Induction of mutation in Staphylococcus aureus by ethylmethane sulphonate.

abstract：:EDTA-released outer-membrane antigen complexes were prepared from 172 laboratory and reference strains and 43 fresh clinical or faecal isolates representing 20 species or subspecies of Bacteroides, together with 13 species of other genera. These antigens were titrated against antisera to whole, live cells of 21 specie...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Poxton IR,Brown R,Collee JG

更新日期：1982-05-01 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

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori and Proteus mirabilis ureases are nickel-requiring metallo-enzymes that hydrolyse urea to NH3 and CO2. In both H. pylori and in an Escherichia coli model of H. pylori urease activity, a high affinity nickel transporter, NixA, is required for optimal urease activity, whereas the urea-dependent UreR ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： McGEE DJ,Coker C,Testerman TL,Harro JM,Gibson SV,Mobley HLT

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Encapsulation of purified tuberculoproteins in liposomes augmented their ability to elicit delayed hypersensitivity reactions in BCG-immune rats. The effect was most marked with a low-molecular-weight tuberculopeptide that was relatively poor at eliciting reactions when in free form. These findings indicate that, in a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pimm MV,Baldwin RW

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis has recently become an increasingly common cause of central nervous system infection. The invasion of bacteria within the subarachnoid space stimulates the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, triggering a host immune response. The aim of the present study was to evalu...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Barichello T,Simões LR,Valvassori SS,Generoso JS,Aveline PEDV,Dominguini D,Elias SG,Vilela MC,Quevedo J,Teixeira AL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have emerged from the widespread use of antibiotics worldwide and have prompted the search for new sources of antimicrobial substances. Pinus spp. contain several bioactive compounds consisting mainly of terpenes, terpenoids and some other aromatic and aliphatic constituents. These compou...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Leandro LF,Cardoso MJO,Silva SDC,Souza MGM,Veneziani RCS,Ambrosio SR,Martins CHG

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that the intestinal microbiota is essential for the pathogenicity but not for the multiplication of Giardia duodenalis in the intestinal lumen. The microbial components responsible for this phenomenon are not known. Twenty-eight facultative and three strictly anaerobic micro-organisms were is...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Torres MF,Uetanabaro APT,Costa AF,Alves CA,Farias LM,Bambirra EA,Penna FJ,Vieira EC,Nicoli JR

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosocomial infections with enterococci are an increasing problem in modern medical practice due to the development of resistance to a wide range of antibiotics, including the glycopeptides vancomycin and teicoplanin. An increasing number of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have been cultured from clinical specim...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mackenzie CR,Hucke C,MÜller D,Seidel K,Takikawa O,DÄubener W

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amplification and sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene can be applied to detect and identify bacteria in clinical samples. We examined 75 clinical samples (17 culture-positive, 58 culture-negative) prospectively by two different PCR protocols, amplifying either a single fragment (1343 bp) or two fragments (762/598 b...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Jenkins C,Ling CL,Ciesielczuk HL,Lockwood J,Hopkins S,McHugh TD,Gillespie SH,Kibbler CC

更新日期：2012-04-01 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 surface structures of the cell envelopes of 16 clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were examined by electronmicroscopy with the new fixation technique of freeze-substitution. Two types of structures were observed among the organisms. In one group of strains, mostly isolated from blood, a dense fibrous laye...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Misumi H,Umeda A,Eguchi K,Okada K,Sawae Y,Niho Y,Amako K

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight isolates of Shigella sonnei from three outbreaks in school children and eight control isolates from epidemiologically unrelated sporadic clinical infections in Taiwan were compared by antibiotic susceptibility testing and molecular typing. Antibiotic susceptibility testing showed that all strains except on...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lee TM,Chang LL,Chang CY,Wang JC,Pan TM,Wang TK,Chang SF

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of three sulphonamides and trimethoprim against strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been studied. Sulphadiazine had most activity, sulphadimidine had little, and the activity of sulphamethoxazole was intermediate. According to their sensitivity to sulphamethoxazole, strains were divided into two grou...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Grey D,Hamilton-Miller JM

更新日期：1977-08-01 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：:Bacteroides gracilis is a gram-negative anaerobic bacillus which requires formate and fumarate for growth; it has been implicated in periodontal disease and serious infections of the head and neck. In this study, Bacteroides ureolyticus (NTU) medium was tested for its ability to allow the growth of B. gracilis and oth...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wade WG,Bishop PA,Slayne MA

