In vitro activity of azithromycin, newer quinolones and cephalosporins in ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella causing enteric fever.

abstract：:Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonotic disease that affects all mammals in different parts of the world. Though there are many commercial kits available for the diagnosis of systemic leptospirosis, the nature of the antigen has not been described. Therefore, identification of a specific antigen is important. Since ocu...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Priya CG,Bhavani K,Rathinam SR,Muthukkaruppan VR

更新日期：2003-08-01 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 periodontopathic bacterium Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans has been implicated in the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases. It has been reported previously that infection with the organism induced apoptosis in the mouse macrophage cell line J774.1. In the present study, the role of caspases during apoptosis i...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Okinaga T,Kasai H,Tsujisawa T,Nishihara T

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional culture and drug susceptibility testing (DST) methods for Mycobacterium tuberculosis are laborious and time consuming. For this reason alternative rapid culture and DST techniques are urgently needed to shorten the time for drug-resistance detection. A total of 222 smear-positive sputum samples were evalu...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Imperiale BR,Morcillo NS,Palomino JC,Vandamme P,Martin A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a Clostridium difficile glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) immunoassay and a sensitive C. difficile toxin A/B immunoassay, human stool specimens from patients with diarrhoea (n = 1085) were classified as either GDH positive/toxin negative, or GDH positive/toxin positive. Overall, 528/725 (73%) of the GDH-positive/tox...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Fairley DJ,McKenna JP,Stevenson M,Weaver J,Gilliland C,Watt A,Coyle PV

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis is a highly virulent intracellular bacterium capable of rapid multiplication in phagocytic cells. Previous studies have revealed that activation of F. tularensis-infected macrophages leads to control of infection and reactive nitrogen and oxygen species make important contributions to the bacter...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Tancred L,Telepnev MV,Golovliov I,Andersson B,Andersson H,Lindgren H,Sjöstedt A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections of the parotid gland with non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are rarely described. Here, we report on an infection of the parotid gland caused by Mycobacterium avium and give a literature-based overview about this entity. In the light of a global increase of mycobacterial infections, unusual manifestations ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Gittinger FS,Raible A,Kempf VAJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori is classified as a class I carcinogenic factor and its persistent colonization in the stomach induces gastric cancer. Cancerous Inhibitor of PP2A (CIP2A) is a newly identified oncoprotein overexpressed in gastric cancer. Serving as a key oncoprotein, CIP2A also participates in regulation of senesce...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zhao D,Liu Z,Ding J,Li W,Sun Y,Yu H,Zhou Y,Zeng J,Chen C,Jia J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophages in different stages of maturation were found in thin sections of a clinical isolate of Helicobacter (Campylobacter) pylori. Mature phage heads measured 70 x 60 nm and the tail at least 120 nm. Lysogeny was maintained during subculture on blood agar for more than 3 months after isolation from a gastric b...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Schmid EN,von Recklinghausen G,Ansorg R

更新日期：1990-06-01 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：PURPOSE:Conventional laboratory detection methods for gastrointestinal parasites are time consuming, require considerable technical expertise and may suffer from poor analytical sensitivity. This study sought to evaluate the automated BD MAX Enteric Parasite Panel (EPP) for the detection of Cryptosporidium parvum/homin...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Perry MD,Corden SA,Lewis White P

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Leptospira interrogans serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae strains have been described as causing disease in both humans and animals and as being present worldwide. Icterohaemorrhagiae and Copenhageni serovars are known to cause severe disease in their hosts, and zoonotic outbreaks have been described. The genetic si...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Jaeger LH,Pestana CP,Carvalho-Costa FA,Medeiros MA,Lilenbaum W

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micro-organisms isolated from the oral cavity may translocate to the lower airways during mechanical ventilation (MV) leading to ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Changes within the dental plaque microbiome during MV have been documented previously, primarily using culture-based techniques. The aim of this study ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sands KM,Twigg JA,Lewis MAO,Wise MP,Marchesi JR,Smith A,Wilson MJ,Williams DW

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of severe community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia (CAP) admitted to our hospital within 24 h are described, both in young males. These two cases illustrate the usefulness of the British Thoracic Society severity criteria and serve to emphasize the importance of early recognition of adverse physiology in cr...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kelly MG,Sharkey RA,Moles KW,Daly JG

