Investigation of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pigs used for research.

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：:The rapid identification of pathogenic yeasts is a crucial step in ensuring that effective antifungal treatment is started as early as possible. CandiSelect 4 (CS4; Bio-Rad) is a new chromogenic medium for the isolation of fungi, the direct identification of Candida albicans and the presumptive identification of the m...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sendid B,François N,Standaert A,Dehecq E,Zerimech F,Camus D,Poulain D

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior to the advent of the Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine, invasive infections due to H. influenzae type f were rarely described. However, the epidemiology of H. influenzae is changing. While the incidence of invasive infections due to H. influenzae is declining in children, such infections are becoming more co...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Suarez CJ,Glover WA,Cowan J,Smith A,Clarridge JE

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare the frequency of recovery of aerobic and anaerobic organisms with interfering capability against group A beta-haemolytic streptococci (GABHS) and beta-lactamase-producing bacteria (BLPB) from the tonsils of GABHS carriers and non-carriers. The presence of aerobic and anaerobic ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Brook I,Gober AE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), a neglected tropical disease, is reported to be prevalent in tribal villages located in the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve forests of Western Ghats, Kerala state, India. We carried out an investigation to characterize the species of Leishmania parasites involved in these infections preval...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kumar NP,Srinivasan R,Anish TS,Nandakumar G,Jambulingam P

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：PURPOSE:Extracellular protein toxins contribute to the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus infections. The present study compared the effects of iclaprim and trimethoprim - two folic acid synthesis inhibitors - with nafcillin and vancomycin on production of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), alpha haemolysin (AH) and...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bryant AE,Gomi S,Katahira E,Huang DB,Stevens DL

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary isolates of Escherichia coli that were resistant to trimethoprim were collected in Glasgow Royal Infirmary during 1979 and 1980. Eighty-eight were resistant to trimethoprim 1024 micrograms/ml and 80 (92%) were also resistant to sulphamethoxazole 1024 micrograms/ml; 73% were multiresistant. Plasmids were detect...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kraft CA,Platt DJ,Timbury MC

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In an increasing number of cases the last therapeutic option for treatment of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae is colistin. As the detection of colistin resistance is problematic and time-consuming, it is desirable to find a rapid and reliable test. The rapid polymyxin NP test developed by Nordmann et al...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Belda-Orlowski A,Pfennigwerth N,Gatermann SG,Korte-Berwanger M

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen participating in cell-mediated immunity was isolated from a sonic extract of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. The purified antigen had a mol. wt 150 000-200 000, based upon its Rf in 7.5% polyacrylamide gel in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate. In simple agarose gel electrophoresis it had an Rf of 0.85....

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hattikudur S,Kamat RS

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred and twenty-seven Escherichia coli isolates from 427 cases of infantile diarrhoea in Poland, belonging to serogroups O18, O26, O44, O86, O126 and O127 and 150 E. coli isolates from 52 healthy children were examined for selected virulence properties. The presence of the plasmid pAA, a plasmid encoding enter...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Paciorek J

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive aspergillosis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality within at-risk groups. Directed antifungal chemotherapy, guided by effective screening algorithms that incorporate reliable and validated molecular assays, reduces the morbidity associated with empirical administration and allows earlier diagnosi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Perry MD,White PL,Barnes RA

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an opportunist multidrug-resistant pathogen that causes a wide range of nosocomial infections. Various cystic fibrosis (CF) centres have reported an increasing prevalence of S. maltophilia colonization/infection among patients with this disease. The purpose of this study was to assess s...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Vidigal PG,Mosel F,Koehling HL,Mueller KD,Buer J,Rath PM,Steinmann J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The strains of Proteus species found in significant numbers and as pure cultures in urine from 217 individuals were isolated, identified to species level and typed for proticine production (P type) and proticine sensitivity (S type) to give their P/S type. Urinary-tract infections with Proteus, principally P. mirabili...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Senior BW

更新日期：1979-02-01 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：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces multiple virulence factors and causes different types of infections. Previous clinical studies identified P. aeruginosa isolates that lack individual virulence factors. However, the impact of losing several virulence factors simultaneously on the in vivo virulence of P. aeruginosa is no...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Schaber JA,Carty NL,McDonald NA,Graham ED,Cheluvappa R,Griswold JA,Hamood AN

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-reactivity in a delayed-type hypersensitivity (DH) response was studied in mice immunised with live Salmonella typhi, S. paratyphi A and S. paratyphi B. Extensive cross-reactions outside the serogroup limits were observed. The ability of DH cross-reacting and non-cross-reacting sonicates to generate activated ma...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Tiwari H,Kamat RS

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a survey of 3302 people in an area of central Sweden, tinea versicolor was diagnosed in 0.5% of males and 0.3% of females; all those infected were adults. Tinea versicolor is much less common in Sweden than in the tropics. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hellgren L,Vincent J

更新日期：1983-11-01 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：:Human brucellosis is a zoonotic disease which is endemic in Saudi Arabia. The aim of this study was to investigate the humoral immune responses and identify the target antigens that persist at different stages in human brucellosis during antibiotic therapy. To do this, an acute case of accidental nosocomial infection ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kwaasi AA,Al-Mohanna FA,Nakeeb SM,Roberts GT,Al-Thawadi S,Hassan AY,Al-Hokail A,Elfaki MG

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：: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：: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：:Rickettsia rickettsii has limited adverse effects on its arthropod vector, but causes severe disease in man. To model differences in host-parasite interaction, R. rickettsii growth and protein expression were examined at temperatures reflective of host environment in the tick cell lines DALBE3 and IDE2, the human endo...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Policastro PF,Munderloh UG,Fischer ER,Hackstadt T

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and epidemiology of the anaerobic intestinal spirochaete Brachyspira pilosicoli amongst Indonesians living in rural and urban settings on the island of Bali. Faecal samples (n = 992) were collected on two occasions, 4 months apart, from people living in four ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Margawani KR,Robertson ID,Brooke CJ,Hampson DJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of Legionella pneumophila to antibiotics that inhibit cell-wall, protein and DNA synthesis was examined by electronmicroscopy, MIC estimations and viable counts. Ampicillin, cefotaxime, methicillin, erythromycin, rifampicin and ciprofloxacin, each used separately at 20 times their respective MIC values, s...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rodgers FG,Tzianabos AO,Elliott TS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formalin-killed cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain M-24 elicited an antibody-independent protective effect against P. aeruginosa infection in mice. The effect was observed as early as 6 h after administration and 100% protection was obtained by 48 h. The protective effect could not be attributed to the production ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Fujimura T,Suzuki T,Mitsuyama M,Saito H,Nomoto K

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 2458 isolates of Haemophilus influenzae examined in a recent British survey, 42 were resistant to chloramphenicol. Two resistant isolates were of type b and 40 were non-capsulate. Spectrophotometric assay showed that all the resistant isolates produced chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT). CAT activity did not i...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Powell M,Livermore DM

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunist nosocomial pathogen of world-wide importance and produces severe infections in immunocompromised patients. However, the virulence factors contributing to its pathogenic properties are not well known. The effect of normal human serum against 18 clinical isolates of the most pre...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： García A,Solar H,González C,Zemelman R

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00