honey has antibacterial activity. the aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activity of honey on streptococcus mutans and lactobacillus.in this in vitro study, solutions containing 0%, 5%, 10%, 20%, 50% and 100%(w/v) of natural hamadan honey were prepared. each blood (nutrient) agar plate was then filled with dilutions of the honey. the strains of bacteria were inoculated in blood...

conclusions the results presented herein provided insight into a possible explanation for the modes of action of essential oils on l. monocytogenes. the outcome of the present study may aid the food industry in locating the most promising potential anti-listerial agents from edible seaweed sources to control l. monocytogenes and also in facilitating their application in food processing and pres...

This study assessed the functional importance of residues located at the i(-2) position of face 4 of the tandem repeat loops of the quinolone resistance protein QnrVC7 through mutagenesis studies. The i(-2) position of face 4 on different coils required residues with different natures. Some substitutions reduced the protective activity of QnrVC7, while some of them increased it. These findings ...

Pseudomonas Quinolone Signal Modulates Cystic Fibrosis Epithelial Cell Response through the TollLike Receptor 4 Patricia R. Wardwell1,2, David R. Wilson1,2, Dewayne L. Garner1,2 and Rebecca A. Bader1,2* 1Department of Biomedical & Chemical Engineering, Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA 2Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY, USA SOJ Immunology Open Acces...

background helicobacter pylori diagnostic tests can be affected by different interventional factors. we studied the effects of smoking, proton pump inhibitors (ppis) and antibiotic administration on results of the bacterial culture, and its diagnosis tests due to polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and rapid urease test (rut) methods. objectives this study was aimed to investigate the undesirable e...

Drug resistance in fecal bacteria was high in Wayampis Amerindians who did not take antibacterial agents and were not hospitalized for 1 year. In the Wayampis Amerindians, an isolated traditional community in French Guyana, antibacterial use was 0.64 treatments per person per year. Hospitalization rate was 6.1% per year. Antibacterial drug-resistant bacteria can spread in persons who are not ta...

Antibiotics are among the most frequently used drugs in children. Although antibacterials have been available for decades, many agents have not been studied to assess their safety and efficacy in the pediatric population. This article describes the pharmacologic characteristics and therapeutic use of the most commonly prescribed antibacterials for pediatric patients. Newer agents currently unde...

The aim of our study was to study the possible correlation between use of antibacterial drugs in pregnancy and occurrence of congenital malformations. Among 6099 investigated pregnant women, 392 (6.43%) used antibacterial drugs. The most frequently used antibacterials belonged to category B (75.77%), while 14.54% antibiotics belonged to category D and 1.02% to category X. The most often used an...