Initial organ localisation of blood-borne Candida albicans in a rat model of disseminated candidosis.

abstract：:Purpose. In this study, we differentiated between tuberculosis (TB) and infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) or Nocardia in a tertiary general hospital in China. Differences in clinical manifestations and factors between respiratory infections associated with these organisms were also investigated.Me...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dong G,Chu P,Guo J,Xie Y,Lu J

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a major public-health problem, because treatment is complicated and patients remain infectious for months or years, despite receiving the best available therapy. To gain better understanding of MDR-TB, a retrospective study was initiated to determine the level of drug resi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dam T,Isa M,Bose M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic alternatives available for use against ciprofloxacin-resistant enteric fever isolates in an endemic area are limited. The antibiotics currently available are the quinolones, third-generation cephalosporins and conventional first-line drugs. In this study, the MICs of various newer drugs were determined...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Capoor MR,Rawat D,Nair D,Hasan AS,Deb M,Aggarwal P,Pillai P

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) are among the most common hospital-acquired infections. We aimed to survey methicillin resistance, biofilm production and susceptibility to vancomycin, linezolid and other antibiotics for staphylococci isolated from CRBSIs. METHODOLOGY:Fifty-eight isolates [20 S...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hashem AA,Abd El Fadeal NM,Shehata AS

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sorbitol-MacConkey medium has become widely used for the isolation of verotoxigenic (VT+) Escherichia coli O157. However, many organisms other than VT+ E. coli O157, especially other serogroups of E. coli and Proteus spp., may not ferment sorbitol, and thus may be confused initially with VT+ E. coli O157. Rhamnose is ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chapman PA,Siddons CA,Zadik PM,Jewes L

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the clinical spectrum of group B streptococcal (GBS) bacteraemia in patients over 70 years old. Sixty-six adults with GBS bacteraemia were reviewed over a 5-year period. Disease characteristics, clinical diagnoses and underlying disease were compared in 33 older pat...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Trivalle C,Martin E,Martel P,Jacque B,Menard JF,Lemeland JF

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spondylodiscitis caused by Aggregatibacter aphrophilus, formerly known as Haemophilus paraphrophilus, is an unusual condition and can be very difficult to diagnose. We report a case of cervical spondylodiscitis complicated by spinal epidural abscess in a 63-year-old woman, without underlying predisposing conditions. T...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pasqualini L,Mencacci A,Scarponi AM,Leli C,Fabbriciani G,Callarelli L,Schillaci G,Bistoni F,Mannarino E

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibilities of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans cultures, grown as 1- or 3-day-old biofilms or as planktonic suspensions, to concentrations of chlorhexidine digluconate, cetylpyridinium chloride or triclosan used in commercial mouthwashes were compared. Three-day biofilms were the most resistant form of t...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Thrower Y,Pinney RJ,Wilson M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common form of cancer. Diverse therapies such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiation have shown beneficial effects, but are limited because of their safety and toxicity. Probiotic formulations have shown great promise in CRC as preventive and early stage therapeutics. Th...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kahouli I,Tomaro-Duchesneau C,Prakash S

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We examined evidence for transmission of Pandorea apista among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients attending paediatric and adult services in one city who had previously been found to harbour related isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). METHODOLOGY:The whole-genome sequences of 18 isolates from this ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kenna DTD,Coward A,Perry C,Pike R,Schaefer U,Turton J,Green H,Jones AM,Bright-Thomas RJ,Burns P,Narayan O,Wilkinson S,Turton JF

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular typing is an important tool for control and prevention of infection. A suitable molecular typing method for epidemiological investigation must be easy to perform, highly reproducible, inexpensive, rapid and easy to interpret. In this study, two molecular typing methods including the conventional PCR-sequenci...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Fasihi Y,Fooladi S,Mohammadi MA,Emaneini M,Kalantar-Neyestanaki D

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 63 Aeromonas strains isolated from diarrhoeal faeces or water samples were tested for adhesion to HEp-2 cells. An association between diarrhoea and high level adhesion was observed in that 12 of the 34 faecal isolates and none of the 29 environmental isolates yielded greater than 20 bacteria per HEp-2 cell ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Carrello A,Silburn KA,Budden JR,Chang BJ

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serial multiplex PCR approach was reformulated for pneumococcal serotyping to test 153 clinical isolates from children in Mozambique. This approach identified serotypes in 139 (90.8%) of 153 isolates; 126 (82.4%) were identified within two reactions. This approach in developing countries would require minimal traini...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Morais L,Carvalho MDG,Roca A,Flannery B,Mandomando I,Soriano-Gabarró M,Sigauque B,Alonso P,Beall B

