SUMMARY β-Lactam antibiotics have been widely used as therapeutic agents for the past
70 years, resulting in emergence of an abundance of β-lactam-inactivating β-lactamases …

Staphylococcus aureus, a major human pathogen, has a collection of virulence factors and
the ability to acquire resistance to most antibiotics. This ability is further augmented by …

The most recent European guidelines and task force reports on hospital-acquired
pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) were published almost 10 …

The early-life microbiome appears to be affected by mode of delivery, but this effect may
depend on intrapartum antibiotic exposure. Here, we assess the effect of delivery mode on …

Rationale: Current guidelines recommend patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia receive empirical antibiotics for suspected …

Cytokine storm generates during various systemic acute infections, including sepsis and
current pandemic called COVID-19 (severe) causing devastating inflammatory conditions …

Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that causes a wide range of clinical
infections. It is a leading cause of bacteremia and infective endocarditis as well as …

Thermal spraying has been present for over a century, being greatly refined and optimized
during this time. It has become nowadays a reliable and cost-efficient method to deposit …

Background The sepsis burden on acute care services in middle-income countries is a
cause for concern. We estimated incidence, prevalence, and mortality of sepsis in adult …

Since its discovery in England and France in 1986, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus has
increasingly become a major nosocomial pathogen worldwide. Enterococci are prolific …