Phenotypic and genotypic traits and epidemiological implication of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 strains in India during 2003.

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：:Strains of Staphylococcus aureus resistant to gentamicin and methicillin first appeared in Dublin hospitals in 1976, and rapidly became widely disseminated. The number of patients infected or colonised increased throughout the period of study, especially in 1979 and 1980. Most isolates were from burns, surgical wounds...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Cafferkey MT,Hone R,Falkiner FR,Keane CT,Pomeroy H

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplasma phagocytophilum, an agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis, infects neutrophils and causes an emerging tickborne febrile disease. The genome of this bacterium contains a large number of p44/msp2-related genes encoding 44 kDa major outer-membrane proteins, and it is known that a specific p44/msp2 gene is pr...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wuritu,Ozawa Y,Gaowa,Kawamori F,Masuda T,Masuzawa T,Fujita H,Ohashi N

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we evaluated the Sofia Streptococcus pneumoniae FIA test (Quidel Corporation, San Diego, CA, USA), a new immunofluorescence-based lateral flow test for the qualitative detection of S. pneumoniae antigen in urine or cerebrospinal fluid specimens. The analyses of 100 non-concentrated urine samples (includ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Euser SM,Badoux P,Kracht-Kosten L,Yzerman EPF

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance against vaginal colonisation by Mycoplasma pulmonis in strain TO mice after exposure to the mycoplasma was investigated. Eighteen mice from which M. pulmonis had been eliminated from the vagina, either naturally or by antibiotic therapy, were resistant to vaginal recolonisation. Specific antibody was measur...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Taylor-Robinson D,Furr PM

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is recognised as an important cause of nosocomial infection. The spread of some MRSA epidemic clones is well documented. In Brazil, and more recently in Portugal, a considerable number of hospital infections has been caused by a unique multiresistant MRSA clone design...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Coimbra MVDS,Teixeira LA,Ramos RLB,Predari SC,Castello L,Famiglietti A,Vay C,Klan L,Figueiredo AMS

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of beta-lactamase by 15 strains of Haemophilus influenzae has been investigated. All the strains produce a constitutive beta-lactamase, which readily hydrolyses penicillin G, ampicillin, and cephaloridine. The beta-lactamase produced by these strains is indistinguishable from the type-IIIa enzyme commonly f...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sykes RB,Matthew M,O'Callaghan CH

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Non-host-adapted Salmonella serovars, including the common human food-borne pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium), are opportunistic pathogens that can colonize food-producing animals without causing overt disease. Interventions against Salmonella are needed to enhance food safety, p...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bearson BL,Bearson SMD,Brunelle BW,Bayles DO,Lee IS,Kich JD

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The current study has been designed to delineate the efficacy of geraniol (GE) on biofilm formation in Staphylococcus epidermidis as well as the effect of subinhibitory concentrations of GE on the development of adaptive resistance. METHODOLOGY:Biofilm biomass quantification assay was performed to evaluate the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kannappan A,Sivaranjani M,Srinivasan R,Rathna J,Pandian SK,Ravi AV

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the molecular mechanisms of carbapenem resistance in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae from Korea and the clinical outcomes of resistant K. pneumoniae infection. Sixteen K. pneumoniae isolates showing resistance to carbapenems collected from a tertiary-care hospital were examined for t...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Shin SY,Bae IK,Kim J,Jeong SH,Yong D,Kim JM,Lee K

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method is described for testing milk specimens from nursing mothers for the presence of RNA-dependent DNA-polymerase activity. Positive results were obtained in five of 137 women (3.6%) without a family history of breast cancer, and in six of 31 women (19.3%) with a family history of breast cancer. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： McFarlane ES,Ryan SM,Mann E

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous injection of eight human strains of Campylobacter fetus ss fetus and Campylobacter jejuni into mice at various stages of pregnancy demonstrated significant strain differences in ability to affect implantation of the fertilised ovum and to cause resorption of the mouse fetus. Implantation was significantly ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： O'Sullivan AM,Doré CJ,Coid CR

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We resequenced the genome of Clostridium difficile 630Δerm (DSM 28645), a model strain commonly used for the generation of insertion mutants. METHODOLOGY:The genome sequence was obtained by a combination of single-molecule real-timeand Illumina sequencing technology. RESULTS:Detailed manual curation and compa...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dannheim H,Riedel T,Neumann-Schaal M,Bunk B,Schober I,Spröer C,Chibani CM,Gronow S,Liesegang H,Overmann J,Schomburg D

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:One hundred and eight strains of Aeromonas from clinical and environmental samples were speciated. Seven species were identified, the most prevalent of which was A. hydrophila. Experimental studies in an animal model with 36 representative strains of different species revealed that all strains could cause significant ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chaudhury A,Nath G,Shukla BN,Sanyal SC

