Canine dermatophytosis caused by an anthropophilic species: molecular and phenotypical characterization of Trichophyton tonsurans.

abstract：:There is great interest in the use of antimicrobial agents for the prevention and treatment of plaque-related oral diseases and many publications have reported the results of studies in which the minimum inhibitory concentrations of agents for cariogenic and periodontopathogenic bacteria have been determined. However,...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wilson M

更新日期：1996-02-01 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：:The gingival sulcus is the shallow crevice around the tooth, and its epithelium is a gateway for initial bacterial infection in periodontal disease. Recent studies have shown that Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans invades an epithelial cell line, KB cells, in vitro. The aim of the present study was to clarify the c...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kato S,Nakashima K,Inoue M,Tomioka J,Nonaka K,Nishihara T,Kowashi Y

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：PURPOSE:Group A rotavirus (RVA) is the leading cause of severe gastroenteritis in children younger than 5 years. The most common human G-types are G1-4 and G9. G12 genotype is currently emerging worldwide, becoming the sixth most prevalent RVA G-genotype. In Tunisia, an emergence of G12 RVA strains was observed. To und...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Moussa A,Fredj MBH,BenHamida-Rebaï M,Fodha I,Boujaafar N,Trabelsi A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine optimal criteria for microbiology laboratory screening of endotracheal tube (ETT) specimens submitted for bacterial culture from adult patients. ETT specimens from adult patients that were received by two microbiology laboratories were prospectively evaluated and subdivided i...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Walkty A,Lagacé-Wiens PRS,Manickam K,Adam H,Pieroni P,Alfa M,Karlowsky JA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell walls from different species of Mycobacterium were purified on a sucrose step gradient. The components derived from these preparations were characterised by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, followed by staining or by Western blotting. Surface-exposed polypeptide molecules were also iden...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Babu S,Jain NK,Prasad G,Bhattacharya S,Bhattacharya A

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence variations located at the signal sequence and mid-region within the vacA gene, the 3'-end of the cagA gene, the indel motifs at the 3'-end of the cag pathogenicity island and the regions upstream of the vacA and ribA genes were determined by PCR in 19 paired antral or antrum and corpus Helicobacter pylori iso...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Carroll IM,Ahmed N,Beesley SM,Khan AA,Ghousunnissa S,Moráin CAÓ,Habibullah CM,Smyth CJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 3429 isolations of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 (VTEC O157) was confirmed from human sources in England and Wales during the period 1995-1998. The largest annual total was 1087 in 1997. Most infections occurred in the third quarter of each year. The overall rate of infection ranged from 1.2...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Willshaw GA,Cheasty T,Smith HR,O'Brien SJ,Adak GK

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to desiccation and to skin fatty acids was measured in three groups of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains and a group of control strains. Organisms from a large outbreak on a special care baby unit (SCBU), where MRSA had been isolated from staff hands but not from the environment, we...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Farrington M,Brenwald N,Haines D,Walpole E

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Yeast identification and in vitro susceptibility testing provide helpful information for appropriate administration of antifungal treatments; however, few reports from the Latin American region have been published. The aim of this study was to identify the species present in isolates from bloodstream infections diagno...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bustamante B,Martins MA,Bonfietti LX,Szeszs MW,Jacobs J,Garcia C,Melhem MSC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of 1314 patients with malignancies was made to determine the prevalence of Serratia marcescens in surveillance, diagnostic, and environmental cultures. Sera obtained from a commercial source were used to determine serotypic distributions of the S. marcescens strains isolated during a 51-month period. S. marces...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Young VM,Moody MR,Morris MJ

更新日期：1980-05-01 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：:A novel direct detection system has been developed for eight staphylococcal enterotoxin (SE)-encoding genes (sea, seb, sec, sed, see, seg, seh and sei) in milk. Specific detection by real-time PCR was successful for all SE-encoding genes in the reference strains. Furthermore, a novel DNA-preparation method with good r...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Nakayama A,Okayama A,Hashida M,Yamamoto Y,Takebe H,Ohnaka T,Tanaka T,Imai S

