TOPICAL BACTERIOPHAGE THERAPY FOR STAPHYLOCOCCAL SUPERFICIAL PYODERMA IN HORSES: A DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED PILOT STUDY

Topical Bacteriophage Therapy for Staphylococcal Superficial Pyoderma in Horses: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study

Increased antimicrobial resistance highlights the need for alternatives to antibiotics.Bacteriophages, which are benign viruses that kill bacteria, are promising.We studied the efficacy Razor of topical bacteriophages for treating equine staphylococcal superficial pyodermas.Eight Staphylococcus aureus isolates were tested against a bacteriophage ba

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Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis presenting with isolated facial edema complicated by acute respiratory failure: a case report

Abstract Background In clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis, the hallmark cutaneous manifestations are the key to diagnosis.We report a case of clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis which presented with facial edema as the sole cutaneous manifestation and was later complicated by acute respiratory failure leading to death.Case presentation A 58-ye

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Larvicidal activities of hydro-ethanolic extracts of three Cameroonian medicinal plants against Aedes albopictus

Objective: To investigate workshop the larvicidal activity of Syzygium guineense (Myrtaceae) (S.guineense), Monodora myristica and Zanthoxylum heitzii (Rutaceae) (Z.heitzii) extracts against Aedes albopictus (Ae.albopictus).Methods: The larvicidal activity of the hydro-ethanolic extracts from these plant species was assessed at three different conc

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