Publications by authors named "S Mendoza-Elizalde"

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  • Ancient Mexican cultures traditionally used Persea americana seeds for gastrointestinal issues, as they contain bioactive compounds effective against worms and parasites.
  • The study aimed to assess the antimicrobial effects of these seeds on Helicobacter pylori, linked to serious gastric diseases, through in vitro digestion and modern analytical techniques.
  • The materials included oil and aqueous extracts from the seeds, tested against numerous H. pylori strains, using various methods to establish their efficacy and possible action mechanisms.
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Dysbiosis plays an important role in the development of bacterial infections in the gastric mucosa, particularly . The international guidelines for the treatment of infections suggest standard triple therapy (STT). Nevertheless, because of the increasing resistance rates to clarithromycin, metronidazole has been widely considered in several countries.

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Background: The high prevalence and persistence of () infection, as well as the diversity of pathologies related to it, suggest that the virulence factors used by this microorganism are varied. Moreover, as its proteome contains 340 hypothetical proteins, it is important to investigate them to completely understand the mechanisms of its virulence and survival. We have previously reported that the hypothetical protein HP0953 is overexpressed during the first hours of adhesion to inert surfaces, under stress conditions, suggesting its role in the environmental survival of this bacterium and perhaps as a virulence factor.

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Recent multidrug resistance in has favoured the adaptation and dissemination of worldwide high-risk strains. In June 2018, 15 strains isolated from patients and a contaminated multi-dose meropenem vial were characterized to assess their association to an outbreak in a Mexican paediatric hospital. The strains were characterized by antibiotic susceptibility profiling, virulence factors' production, and biofilm formation.

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa has different resistant mechanisms including the constitutive MexAB-OprM efflux pump. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the mexR, nalC, and nalD repressors of this efflux pump can contribute to antimicrobial resistance; however, it is unknown whether these changes are mainly related to genetic lineages or environmental pressure. This study identifies SNPs in the mexR, nalC, and nalD genes in clinical and environmental isolates of P.

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