TnphoA mutants of Providencia alcalifaciens with altered invasiveness of HEp-2 cells.

abstract：PURPOSE:In this study, we aimed to investigate the genomic characteristics and evolution of pathogenicity islands of an enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strain, and to obtain a transcriptional profile of EPEC under different concentrations of ciprofloxacin using microarray analysis. METHODOLOGY:The complete EP...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chen Z,Cheng H,Pan W,Zheng J,Li D,Lin F,Yu Z,Deng Q

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfer of an Hly plasmid determining production of alpha haemolysin to a non-haemolytic strain of Escherichia coli increased the virulence of the strain for mice. Injections of non-toxic amounts of alpha haemolysin, phenylhydrazine, haemoglobin, iron or manganese salts simulated the effect of the Hly plasmid by stim...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Linggood MA,Ingram PL

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans, as an opportunistic pathogen, can cause superficial and life-threatening candidiasis in immunocompromised individuals. The formation of surface-associated biofilms and the appearance of drug resistance pose a significant challenge for clinical intervention. In this study, a total of 104 hospital-acqu...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hu L,Du X,Li T,Song Y,Zai S,Hu X,Zhang X,Li M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The current study has been designed to delineate the efficacy of geraniol (GE) on biofilm formation in Staphylococcus epidermidis as well as the effect of subinhibitory concentrations of GE on the development of adaptive resistance. METHODOLOGY:Biofilm biomass quantification assay was performed to evaluate the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kannappan A,Sivaranjani M,Srinivasan R,Rathna J,Pandian SK,Ravi AV

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior to the advent of the Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine, invasive infections due to H. influenzae type f were rarely described. However, the epidemiology of H. influenzae is changing. While the incidence of invasive infections due to H. influenzae is declining in children, such infections are becoming more co...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Suarez CJ,Glover WA,Cowan J,Smith A,Clarridge JE

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) pose significant infection-control challenges in settings with high prevalence and limited isolation facilities. This observational study in an 800-bed hospital determined the prevalence, bacterial density and genetic relatedness of MDROs isolated from ward surfaces, medical devic...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Tan TY,Tan JSM,Tay H,Chua GH,Ng LSY,Syahidah N

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cystic fibrosis (CF) airways are colonized by polymicrobial communities with high bacterial load and are influenced by frequent antibiotic exposures. This community includes diverse streptococci, some of which have been directly or indirectly associated with pulmonary exacerbations. As many streptococci are natura...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Thornton CS,Grinwis ME,Sibley CD,Parkins MD,Rabin HR,Surette MG

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholera toxin (CT) is the major virulence factor produced by Vibrio cholerae. Several genomic arrangements within the CTX cassette have been elucidated in V. cholerae. Previously, it was shown that three different CTX cassette arrangements, one complete CTX cassette (arrangement A), one complete and two incomplete CTX...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Amin Marashi SM,Bakhshi B,Imani Fooladi AA,Tavakoli A,Sharifnia A,Pourshafie MR

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aimed to evaluate a PCR-based technique for the diagnosis of mucormycosis and the identification of fungi from fresh tissue specimens in patients with rhino-orbito-cerebral-mucormycosis (ROCM). METHODOLOGY:Fifty cases of ROCM were included in the study. Conventional identification was performed using micros...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zaman K,Rudramurthy SM,Das A,Panda N,Honnavar P,Kaur H,Chakrabarti A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used a previously described multiplex PCR-based reverse line blot (mPCR/RLB) assay to assess the prevalence and distribution of 14 urogenital pathogens or putative pathogens, namely Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma hominis, Trichomonas vaginalis, Gardnerella va...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： McKechnie ML,Hillman RJ,Jones R,Lowe PC,Couldwell DL,Davies SC,King F,Kong F,Gilbert GL

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter strains isolated from the same stool sample were characterised by determination of biochemical properties and both heat-labile (Lior) and heat-stable (Lauwers) serotypes. In six of 60 campylobacter-infected stools, two or three strains differing in Lior-serotype were isolated from the same stool. In four...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zöllner B,Wuthe HH

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three specimens from 111 asymptomatic male partners of infertile couples attending the Department of Urology in Amiens, France, were examined by the PCR COBAS AMPLICOR test (Roche Molecular Diagnostics) for the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis. The specimens analysed were: first void urine (FVU), urine obtained after...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hamdad-Daoudi F,Petit J,Eb F

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) N-59 and RU-1 were produced by immunisation of mice with streptokinase secreted by Streptococcus group A, type 12, strain A374 isolated from a patient with post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) and were characterised by Western blot analysis. MAb N-59 recognised antigenic determinan...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ohkuni H,Todome Y,Yoshimura K,Yamamoto T,Suzuki H,Yokomuro K,Johnston KH,Zabriskie JB

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major nosocomial pathogen in Pakistan and is emerging in the community. This is one of the first reports of the prevalent genotypes of MRSA in both hospital and community settings in Pakistan. Isolates collected in 2006-2007 were characterized by PFGE, staphylococ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zafar A,Stone M,Ibrahim S,Parveen Z,Hasan Z,Khan E,Hasan R,Wain J,Bamford K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing was performed on a retrospective set of 129 Moraxella catarrhalis isolates obtained over a 20 month period from 70 children admitted to, or presenting at, the Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The mean age of the children (at the end of the study) wa...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hays JP,Eadie K,Verduin CM,Hazelzet J,Verbrugh H,van Belkum A

