Jhih-Hang Jiang

Oct 24, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Liaoning Normal |Jhih-Hang Jiang |Paramita Sarkar

1. Introduction Microbial resistance to antibiotics has proven to be a serious public health problem that urgently needs to be addressed. The emergence and prevalence of multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogenic bacteria poses a serious threat to human health worldwide (Krishnamurthy et al., 2016). Antibiotic-resistant infections kill approximately 5.3 million people each year globally.

Jun 8, 2023 | microbiologyresearch.org | Jhih-Hang Jiang |Anton Y. Peleg |Micaela Mossop

Introduction. One third of people with CF in the UK are co-infected by both Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Chronic bacterial infection in CF contributes to the gradual destruction of lung tissue, and eventually respiratory failure in this group. Gap Statement. The contribution of S. aureus to cystic fibrosis (CF) lung decline in the presence or absence of P. aeruginosa is unclear. Defining the molecular and phenotypic characteristics of a range of S.