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acquisition of Klebsiella aerogenes by neonates born in hospital has been studied by sero- and klebecin typing. This organism was more commonly carried in the bowel of breast-fed babies than of bottle-fed babies. Only very rarely did babies acquire strains of K. aerogenes from their mothers. K. aerogenes was widel...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Shinebaum R,Cooke EM,Brayson JC

更新日期：1979-05-01 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：:Bacteraemia in children is a potentially life-threatening condition. The objective of this study was to determine trends in the aetiology of bacteraemia in children aged 1 month-15 years in England and Wales by collecting data voluntarily reported by National Health Service hospital microbiology laboratories. Over the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Henderson KL,Johnson AP,Muller-Pebody B,Charlett A,Gilbert R,Sharland M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A severe case of reptile-associated salmonellosis which caused septicaemia and meningitis in a 2-month-old baby is reported. The infrequent serotype Salmonella enterica subsp.(I) enterica serotype Abony (4,5 : b : enx) was detected in the human sample as well as in the pet turtle's faeces. The importance of regulation...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Van Meervenne E,Botteldoorn N,Lokietek S,Vatlet M,Cupa A,Naranjo M,Dierick K,Bertrand S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the first quarter of 1996, a major outbreak of clinical infection caused by multiresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (MRKP) occurred in the neonatal ward of the 'Maternité Wassila Bourguiba' in Tunis, Tunisia. In total, 32 isolates of MRKP, comprising 23 clinical isolates and nine surveillance isolates, were recove...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ben-Hamouda T,Foulon T,Ben-Cheikh-Masmoudi A,Fendri C,Belhadj O,Ben-Mahrez K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine lactoferricin, a pepsin-generated antimicrobial peptide from bovine lactoferrin active against a wide range of bacteria, was tested for its ability to influence the adhesion and invasion of Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in HEp-2 cells. The addition of non-cytotoxic and non-bactericidal...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Di Biase AM,Tinari A,Pietrantoni A,Antonini G,Valenti P,Conte MP,Superti F

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate the molecular epidemiology and antibiotic-resistance characteristics of 11 carbapenem-resistant clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii obtained in Norway between 2004 and 2009. Interestingly, all the isolates were linked with recent hospitalization outside Norway. The epide...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Karah N,Haldorsen B,Hermansen NO,Tveten Y,Ragnhildstveit E,Skutlaberg DH,Tofteland S,Sundsfjord A,Samuelsen Ø

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：: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：:Globally, specific genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis have been shown to dominate in patients, suggesting that these are more successful pathogens. One such genotype, the F15/LAM4/KZN (KZN) family of M. tuberculosis, has predominated in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, since the early 1990s. This strain recently evol...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ashiru OT,Pillay M,Sturm AW

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. The emergence of novel strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor biotype has gained attention due to causing several epidemics around the world. Variant strains have evolved as a result of the acquisition of genes that confer extended virulence and pathogenicity.Aim. This study aimed to determine the presence...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mohanraj RS,Samanta P,Mukhopadhyay AK,Mandal J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were produced from mice immunised with whole cells of heat-killed Pasteurella multocida type A which had been cultured under iron-restricted conditions. The MAbs were selected by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in which the antigen consisted of whole bacteria of the immu...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wijewardana TG,Wilson CF,Gilmour NJ,Poxton IR

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib) vaccines have reduced the amount of invasive Hib disease in immunised infants. However, Hib disease remains in unvaccinated infants and adults and non-capsulate H. influenzae (NCHi) still causes infections, including outbreaks of respiratory disease. Characterisation of strains ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Leaves NI,Sisson PR,Freeman R,Jordens JZ

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：:The cystic fibrosis (CF) airways are colonized by polymicrobial communities with high bacterial load and are influenced by frequent antibiotic exposures. This community includes diverse streptococci, some of which have been directly or indirectly associated with pulmonary exacerbations. As many streptococci are natura...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Thornton CS,Grinwis ME,Sibley CD,Parkins MD,Rabin HR,Surette MG

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00