Liver abscess due to Neisseria sicca after repeated transcatheter arterial embolization.

abstract：PURPOSE:Candida biofilm infections are frequently linked to the use of biomaterials and are of clinical significance because they are commonly resistant to antifungals. Clioquinol is an antiseptic drug and is effective against multidrug-resistant Candida. We investigated the effect of clioquinol and two other 8-hydroxy...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pippi B,Machado GDRM,Bergamo VZ,Alves RJ,Andrade SF,Fuentefria AM

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter junii is a rare human pathogen associated with bacteraemia in neonates and paediatric oncology patients. We present a case of A. junii causing bacteraemia in an adult transplant patient with leukaemia. The correct identification of Acinetobacter species can highlight the clinical significance of the diff...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Cayô R,Yañez San Segundo L,Pérez Del Molino Bernal IC,García de la Fuente C,Bermúdez Rodríguez MA,Calvo J,Martínez-Martínez L

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in India and other developing countries and has formed a lethal partnership with AIDS. It often presents a diagnostic challenge especially when clinical presentation is suggestive but bacteriological proof is lacking. The objective of this study was to compare the various ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pahwa R,Hedau S,Jain S,Jain N,Arora VM,Kumar N,Das BC

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. Ocular microsporidiosis is a significant emerging infectious disease reported in immunocompromised patients and immunocompetent persons throughout the world.Aim. To identify the pathogens responsible for human keratitis, via corneal scrapings.Methodology. Thirty-three hospitalized patients with epithelia...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sanpool O,Thanathanee O,Laummuanwai P,Maleewong W,Intapan PM

更新日期：2020-03-01 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 identity and motility of enterococci isolated as urinary pathogens were compared with those of strains from other sources. The majority of isolates from all sources proved to be Streptococcus faecalis of S. faecium but eight of 117 urinary strains and seven of 127 non-urinary strains belonged to a group intermedia...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bransby RD,Grüneberg RN

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of septicaemia with prolonged, refractory hypotension related to Moraxella osloensis isolated in a non-immunocompromised paediatric patient. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dien Bard J,Lewinski M,Summanen PH,Deville JG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein we describe a real-time quantitative PCR assay for evaluating the adherence of Clostridium difficile to differentiated human intestinal Caco-2 cells. Our investigations demonstrated that the method, employing the C. difficile-specific triose-phosphate isomerase gene, is as reliable but less time-consuming than ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dingle T,Mulvey GL,Humphries RM,Armstrong GD

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to correlate molecular evidence of the presence of Helicobacter pylori in gastric biopsy samples, based on analysis of 16S rDNA, vacuolating toxin (vacA), urease A (ureA) and cagA genes, with the clinical, histological and serological findings in patients with H. pylori-associated gast...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Tiveljung A,Borch K,Jonasson J,Mårdh S,Petersson F,Monstein HJ

更新日期：1998-08-01 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：: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：:Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a leading cause of serious paediatric disease. However, there are few published epidemiological data regarding invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in many countries in South East Asia, including Singapore. Baseline data for IPD are essential to inform policy regarding pneumococcal conj...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Jefferies JMC,Tee WSN,Clarke SC

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 69 strains of Escherichia coli from patients in the Taizhou Municipal Hospital, China, were isolated, and 11 strains were identified that were resistant to bacitracin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline and erythromycin. These strains were PCR positive for at least two out of three genes, ybjG, dacC and mdfA, by...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wang D,Hu E,Chen J,Tao X,Gutierrez K,Qi Y

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A down-flow immunoassay has been developed to detect serum mannan antigens, and the test was recently marketed as the Unimedi Candida monotest. Using 251 serum samples from 105 patients with candidaemia, a comparison of the Unimedi Candida monotest with the Cand-Tec latex agglutination test and 2 microplate enzyme imm...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Fujita SI,Takamura T,Nagahara M,Hashimoto T

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of glucan on Leishmania major infection was studied in BALB/c mice, which are highly susceptible to leishmania infection. Glucan (0.45 mg), or isovolumetric dextrose, was administered intraperitoneally 7, 5, 3 and 1 day before infection with L. major promastigotes. At 3, 5, 6, 8 and 10 weeks after infection...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Al Tuwaijri AS,Mahmoud AA,Al Mofleh IA,Al Khuwaitir SA

