The cell suspensions prepared as above were incubated at RT for 15 min and the supernatant was collected after pelleting the cells by centrifugation at 20 000 g for 5 min at RT. The ...

Some bacteria are more resistant to antibiotics than others, with so-called gram-negative bacteria being particularly resilient because they have an extra membrane to armor themselves. They also have ...

All patients with suspected Gram-negative endocarditis should undergo transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) to confirm the diagnosis and assess for cardiac complications such as intracardiac ...

Colistin displaces divalent cations from the phosphate groups of membrane lipids ... discussed alternatives for the treatment of MDR Gram-negative bacterial infection. The usefulness of colistin ...

Some bacteria are more resistant to antibiotics than others, with so-called gram-negative bacteria being ... TolC on the outer membrane, MacB on the inner membrane and MacA in the periplasm ...

Background One in six infant deaths worldwide are caused by invasive bacterial infections, of which a substantial but unquantified proportion are caused by Gram-negative bacteria. Methods We conducted ...

Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland ...

FIGURE 3. Adhesion of bacterium to target cells mediated by HS and shedding of syndecan ectodomains. Schematic representation of the interaction between an adhesin on the outer membrane of a Gram ...

Their activity is associated with disruption of the bacterial plasma membrane, which leads to metabolite leakage ... the BEA activity of QACs appears to be far more conducive to the treatment of ...