Population structure and antibiotic resistance of Acinetobacter DNA group 2 and 13TU isolates from hospitals in the UK.

abstract：:An ELISA was developed and evaluated as a method for detecting antibodies against glycosylated and deglycosylated histoplasmin (HMIN). Sera from patients with histoplasmosis, paracoccidioidomycosis, sporotrichosis, coccidioidomycosis, aspergillosis, cryptococcosis and healthy donors were tested by ELISA against purifi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Guimarães AJ,Pizzini CV,de Matos Guedes HL,Albuquerque PC,Peralta JM,Hamilton AJ,Zancopé-Oliveira RM

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We resequenced the genome of Clostridium difficile 630Δerm (DSM 28645), a model strain commonly used for the generation of insertion mutants. METHODOLOGY:The genome sequence was obtained by a combination of single-molecule real-timeand Illumina sequencing technology. RESULTS:Detailed manual curation and compa...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dannheim H,Riedel T,Neumann-Schaal M,Bunk B,Schober I,Spröer C,Chibani CM,Gronow S,Liesegang H,Overmann J,Schomburg D

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. Differences between the genomic and virulence profile of Bordetella pertussis circulating strains and vaccine strains are considered as one of the important reasons for the resurgence of whooping cough (pertussis) in the world. Genetically inactivated B. pertussis is one of the new strategies to generate...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Nikbin VS,Keramati M,Noofeli M,Tayebzadeh F,Kahali B,Shahcheraghi F

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence variations located at the signal sequence and mid-region within the vacA gene, the 3'-end of the cagA gene, the indel motifs at the 3'-end of the cag pathogenicity island and the regions upstream of the vacA and ribA genes were determined by PCR in 19 paired antral or antrum and corpus Helicobacter pylori iso...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Carroll IM,Ahmed N,Beesley SM,Khan AA,Ghousunnissa S,Moráin CAÓ,Habibullah CM,Smyth CJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1997 to 2006, in the province of Quebec, Canada, 15 isolates of Streptococcus pseudoporcinus from 1 urine and 14 vaginorectal cultures were recovered from the genitourinary tract of pregnant women. All these women originated from the Caribbean or sub-Saharan Africa (P=0.00045 compared with a suitable control grou...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Gaudreau C,Simoneau E,Labrecque O,Laurence RA,Laferrière C,Miller M,Raynal L,Rallu F

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence and prevalence of multidrug antibacterial resistance in Helicobacter pylori in Bulgaria from 2005 to 2008. The resistance in 828 untreated adults, 124 treated adults and 105 untreated children was, respectively, 26.5, 50.8 and 16.2% for metronidazole; 18.4, 45.2 and 1...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Boyanova L

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) is the commonest pathogen causing food-borne disease among humans and animals in Australia. A multiplex PCR-based reverse line blot (mPCR/RLB) system was developed to rapidly identify S. Typhimurium phage types and strains within them. The system comprised 32 bi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wang Q,Kong F,Jelfs P,Gilbert GL

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study between February 2003 and June 2004, stool specimens of children less than 2 years of age with diarrhoea (n=218) and without diarrhoea (n=86), living in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, were examined for the presence of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli. E. coli isolates were tested by colony blot...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Spano LC,Sadovsky ADI,Segui PN,Saick KW,Kitagawa SMS,Pereira FEL,Fagundes-Neto U,Scaletsky ICA

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different aspects of the terms strain, clone and species are discussed. The term strain is commonly used to denote a pure culture - here called 'the strain in the taxonomic sense' - but does also refer to a natural concept closely related to the clone. The term clone on the other hand is used both in a general and in ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dijkshoorn L,Ursing BM,Ursing JB

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen participating in cell-mediated immunity was isolated from a sonic extract of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. The purified antigen had a mol. wt 150 000-200 000, based upon its Rf in 7.5% polyacrylamide gel in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate. In simple agarose gel electrophoresis it had an Rf of 0.85....

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hattikudur S,Kamat RS

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-cell-polypeptide profiles obtained by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) were used in conjunction with the API-Staph technique to identify different strains of Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis, S. saprophyticus and S. capitis. Complete concordance of results from both techniques was achieved ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Clink J,Pennington TH

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early diagnosis of leptospirosis is important because severe leptospiral infection can run a fulminant course. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was evaluated for the detection of leptospires in clinical samples from patients with acute leptospiral infection. Blood and urine samples from 71 patients with leptospiros...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Brown PD,Gravekamp C,Carrington DG,van de Kemp H,Hartskeerl RA,Edwards CN,Everard CO,Terpstra WJ,Levett PN

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As well as conventional methods such as immunodiffusion, ELISA, or agglutination for the detection of toxin production in Staphylococcus aureus, amplification techniques like PCR allow a very sensitive and specific identification of the genes responsible for enterotoxin B and C, and TSST-1 production. These toxins mig...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Schmitz FJ,Steiert M,Hofmann B,Verhoef J,Hadding U,Heinz HP,Köhrer K

