Francisella tularensis: unravelling the secrets of an intracellular pathogen.

abstract：:This case report describes a case of nuclear bilateral Bell's palsy and ageusia associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Magnetic resonance imaging evidenced T2-weighted hyper-intense protuberantial lesions. Such topography leading to a nuclear palsy contrasts with previously reported infectious diplegia invol...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Trad S,Ghosn J,Dormont D,Stankoff B,Bricaire F,Caumes E

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leifsonia aquatica is an aquatic coryneform rod that is capable of forming biofilms in environmental water sources. It has rarely been associated with human infections and its pathogenicity and clinical significance are uncertain. We describe a case of catheter-related bloodstream infection in a haemodialysis patient....

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Porte L,Soto A,Andrighetti D,Dabanch J,Braun S,Saldivia A,Flores JC,Wozniak A,García P,Weitzel T

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:The morbidity and mortality rates in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are significantly affected by infections with Burkholderia cepacia complex. In a Czech CF Centre, the prevalence of the infection reached up to 30 %, with the majority of patients found to be infected with Burkholderia cenocepacia (formerly genomo...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Drevinek P,Vosahlikova S,Cinek O,Vavrova V,Bartosova J,Pohunek P,Mahenthiralingam E

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. Melioidosis, caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, in endemic areas, poses a challenge for treating the diseased populations without accurate diagnosis, and the disease-specific biomarkers linked with the infection have yet to be reported. Due to the invasive nature of the causative agent, Burkholderia ps...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Saikh KU,Ranji CM,Ulrich RG,Corea E,De Silva AD,Natesan M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gardnerella vaginalis is a Gram-variable anaerobic bacterium present in 100% of women with bacterial vaginosis (BV). BV is a complex polymicrobial condition with no single causative agent. The current laboratory detection method for BV relies on a Gram-stain Nugent score to estimate the quantity of different bacterial...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Cox C,McKenna JP,Watt AP,Coyle PV

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:A novel bunyavirus associated with fever, thrombocytopenia and leukopenia syndrome (FTLS) was discovered in Henan Province, China. Here, we report the development of an assay for this novel bunyavirus based on real-time reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR). The assay exhibited high sensitivity and specificity without cr...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Huang X,Liu L,Du Y,Ma H,Mu Y,Pengzhi Wang,Ma H,Tang X,Wang H,Kang K,Zhang S,Wu W,Chen H,Liu G,Yang Y,Yongqiangj,Jiang,Xu B,Chen W

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nasal carrier-rate of Staphylococcus aureus in 548 Nigerians aged 9-32 years and attending various educational establishments was 56.4%. This rate decreased with increasing age. A significantly greater proportion of females (65.0%) than males (46.5%) were carriers, but the excess in females was apparent only in su...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lamikanra A,Paul BD,Akinwole OB,Paul MO

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its discovery at the end of the nineteenth century, Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis has undergone several changes of nomenclature and periodic changes in its perceived status as either a commensal or a pathogen. Molecular analysis based on DNA hybridisation or 16S rDNA sequence comparisons has established it...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Enright MC,McKenzie H

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Infections associated with Acinetobacter baumannii represent an increasing threat in healthcare settings. Therefore, we investigated the epidemiological relationship between clinical isolates of A. baumannii obtained from patients in a university hospital in Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. METHODOLOGY:Sixty-fou...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Saffari F,Monsen T,Karmostaji A,Azimabad FB,Widerström M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that the intestinal microbiota is essential for the pathogenicity but not for the multiplication of Giardia duodenalis in the intestinal lumen. The microbial components responsible for this phenomenon are not known. Twenty-eight facultative and three strictly anaerobic micro-organisms were is...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Torres MF,Uetanabaro APT,Costa AF,Alves CA,Farias LM,Bambirra EA,Penna FJ,Vieira EC,Nicoli JR

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitors of trophozoite motility and phagocytosis were used to investigate the mechanism of Naegleria fowleri cytopathogenicity in mouse-embryo (ME)-cell cultures. Amoebae that were immobilised and agglutinated by specific antiserum exhibited no cytopathic activity, although they remained alive and were in constant ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Brown T

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid identification of isolates in positive blood cultures are of great importance to secure correct treatment of septicaemic patients. As antimicrobial resistance is increasing, rapid detection of resistance is crucial. Carbapenem resistance in Bacteroides fragilis associated with cfiA-encoded class B metallo-beta-l...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Johansson Å,Nagy E,Sóki J

