Effects of sub-MIC concentrations of antibiotics on growth of and toxin production by Clostridium difficile.

abstract：:Candida albicans is the species most frequently isolated from oral specimens, but the recovery of other Candida species such as Candida dubliniensis is increasing. Differentiation of C. dubliniensis from C. albicans requires special tests and both species are misidentified in some studies. CHROM-Pal (CH-P) is a novel ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sahand IH,Maza JL,Eraso E,Montejo M,Moragues MD,Aguirre JM,Quindós G,Pontón J

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance patterns and carbapenemase gene presence among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from the University General Hospital of Patras, Greece during a ten-year period were analysed under a surveillance programme for multi-drug-resistant bacteria. From 2005 to 2014, K. pneumoniae isolates from clinically significant ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Spyropoulou A,Papadimitriou-Olivgeris M,Bartzavali C,Vamvakopoulou S,Marangos M,Spiliopoulou I,Anastassiou ED,Christofidou M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study investigated the efficacy of the essential mineral, selenium (sodium selenite), in reducing the toxin production, spore outgrowth and antibiotic resistance of Clostridium difficile in vitro. METHODOLOGY:Two hypervirulent C. difficile isolates were cultured in brain heart infusion broth with and with...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pellissery AJ,Vinayamohan PG,Yin HB,Mooyottu S,Venkitanarayanan K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shanson's medium, a MacConkey-type agar containing added inhibitors, was compared with deoxycholate-citrate agar for the examination of faeces. The isolation rate of samonellae on the two media was similar, but Shanson's medium was the more selective; this meant that the amount of work required to produce a result was...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Davies JR

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An evaluation of five ELISA methods for the diagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis was undertaken by comparing a laboratory-produced ELISA employing two recombinant Toxoplasma gondii polypeptides as antigen with a laboratory-produced ELISA and three commercially available ELISAs employing traditional parasite antigen prepar...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Johnson AM,Roberts H,Tenter AM

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction.Serratia marcescens is a bacterial pathogen that causes ventilator-associated pneumonia and ocular infections. The FlhD and FlhC proteins complex to form a heteromeric transcription factor whose regulon, in S. marcescens, regulates genes for the production of flagellum, phospholipase A and the cytolysin S...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Stella NA,Brothers KM,Shanks RMQ

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) exists as distinct variants HHV-6A and HHV-6B. The complete genomes of HHV-6A and HHV-6B have been sequenced. HHV-6B contains 97 unique genes. CD46 is the cell receptor for HHV-6, explaining its broad tissue tropism but its restricted host-species range. HHV-6 utilizes a number of strategie...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dockrell DH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the primary and combined resistances of Helicobacter pylori isolates obtained from paediatric patients in 2000-2001 to seven antimicrobial agents. Resistance rates of pre-treatment isolates from 115 children were investigated by the limited agar dilution method alone and by the E-te...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Boyanova L,Koumanova R,Gergova G,Popova M,Mitov I,Kovacheva Y,Derejian S,Katsarov N,Nikolov R,Krastev Z

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-scale monitoring of resistance to 14 antimicrobial agents was performed using 103 Proteus mirabilis strains isolated from dogs in Japan. Resistant strains were analysed to identify their resistance mechanisms. Rates of resistance to chloramphenicol, streptomycin, enrofloxacin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, kana...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Harada K,Niina A,Shimizu T,Mukai Y,Kuwajima K,Miyamoto T,Kataoka Y

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility of a strain of Giardia lamblia to benzimidazole carbamates, 5-nitroimidazoles, nitrofurans and other drugs was studied in vitro. Albendazole was the most active compound, with a 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 0.01 mg/L and a minimal lethal concentration (MLC) of less than 0.04 mg/L; the IC50...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Cedillo-Rivera R,Muñoz O

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-three Staphylococcus aureus strains (40 from clinical sources and 23 from food sources) were examined for toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) using PCR, phage typed using the international phage set (IPS) and tested for their susceptibility to antibiotics. Only three strains (all from clinical sources) were po...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： El-Ghodban A,Ghenghesh KS,Márialigeti K,Esahli H,Tawil A

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial susceptibility of the organisms isolated from the nasopharynx of children who presented with acute otitis media (AOM) or otitis media that recurred after amoxicillin therapy. Nasopharyngeal cultures obtained from 72 patients, 40 with AOM and 32 with recu...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Brook I,Gober AE

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic bacterial pathogen. Despite its metabolic and virulence versatility, it has not been shown to infect articular joints, which are areas that are rarely infected with bacteria in general. We hypothesized that articular joints possess antimicrobial activity that limits...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mahmood F,Hakimiyan A,Jayaraman V,Wood S,Sivaramakrishnan G,Rehman T,Reuhs BL,Chubinskaya S,Shafikhani SH

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel drug delivery system for osteomyelitis was developed in which a porous hydroxyapatite block (HAB) is loaded with antibiotic by a centrifugation method. In this study, implantation of HABs loaded with the aminoglycoside antibiotic, arbekacin, were tested in established Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis in the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Itokazu M,Ohno T,Tanemori T,Wada E,Kato N,Watanabe K

