ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY OF VARIOUS ESSENTIAL OILS AT VARYING CONCENTRATIONS AGAINST PERIOPATHOGEN PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS

Antimicrobial Efficacy of Various Essential Oils at Varying Concentrations against Periopathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis

Introduction: Porphyromonas gingivalis (P.gingivalis) is a notorious perio-pathogen with the ability to evade host defense mechanism and invade into the periodontal tissues.Many antimicrobial agents have been tested that curb its growth, although these agents tend to produce side effects such as antibiotic resistance OREGANO-8 and opportunistic inf

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Mixta calida, not only an environmental bacterium, but a potential opportunistic threat: Case report of an osteitis with skin necrosis and mini review of the literature

Background: Mixta calida, previously known as Pantoea calida, is an environmental bacterium rarely associated with human pathologies.Rare case reports mention sepsis, meningitis and implantable defibrillator infection.Case Slide-In Range presentation: A 67-year-old female with multiple comorbidities was referred to the emergency room for a comminut

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ALK upregulates POSTN and WNT signaling to drive neuroblastoma

Summary: Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood.While MYCN and mutant anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALKF1174L) cooperate in tumorigenesis, how ALK contributes to tumor formation remains unclear.Here, we used a human stem cell-based model of neuroblastoma.Mis-expression of ALKF1174L and MYCN resulted in shorter latency

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