Biotypes of Haemophilus parainfluenzae from the respiratory secretions in chronic bronchitis.

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to explore daptomycin combined with fosfomycin or rifampin against the planktonic and adherent linezolid-resistant isolates of Enterococcus faecalis. METHODOLOGY:Four linezolid-resistant and four linezolid-sensitive isolates of E. faecalis which formed biofilms were collected for this study. B...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zheng JX,Sun X,Lin ZW,Qi GB,Tu HP,Wu Y,Jiang SB,Chen Z,Deng QW,Qu D,Yu ZJ

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:We have characterised 45 isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from Glasgow Royal Infirmary by means of simple biotyping, immunoblotting of exported proteins and restriction enzyme fragmentation patterns (REFP) of plasmid DNA. The strains were subdivided into four groups (A-D) on the basis of ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Coia JE,Thomson-Carter F,Baird D,Platt DJ

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrolide antibiotics are frequently administered to treat mycoplasmal pneumonia. However, macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae has recently been isolated from clinical specimens in Japan. Clarithromycin (CAM) is a 14-membered-ring macrolide that has host immunomodulatory activity. Here, we established a gnotobio...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kurata S,Taguchi H,Sasaki T,Fujioka Y,Kamiya S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichoderma longibrachiatum is an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of Trichoderma post-operative mediastinitis and peritonitis in a child with complex congenital cardiac disease and functional asplenia. The patient was treated unsuccessfully, initially with caspofungin alone followed b...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Santillan Salas CF,Joshi AY,Dhiman N,Banerjee R,Huskins WC,Wengenack NL,Henry NK

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic diversity between major meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) lineages was probed using fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (FAFLP) as a random genome sampling tool. Genomic DNA was digested with endonucleases BglII and Csp6I and a subset of the restricted fragments were amplifie...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Desai D,Ellington MJ,Arnold C,Desai M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Salmonella typhimurium pericarditis is reported. The diagnosis was based on blood and pericardial effusion cultures. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Can F,Demirbilek M,Erdem B,Ciftci U,Tunaoglu M,Laleli Y

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of oestradiol to three strains of female mice induced the oestrous phase of the reproductive cycle in which there are few or no polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNL) in vaginal smears. This treatment rendered the mice susceptible to genital tract colonisation by serotype 8 of Ureaplasma urealyticum, inocu...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Furr PM,Taylor-Robinson D

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antifungal effects of cinnamaldehyde, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamaldehyde (coniferyl aldehyde) and 3,5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxycinnamaldehyde (sinapaldehyde) were investigated against 65 strains of Candida (six standard, 39 fluconazole-sensitive and 20 fluconazole-resistant). MICs of cinnamaldehyde, coniferyl aldehyde an...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Shreaz S,Bhatia R,Khan N,Muralidhar S,Manzoor N,Khan LA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mcr-1 gene encodes a phosphoethanolamine transferase, which confers resistance to colistin by transferring phosphoethanolamine to lipid A. This study describes the emergence of a colistin- and carbapenem-resistant clinical isolate of Escherichia coli harbouring mcr-1 and blaNDM-5 genes, located on 90 and 150 Kb pl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Uchida H,Tada T,Sugahara Y,Kato A,Miyairi I,Kirikae T

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to develop novel host/pathogen real-time PCR assays for routine diagnostic use, early gene expression patterns from both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and Raji cells were examined after inducing the lytic life cycle using 12-O-tetradecanoyl-13-phorbol ester and sodium butyrate. Real-time PCR identified several hig...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Auburn H,Zuckerman M,Smith M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serology remains the mainstay for diagnosis of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. This study compared two automated platforms (BioPlex 2200 and Architect i2000SR) to test three EBV serological markers: viral capsid antigen (VCA) immunoglobulins of class M (IgM), VCA immunoglobulins of class G (IgG) and EBV nuclear an...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Al Sidairi H,Binkhamis K,Jackson C,Roberts C,Heinstein C,MacDonald J,Needle R,Hatchette TF,LeBlanc JJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to develop a model for the study of gastric spiral bacteria, and based on the observation that Wistar rats do not carry urease-positive spiral bacteria in their gastric mucosa, mucus from a pig naturally colonised by 'Gastrospirillum suis' (an organism with I6S rDNA 99.5% similar to that of 'G. hominis' type ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mendes EN,Queiroz DM,Coimbra RS,Moura SB,Barbosa AJ,Rocha GA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ammonium chloride procedure was used to prepare a bacterial pellet from positive blood cultures, which was used for direct inoculation of VITEK 2 cards. Correct identification reached 99% for Enterobacteriaceae and 74% for staphylococci. For antibiotic susceptibility testing, very major and major errors were 0.1 an...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Prod'hom G,Durussel C,Greub G

