Clinical and bacteriological profiles of patients with typhoid fever treated during 1975-1998 in the Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital.

abstract：:Selective and differential media were designed for each species of Pityrosporum; P. pachydermatis, P. ovale, and P. orbiculare in order to make feasible a quantitative cultivation. Medium for P. pachydermatis (medium A) was composed of 1% trypticase peptone (BBL), 0.5% yeast extract (BBL), 0.3% glucose, 0.2% NaCl, 1.2...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ushijima T,Takahashi M,Ozaki Y

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated a filamentous bacteriophage, VfO4K68, from the pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus strain belonging to 04:K68 serovar. The VfO4K68 DNA lacked a 1,893-bp fragment present in that of the distinctive region of f237, a filamentous phage isolated from a pandemic 03:K6 strain (Nasu, H. et al., J. Clin. Microbiol., ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Chan B,Miyamoto H,Taniguchi H,Yoshida S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 5 (IL-5), a lymphokine produced by helper T cells, is involved in the regulation of growth and differentiation of B cells and other hematopoietic cells. To elucidate IL-5-mediated intracellular mechanisms, we have established IL-5-dependent and -independent murine early B cell lines, J6 and MJ88-1, respect...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Migita M,Yamaguchi N,Katoh S,Mita S,Matsumoto R,Sonoda E,Tsuchiya H,Matsuda I,Tominaga A,Takatsu K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunostimulatory effect of intragastrically or parenterally administered beta-(1-->3; 1-->4) glucan, extracted from oats (ObetaG), on disease resistance to Eimeria vermiformis was studied in C57BL/6 mice. Multiple administrations of ObetaG by intragastric or subcutaneous routes reduced fecal oocyst shedding compa...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yun CH,Estrada A,Van Kessel A,Gajadhar A,Redmond M,Laarveld B

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive, quantitative, short-time, and reproducible focus assay for Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus is described. After 2 or 3 days of incubation, the infected cells were treated with anti-JE virus serum and complement, and subsequently stained with trypan blue; then clear foci were produced. This method made it ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kimura-Kuroda J,Yasui K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NfxC-type mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces the MexEF-OprN efflux pump and down-regulates expression of the quorum-sensing-dependent efflux pump MexAB-OprM and production of virulence factors in the presence of an active transcriptional regulator, MexT. Consequently, these cells are resistant to chloramphe...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Uwate M,Ichise YK,Shirai A,Omasa T,Nakae T,Maseda H

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The botulinum neurotoxin light chain (BoNT-LC) is a zinc-dependent metalloprotease that cleaves neuronal SNARE proteins such as SNAP-25, VAMP2, and Syntaxin1. This cleavage interferes with the neurotransmitter release of peripheral neurons and results in flaccid paralysis. SNAP, VAMP, and Syntaxin are representative o...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamamoto H,Ida T,Tsutsuki H,Mori M,Matsumoto T,Kohda T,Mukamoto M,Goshima N,Kozaki S,Ihara H

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies specific to Salmonella enteritidis (S.E.) were obtained from immunized egg yolk, and their protective effects against S.E. were studied by using monolayer-cultured human intestinal epithelial cells, Caco-2 and T84. The Salmonella adherence and entry to the cells were partially inhibited by the antibodies. T...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sugita-Konishi Y,Ogawa M,Arai S,Kumagai S,Igimi S,Shimizu M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The killing activity of cord blood mononuclear cells (cMNC) against cytomegalovirus (CMV)-uninfected and -infected fibroblasts was comparable to that of adult peripheral blood mononuclear cells (aPBMC). The killing activity of cMNC against K562 cells was significantly lower compared with that of aPBMC. Treatment of cM...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hoshina T,Kida K,Ito M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed an indirect microhemagglutination test (IMHA) for detecting antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi using formalin-fixed chicken erythrocytes sensitized with a sonicated extract of the bacteria. The specificity of IMHA for Lyme disease was compared with that of a conventional indirect immunoperoxidase tec...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Fujita H,Sato T,Ohara Y,Homma M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unmethylated CpG-ODN are known to enhance Th1-type immune response. However, optimal sequences of CpG-ODN for activating Th1-type immune cells vary among species. It is necessary to identify the effective CpG-ODN sequences in each species. In the present study, in order to identify the sequences of CpG-ODN that produc...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Satoh R,Kotake M,Takano T,Motokawa K,Gemma T,Watanabe R,Arai S,Hohdatsu T

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of herpes simplex virus (HSV) type-common surface antigens (CSA) in a representative cell clone (155-4-03) of hamster cell line 155-4 transformed by HSV type 2 was enhanced by treatment with inhibitors of RNA synthesis [adriamycin (ADM) and daunomycin] but not with inhibitors of DNA synthesis (2-iododeo...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kako D,Ohnishi Y,Kimura S

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon stimulated gene 15 (ISG15), an ubiquitin cross-reactive protein, can conjugate to target proteins. Unlike ubiquitination, protein modification by ISG15 does not target protein for degradation, but enhances the cellular response to interferon (IFN), which plays a key role in antiviral responses. In this stud...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yang L,Zhang LY,Wang C,Wang B,Wang XM,Zeng SM

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B. pertussis is a causative agent of whooping cough (pertussis) in humans. Despite wide-scale vaccination in many countries, there is serious concern about pertussis as a re-emerging disease. Re-emergence of pertussis may be explained by several factors: the short duration of protection by the currently available acel...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Abe A,Nagamatsu K,Watanabe M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extract of Candida albicans isolated from a patient with typical mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (MCLS) can produce coronary arteritis in a mouse when injected intraperitoneally. An unusual feature of this arteritis is that it is granulomatous, shows no fibrinoid change and is confined to the coronary arteries. T...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Murata H