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Staphylococcus aureus (M7) contains a transmissible element determining production of penicillinase, and resistance to cadmium ions, neomycin, streptomycin and kanamycin (CPNS). This element was transferred either in toto or in fragments at low frequency from strain M7. The fragment (NS) possesses features...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lacey RW

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The last few years have seen the emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative infections, which are associated with high morbidity and mortality. The indiscriminate use of colistin has led to the development of resistance, which can be diagnosed effectively by broth microdilution. Studies from Ind...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kaza P,Mahindroo J,Veeraraghavan B,Mavuduru RS,Mohan B,Taneja N

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 250 vaginal samples from patients with vulvovaginal candidosis were inoculated onto two chromogenic media, Albicans ID(2) and Biggy agar, as well as onto Sabouraud chloramphenicol agar, yielding a total of 63 yeast (25.2 %) on all three media. These strains were identified as Candida glabrata in 20 (31....

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ilkit M,Hilmioglu S,Tasbakan M,Aydemir S

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characterization of integrons and their promoters in 156 antibiotic-resistant clinical isolates of the important zoonotic pathogens Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovars Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) and Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) from Norwegian hospitals were performed. Integrons were found in 64 of 66 S....

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lindstedt BA,Heir E,Nygård I,Kapperud G

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In-vitro proteinase production by oral Candida albicans isolates from patients with and without HIV infection (18 isolates from each group) was assessed by image analysis of a plate assay, with bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a substrate. The effect of sub-minimal inhibitory concentrations (sub-MICs) of nystatin, amphot...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wu T,Samaranayake LP,Cao BY,Wang J

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of the Fungitell assay was investigated in 100 patients with haematological malignancy undergoing chemotherapy who developed antibiotic-unresponsive neutropenic fever (AUNF). Serum beta-D-glucan (BG) concentrations were significantly elevated on the first day of AUNF and all subsequent alternate days t...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ellis M,Al-Ramadi B,Finkelman M,Hedstrom U,Kristensen J,Ali-Zadeh H,Klingspor L

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:PCR-based detection of Mucorales species could improve diagnosis of suspected invasive fungal infection, leading to a better patient outcome. This study describes two independent probe-based real-time PCR tests for detection of clinically relevant Mucorales, targeting specific fragments of the 18S and the 28S rRNA gen...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Springer J,Goldenberger D,Schmidt F,Weisser M,Wehrle-Wieland E,Einsele H,Frei R,Löffler J

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：:In the present study, the adhesion of bacteriocin-producing probiotic strains of Lactobacillus plantarum onto extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins such as collagen and mucin and their potential to prevent pathogen invasion onto the ECM was ascertained. Fluorescence-based in vitro assays indicated that L. plantarum stra...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mukherjee S,Ramesh A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Staphylococcus epidermidis is the predominant contaminant of platelet concentrates (PCs), a blood product used to treat patients with platelet deficiencies. This microorganism is able to form surface-attached aggregates (biofilms) in human skin. Herein, the abundance of S. epidermidis biofilm-producers in conta...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Taha M,Kohnen C,Mallya S,Kou Y,Zapata A,Ramirez-Arcos S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of various haem- and non-haem-iron-containing compounds to support the growth of iron-limited cultures of Haemophilus ducreyi was assessed in a plate bioassay. Only haemin or the haem-containing proteins, bovine haemoglobin, human haemoglobin and bovine catalase, but not equine cytochrome C111, were capabl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lee BC

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many micro-organisms cause important diseases of the female genital tract. Because systematic vaccination does not usually provide a good immune response at mucosal sites, commensal lactobacilli from the female genital tract were developed as vehicles to deliver continued doses of foreign antigen directly to the genit...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rush CM,Hafner LM,Timms P

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency distribution of plasmids in a representative collection of Escherichia coli and other enterobacteria was compared with the frequencies predicted by the Poisson distribution. The distribution of E. coli plasmids did not differ significantly (p greater than 0.2) whereas the difference between observed and ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Platt DJ

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active efflux has an important role in the antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. The effects of two putative efflux pump inhibitors (EPIs), phenylalanine-arginine β-naphthylamide and 1-(1-naphthylmethyl)-piperazine, and the effects of inactivation of the cmeB,cmeF and cmeR genes on r...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mavri A,Smole Možina S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00