The potential of human peptide LL-37 as an antimicrobial and anti-biofilm agent

KE Ridyard, J Overhage - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The rise in antimicrobial resistant bacteria threatens the current methods utilized to treat
bacterial infections. The development of novel therapeutic agents is crucial in avoiding a …

MgrB Mutations and Altered Cell Permeability in Colistin Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae

PSX Yap, WH Cheng, SK Chang, SHE Lim, KS Lai - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
There has been a resurgence in the clinical use of polymyxin antibiotics such as colistin due
to the limited treatment options for infections caused by carbapenem-resistant …

Synergistic effect and antibiofilm activity of the antimicrobial peptide K11 with conventional antibiotics against multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant …

C Chatupheeraphat, J Peamchai, S Luk-In… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Infections caused by drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae are now a serious
problem for public health, associated with high morbidity and mortality due to limited …

Prevalence of insertion sequence elements in plasmids relating to mgrB gene disruption causing colistin resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae

SME Fordham, A Mantzouratou… - Microbiologyopen, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Colistin is a last resort antibiotic for the treatment of carbapenemase producing Klebsiella
pneumoniae. The disruption of the mgrB gene by insertion sequences (ISs) is a mechanism …

Tea Tree Oil Improves Energy Metabolism, Non-Specific Immunity, and Microbiota Diversity via the Intestine–Hepatopancreas Axis in Macrobrachium rosenbergii …

M Liu, X Xu, C Sun, X Zheng, Q Zhou, C Song, P Xu… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tea tree oil (TTO) is an essential plant oil with diverse antibacterial and antioxidant
properties; however, whether the role played by TTO in low fish meal (LF) diets induced the …

Synergistic effect of two antimicrobial peptides, BP203 and MAP-0403 J-2 with conventional antibiotics against colistin-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella …

C Chatupheeraphat, J Peamchai, S Luk-In, S Yainoy… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Drug-resistant Enterobacterales infections are a great health concern due to the lack of
effective treatments. Consequently, finding novel antimicrobials or combining therapies …

Short antimicrobial peptide derived from the venom gland transcriptome of pamphobeteus verdolaga increases gentamicin susceptibility of multidrug-resistant …

C Salinas-Restrepo, AM Naranjo-Duran, J Quintana… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Infectious diseases account for nine percent of annual human deaths, and the widespread
emergence of antimicrobial resistances threatens to significantly increase this number in the …

Global prevalence of mutation in the mgrB gene among clinical isolates of colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Khoshbayan, N Narimisa, Z Elahi… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Colistin is used as a last resort for managing infections caused by multidrug-
resistant bacteria. However, the high emergence of colistin-resistant strains has restricted …

Characterization of dosage levels for in ovo administration of innate immune stimulants for prevention of yolk sac infection in chicks

M Sarfraz, TTT Nguyen, C Wheler, W Köster… - Veterinary …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Innate immune stimulants, especially toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands and agonists, are the
main players in the initiation of innate immunity and have been widely studied as …

A Bibliometric Meta-Analysis of Colistin Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae

OF Nwabor, P Terbtothakun, SP Voravuthikunchai… - Diseases, 2021 - mdpi.com
Colistin is a last resort antibiotic medication for the treatment of infections caused by
carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. In recent years, various mechanisms have …