Publications by authors named "Ileana-Luminita Coldea"
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most important public health issues. Besides classical multidrug resistance species associated with medical care involved in superficial or invasive infections, there are strains less commonly associated with hospital or outpatient setting's infections. Non-diphtheria spp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Diphtheria represents a serious infectious disease with high epidemic potential. It is a vaccine preventable disease (a minimum vaccine coverage of 95% for children of 1 year and 90% in adults could prevent the disease). Diphtheria vaccination is included in the National Immunization Program (NIP).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough Staphylococcus aureus is frequently reported among the common causative agents of foodborne diseases in Europe, very little is known about the strains involved in staphylococcal food-poisoning outbreaks in our region. Therefore, the aim of this study was to characterize the staphylococcal strains recovered from an autochthonous food-poisoning familial outbreak through phenotypic and genotypic methods. Ten S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe currative properties of aromatic and medicinal plants have been recognized since ancient times and, more recently, the antimicrobial activity of plant essential oils has been used in several applications, including food preservation. The purpose of this study was to create directly comparable, quantitative data on the antimicrobial activity of some plant essential oils prepared in the National Institute of Research-Development for Chemistry and Petrochemistry, Bucharest to be used for the further development of food packaging technology, based on their antibacterial and antifungal activity. The essential oils extracted from thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.
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- Contaminated surfaces can spread infections, but Copper (Cu) and Silver (Ag) effectively kill microbes through direct contact.
- Researchers assessed the antimicrobial properties of thin films of these metals on cheaper substrates, using a modified standard testing method.
- Results indicated that Copper was more effective than Silver at preventing microbial growth, while Silver was more effective against Gram-negative bacteria compared to Gram-positive ones, suggesting the need for further investigation into their mechanisms of action.