Browsing by Subject "Drug resistance in microorganisms"
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Antibacterial and antioxidant properties of Crateva magna bark crude extract
(Brac University, 2023-06)Chemical compounds derived from plants have been used to treat several diseases all over the world since the dawn of human civilization. Many of the drugs that are currently on the market have either been directly or ... -
Antibiotic resistance in commercially available probiotics in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2022-04)“Probiotic” can be defined as live microorganism with the ability to promote health befits in the host body when consumed in adequate amount. It is well known that probiotics improve intestinal health, boost immune ... -
Carbapenem resistance gene Ppofiling in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from clinical and non-clinical (water and vegetables) samples
(Brac University, 2023-12)Klebsiella pneumoniae is a bacterium that has a rod-like structure and is classified as Gram-negative. It is a member of the Enterobacteriaceae family. This microorganism is recognized for its clinical importance, since ... -
The combined effects of ciprofloxacin and vitamin C on the multi drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria
(Brac University, 2023-09)Antibiotic resistance has become a major cause of superinfection and mortality globally. Combination therapy can be used to treat multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Vitamin C can be used in combination with ... -
Comparative analysis of prevalence and antimicrobial resistance pattern of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from hospital effluents wastewater and hospital adjacent communities in Dhaka city
(Brac University, 2023-12)Staphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive bacterium with spherical shape. They are member of Bacillota family. By nature, this organism is facultatively anaerobe, facultative anaerobe microorganisms don’t require oxygen to ... -
Comparative study on antibiotic resistance profiles and plasmid presence in water samples focusing inside and outside Dhaka district
(Brac University, 2023-10)One of the most pressing issues of recent times is antimicrobial resistance or AMR. Nowadays, treating infections with susceptible antibiotics has become a major concern as antibiotic resistance is rapidly rising. And due ... -
A comparative study on the antimicrobial resistance pattern of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from hospital wastewater and its surrounding community
(Brac University, 2023-08)Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kpn) is a member of the Enterobacteriaceae which is a gram-negative, encapsulated, and non-motile bacterium. K. pneumoniae spreads a range of infections, including pneumonia, urinary tract infections ... -
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, ... -
Drug resistance in respiratory infections and Lysin as a Potential Therapeutics: A review
(2022-07)The emergence and spread of respiratory drug-resistant bacteria that have gained novel resistance mechanisms, resulting in antimicrobial resistance, continues to pose a danger to our capacity to treat common respiratory ... -
Evolution of Superbugs: a lethal bioterror
(Brac University, 2019-10)Over the past few decades, the increasing rate of antibiotic resistance (ABR) has led to the emergence of superbugs, a group of deadly pathogens with antibiotic resistance in their supreme level. About two million people ... -
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 ... -
Influencing factors of antibiotic resistance
(Brac University, 2022-02)Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the path in which microbes tends to support its survival. It is always not only about microbes there are bacteria as well for which antibiotic was invented. Then again there is also ... -
Isolation of antibiotic resistant salmonella spp. from fresh vegetables collected from local wet markets of Dhaka city
(Brac University, 2023-02)In Bangladesh, eating raw vegetables that have undergone less processing is becoming very popular. Consuming fresh vegetables contaminated with significant gastrointestinal pathogenic bacteria like Salmonella increases the ... -
Mutagenic effects of pesticides on Enteric Bacteria and their role in the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
(Brac University, 2023-12)Microbial antibiotic resistance threatens world health dangerously. Moreover the non-antibiotic stressors have also contributed to bacterial antibiotic resistance. Pesticides affect bacterial antibiotic resistance, and ... -
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 ... -
Using synergic relation between bacteriophage and a bacterial species for checking the effects of antibiotic resistance genes on the lytic property of bacteriophages.
(Brac University, 2021)Bacterial transformation is a process of horizontal gene transfer (hgt) where a few bacteria pick up foreign genetic material from the environment. In terms of newer therapies being applied, antimicrobial resistance is ...
