Publications by authors named "Islam 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.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClostridium perfringens is one of the most common and important pathogens in livestock due to its ability to produce a diverse arsenal of toxins. Owing to C. perfringens economic importance, this study aimed to determine the types and toxins of C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClostridium perfringens is gram positive bacterium, wide spread in environment causing various diseases in animals and human. The current study was conducted to indentify the genetic identity of C. perfringens isolates from lambs from Egypt.
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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.