Browsing by Subject "Antibiotics"
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Antibiotic adjuvants in combating antibiotic resistance
(Brac University, 2023-01)Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has now become one of the significant global health challenges and are not limited to natural antibiotics but also for synthetic antibiotics. Therefore, it is crucial to search for more ... -
Antibiotic resistance pattern of Escherichia coli isolated from patients with urinary tract infection
(Brac University, 2019-09)Urinary tract infections are considered as the second most common type of infection occurred in body. Escherichia coli is the most common cause of urinary tract of infection for both male and female, higher percentage found ... -
Antimicrobial activities of Aloe vera leaf and clove extracts, their comparison with commercial antibiotics and molecular analysis of genes involved with multidrug resistance in bacteria
(BRAC University, 2017-06)The need for new, potent antimicrobial agents from natural sources is increasing because of the growing cases of multidrug resistance in clinically relevant organisms. The purpose of this study was to investigate in vitro ... -
Bacterial co-infection and secondary infection in patients with Covid-19: a review
(2023-10)Bacterial confections and secondary infections increase the severity of respiratory viral infections and were constant causes of mortality in influenza pandemics but have not been well characterized in patients with ... -
Characterizing the Co-Existence of Metallo-β-lactamase and Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in community wastewater samples of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
(Brac University, 2022-09)Background: The co-existence of MBL and ESBL in Gram-negative bacteria poses greater risk in public health and limit the range of treatment choices, even with β-lactams which is the most widely used class of antibiotics. ... -
Current Antibiotic-resistant crisis and initiatives to combat antimicrobial resistance: A review from global perspective
(Brac University, 2022-05)Anti-microbial resistance is rising as one of the worldwide threats all over the planet due to microorganisms' regular hereditary transformation as well as restricting acknowledgment of a medication. In addition, ... -
Detection Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL) and Carbapenemase encoding Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from hospital effluent wastewater and hospital adjacent community tap water in Dhaka metropolitan city
(Brac University, 2023-06)Klebsiella pneumoniae is one of the most occurring opportunistic microbial species responsible for pneumonia infections as well as nosocomial infections (Cordova-Espinoza et al., 2023). This species of bacteria is mostly ... -
Detection of antibiotic resistance spectrum and resistance genes for aminoglycoside, macrolide, and β-lactam antibiotics using wound swab samples
(Brac University, 2020-01)Antibiotic resistance has become a global health problem with a decrease in efficacy in treating common infections, resulting in increased sufferings, duration of hospital stay and economic burden. Infections in the wound ... -
Detection of extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBLA), screening of AmpC β-lactamase and detection of CTX-M and aacA-aphD genes among the multidrug resistant bacteria found in two tertiary hospitals of Dhaka city
(BRAC University, 2017-05)Klebsiella spp. and Pseudomonas spp. are opportunistic pathogens that are responsible for severe infections. These infections can be treated by antibiotics of different classes individually or in combination. However, ... -
Determination of isolation & antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Salmonella spp. from fresh vegetables collected from local markets of Dhaka city
(Brac University, 2023-04)Many outbreaks of food-borne Salmonella have been connected to raw vegetables; however, very little information is known on Salmonella contamination of raw vegetables in Dhaka's local wet markets. In this research, ... -
Determination of prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the bacterial isolates collected from different parts of domestic refrigerators
(BRAC University, 2018-07)Refrigerator form an important link in wide chain of cross contamination which leads to the outbreak of domestic food borne disease.In this study samples were obtained from various parts (drawer,handle,egg tray,surface) ... -
Horizontal gene transfer: an insight into antimicrobial resistance
(Brac University, 2022-10)Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which affects a variety of infectious pathogens, is a pivotal public health issue for many countries and corporations. Governments across the globe are starting to take heed of an issue ... -
Incorporating probiotics in our daily food consumption to combat antibiotic resistance
(Brac University, 2022-10)An increase in antibiotic resistance throughout the globe threatens the survival of these lifesaving drugs (ABR). One of the most pressing global health issues is antibiotic resistance, which develops when bacteria or ... -
Isolation of antibiotic producing bacteria from soil and identification by 16S rRNA gene sequencing
(Brac University, 2019-09)Antibiotic resistance has become a challenging issue in medical treatment process. A large portion the novel antibiotics are derived from soil microbes as soil being a primary source. Hence, to isolate novel antibiotic ... -
A prospective study on the efficiency of ciprofloxacin in combination with chloramphenicol and probiotics against multiple antibiotics resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
(BRAC University, 2017-12)Pneumonia is the single largest infectious cause of death in children worldwide. Not only children but also adult from all age groups can be suffered from pneumonia. Pneumonia is a form of acute respiratory infection that ... -
A review on antimicrobial resistance and emerging strategies to tackle it
(Brac University, 2023-02)Global health concerns are now significantly attributed to the emergence of antimicrobial treatment resistance. When antibiotics were initially developed in the early 1920s, many people believed that disease had finally ... -
A study comparing the prescribing pattern of antibiotics for fever between Dhaka City and different villages in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2019-09)The study “A Study Comparing the Prescribing Pattern of Antibiotics for Fever between Dhaka city and Different Villages in Bangladesh” was done with the aim to do a survey on the differences in antibiotic use pattern between ... -
Use of antibiotics leading the occurrence of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria on hydroponically grown Mung bean sprouts.
(BRAC University, 2021-06)Antibiotics are used to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria that can cause plant disease or associate to human disease during the development of food crops. The goal of this study was to observe the effect of ...
