 74 individuals was characterized. Gram-positive cocci were evaluated and their antimicrobial resistance profiles were determined. A total of 228 oropharyngeal and 278 skin samples were obtained. The population consisted of 36.5% of asymptomatic carriers of Gram-positive cocci. Kocuria rosea (n = 7, 19.4%), Staphylococcus spp. (n = 6, 16.7%), and Micrococcus luteus (n = 6, 16.7%) were isolated, among others. Antimicrobial resistance levels ranged between 0% and 36.1%, and a multiresistance profile was observed in one third of the isolates. Gram-positive cocci colonization was associated with age group. Prevalence of multiresistant isolates was higher in males who were sampled at the refugee camp. Results show that the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance on East Timor may be underestimated. This study represents the first step toward the full characterization of potential pathogenic Gram-positive cocci present in the populations from East Timor.
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- Raquel Santos
- 1 CIISA – Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- 1 CIISA – Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- 1 CIISA – Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- 1 CIISA – Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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In vitroAntimicrobial andin vivoLead Acetate Poison Abatement Study ofGarcinia kolaHeckel. JOURNAL OF TAIBAH UNIVERSITY FOR SCIENCE 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtusci.2017.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Mégraud F. Antibiotic Resistance Is the Key Element in Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection. Gastroenterology 2018; 155:1300-1302. [PMID: 30308190 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Francis Mégraud
- INSERM U1053, University of Bordeaux and National Reference Center for Campylobacter and Helicobacter, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
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