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between Streptococcus constellatus, one of the species of the "Streptococcus milleri group", and Prevotella intermedia was studied in a model of pneumonia in mice and in vitro to elucidate mechanisms of pathogenicity in "S. milleri group"-associated pulmonary infection. Acute pneumonia with or without...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Shinzato T,Saito A

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic mice were significantly more susceptible than normal mice to bladder infection with Enterobacter cloacae or Serratia marcescens but not to intraperitoneal infection. Normal urine inhibited the growth of E. cloacae and S. marcescens, whereas urine from diabetic mice permitted multiplication. The addition of ur...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Obana Y,Nishino T

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sporothrix brasiliensis, a member of the Sporothrix schenckii complex, is a major cause of epidemic outbreaks of sporotrichosis due to its greater virulence and ability to evade the immune system. The absence of studies about this species led to this study, with the aim to evaluate the importance of Toll-like r...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rossato L,Silvana Dos Santos S,Ferreira LG,Rogério de Almeida S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A detailed study was made of lambs aged 5--7 months naturally infected with Pasteurella haemolytica biotype T. In addition to the well known features of such infections, previously unreported necrotic lesions of the tonsil, oesophagus, pharynx and adjacent areas were consistently seen. Large numbers of P. haemolytica ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dyson DA,Gilmour NJ,Angus KW

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the species diversity of staphylococci with inducible resistance to macrolides, lincosamides and streptogramin B (MLSB) isolated from clinical samples, sewage and river water was investigated. Inducible clindamycin resistance was tested using a D-test and macrodilution assays. Inducible cross-resistance...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Heß S,Gallert C

更新日期：2014-11-01 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

abstract：:A non-tuberculous mycobacterium was isolated, following a vertebral needle aspiration, from the blood of a patient with severe spondylodiscitis. The strain turned out to be different from any known mycobacterial species and was quite drug-susceptible in vitro. The patient improved markedly following treatment with mer...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Tortoli E,Mantella A,Mariottini A,Mazzarelli G,Pecile P,Rogasi PG,Sterrantino G,Fantoni E,Leoncini F

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is an important agent of diarrhoeal diseases worldwide. The role of EAEC virulence factors in the clinical outcome of infection is not completely defined. This case-control study investigated the prevalence of EAEC, its virulence genes and the antimicrobial resistance profile ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bafandeh S,Haghi F,Zeighami H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eikenella corrodens, a commensal of the human oral cavity, is generally associated with bite wounds and head and neck infections. Neonatal infections are rare. We report two cases of premature birth associated with maternofetal E. corrodens infection. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Garnier F,Masson G,Bedu A,Masson P,Decroisette E,Guigonis V,Fermeaux V,De Barbentane MC,Denis F,Ploy MC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of anti-Helicobacter pylori specific IgG antibodies in specimens of oral fluid. Antral biopsy specimens, serum and oral fluid samples were collected from 81 patients attending for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Marshall B,Howat AJ,Wright PA

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute hypercytokinaemia represents an imbalance of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines, and is believed to be responsible for the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiple organ failure in severe cases of avian (H5N1) influenza. Although neuraminidase inhibitors are effective in trea...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Carter MJ

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:Intratracheal administration of purified Pseudomonas aeruginosa exoenzyme S elicited extensive, grossly observable damage in the rat lung within 2 h. Light and electronmicroscopy revealed injury and necrosis of bronchial epithelium, type I pneumocytes and capillary endothelial cells after 1 h; associated haemorrhage, ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Woods DE,Hwang WS,Shahrabadi MS,Que JU

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the comparative performance of the Amplicor assay and an in-house semi-automated, multiplex real-time PCR for the diagnosis of genital chlamydial infection. Four different assays, the COBAS Amplicor CT test (Amplicor PCR), in-house real-time PCR (IHRT-PCR), in-house nested cryptic plasmid PCR a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Jalal H,Al-Suwaine A,Stephen H,Carne C,Sonnex C

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propionibacterium acnes, a commensal of human skin, is also an opportunistic pathogen of common acne and certain infectious diseases. However, it is still not obvious which strain is pathogenic for a certain infectious disease, and investigations to characterize pathogenic strains using molecular typing methods such a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dekio I,Rajendram D,Morita E,Gharbia S,Shah HN

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00