Literature DB >> 24548155

War on terror cells: killing the host that harbours 'superbugs' is an infection control strategy in our fight against infectious diseases.

Naveed Ahmed Khan, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui.   

Abstract

It is proposed that targeting the environmental host that harbour 'superbugs' is an effective strategy in our fight against infectious diseases.

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Keywords:  Antimicrobial resistance; Infectious diseases,; Superbugs,

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Year:  2014        PMID： 24548155      PMCID： PMC4083162          DOI： 10.1179/2047773213Y.0000000125

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Pathog Glob Health        ISSN： 2047-7724            Impact factor:   2.894


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Journal:  Science       Date:  2003-03-28       Impact factor: 47.728

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3.  Infection control strategy by killing drug-resistant bacteria.

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Journal:  Pathog Glob Health       Date:  2013-07       Impact factor: 2.894

4.  The challenge of antibiotic resistance.

Authors:  S B Levy
Journal:  Sci Am       Date:  1998-03       Impact factor: 2.142

5.  Prevalence of pathogenic Acanthamoeba (Protozoa:Amoebidae) in the atmosphere of the city of San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

Authors:  S Rodriguez-Zaragoza; A Magana-Becerra
Journal:  Toxicol Ind Health       Date:  1997 Jul-Aug       Impact factor: 2.273

6.  Structure and expression of a cyst specific protein of Acanthamoeba castellanii.

Authors:  Y Hirukawa; H Nakato; S Izumi; T Tsuruhara; S Tomino
Journal:  Biochim Biophys Acta       Date:  1998-05-29

7.  Efficacy of commercial soft contact lens disinfectant solutions against Acanthamoeba.

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Journal:  Jpn J Ophthalmol       Date:  2011-07-12       Impact factor: 2.447

8.  In vitro effectiveness of povidone-iodine on Acanthamoeba isolates from human cornea.

Authors:  S Gatti; C Cevini; A Bruno; G Penso; P Rama; M Scaglia
Journal:  Antimicrob Agents Chemother       Date:  1998-09       Impact factor: 5.191

Review 9.  Methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of contact lens care solutions and other compounds against Acanthamoeba: a review of the literature.

Authors:  S L Buck; R A Rosenthal; B A Schlech
Journal:  CLAO J       Date:  2000-04

Review 10.  Pathogenic and opportunistic free-living amoebae: Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris, Naegleria fowleri, and Sappinia diploidea.

Authors:  Govinda S Visvesvara; Hercules Moura; Frederick L Schuster
Journal:  FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol       Date:  2007-04-11
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1.  Gut bacteria of Cuora amboinensis (turtle) produce broad-spectrum antibacterial molecules.

Authors:  Noor Akbar; Naveed Ahmed Khan; K Sagathevan; Mazhar Iqbal; Abdul Tawab; Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui
Journal:  Sci Rep       Date:  2019-11-18       Impact factor: 4.379

2.  Memantine Displays Antimicrobial Activity by Enhancing Escherichia coli Pathogen-Induced Formation of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps.

Authors:  Liang Peng; Li Li; Xiao-Long He; Jing-Yi Yu; Zhi-Jie Zeng; Wei-Jun Yang; Bao Zhang; Tie-Song Zhang; Hong Cao; Sheng-He Huang; Li-Qun Liu
Journal:  Front Cell Infect Microbiol       Date:  2020-02-13       Impact factor: 5.293
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