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with renal diseases are typically treated with immunosuppressive drugs, which place them at high risk of reactivation of the BK virus (BKV). Currently, little is known about the impact of immunosuppressive drugs on the kinetics of urinary shedding of BKV and viral reactivation in pediatric patients with renal...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamamoto Y,Morooka M,Ihira M,Yoshikawa T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production from murine resident peritoneal macrophages (M phi) of a soluble factor, which was capable of enhancing the antigen-presenting (AP) function of dendritic cells (DC), was examined. The supernatants of peritoneal M phi (M phi sup) were prepared by culturing peritoneal M phi with particles, i.e., zymosan A...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Miyazaki H,Ito A,Osawa T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A human T-lymphoblastoid cell line, TCL-Fuj, produces large amounts of interferon (IFN)-gamma constitutively. A variant cell line, 2M, was derived from it. Both cell lines express similar surface antigen markers, but differ in surface morphology. Compared with the parent TCL-Fuj cell line, 2M produced less IFN-gamma c...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Matsuyama M,Sugamura K,Hinuma Y

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between antibodies against cytomegalovirus (CMV) glycoprotein B (gB) and acute rejection after transplantation. Seventy-seven consecutive renal transplant recipients in a D + /R+ setting were studied. Biopsy-proven rejection occurred in 35% of the recipients. Among...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ishibashi K,Tokumoto T,Shirakawa H,Oguro T,Yanagida T,Takahashi N,Nomiya M,Haga N,Aikawa K,Tanabe K,Inoue N,Kojima Y,Suzutani T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pyogenes, a group A Streptococcus (GAS), has been recognized as the causative pathogen in patients with severe invasive streptococcal infection with or without necrotizing fasciitis. In recent epidemiological studies, Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (SDSE) has been isolated from severe inva...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Watanabe S,Takemoto N,Ogura K,Miyoshi-Akiyama T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No systematic study on serotyping of Enterococcus faecalis has been reported since 1964 when M.E. Sharpe conducted serotyping of group D streptococcus in U.K. So, we attempted to re-evaluate serotyping of E. faecalis. For this purpose, we received 42 Sharpe's strains and first examined for their biochemical characteri...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Maekawa S,Yoshioka M,Kumamoto Y

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noroviruses cause acute gastroenteritis. Since multiple genotypes of norovirus co-circulate in humans, changing the genotype composition and eluding host immunity, development of a polyvalent vaccine against norovirus in which the genotypes of vaccine strains match the major strains in circulation in the target season...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Suzuki Y,Doan YH,Kimura H,Shinomiya H,Shirabe K,Katayama K

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intradermal injection of MY-1, a nucleic acid fraction extracted from Mycobacterium bovis strain BCG, induced in situ infiltration of mononuclear cells, most of which were asialo GM1 (GA1)-positive as determined by immunofluorescence microscopy. The infiltration occurred with as little as 1 microgram of MY-1 and laste...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kuramoto E,Toizumi S,Shimada S,Tokunaga T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel combination of antimicrobial agents (sulfamethoxazole, 40 μg/mL; trimethoprim, 20 μg/mL; amphotericin B, 5 μg/mL; fosfomycin, 400 μg/mL; and 5-fluorouracil, 100 μg/mL) was developed for selective isolation of leptospires from contaminated samples. The growth of 16 microorganisms considered as possible contamin...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Chakraborty A,Miyahara S,Villanueva SY,Saito M,Gloriani NG,Yoshida S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific tumor microenvironment signaling might prevent the maturation of dendritic cells (DCs) with tolerogenic and immunosuppressive potential accounting for antigen-specific unresponsiveness in the lymphoid organs and in the periphery. In the present study, dendritic cells treated with LLC lung cancer cell or 4T1 b...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ma C,Su M,Shen K,Chen J,Ning Y,Qi C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major structural proteins of Newcastle disease virus and Sendai virus were localized in infected BHK-21 and MDBK cells by ultrastructural immunoperoxidase cytochemistry using antibodies against the individual viral protein antigens. The intracellular glycoproteins were strictly membrane bound, being localized in t...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nagai Y,Yoshida T,Hamaguchi M,Nagura H,Hasegawa H,Yoshimura S,Watanabe K

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 207 strains of Bordetella bronchiseptica isolated from pigs in 1978 and 1979 were tested for drug resistance and for the properties of their R plasmids. Apart from intrinsic resistance to spectinomycin, single (sulfadimethoxine), double (sulfadimethoxine and streptomycin), andt riple (sulfadimethoxine, stre...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shimizu M,Kuninori K,Inoue M,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma concentration of soluble P-selectin (GMP-140/CD62P/PADGEM), a selectin produced by activated platelets and endothelial cells, was quantitated in a group of adults and East African negro children presenting with either non-severe or severe (cerebral) malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum. Sixty percent of ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Facer CA,Theodoridou A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid method to determine the allelic variants of the sheep PrP gene was developed. DNA samples from 128 Suffolk sheep (39 rams and 89 ewes) were screened by using polymerase chain reactions and dot-blot hybridization with 32P-labeled nine allele-specific oligonucleotide probes corresponding to the polymorphic PrP c...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ishiguro N,Shinagawa M,Onoe S,Yamanouchi K,Saito T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the soluble forms of the endotoxin receptor molecules sMD-2 and sCD14 on bacterial growth were studied. When Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis were incubated at 37 degrees C for 18 hr with either sMD-2 or sCD14, growth of these bacteria was significantly inhibited as evaluated by viable cell counts...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ohnishi T,Muroi M,Tanamoto K

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00