Aung, Meiji Soe Urushibara, Noriko Kawaguchiya, Mitsuyo Hirose, Mina Ike, Miyo Ito, Masahiko Kobayashi, Nobumichi
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Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)
Staphylococcus argenteus, a novel staphylococcal species independent of S. aureus, causes a wide spectrum of infectious diseases. As detection of this species from humans and animals has been increasingly reported worldwide, its growing virulence and drug resistance via external genetic determinants has become concerning. In this study, the prevale...
Al-Jighefee, Hadeel T Yassine, Hadi M Nasrallah, Gheyath K
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Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)
This study aims to study the immune response and evaluate the performances of four new IgM and five IgG enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits for detecting anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies against different antigens in symptomatic and asymptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. A t...
Jin, Tao Mohammad, Majd Pullerits, Rille Ali, Abukar
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Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infections are a major healthcare challenge and new treatment alternatives are needed. S. aureus septic arthritis, a debilitating joint disease, causes permanent joint dysfunction in almost 50% of the patients. S. aureus bacteremia is associated with higher mortalities than bacteremia caused by most other microbes ...
Ceylan, Onur Byamukama, Benedicto Ceylan, Ceylan Galon, Eloiza May Liu, Mingming Masatani, Tatsunori Xuan, Xuenan Sevinc, Ferda
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Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)
Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) indulge in severe economic losses in the livestock industry by adversely affecting the small ruminant breeding in tropical and subtropical zone countries, including Turkey. Turkey encompasses a wide land area representing diverse climatic conditions. The present study explored the presence and distribution of Babesia ovis...
Allaw, Fatima Kara Zahreddine, Nada Ibrahim, Ahmad Tannous, Joseph Taleb, Hussein Bizri, Abdul Rahman Dbaibo, Ghassan Kanj, Souha S
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Candida auris is an emerging fungal pathogen considered as a global health threat. Recently there has been growing concern regarding drug resistance, difficulty in identification, as well as problems with eradication. Although outbreaks have been reported throughout the globe including from several Arab countries, there were no previous reports fro...
Ferrando, Maria Laura Gussak, Alex Mentink, Saskia Gutierrez, Marcela Fernandez van Baarlen, Peter Wells, Jerry Mark
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The acquisition of novel genetic traits through natural competence is a strategy used by bacteria in microbe-rich environments where microbial competition, antibiotics, and host immune defenses threaten their survival. Here, we show that virulent strains of Streptococcus suis, an important zoonotic agent and porcine pathogen, become competent for g...
Poterek, Marya L Kraemer, Moritz U G Watts, Alexander Khan, Kamran Perkins, T Alex
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Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)
Measles incidence in the United States has grown dramatically, as vaccination rates are declining and transmission internationally is on the rise. Because imported cases are necessary drivers of outbreaks in non-endemic settings, predicting measles outbreaks in the US depends on predicting imported cases. To assess the predictability of imported me...
Athanasiou, Labrini V Katsogiannou, Eleni G Spanou, Victoria M Dedousi, Anna Katsoulos, Panagiotis D
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Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)
Bluetongue is a vector-borne disease with epidemic potential. Recently, outbreaks of Bluetongue were reported across Greece, caused by the Bluetongue virus (BTV) serotype 4. Regarding its pathogenesis, BTV infection involves various target organs with limited data referring to the kidneys. The objective of this study was to identify the possible im...
Weng, Liming Gong, Yan Culver, Jeffrey Gardell, Stephen J. Petucci, Christopher Morse, Alison M. Frye, Reginald F. Turner, Stephen T. Chapman, Arlene Boerwinkle, Eric
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Metabolomics
IntroductionAtenolol, a commonly prescribed β blocker for hypertension, is also associated with adverse cardiometabolic effects such as hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia. Knowledge of the mechanistic underpinnings of these adverse effects of atenolol is incomplete.ObjectiveWe sought to identify biomarkers associated with risk for these untoward effect...
Grande-Del-Arco, Jessica Jimenez-Cristino, María Dolores García-de-la-Peña, Raquel Fernández-Espejo, Emilio Córdoba-Fernández, Antonio
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Prevotella bivia is an anaerobic, gram-negative bacillus which naturally thrives in the human vagina, and is usually related to vaginal tract infections. However, this microorganism can also cause infections in other body locations. Infections with Prevotella bivia are frequently severe due to the risk of osteomyelitis and the lack of good protocol...