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3 days ago · Although S. aureus usually acts as a commensal of the human microbiota, it can also become an opportunistic pathogen, being a common cause of skin infections including abscesses, respiratory infections such as sinusitis, and food poisoning.
2 days ago · Our study shows that a culture-based deep-sequencing approach is a possible route towards improving future pathogen surveillance and infection control at hospitals. Future studies should be designed to directly compare the accuracy, cost, and feasibility of culture-based deep sequencing with single colony whole-genome sequencing on a range of bacterial species.
2 days ago · This resistance in aminoglycosides (streptomycin and kanamycin), glycopeptide (vancomycin) and fluoroquinolone (ciprofloxacin) is commonly reported 41, rendering several classes of antibiotics as ...
3 days ago · The resistance of foodborne pathogens to antimicrobial agents is a potential danger to human health. ... The highest rate of resistance was recorded for streptomycin, 80.7% (21 of 26), followed by ...
1 day ago · All animals were housed in a pathogen-free environment at 22°C ± 2°C, with 50%−60% humidity, under a 12 h light/dark cycle, and provided with a standard rodent diet and water. Ethical approval for all animal care and experimental procedures was obtained from the Animal Policy and Welfare Committee of Wenzhou Medical University (approval ...
2 days ago · Improvements in sanitation, vaccination, and other public-health measures began significantly reducing rates of tuberculosis even before the arrival of streptomycin and other antibiotics, although the disease remained a significant threat. [43] In 1946, the development of the antibiotic streptomycin made effective treatment and cure of TB a ...
3 days ago · The incubation period of a virus or bacteria is the time it takes to develop symptoms after infection. The COVID-19 incubation period is two to 14 days. Timelines for incubation periods will vary based on the infection type, strength of the pathogen, and exposure dose.