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with AIDS frequently develop diarrhoeal illness. In this randomized, controlled study, 260 patients were screened for those who had not had diarrhoea in the preceding 3 months and who had received a stable highly active antiretroviral therapy regimen for at least 6 weeks prior to the study enrollment. A total...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Huang DB,Zhou J

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysostaphin is a glycylglycine endopeptidase. It cleaves the pentaglycine cross-bridge structure unique to the staphylococcal cell wall and is considered to be a potential drug for Staphylococcus aureus. In the present study, the in vitro activity of recombinant lysostaphin was investigated in 257 S. aureus isolates c...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Yang XY,Li CR,Lou RH,Wang YM,Zhang WX,Chen HZ,Huang QS,Han YX,Jiang JD,You XF

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus types 15 and 16 (EMRSA-15 and EMRSA-16) are the dominant types of MRSA found in UK hospitals, but accurate designation of strains has been difficult. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) profiles of seven core virulence genes were used to classify unambig...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Moore PCL,Lindsay JA

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A provisional serotyping scheme for Bacillus cereus has been developed. Eighteen selected cultures of B. cereus isolated from foods and clinical specimens were used to prepare agglutinating sera against the flagellar antigen. There were no significant cross-reactions between the sera. The sera were used to type 137 is...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Taylor AJ,Gilbert RJ

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty clinical strains of Chlamydia trachomatis were studied by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of bacterial DNA amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The strains belonged to the three most commonly encountered serovars in developed countries--D, E and F. Six reference strains, including the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sayada C,Denamur E,Grandchamp B,Orfila J,Elion J

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of the 10 species of the genus Bacteroides (sensu stricto) were extracted by the proteinase K method and their resolution compared by several methods of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). These included sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS)-PAGE with and without urea, polyacrylamide gradi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Maskell JP

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the toxigenic status of circulating strains of Clostridium difficile in a large teaching hospital. Overall 220 isolates were studied of which 199 (90.5 %) produced both large clostridial toxins detected by conventional methods. Ten more strains (4.5 %) had toxin A and B genes dete...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Alonso R,Martín A,Peláez T,Marín M,Rodríguez-Creixéms M,Bouza E

更新日期：2005-02-01 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：:Brachyspira pilosicoli is a potentially zoonotic anaerobic intestinal spirochaete that is one of several species causing avian intestinal spirochaetosis. The aim of this study was to develop a reproducible model of infection in point-of-lay chickens and compare the virulence of two strains of B. pilosicoli in a model ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mappley LJ,Tchórzewska MA,Nunez A,Woodward MJ,La Ragione RM

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entero-invasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) and shigellae were tested for contact-haemolysin (CH) with red blood cells (RBCs) of guinea-pig, rabbit, rat, mouse, monkey, man, sheep and chicken; all bacteria showed the best lysis with guinea-pig RBCs. The best culture medium for CH activity of shigellae was tryptic soy brot...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Haider K,Albert MJ,Hossain A,Nahar S

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In this study, we aimed to investigate the genomic characteristics and evolution of pathogenicity islands of an enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strain, and to obtain a transcriptional profile of EPEC under different concentrations of ciprofloxacin using microarray analysis. METHODOLOGY:The complete EP...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chen Z,Cheng H,Pan W,Zheng J,Li D,Lin F,Yu Z,Deng Q

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickettsia conorii is endemic in Greece, though only a few cases of infection have been published to date. The case of a 58-year-old man from northern Greece with a severe form of Mediterranean spotted fever and rapid neurological deterioration is presented here. The patient received antibiotic treatment with doxycycl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Tzavella K,Hatzizisis IS,Vakali A,Mandraveli K,Zioutas D,Alexiou-Daniel S

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiometric selective inhibition tests were developed and evaluated for the rapid differentiation of Mycobacterium spp. Both a p-nitrobenzoic acid (PNB) test and a commercially-prepared p-nitro-alpha-acetylamino-beta-hydroxypropiophenone (NAP) test successfully differentiated M. tuberculosis and M. bovis from "atypica...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Collins T,Levett PN

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain insight into the value of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) core determinants for cross-protective immunisation the serological relationships between six complete (LPS) core types from Enterobacteriaceae were investigated. Hyperimmune sera were raised in mice by repeated immunisation with heat-killed strains of Salmone...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Nnalue NA,Khan GN,Mustafa N

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00