The sustained emergence of new declared bacterial species makes typing a continuous
challenge for microbiologists. Molecular biology techniques have a very significant role in …

The magnitude of infectious diseases in the twenty-first century created an urgent need for
point-of-care diagnostics. Critical shortages in reagents and testing kits have had a large …

Acinetobacter baumannii causes hospital-acquired infections, especially in those with
impaired immune function. Biocides or disinfectants are widely used antibacterial agents …

Genomics-based population analysis of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae
motivated a renewed interest on the capsule as an evolutionary and virulence marker of …

Acinetobacter johnsonii rarely causes human infections. While most A. johnsonii isolates are
susceptible to virtually all antibiotics, strains harboring a variety of β-lactamases have …

A summary of the major findings concerning light modulation in A cinetobacter baumannii,
which governs aspects related to the success of this microorganism as a nosocomial …

Bacterial coaggregation is a highly specific type of cell-cell interaction, well-documented
among oral bacteria, and involves specific characteristics of the cell surface of the …

Several studies have investigated the capacity of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy for fungal species
discrimination. However, preparation methods vary among studies. This study aims to …

Objectives The present study was designed to provide a snapshot on carbapenemase-
producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n= 11) and Acinetobacter baumannii (n= 7) isolates in …

Minocycline (MIN) and tigecycline (TIG) are antibiotics currently used for treatment of
multidrug-resistant nosocomial pathogens. In this work, we show that blue light, as well as …