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The faecal flora and mucosa-associated flora (MAF) of rectal biopsy material from 12 patients with active Crohn's disease were studied before and during treatment with a combination of metronidazole and cotrimoxazole given orally for at least 2 weeks. The total faecal flora was greater than the MAF although the propor...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hudson MJ,Hill MJ,Elliott PR,Berghouse LM,Burnham WR,Lennard-Jones JE

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxin (CTX) production in 34 human and 22 animal strains of Campylobacter jejuni isolated in Japan and other countries was studied by three assay systems described previously. Furthermore, cholera-like enterotoxin production by these strains was tested by reversed passive latex agglutination (RPLA). CTX titres in ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Misawa N,Ohnishi T,Itoh K,Takahashi E

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The abilities of six strains of Salmonella typhimurium to associate with rabbit ileal mucosa have been measured in vitro. Two were "virulent" strains (TML and W118 which are invasive and inducers of fluid secretion in rabbit ileal loops); four were "avirulent" (LT7, M206 and SL1027 which are invasive but induce neglig...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Worton KJ,Candy DC,Wallis TS,Clarke GJ,Osborne MP,Haddon SJ,Stephen J

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This paper aims to evaluate the antimicrobial resistance of Esherichia coli isolates from children under 5 years old, with and without diarrhoea, who were hospital outpatients in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. It also looks at the antimicrobial activity of fruit extracts against selected multidrug-resistant (MDR) E...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Uribe-Beltrán MJ,Ahumada-Santos YP,Díaz-Camacho SP,Eslava-Campos CA,Reyes-Valenzuela JE,Báez-Flores ME,Osuna-Ramírez I,Delgado-Vargas F

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance patterns and carbapenemase gene presence among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from the University General Hospital of Patras, Greece during a ten-year period were analysed under a surveillance programme for multi-drug-resistant bacteria. From 2005 to 2014, K. pneumoniae isolates from clinically significant ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Spyropoulou A,Papadimitriou-Olivgeris M,Bartzavali C,Vamvakopoulou S,Marangos M,Spiliopoulou I,Anastassiou ED,Christofidou M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

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：:We sought evidence to determine if particular strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa have a predilection for pulmonary colonisation in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The incidence of common pyocin types in non-CF isolates (74%) was similar to that noted in previous reports but differed significantly (X2 = 16.7, p less...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Tredgett MW,Doherty C,Govan JR

更新日期：1990-07-01 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：:Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) pose significant infection-control challenges in settings with high prevalence and limited isolation facilities. This observational study in an 800-bed hospital determined the prevalence, bacterial density and genetic relatedness of MDROs isolated from ward surfaces, medical devic...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Tan TY,Tan JSM,Tay H,Chua GH,Ng LSY,Syahidah N

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli (2), Vibrio cholerae (2) and Aeromonas sobria (1) strains were examined for their ability to grow and produce toxins in samples of ileostomy fluid. Three categories of response were observed: no detectable growth, growth without detectable toxin, and growth with detectable toxin. Clear differences wer...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ala Aldeen DA,Barer MR

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 148 Vibrio cholerae isolates from a major shrimp production area in Southern Thailand were examined by colony hybridisation for genes encoding heat-stable enterotoxin (NAG-ST) and cholera toxin (CT). Only non-O1 V. cholerae strains were found to harbour NAG-ST (14 of 146) whereas no strains hybridised with ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dalsgaard A,Serichantalergs O,Shimada T,Sethabutr O,Echeverria P

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium piliforme is an obligate intracellular bacterium that causes enterohepatic disease in many animal species. C. piliforme infections are commonly subclinical in laboratory rats and mice, and little is known about host regulation of disease or of the effects of C. piliforme infections on investigations that u...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： VAN Andel RA,Franklin CL,Besch-Williford CL,Hook RR,Riley LK

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：:The plasmid profiles, and their association with antimicrobial resistance, of 60 strains of Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from fish, shellfish and water were investigated. Only two strains were susceptible to all the antimicrobial agents tested; the highest incidences of resistance were to tetracycline (96.7%), prysta...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Borrego JJ,Moriñigo MA,Martinez-Manzanares E,Bosca M,Castro D,Barja JL,Toranzo AE

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Mycobacterium leprae to specifically bind alpha2-laminins of Schwann cells has been described recently as being an important property of the leprosy bacillus, which could explain the neural tropism of M. leprae. Therefore, the extent of the expression of alpha2-laminin-binding properties among mycobacte...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Marques MA,Ant nio VL,Sarno EN,Brennan PJ,Pessolani MC

更新日期：2001-01-01 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