Search Results - "Markova, Nadya"
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L-form bacteria cohabitants in human blood: significance for health and diseases
Published in Discovery medicine (01-05-2017)“…From a historical perspective, intriguing assumptions about unknown "live units" in human blood have attracted the attention of researchers, reflecting their…”
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Electrospun Fibers of Biocompatible and Biodegradable Polyesters, Poly(Ethylene Oxide) and Beeswax with Anti-Bacterial and Anti-Fungal Activities
Published in Materials (01-07-2023)“…Fibrous materials composed of core-sheath fibers from poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), beeswax (BW) and 5-nitro-8-hydroxyquinoline (NQ) were prepared via the…”
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Core/Double-Sheath Composite Fibers from Poly(ethylene oxide), Poly(L-lactide) and Beeswax by Single-Spinneret Electrospinning
Published in Polymers (21-11-2022)“…The conventional approach for preparation of core-sheath fibers is coaxial electrospinning. Single-spinneret electrospinning of emulsions is a much less common…”
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Cellulose Acetate-Based Electrospun Materials with a Variety of Biological Potentials: Antibacterial, Antifungal and Anticancer
Published in Polymers (18-05-2021)“…Novel eco-friendly fibrous materials with complex activities from cellulose acetate and cellulose acetate/polyethylene glycol (CA,PEG) containing…”
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5-Amino-8-hydroxyquinoline-containing Electrospun Materials Based on Poly(vinyl alcohol) and Carboxymethyl Cellulose and Their Cu2+ and Fe3+ Complexes with Diverse Biological Properties: Antibacterial, Antifungal and Anticancer
Published in Polymers (24-07-2023)“…Novel fibrous materials with diverse biological properties containing a model drug of the 8-hydroxyquinoline group—5-amino-8-hydroxyquinoline (5A8Q)—were…”
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Bio-Based Electrospun Fibers from Chitosan Schiff Base and Polylactide and Their Cu2+ and Fe3+ Complexes: Preparation and Antibacterial and Anticancer Activities
Published in Polymers (18-11-2022)“…The Schiff base derivative (Ch-8Q) of chitosan (Ch) and 8-hydroxyquinoline-2-carboxaldehyde (8QCHO) was prepared and fibrous mats were obtained by the…”
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8-Hydroxyquinoline-5-Sulfonic Acid-Containing Poly(Vinyl Alcohol)/Chitosan Electrospun Materials and Their Cu2+ and Fe3+ Complexes: Preparation, Antibacterial, Antifungal and Antitumor Activities
Published in Polymers (12-08-2021)“…Novel poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/chitosan (Ch)-based fibrous materials containing an ionizable model drug, 8-hydroxyquinoline-5-sulfonic acid (SQ), were…”
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Chitosan/Hyaluronate Complex-Coated Electrospun Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Materials Containing Extracts from Melissa officinalis and/or Hypericum perforatum with Various Biological Activities: Antioxidant, Antibacterial and In Vitro Anticancer Effects
Published in Polymers (01-08-2024)“…The present study aimed to fabricate innovative fibrous materials with various biological activities from poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), sodium hyaluronate (HA),…”
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Innovative Fibrous Materials Loaded with 5-Nitro-8-hydroxyquinoline via Electrospinning/Electrospraying Demonstrate Antioxidant, Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activities
Published in Antioxidants (01-06-2023)“…A new type of fibrous mat based on a cellulose derivative-cellulose acetate (CA) or CA and water-soluble polymers (polyvinylpyrrolidone, PVP or poly(vinyl…”
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L-form Transformation Phenomenon in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Associated with Drug Tolerance to Ethambutol
Published in International journal of mycobacteriology (01-12-2016)“…Abstract Objective/background Cell wall-deficient bacterial forms (L-forms) may occur along with resistance to factors that trigger their appearance. It is of…”
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Utility of New 24-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Typing for Discriminating Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates Collected in Bulgaria
Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology (01-09-2008)“…The present study evaluated new markers for molecular typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with a collection of strains circulating in Bulgaria. A study sample…”
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Survival of Escherichia coli under lethal heat stress by L-form conversion
Published in International journal of biological sciences (01-01-2010)“…Transition of bacteria to cell wall deficient L-forms in response to stress factors has been assumed as a potential mechanism for survival of microbes under…”
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Combination of Electrografting and Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization for Making the Stainless Steel Surface Antibacterial and Protein Antiadhesive
Published in Langmuir (03-01-2006)“…A two-step “grafting from” method has been successfully carried out, which is based on the electrografting of polyacrylate chains containing an initiator for…”
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Electrospun curcumin-loaded cellulose acetate/polyvinylpyrrolidone fibrous materials with complex architecture and antibacterial activity
Published in Materials Science & Engineering C (01-04-2017)“…Novel fibrous materials from cellulose acetate (CA) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) containing curcumin (Curc) with original design were prepared by one-pot…”
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Molecular Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Different Regions of Bulgaria
Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology (01-03-2008)“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from different regions of Bulgaria were studied by a variety of molecular typing tools. Based on spacer oligonucleotide…”
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Recurrent sepsis due to bacillus licheniformis
Published in Journal of global infectious diseases (01-01-2012)“…Bacillus licheniformis is recognized as a human pathogen causing infections, mainly in immunocompromised patients. We present a case of sepsis in an…”
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Filterable forms and L-forms of Mycobacterium bovis BCG: Impact for live vaccine features
Published in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics (01-06-2012)“…Bacterial L-form conversion, or existence without cell walls, is assumed a universal phenomenon in nature. An interesting aspect of this phenomenon is…”
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Viability and survival capability of quinolone-resistant uropathogenic Escherichia coli
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Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)/caffeic acid electrospun fibrous materials coated with polyelectrolyte complex and their antibacterial activity and in vitro antitumor effect against HeLa cells
Published in Materials Science & Engineering C (01-08-2016)“…The purpose of this work was to investigate the possibility for the preparation of new poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB)/poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-based fibrous…”
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Rapid Detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Genotype and Its Ancient and Modern Sublineages by IS6110-Based Inverse PCR
Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology (01-08-2006)“…The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype strains appear to be hypervirulent and associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Therefore, the…”
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