Journal: Medical Journal, Armed Forces India

Article Title: Heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate among methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2014.03.008

Figure Lengend Snippet: Comparison of vancomycin MIC by E test with PAP AUC.

Article Snippet: Vancomycin analytical powder was commercially purchased (Hi-Media).

Techniques: Comparison

Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology

Article Title: A comparative approach to confirm antibiotic-resistant microbes in the cryosphere

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1212378

Figure Lengend Snippet: Antibiotic resistance within all sampling sites with the two different cultivation based antibiotic susceptibility testing strategies performed at different testing conditions with two antibiotics.

Article Snippet: Vancomycin and novobiocin powder (Carl Roth) were dissolved following the manufacturer’s instructions.

Techniques: Sampling, Diffusion-based Assay

Journal: Journal of Laboratory Physicians

Article Title: Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in Neonatal Blood: How Concerning?

doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1757411

Figure Lengend Snippet: Susceptibility pattern of all CoNS isolates. Note: Susceptibility to vancomycin (50, 100%), linezolid (50, 100%), netilmicin (50, 100%) was *statistically significant ( p ≤ 0.001) when compared with susceptibility of other drugs used, i.e., gentamicin (40, 80%), moxifloxacin (36, 72%), trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (32, 64%), ciprofloxacin (30, 60%), methicillin (15, 30%), erythromycin (13, 26%), and penicillin (1, 2%).

Article Snippet: The susceptibility to vancomycin was screened by vancomycin screen agar containing 6 μg/mL vancomycin powder (Hi-media Pvt.

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Journal: Journal of Laboratory Physicians

Article Title: Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in Neonatal Blood: How Concerning?

doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1757411

Figure Lengend Snippet: Vancomycin MIC for all CoNS isolates. Note: 54% ( n = 27) of isolates had an MIC of 0.125 μg/mL, 30% ( n = 15) had an MIC of 0.25 μg/mL, and 16% ( n = 8, all MRCoNS) had an MIC of 0.5 μg/mL. *In comparison to MRCoNS, MSCoNS isolates had lower MIC of vancomycin that was significant ( p < 0.05).

Article Snippet: The susceptibility to vancomycin was screened by vancomycin screen agar containing 6 μg/mL vancomycin powder (Hi-media Pvt.

Techniques: Comparison

Journal: Pharmaceutics

Article Title: Controlled and Local Delivery of Antibiotics by 3D Core/Shell Printed Hydrogel Scaffolds to Treat Soft Tissue Infections

doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13122151

Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Images of pure 3% alginate and of clindamycin, gentamicin, and vancomycin in 3% alginate at a concentration of 10 mg/mL (positioned left to right, respectively). ( B ) Images of pure 3% Laponite and of clindamycin, gentamicin, and vancomycin in 3% Laponite at a concentration of 10 mg/mL (positioned left to right, respectively). After adding 20 mg/mL antibiotic solution to 6% Laponite and stirring, a clear phase separation (after a few minutes at rest) of clindamycin and gentamicin was observed.

Article Snippet: Respective antibiotic powders (Vancomycin HCl, Clindamycin HCl and Gentamicin sulphate, all provided by Heraeus Medical, Germany) were first dissolved in ddH 2 O at a concentration of 20 mg/mL.

Techniques: Concentration Assay

Journal: Pharmaceutics

Article Title: Controlled and Local Delivery of Antibiotics by 3D Core/Shell Printed Hydrogel Scaffolds to Treat Soft Tissue Infections

doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13122151

Figure Lengend Snippet: Rheological characterization of core and shell biomaterial inks. Representative plots showing the shear thinning behaviour of core—3% alginate and 3% Laponite loaded with antibiotics ( A , C ) and of shell—ALG-MC and ALG-MC-LAP ( E ). Viscosity of core and shell biomaterial inks, measured at a constant shear rate of 10 s −1 over a period of 100 s ( B , D , F ), respectively.

Article Snippet: Respective antibiotic powders (Vancomycin HCl, Clindamycin HCl and Gentamicin sulphate, all provided by Heraeus Medical, Germany) were first dissolved in ddH 2 O at a concentration of 20 mg/mL.

Techniques: Shear, Viscosity

Journal: Pharmaceutics

Article Title: Controlled and Local Delivery of Antibiotics by 3D Core/Shell Printed Hydrogel Scaffolds to Treat Soft Tissue Infections

doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13122151

Figure Lengend Snippet: Spectrophotometric quantification of antibiotics. Standard curves ( A , C , E ) obtained by measuring the absorbance at 198 nm, 230 nm and Ninhydrin assay of defined concentrations of clindamycin, vancomycin and gentamicin in 0.9% NaCl solution, respectively. Analysis of the release solutions ( B , D , F ) obtained from antibiotic loaded and unloaded (control) ALG-MC scaffolds, using the respective method ( n = 5).

Article Snippet: Respective antibiotic powders (Vancomycin HCl, Clindamycin HCl and Gentamicin sulphate, all provided by Heraeus Medical, Germany) were first dissolved in ddH 2 O at a concentration of 20 mg/mL.

