A Bombyx mori Infection Model for Screening Antibiotics against Staphylococcus epidermidis

Nanoantibiotics to fight multidrug resistant infections by Gram-positive bacteria: hope or reality?

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Galleria mellonella Larvae as an Infection Model to Investigate sRNA-Mediated Pathogenesis in Staphylococcus aureus

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Haemocyte‐mediated immunity in insects: Cells, processes and associated components in the fight against pathogens and parasites

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Klebsiella pneumoniae pathogenicity in silk moth larvae infection model

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Insights Into the Immune Response of the Black Soldier Fly Larvae to Bacteria

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Animal infection models using non‐mammals

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A Silkworm Infection Model for In Vivo Study of Glycopeptide Antibiotics

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Crossroads of Antibiotic Resistance and Biosynthesis

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Hemocyte Changes During Immune Melanization in Bombyx Mori Infected with Escherichia coli

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In vitro time-kill kinetics of dalbavancin against Staphylococcus spp. biofilms over prolonged exposure times

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Old and new glycopeptide antibiotics: From product to gene and back in the post-genomic era

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Immune responses to bacterial and fungal infections in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

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Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis infections on implants

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Pharmacokinetic parameters explain the therapeutic activity of antimicrobial agents in a silkworm infection model

(2018) Atmika Paudel et al.   Scientific Reports

Synergistic effects of vancomycin and β-lactams against vancomycin highly resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Pathogenic Mechanisms and Host Interactions in Staphylococcus epidermidis Device-Related Infection

(2017) Marina Sabaté Brescó et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Advantages of the Silkworm As an Animal Model for Developing Novel Antimicrobial Agents

(2017) Suresh Panthee et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Dalbavancin reduces biofilms of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE)

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Discovery of a new antifungal agent ASP2397 using a silkworm model of Aspergillus fumigatus infection

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Beyond Traditional Antimicrobials: A Caenorhabditis elegans Model for Discovery of Novel Anti-infectives

(2016) Cin Kong et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Effect of Vitamin A on Listeria monocytogenes Infection in a Silkworm Model

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Symbiosis with Francisella tularensis provides resistance to pathogens in the silkworm

(2016) Jin Suzuki et al.   Scientific Reports

The midgut of the silkmoth Bombyx mori is able to recycle molecules derived from degeneration of the larval midgut epithelium

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Alternatives to animal testing: A review

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Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci

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Evolution of Innate Immunity: Clues from Invertebrates via Fish to Mammals

(2014) Kurt Buchmann   Frontiers in Immunology

Genome-Wide Transcriptional Response of Silkworm (Bombyx mori) to Infection by the Microsporidian Nosema bombycis

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Molecular cloning, characterization and expression analysis of ATG1 in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

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Phenoloxidase: a key component of the insect immune system

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Quantitative evaluation of cryptococcal pathogenesis and antifungal drugs using a silkworm infection model with Cryptococcus neoformans

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Molecular basis of Staphylococcus epidermidis infections

(2011) Michael Otto   Seminars in Immunopathology

Characterization of a regulatory unit that controls melanization and affects longevity of mosquitoes

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The genome of a lepidopteran model insect, the silkworm Bombyx mori

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Utilization of Bombyx mori larvae as a surrogate animal model for evaluation of the anti-infective potential of oxazolidinones

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Purification of a soil bacteria exotoxin using silkworm toxicity to measure specific activity

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The proPO-system: pros and cons for its role in invertebrate immunity

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