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coccidioidal pericarditis is a condition found in approximately 1-5% of patients infected by Coccidioides species. It is associated with widely diverse clinical symptoms. This paper reports a case of coccidioidal pericarditis diagnosed by an in-house Coccidioides posadasii antigen and confirmed with mycological and mo...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Brilhante RSN,Cordeiro RA,Rocha MFG,Fechine MAB,Furtado FM,Nagao-Dias AT,Camargo ZP,Sidrim JJC

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effect of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) proteinase inhibitors amprenavir and saquinavir and antifungal agents terbinafine, ketoconazole, amphotericin B and ciclopiroxolamine on aspartyl proteinases (Saps) secreted by Candida albicans was tested in an in vitro spectophotometric assay. As expected, b...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Schaller M,Krnjaic N,Niewerth M,Hamm G,Hube B,Korting HC

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Competition, competitive exclusion and displacement of eight strains of Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. by Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Lactobacillus casei Shirota from adhesion on human intestinal mucus glycoproteins and Caco-2 cell surfaces were studied. Lactobacilli were able to compete with, exclude and dis...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lee YK,Puong KY,Ouwehand AC,Salminen S

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify further the role of chemotaxis in Helicobacter pylori colonization, the in vitro bacterium response to human plasma and bile (secretions containing chemoeffector compounds that are present in the gastric mucus layer) was examined. Human plasma, after dilution to 1 % (v/v) with buffer, was found to be a chem...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Worku ML,Karim QN,Spencer J,Sidebotham RL

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：PURPOSE:The presence of alginate-overproducing (Alg+) strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients is indicative of chronic infection. The Alg+ phenotype is generally due to a mutation in the mucA gene, encoding an innermembrane protein that sequesters AlgT/U, the alginate-specific sigma factor. AlgT/U...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pandey S,Delgado C,Kumari H,Florez L,Mathee K

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of Bacteroides fragilis in the pathogenesis of acute appendicitis was studied in 135 patients in four patient groups: normal (17); phlegmonous appendicitis (17); gangrenous appendicitis (75); and septic complications of appendicitis (26). Aerobic and anaerobic bacteria were isolated from all groups and member...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Elhag KM,Alwan MH,Al-Adnani MS,Sherif RA

更新日期：1986-05-01 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：:Introduction. In May-June 2018, an outbreak of campylobacteriosis involved students and school staff from kindergartens and primary schools in Pescara, southern Italy.Aim. We present details of the epidemiological and microbiological investigation, and the findings of the analytical study, as well as the implemented c...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sorgentone S,Busani L,Calistri P,Robuffo G,Bellino S,Acciari V,Ferri M,Graziani C,Antoci S,Lodi F,Alfonsi V,Cammà C,Fazii P,Andrianou X,Cito F,Lombardi G,Centorotola G,D'Amario M,D'Alterio N,Savini V,De Massis F,

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The move towards pathology networks and hub-and-spoke models of medical laboratory service provision has significantly changed the flow of samples, and the impact of results on patients, over recent years. At the same time advances in technology, including rapid, simple to use molecular platforms, are changing the way...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rabinowicz S,O'Hare M,Moore LSP,Mughal N

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following characterisation by phenotypic tests and amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA), 50 tetracycline-resistant (MIC > or = 16 mg/L) Acinetobacter strains from clinical (n = 35) and aquatic (n = 15) samples were analysed by PCR for tetracycline resistance (Tet) determinants of classes A-E. All the c...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Guardabassi L,Dijkshoorn L,Collard JM,Olsen JE,Dalsgaard A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusobacterium necrophorum, a Gram-negative anaerobe, causes a variety of necrotic infections in humans and animals. There are two subspecies: subsp. necrophorum and subsp. funduliforme. In cattle, subsp. necrophorum is more prevalent and production of leukotoxin is a major virulence factor. The leukotoxin operon (lktB...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Tadepalli S,Stewart GC,Nagaraja TG,Narayanan SK

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five hundred clinical group A streptococcal (GAS) isolates were collected in Belgium during the period 1 Nov. 1993 to 31 Oct. 1994. Clinical and laboratory data were recorded and isolates were characterised. The presence of the genes encoding streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin types A (speA), B (speB), C (speC), F (speF...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Descheemaeker P,VAN Loock F,Hauchecorne M,Vandamme P,Goossens H

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In the present study, enhancement of the the antibacterial activity of ceftriaxone against Gram-positive (meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli) bacteria with a biodegradable polymer was attempted. METHODOLOGY:MRSA and E. coli were collected and identified by bio...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mushtaq S,Khan JA,Rabbani F,Latif U,Arfan M,Yameen MA

更新日期：2017-03-01 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