Publications by authors named "Islam M Zakaria"
Multidrug-resistant pathogens have become ubiquitous, and effective treatment alternatives are urgently required. Maggot therapy is a promising agent that is being studied to overcome antibiotic-resistant pathogens. This study evaluated the antibacterial activity of the larvae extract of the Wohlfahrtia nuba (wiedmann) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) flesh fly on the growth of five pathogenic bacterial species (methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus [ATCC 29213], methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [ATCC BAA-1680], Pseudomonas aeruginosa [ATCC 27853], Escherichia coli [ATCC 25922], and Salmonella typhi [ATCC 19430]) in vitro by using different techniques.
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- - Poultry, especially turkeys, are significant sources of multidrug-resistant pathogens, primarily due to widespread antibiotic use in farming practices in regions like the Nile delta in Egypt.
- - In a study, 250 cloacal swabs from healthy turkey flocks were analyzed, revealing that all 26 isolates identified were multidrug-resistant, with some showing different strains even within the same sample.
- - Although the isolates were generally susceptible to imipenem, they exhibited resistance to several other antibiotics, with specific resistance genes for beta-lactam and chloramphenicol identified in most samples, highlighting the problem of antibiotic resistance in poultry.