Newborn babies admitted into the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) often require many supportive invasive devices and frequently receive antimicrobial therapy. We investigated the microbial flora in NICU patients reporting the distribution of infections in different catheter sites. Results showed that 97% of samples were positive; in particular 11% were positive for two or more microbial agen...

ozone is a strong oxidant and a potent disinfecting agent. there are numerous application areas of ozone in food industry. while there are many investigations on the application of ozone in food industry, relatively little information is available on the potential of ozone to reduce microbial populations in fresh-cut fruits and vegetables and the visual quality of lettuce. in this study, ozone ...

Antibiotics are (Greek anti-against, and Bioslife) microbial products or their derivatives that can kill susceptible microorganisms or inhibit their growth. Antibiotics are special kind of chemotherapeutic agent usually obtained from living organisms. Chemical agents, chemotherapeutic that are used to treat disease. A drug that disrupt a microbial function. The pharmaceutical industry has becom...

OBJECTIVES Widespread emergence of resistance to antimicrobial agents is a serious problem. The rate at which new agents are made available clinically is unlikely to keep up with these resistant pathogens, and there is an urgent need to accelerate antimicrobial agent development. We explored the use of mathematical modelling to guide selection of dosing regimens. METHODS Using time-kill studi...

Large quantities of kitchen waste are produced in modern society and its disposal poses serious environmental and social problems. The aim of this study was to isolate degradative strains from kitchen waste and to develop a novel and effective microbial agent. One hundred and four strains were isolated from kitchen waste and the 84 dominant strains were used to inoculate protein-, starch-, fat-...

The combined effects of biofilm dispersion with a 2-aminoimidazole-triazole conjugate and bactericidal activity with a photodynamic inactivation agent suggest a novel combination therapy for treating diverse microbial infections.

liposomes as a drug carrier have numerous dominancy. liophilization is the most propr form of these products for long-term maintenance, but this procedure is affected by unstabilizing agent that results in destruction of membrane, release of content and change in size and microbial contamination hence for prevention of the adverse effects, the protective role of sugars such as: maltose, fructos...

The purpose of this article is to review the status of DNA assays used for the detection, identification, and individualization of Bacillus anthracis, Yersinia pestis, Francisella tularensis, Burkholderia mallei, and Brucella abortus. These select agent microorganisms are historically significant as they have either been used or experimented with as a bioweapon or as a terrorist agent and are t...

Pubmed and Medline were searched for articles referring to Pseudomonas keratitis between the years 2007 and 2012 to obtain an overview of the current state of this disease. Keyword searches used the terms "Pseudomonas" + "Keratitis" limit to "2007-2012", and ["Ulcerative" or "Microbial"] + "Keratitis" + "Contact lenses" limit to "2007-2012". These articles were then reviewed for information on ...