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:Acinetobacter baumannii, Acinetobacter nosocomialis and Acinetobacter pittii are clinically relevant members of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-A. baumannii (Acb) complex and important nosocomial pathogens. These three species are genetically closely related and phenotypically similar; however, they differ in their ep...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chen TL,Lee YT,Kuo SC,Yang SP,Fung CP,Lee SD

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to a 36-kDa extracellular metalloprotease (PSCP) from Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) cepacia were found to react with thermolysin, Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase, alkaline protease (Apr) and LasA, Serratia marcescens protease (SMP), Aeromonas hydrophila protease (AhP), and both the lethal...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kooi C,Sokol PA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to evaluate the effect of two types of stress, cold and nutritional, on the viability and the in vitro virulence of the foodborne pathogenic bacteria Listeria monocytogenes. METHODOLOGY:Ten diverse isolates were kept in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) at optimal (37 °C) or at refrigeration tem...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Araujo V,Neves E,Silva AC,Martins APL,Brito LC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium perfringens type A produces an enterotoxin that induces diarrhoea experimentally in man and animals. The enterotoxin causes increased membrane permeability in susceptible cells which is thought to be due to pore formation in the host cell membrane. The effect of purified C. perfringens enterotoxin on intac...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hardy SP,Denmead M,Parekh N,Granum PE

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 90 non-replicate imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (IRPA) Malaysian isolates collected between October 2005 and March 2008 were subjected to a screening test for detection of the integron and the gene cassette. Class 1 integrons were detected in 54 IRPA clinical isolates, whilst three isolates c...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Khosravi Y,Tay ST,Vadivelu J

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently-introduced semi-automated bacterial identification system, the Quantum II BID, is designed to identify fermentative and non-fermentative gram-negative bacilli in 4-5 h. The system was evaluated independently by the two participating laboratories. Inter-laboratory reproducibility was determined by testing ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Stevens M,Henrichsen C,Smith M

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to gentamicin, tobramycin and kanamycin (GmrTmrKmr) in strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical sources in Australia is mediated by a 4.7 kb transposable element, designated Tn4001. A 2.5 kb HindIII fragment which maps symmetrically within Tn4001, and encompasses the aminoglycoside-resistance...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lyon BR,Gillespie MT,Byrne ME,May JW,Skurray RA

更新日期：1987-03-01 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：:Fifty-seven strains of acinetobacter-like organisms were isolated over a period of 26 months from the ears of 55 patients with acute or chronic otitis media, or otitis externa, and one strain was isolated in a survey of 50 normal ears. After comparison with eight reference strains, 32 of the isolates were identified a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dadswell JV

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The competition for glucose as a growth-limiting substrate between Candida albicans and a mixed community of oral bacteria was investigated. A chemostat was operated under glucose-limiting and glucose excess conditions at a dilution rate of 0.05/h. A mixed population of oral bacteria was established and after a steady...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Basson NJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum opacity factor of Streptococcus suis (OFS) has recently been identified as a virulence determinant of an S. suis strain. In this study, we investigated the prevalence and variations of the ofs gene among 108 S. suis isolates from diseased and healthy pigs, and human patients. PCR screening and sequencing analysi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Takamatsu D,Osaki M,Tharavichitkul P,Takai S,Sekizaki T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to improve the identification of Mycobacterium species in the context of a UK teaching hospital. Real-time PCR assays were established to enable the rapid differentiation between Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) complex and Mycobacterium species other than tuberculosis (MOTT), followed by 16S...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Williams KJ,Ling CL,Jenkins C,Gillespie SH,McHugh TD

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bactericidal activity of compound DR-3355, an optically active isomer of ofloxacin, was measured against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis, in nutrient broth and in phosphate-buffered saline. DR-3355 was found to be approximately twice as active as ofloxacin in terms of the concentration a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lewin CS,Amyes SG

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five strains of mice (C3H, CBA, BALB/c, TO and ICR) were inoculated intra-vaginally with Neisseria gonorrhoeae in an attempt to produce an animal model of gonorrhoea. Of a total of 68 mice inoculated, only three (4.4%) were culture-positive after 3 days. Histological examination of both the genital mucosa of inoculate...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Johnson AP,Tuffrey M,Taylor-Robinson D

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some strains of Helicobacter pylori are known to produce an extracellular cytotoxin that causes vacuolation in cultured mammalian cells. Screening for such strains makes use of HeLa cells which may not be sensitive enough to detect minimal changes. The aim of this study was to develop a more sensitive cell line. Vacuo...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wang XM,Kojima T,Satoh K,Taniguchi Y,Tokumaru K,Saifuku K,Seki M,Kihira K,Ido K,Uchida JY,Ohmori C,Takaoka T,Kimura K

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00