Identification of oral bacteria associated with crevicular epithelial cells from chronic periodontitis lesions.

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the predominant strains of Bordetella pertussis in Greece during 2010-2015. METHODOLOGY:Infants and children (n=1150) (15 days to 14 years) of Greek, Roma and immigrant origin with different vaccination statuses were hospitalized in Athens, Greece with suspected pertussis infection. IS481/IS1001 r...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Petridou E,Jensen CB,Arvanitidis A,Giannaki-Psinaki M,Michos A,Krogfelt KA,Petersen RF

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two carbapenem-non-susceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates, Z2554 and Z2110, were collected from a hospital in China and analysed by PFGE. K. pneumoniae Z2554 and Z2110 were genetically unrelated and showed resistance to ertapenem, and reduced susceptibility to imipenem and meropenem. Analysis of their beta-lactama...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wang XD,Cai JC,Zhou HW,Zhang R,Chen GX

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhalational anthrax is the most severe form of anthrax. It has been shown in small-animal and non-human primate models that relatively large pools of ungerminated Bacillus anthracis spores can remain within the alveolar spaces for days to weeks post-inhalation or until transported to areas more favourable for germina...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Cote CK,Bozue J,Twenhafel N,Welkos SL

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose. Antimicrobial susceptibility is slow to determine, taking several days to fully impact treatment. This proof-of-concept study assessed the feasibility of using machine-learning techniques for analysis of data produced by the flow cytometer-assisted antimicrobial susceptibility test (FAST) method we developed....

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Inglis TJJ,Paton TF,Kopczyk MK,Mulroney KT,Carson CF

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility of chicks to enteritis caused by Campylobacter jejuni was studied. Three-day-old chicks did not develop enteritis after oral infection but chicks infected within 12 h of hatching developed gastroenteritis. The incubation period correlated with the inoculum size. Initially, infected chicks developed ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Welkos SL

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosal immunity in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a primary defence against GI pathogens. We hypothesise that a mucosal response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS), especially to the common (core) determinants of GI pathogenic Escherichia coli strains, is protective. The aims of this study were to investigate the specif...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Currie CG,McCALLUM K,Poxton IR

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gram-negative bacilli of the genus Aeromonas are widespread in aquatic environments and can be responsible for human infections. Although Aeromonas extraintestinal and systemic infections have been reported with growing frequency in recent years, Aeromonas septicaemia remains an uncommon finding, often associated with...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mencacci A,Cenci E,Mazzolla R,Farinelli S,D'Alò F,Vitali M,Bistoni F

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with AIDS frequently develop diarrhoeal illness. In this randomized, controlled study, 260 patients were screened for those who had not had diarrhoea in the preceding 3 months and who had received a stable highly active antiretroviral therapy regimen for at least 6 weeks prior to the study enrollment. A total...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Huang DB,Zhou J

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：:Rhodococcus equi is an opportunistic human pathogen associated with immunosuppressed people. While the interaction of R. equi with macrophages has been comprehensively studied, little is known about its interactions with non-phagocytic cells. Here, we characterized the entry process of this bacterium into human lung e...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Remuzgo-Martínez S,Pilares-Ortega L,Álvarez-Rodríguez L,Aranzamendi-Zaldunbide M,Padilla D,Icardo JM,Ramos-Vivas J

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans has a predilection for the central nervous system (CNS), resulting in devastating meningoencephalitis. At present, it is unclear how C. neoformans traverses the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and causes CNS infection. The present study has examined and characterized the interacti...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chen SHM,Stins MF,Huang SH,Chen YH,Kwon-Chung KJ,Chang Y,Kim KS,Suzuki K,Jong AY

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were performed to determine whether a modern flow cytometer could be used to study bacterial populations in suspension, with particular reference to their morphological characteristics and their responses to antibiotics. The FACScan, a commercial benchtop flow cytometer fitted with an air-cooled laser, des...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Gant VA,Warnes G,Phillips I,Savidge GF

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of cryptic plasmids among 123 isolates of Providencia stuarti from a hospital ward during a prospective epidemiological study is reported. Two closely related stable plasmids (34 Kb and 36 Kb) were identified by restriction endonuclease digest analysis of plasmid DNA. One or other of these cryptic pla...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hawkey PM,Bennett PM,Hawkey CA

更新日期：1984-10-01 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：:A total of 287 Acinetobacter isolates belonging to DNA groups 2 (A. baumannii) and 13TU was collected consecutively from 46 hospitals and typed by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting with primers DAF-4 and ERIC-2. With a similarity coefficient of >/=72% as a cut-off value, 37 clusters of genotypically si...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Spence RP,Towner KJ,Henwood CJ,James D,Woodford N,Livermore DM