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important Gram-negative pathogen that is intrinsically multidrug-resistant (MDR) and frequently associated with healthcare-associated outbreaks. With increasing resistance to antibiotics and with very few novel drugs under development, clinicians often use combinations to tre...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Betts JW,Hornsey M,Higgins PG,Lucassen K,Wille J,Salguero FJ,Seifert H,La Ragione RM

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:The object of this study was to develop and characterize experimental Burkholderia mallei aerosol infection in BALB/c mice. Sixty-five mice were infected with 5000 [approx. 2.5 median lethal doses (MLD)] B. mallei strain ATCC 23344(T) bacteria by the aerosol route. Bacterial counts within lung, liver, spleen, brain, k...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lever MS,Nelson M,Ireland PI,Stagg AJ,Beedham RJ,Hall GA,Knight G,Titball RW

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of human plasma (HP) or serum (HS) as a replacement for fetal calf serum (FCS) was evaluated in a liver infusion tryptose (LIT) medium for bulk cultivation of Leishmania donovani promastigotes. The promastigote yield with the LIT-FCS standard medium was 0.4-1.8×10(7) ml(-1), and yields of 0.5-3.4×10(7) (...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mahamoud A,Osman HA,Mansour D,El Harith A

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrathecal synthesis of IgM and IgG antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi sonicate, to recombinant flagellin (41 kDa) and to a tryptic peptide of the flagellin (14-kDa fragment) was determined by ELISA in paired cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum samples from 35 patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) and in 10 p...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kaiser R,Rasiah C,Gassmann G,Vogt A,Lücking CH

更新日期：1993-10-01 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：:The growth of 29 strains of Acinetobacter spp. on semi-solid media was studied; 19 showed surface swarming and 14 produced channels ("ditches") in the agar that do not seem to have been described previously. An attempt was made to define the cultural and physical conditions for the demonstration of these phenomena. Po...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Barker J,Maxted H

更新日期：1975-08-01 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：:The in vitro activity of voriconazole was compared with those of fluconazole and itraconazole against 270 clinical isolates of yeasts from the mouths of patients receiving palliative care for advanced cancer. A broth micro-dilution assay as described by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards was empl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bagg J,Sweeney MP,Davies AN,Jackson MS,Brailsford S

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：:Antibody (AMI) and cell-mediated (CMI) immunity to rubella virus (RV) were evaluated in healthy adolescent males (n = 11) and females (n = 28) undergoing routine reimmunisation with RA27/3 strain RV as a component of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. Blood samples were collected just before and at 2, 4 and 10 weeks...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mitchell LA

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that poses a threat in clinical settings due to its intrinsic and acquired resistance to a wide spectrum of antibiotics. Additionally, the presence of a subpopulation of cells surviving high concentrations of antibiotics, called persisters, makes it virtually impossi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： De Groote VN,Fauvart M,Kint CI,Verstraeten N,Jans A,Cornelis P,Michiels J

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken to quantify the expression of prostaglandin (PG) receptors and find the effect of gestational age on expression of PG receptor genes in Chlamydia trachomatis-infected recurrent spontaneous aborters (RSA). Endometrial curettage tissue (ECT) was collected from 130 RSA (Group I) and 100 age-matched...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Singh N,Prasad P,Singh LC,Das B,Rastogi S

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Despite hundreds of reports on the isolation of Nocardia from clinical samples, the presence and diversity of Nocardia species that are capable of survival in a harsh and adverse condition, such as a hospital environment, have not been comprehensively studied. The aim of this study was to assess Nocardia specie...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rahdar HA,Azadi D,Shojaei H,Daei-Naser A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this review is to discuss the scientific literature on waterborne healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) published from 1990 to 2012. The review focuses on aquatic bacteria and describes both outbreaks and single cases in relation to patient characteristics, the settings and contaminated sources. An o...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ferranti G,Marchesi I,Favale M,Borella P,Bargellini A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Strains of type emm89 Streptococcus pyogenes have recently increased in frequency as a cause of human infections in several countries in Europe and North America. This increase has been molecular epidemiologically linked with the emergence of a new genetically distinct clone, designated clade 3. We sought to ex...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Beres SB,Olsen RJ,Ojeda Saavedra M,Ure R,Reynolds A,Lindsay DSJ,Smith AJ,Musser JM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00