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been several outbreaks of botulism among poultry and wild birds in Sweden in recent years. The National Veterinary Institute of Sweden (SVA) has identified botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT)/C1 or the mosaic BoNT/C1D using the mouse bioassay. This is believed to be the first report on the application of the Endope...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hedeland M,Moura H,Båverud V,Woolfitt AR,Bondesson U,Barr JR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of this study demonstrate that saline extracted surface-associated material (SAM) of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Eikenella corrodens stimulates bone resorption at picomolar concentrations. Various inhibitors of known osteolytic mediators--indomethacin, interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Meghji S,Wilson M,Barber P,Henderson B

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heparin-binding properties of six different species of coagulase-negative staphylococci were examined by a particle agglutination assay. Heparin (mol. wt 4000-6000), mildly treated with sodium periodate, was covalently coupled to amino-modified latex beads (0.72 micron diameter). The particle agglutination assay w...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pascu C,Hirmo S,Ljungh A,Wadström T

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Mycobacterium leprae to specifically bind alpha2-laminins of Schwann cells has been described recently as being an important property of the leprosy bacillus, which could explain the neural tropism of M. leprae. Therefore, the extent of the expression of alpha2-laminin-binding properties among mycobacte...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Marques MA,Ant nio VL,Sarno EN,Brennan PJ,Pessolani MC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microtechnique of Galton et al. (1965) for the routine screening of blood samples for leptospiral antibodies was used to examine more than 8000 serum samples from animals that had aborted and from herds in which leptospiral antibodies had previously been demonstrated. The method gave consistently accurate results....

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lewis J

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the anti-chlamydial activities in vitro of liposome-encapsulated doxycycline (Dox) and tetracycline (Tet) in comparison with free Dox and Tet. Dox and Tet encapsulated in cationic (CAL), anionic (ANL) and neutral (NTL) liposomes by sonication, were quantified by high-performan...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sangare L,Morisset R,Ravaoarinoro M

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many clinically relevant biofilms are polymicrobial. Examining the effect of antimicrobials in a multispecies biofilm consortium is of great clinical importance. The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of different honey types against bacterial wound pathogens grown in multispecies biofilm and to test the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sojka M,Valachova I,Bucekova M,Majtan J

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：: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 closely related Clostridium novyi and Clostridium botulinum types C and D are of current interest because of their association with serious infections in injecting drug users (C. novyi type A) and equine and feline dysautonomias (C. botulinum types C/D). The species are defined by the major toxins they produce: th...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Heffron A,Poxton IR

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A collection of 72 strains of catalase-negative gram-positive, -negative and -variable cocco-bacilli isolated from samples of vaginal discharge from women with non-specific vaginal infection was examined in an attempt to develop an identification system for Gardnerella vaginalis that could be used in a diagnostic labo...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Taylor E,Phillips I

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to explore the epidemiological and molecular characteristics of Streptococcus pyogenes in children from different cities in mainland China who were diagnosed with scarlet fever, impetigo and pharyngitis, as well as to detect asymptomatic carriers, between 2005 and 2008, and to compare the res...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Liang Y,Liu X,Chang H,Ji L,Huang G,Fu Z,Zheng Y,Wang L,Li C,Shen Y,Yu S,Yao K,Ma L,Shen X,Yang Y

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii is an emerging multidrug-resistant pathogen and very little information is available regarding its imipenem resistance in Latin American countries such as Bolivia. This study investigated the antimicrobial resistance profile of 46 clinical strains from different hospitals in Cochabamba, Bolivia...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sevillano E,Fernández E,Bustamante Z,Zabalaga S,Rosales I,Umaran A,Gallego L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Listeria monocytogenes cells are ingested by protozoa such as Acanthamoeba sp. or Tetrahymena pyriformis. However, they are not killed, but survive within the protozoa and may multiply intracellularly. The protozoa are lysed within about 8 days, releasing viable L. monocytogenes. No co-existence was observed between L...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ly TM,Müller HE

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study attempted to determine whether cefuroxime was superior to cephalothin as a surrogate marker for cefpodoxime among urinary tract isolates. The MicroScan system (Siemens) was used to determine susceptibility for cephalothin and cefuroxime on consecutive cultures with a colony count of ≥50 000 organisms. Simul...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bookstaver DA,Bland CM,Woodberry MW,Mansell KB

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrathecal synthesis of IgM and IgG antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi sonicate, to recombinant flagellin (41 kDa) and to a tryptic peptide of the flagellin (14-kDa fragment) was determined by ELISA in paired cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum samples from 35 patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) and in 10 p...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kaiser R,Rasiah C,Gassmann G,Vogt A,Lücking CH

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of Candida albicans biofilms and production of extracellular matrix were monitored by dry weight, colorimetric and radioisotope assays, and by scanning electron microscopy. Under static incubation conditions synthesis of matrix material was minimal, but increased dramatically when developing biofilms were subje...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hawser SP,Baillie GS,Douglas LJ

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00