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased prevalence of oral candidosis associated with HIV infection must be intrinsically related to immunological changes in the host, but might also involve alterations to the infecting strains of yeast. This study aimed to determine if strains of Candida albicans isolated from asymptomatic HIV-infected indivi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sweet SP,Cookson S,Challacombe SJ

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Non-albicansCandida species have emerged as fungal pathogens that cause invasive infections, with many of these species displaying resistance to commonly used antifungal agents. This study was confined to studying the characteristics of clinical isolates of the C. rugosa complex and C. pararugosa species. METH...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Peremalo T,Madhavan P,Hamzah S,Than L,Wong EH,Nasir MDM,Chong PP,Ng KP

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel bunyavirus associated with fever, thrombocytopenia and leukopenia syndrome (FTLS) was discovered in Henan Province, China. Here, we report the development of an assay for this novel bunyavirus based on real-time reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR). The assay exhibited high sensitivity and specificity without cr...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Huang X,Liu L,Du Y,Ma H,Mu Y,Pengzhi Wang,Ma H,Tang X,Wang H,Kang K,Zhang S,Wu W,Chen H,Liu G,Yang Y,Yongqiangj,Jiang,Xu B,Chen W

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Eubacterium currently includes a heterogeneous group of gram-positive, non-spore-forming anaerobic bacilli, many of which are slow growing, fastidious and generally unreactive in biochemical tests. As a consequence, cultivation and identification of isolates are difficult and the taxonomy of the group remain...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Downes J,Munson MA,Spratt DA,Kononen E,Tarkka E,Jousimies-Somer H,Wade WG

更新日期：2001-11-01 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

abstract：:Accurate susceptibility results on antibiotic-resistant bacteria are essential for proper treatment of infections. In this study, 100 metallo-β-lactamase (MBL)-producing strains and 95 isolates with Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) were tested for carbapenem susceptibility using two automated platforms, the P...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sun J,Xu Y,Yu Y,Ni Y

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SDS-PAGE and iso-enzyme analysis of 11 human isolates of Blastocystis hominis revealed at least two variants with different polypeptide patterns and two zymodemes, respectively. This is the first iso-enzyme and the second protein analysis to indicate strain differences in B. hominis. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mansour NS,Mikhail EM,el Masry NA,Sabry AG,Mohareb EW

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection represents a key factor in the aetiology of various gastrointestinal diseases. H. pylori infection diagnosis is generally achieved using both invasive (e.g. biopsy of the gastric epithelium) and non-invasive methods. Therefore, cultivation on a growth medium becomes complex. Trypsin is a ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Peretz A,Paritsky M,Pastukh N,Koifman A,Brodsky D,Glyatman T,On A

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：:The effect of glucan on Leishmania major infection was studied in BALB/c mice, which are highly susceptible to leishmania infection. Glucan (0.45 mg), or isovolumetric dextrose, was administered intraperitoneally 7, 5, 3 and 1 day before infection with L. major promastigotes. At 3, 5, 6, 8 and 10 weeks after infection...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Al Tuwaijri AS,Mahmoud AA,Al Mofleh IA,Al Khuwaitir SA

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Echinocandins are recommended as first-line agents against invasive fungal infections caused by Candida glabrata, which still carry a high mortality rate. Dose escalation of echinocandins has been suggested to improve the clinical outcome against C. glabrata. To address this possibility, we performed in vitro and in v...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Domán M,Kovács R,Perlin DS,Kardos G,Gesztelyi R,Juhász B,Bozó A,Majoros L

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:Two toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans isolates recovered from pharyngeal swabs of two patients from the same hospital in Japan during 2001-2002 were characterized by PFGE and ribotyping. Toxin production in different culture media was examined and serological analysis of patient sera was performed. The two isolates c...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Komiya T,Seto Y,De Zoysa A,Iwaki M,Hatanaka A,Tsunoda A,Arakawa Y,Kozaki S,Takahashi M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, several plasmids harbouring genes encoding phosphoethanolamine transferases conferring colistin resistance have been described in multiple Enterobacteriaceae species. Avian Pathogenic E. coli (APEC) causes colibacillosis and is responsible for a considerable proportion of the disease burden in commerc...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hornsey M,Betts JW,Mehat JW,Wareham DW,van Vliet AHM,Woodward MJ,La Ragione RM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bactericidal action of non-immune whole blood on Proteus mirabilis was increased when the bacteria contained the R-plasmid RP1. This effect was due mainly to increased phagocytosis. Iron-depleted stationary-phase cells were more sensitive than carbon-depleted cells. The contribution of serum was usually negligible...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Onaolapo JA,Klemperer RM

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00