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance against vaginal colonisation by Mycoplasma pulmonis in strain TO mice after exposure to the mycoplasma was investigated. Eighteen mice from which M. pulmonis had been eliminated from the vagina, either naturally or by antibiotic therapy, were resistant to vaginal recolonisation. Specific antibody was measur...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Taylor-Robinson D,Furr PM

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that produces several virulence factors such as lectin A, pyocyanin, elastase and rhamnolipids. These compounds are controlled transcriptionally by three quorum-sensing circuits, two based on the synthesis and detection of N-acyl-homoserine-lactone termed the Las and...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： García-Reyes S,Soberón-Chávez G,Cocotl-Yanez M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 95 isolates, belonging to 33 species of five dermatophyte genera, i.e. Arthroderma (15 species), Chrysosporium (two), Epidermophyton (one), Microsporum (three) and Trichophyton (12), were studied using internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2)-PCR-RFLP analysis (ITS2-RFLP), consisting of amplification of the ITS...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： De Baere T,Summerbell R,Theelen B,Boekhout T,Vaneechoutte M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catechin, a constituent of tea, possesses various bioactivities. In particular, the most abundant catechin in tea is epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg), which has an anti-inflammatory effect. In the present study, the usability of EGCg for osteomyelitis treatment was examined. Osteomyelitis is a difficult disease to cure...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ishida I,Kohda C,Yanagawa Y,Miyaoka H,Shimamura T

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight isolates of Shigella sonnei from three outbreaks in school children and eight control isolates from epidemiologically unrelated sporadic clinical infections in Taiwan were compared by antibiotic susceptibility testing and molecular typing. Antibiotic susceptibility testing showed that all strains except on...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lee TM,Chang LL,Chang CY,Wang JC,Pan TM,Wang TK,Chang SF

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to establish bacterial profiles in gastric biopsy specimens from patients with Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis by means of temporal temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TTGE) of PCR-amplified 16S rDNA fragments. Specimens from eight patients with asymptomatic gastritis and five ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Monstein HJ,Tiveljung A,Kraft CH,Borch K,Jonasson J

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid identification of isolates in positive blood cultures are of great importance to secure correct treatment of septicaemic patients. As antimicrobial resistance is increasing, rapid detection of resistance is crucial. Carbapenem resistance in Bacteroides fragilis associated with cfiA-encoded class B metallo-beta-l...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Johansson Å,Nagy E,Sóki J

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonotic disease that affects all mammals in different parts of the world. Though there are many commercial kits available for the diagnosis of systemic leptospirosis, the nature of the antigen has not been described. Therefore, identification of a specific antigen is important. Since ocu...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Priya CG,Bhavani K,Rathinam SR,Muthukkaruppan VR

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 110 clinical isolates of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor serotype Ogawa isolated in a recent outbreak from different districts of Teheran, Iran, was subjected to 99 carbon source utilisation tests, ribotyping and toxinogenotyping. PCR showed that the genes encoding cholera toxin (ctxA), toxin co-regulated...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pourshafie MR,Grimont F,Saifi M,Grimont PAD

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xanthomonas maltophilia produces two inducible beta-lactamases, L1 and L2, and resists the antimicrobial activity of beta-lactam antibiotics, including carbapenems. L1 is a zinc-metaloenzyme with carbapenemase activity; L2 is an unusual cephalosporinase. Mutant strains with high- and low-level constitutive expression ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Akova M,Bonfiglio G,Livermore DM

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synergy between fluvastatin, at clinically unachievable concentrations, and fluconazole against Candida albicans has been reported. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the in-vitro activity of fluconazole alone and in combination with clinically achievable concentrations of pravastatin and fluvastatin aga...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Nash JD,Burgess DS,Talbert RL

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus infection can occur in female sheep, causing infertility or abortion. Despite extensive research on the effect of these bacteria on female fertility, little research has been done on the influence of C. fetus subsp. fetus on the male factor. Our objective was to examine the influence o...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zan Bar T,Yehuda R,Hacham T,Krupnik S,Bartoov B

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saksenaea erythrospora is a species of the order Mucorales recently described and reported as a cause of human mucormycosis. We report a case of S. erythrospora in a man involved in a serious sailing accident causing deep skin and soft tissue contamination with soil and water. Direct microscopic examination of the cli...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Relloso S,Romano V,Landaburu MF,Herrera F,Smayevsky J,Veciño C,Mujica MT

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of Legionella pneumophila to antibiotics that inhibit cell-wall, protein and DNA synthesis was examined by electronmicroscopy, MIC estimations and viable counts. Ampicillin, cefotaxime, methicillin, erythromycin, rifampicin and ciprofloxacin, each used separately at 20 times their respective MIC values, s...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rodgers FG,Tzianabos AO,Elliott TS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates were recovered from 28 patients from various sites in an intensive care unit in Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, China, over a 6 month period. PFGE analysis indicated that the 40 strains were all closely related. The MICs of carbapenems varied from 16 to ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zhang R,Wang XD,Cai JC,Zhou HW,Lv HX,Hu QF,Chen GX

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00