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adhesion of bovine and a human isolate of Escherichia coli to epithelial cells from the teat and lactiferous sinuses of the udder was examined. Adhesion was detected with bacterial suspensions that produced mannose-sensitive agglutination of guinea-pig red cells. Adhesion to epithelial cells could be inhibited by ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Harper M,Turvey A,Bramley AJ

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Proteus mirabilis to produce the bacteriocin, proticine 3, is found almost exclusively in strains that cause severe infections of the upper urinary tract. Proticine 3 was purified from lysates of mitomycin C-induced cultures. Biological activity was associated with structures resembling bacteriophage ta...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Senior BW

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with monoclonal antibody coupled to the solid phase was evaluated for the detection of brucella antigen in serum samples. Under optimum conditions, 100 brucella cells/well or 10(5) fg/ml of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were detected in spiked specimens. The standardised...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Al-Shamahy HA,Wright SG

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that Providencia alcalifaciens is a diarrhoeal pathogen. It may cause diarrhoea by an invasive mechanism, as it invades cultured mammalian cells in vitro and intestinal epithelial cells of experimentally inoculated rabbits in vivo. To locate the gene(s) involved in invasion, TnphoA mutants of...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rahman M,Monira S,Nahar S,Ansaruzzaman M,Alam K,Alam M,Albert MJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and its characteristics were determined among hospitalized patients with diarrhoea and children with diarrhoea in an urban slum community of Dhaka city using sensitive culture and PCR methods. Stool samples were collected from 410 patients with diarrhoea ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Islam MA,Heuvelink AE,de Boer E,Sturm PD,Beumer RR,Zwietering MH,Faruque ASG,Haque R,Sack DA,Talukder KA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent molecular studies have led to the recognition of three distinct species within the Candida parapsilosis complex, namely Candida parapsilosis, Candida orthopsilosis and Candida metapsilosis. As currently available yeast identification systems fail to differentiate these species, there is a paucity of information...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Asadzadeh M,Ahmad S,Al-Sweih N,Khan ZU

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is an important aetiological agent of persistent infantile diarrhoea. EPEC pathogenicity is not mediated through known toxins and the role played by outer-membrane proteins (OMPs) in the initial adherence of the bacterium, intimate attachment to epithelial cells and ultimately ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kumar SS,Sankaran K,Haigh R,Williams PH,Balakrishnan A

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:A multiplex PCR was developed to detect 15 serotypes of Streptococcus suis. This multiplex PCR was separated into two reaction sets. The first set identified nine serotypes (serotypes 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 14 and 16) and the second set identified six serotypes (serotypes 5, 8, 10, 19, 23 and 25). This assay correctly...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kerdsin A,Dejsirilert S,Akeda Y,Sekizaki T,Hamada S,Gottschalk M,Oishi K

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2002, a Scottish bat conservationist developed a rabies-like disease and subsequently died. This was caused by infection with European bat lyssavirus 2 (EBLV-2), a virus closely related to Rabies virus (RABV). The source of this infection and the means of transmission have not yet been confirmed. In this study, the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Johnson N,Phillpotts R,Fooks AR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. The worldwide emergence of carbapenem resistance in Gram-negative bacteria makes the development of simple tests mandatory to identify antimicrobial resistance mechanisms. Enzymatic and membrane barriers are the prominent resistance mechanisms described in these bacteria. Several tests are currently used...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pinet E,Franceschi C,Collin V,Davin-Regli A,Zambardi G,Pagès JM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is of increasing global concern, threatening to undermine recent progress in reducing child and neonatal mortality. Repurposing older antimicrobials is a prominent strategy to combat multidrug-resistant sepsis. A potential agent is fosfomycin, however, there is scarce data regardi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Williams PCM,Waichungo J,Gordon NC,Sharland M,Murunga S,Kamau A,Berkley JA

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The strains of Proteus species found in significant numbers and as pure cultures in urine from 217 individuals were isolated, identified to species level and typed for proticine production (P type) and proticine sensitivity (S type) to give their P/S type. Urinary-tract infections with Proteus, principally P. mirabili...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Senior BW

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old pregnant woman was admitted to hospital with signs of sepsis and threatened pre-term labour. The premature neonate also showed signs of sepsis. Haemophilus influenzae biotype III was cultured from a midstream urine sample taken from the mother, maternal placental swabs and neonatal blood cultures. The pl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Warren S,Tristram S,Bradbury RS

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Fusarium spp. and other non-dermatophyte fungi are repeatedly isolated from abnormal nails. To investigate whether these fungi are the aetiological agents of infection or simply transient contaminants, a PCR/sequencing/RFLP assay was developed for direct and routine identification of the infecting fungi in onychomycos...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Monod M,Bontems O,Zaugg C,Léchenne B,Fratti M,Panizzon R

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00