Techniques: Control

Journal: Pharmaceutics

Article Title: Controlled and Local Delivery of Antibiotics by 3D Core/Shell Printed Hydrogel Scaffolds to Treat Soft Tissue Infections

doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13122151

Figure Lengend Snippet: Adaptation of the agar diffusion test for quantification of antibiotics. A schematic diagram of an agar plate with sample carriers: Numbers in each sector indicate the concentration of antibiotic solution. Example images of the agar plates whose sample carriers were loaded with vancomycin, which led to formation of a clear area (ZOI) around the sample carriers ( A ). Standard curves of clindamycin, gentamicin and vancomycin obtained by plotting the area of ZOI developed on agar plates containing S. aureus ( B ) and S. epidermidis ( C ) vs. respective antibiotic concentration loaded on the sample carriers ( n = 3).

Article Snippet: Respective antibiotic powders (Vancomycin HCl, Clindamycin HCl and Gentamicin sulphate, all provided by Heraeus Medical, Germany) were first dissolved in ddH 2 O at a concentration of 20 mg/mL.

Techniques: Diffusion-based Assay, Concentration Assay

Journal: Pharmaceutics

Article Title: Controlled and Local Delivery of Antibiotics by 3D Core/Shell Printed Hydrogel Scaffolds to Treat Soft Tissue Infections

doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13122151

Figure Lengend Snippet: CEC of antibiotics from C/S scaffolds; impact of shell biomaterial ink composition. Cumulative CEC release of antibiotics loaded in ALG-MC and ALG-MC-LAP C/S scaffolds (printed with 200/840 C/S needles), quantified by agar diffusion assay (using S. aureus strain; A , C , E ) over a period of 7 d. Statistical analysis performed only on burst release, i.e., release of antibiotics at 2 h ( n = 3; * p < 0.05; *** p < 0.001). Representative images of ZOI formed on the agar plate when release solutions were added to sample carriers ( B , D , F ). A cropped image of ZOI of d 7 release sample of gentamicin was performed on a different agar plate and is added onto the ZOI of remaining samples, * in ( F ).

Article Snippet: Respective antibiotic powders (Vancomycin HCl, Clindamycin HCl and Gentamicin sulphate, all provided by Heraeus Medical, Germany) were first dissolved in ddH 2 O at a concentration of 20 mg/mL.

Techniques: Diffusion-based Assay

Journal: Pharmaceutics

Article Title: Controlled and Local Delivery of Antibiotics by 3D Core/Shell Printed Hydrogel Scaffolds to Treat Soft Tissue Infections

doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13122151

Figure Lengend Snippet: Release of vancomycin from C/S scaffolds: impact of shell thickness. Schematic diagram showing different coaxial needle combinations ( A ). Release of vancomycin from ALG-MC scaffolds having different shell thickness ( n = 5; ** p < 0.005) ( B ). Statistical analysis performed only on burst release, i.e., release of antibiotics at 2 h ( n = 3; ** p < 0.005). Representative images of ZOI formed in the presence of release solutions collected from scaffolds with different shell thickness after 2 h and 6 h, respectively ( C; release solutions obtained from three scaffolds at respective time point were loaded on the sample carrier, denoted by I, II, III).

Article Snippet: Respective antibiotic powders (Vancomycin HCl, Clindamycin HCl and Gentamicin sulphate, all provided by Heraeus Medical, Germany) were first dissolved in ddH 2 O at a concentration of 20 mg/mL.

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Journal: Annals of Translational Medicine

Article Title: Global research characteristics and trends of infection after spinal implant surgery: a bibliometric analysis

doi: 10.21037/atm-21-5044

Figure Lengend Snippet: Thematic map for IASIS research

Article Snippet: Vancomycin powder is the most relevant research topic in IASIS prevention, and the efficacy of local vancomycin powder in decreasing the infection rate after spine surgery has become a research hotspot involving considerable controversy ( , ).

Techniques: Infection, Biomarker Discovery, Sonication

Journal: International Journal of Microbiology

Article Title: Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Enterococci with Special Reference to Glycopeptide Susceptibility at a Tertiary Care Center of Eastern Nepal

doi: 10.1155/2019/7936156

Figure Lengend Snippet: Antimicrobial resistance patterns among enterococcal species (N (%)).

Article Snippet: Brain heart infusion agar media and vancomycin powder of potency 950 μ g/mg obtained from HiMedia Laboratories, India, were used in the process.

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Journal: International Journal of Microbiology

Article Title: Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Enterococci with Special Reference to Glycopeptide Susceptibility at a Tertiary Care Center of Eastern Nepal

doi: 10.1155/2019/7936156

Figure Lengend Snippet: MIC value of vancomycin ( μ g/ml) in different clinical isolates.

Article Snippet: Brain heart infusion agar media and vancomycin powder of potency 950 μ g/mg obtained from HiMedia Laboratories, India, were used in the process.

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