Mediterranean spotted fever with encephalitis.

abstract：:The characterization and tracking of pathogenic micro-organisms in the clinical laboratory and public health environment demand schemes that are easy to standardize and use, are automated and high-throughput, and provide portable data. A combined genomarkers approach for Salmonella enterica based on comparative sequen...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bishop C,Honisch C,Goldman T,Mosko M,Keng S,Arnold C,Gharbia S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 95 isolates, belonging to 33 species of five dermatophyte genera, i.e. Arthroderma (15 species), Chrysosporium (two), Epidermophyton (one), Microsporum (three) and Trichophyton (12), were studied using internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2)-PCR-RFLP analysis (ITS2-RFLP), consisting of amplification of the ITS...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： De Baere T,Summerbell R,Theelen B,Boekhout T,Vaneechoutte M

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is an important aetiological agent of persistent infantile diarrhoea. EPEC pathogenicity is not mediated through known toxins and the role played by outer-membrane proteins (OMPs) in the initial adherence of the bacterium, intimate attachment to epithelial cells and ultimately ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kumar SS,Sankaran K,Haigh R,Williams PH,Balakrishnan A

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida parapsilosis is the second most frequent Candida species isolated from blood cultures. Since 2005, C. parapsilosis has been divided into three distinct species based on genetic traits: Candida parapsilosis, Candida metapsilosis and Candida orthopsilosis. The aim of this study was to develop a rapid real-time P...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hays C,Duhamel C,Cattoir V,Bonhomme J

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to evaluate the effect of two types of stress, cold and nutritional, on the viability and the in vitro virulence of the foodborne pathogenic bacteria Listeria monocytogenes. METHODOLOGY:Ten diverse isolates were kept in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) at optimal (37 °C) or at refrigeration tem...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Araujo V,Neves E,Silva AC,Martins APL,Brito LC

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:DNA hybridisation of 309 consecutive Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates with oligonucleotide probes specific for genes encoding Panton-Valentine leucocidin (luk-PV) and gamma-haemolysin (hlg) revealed that 99% of randomly selected strains carried the hlg locus whereas only 2% harboured the luk-PV as well as the h...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Prevost G,Couppie P,Prevost P,Gayet S,Petiau P,Cribier B,Monteil H,Piemont Y

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice immunised by the oral or intraperitoneal route with a live aromatic-dependent strain of Salmonella typhimurium exhibited significantly less protection against oral challenge with 50 LD50 of an ovine isolate of S. typhimurium (12313) than when a bovine isolate with the same O antigens and phage-type as strain 1231...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mukkur TK,McDowell GH,Stocker BA,Lascelles AK

更新日期：1987-08-01 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：:A novel combination of culturing and DNA-based terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (TRFLP) analysis was used to investigate the effect of probiotics on antibiotic-induced gut microbiota alterations to determine if a probiotic preparation containing bifidobacteria and lactobacilli, taken during and after ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Engelbrektson A,Korzenik JR,Pittler A,Sanders ME,Klaenhammer TR,Leyer G,Kitts CL

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodococcus equi is an opportunistic human pathogen associated with immunosuppressed people. While the interaction of R. equi with macrophages has been comprehensively studied, little is known about its interactions with non-phagocytic cells. Here, we characterized the entry process of this bacterium into human lung e...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Remuzgo-Martínez S,Pilares-Ortega L,Álvarez-Rodríguez L,Aranzamendi-Zaldunbide M,Padilla D,Icardo JM,Ramos-Vivas J

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:Microsporum canis is the most common species isolated from canine and feline dermatophytosis in the world. However, this study reports a rare case of canine dermatophytosis caused by the anthropophilic dermatophyte Trichophyton tonsurans in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. The fungal characterization was performe...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Brilhante RSN,Cordeiro RA,Gomes JMF,Sidrim JJC,Rocha MFG

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilms are colonies of microbial cells encased in a self-produced organic polymeric matrix and represent a common mode of microbial growth. Microbes growing as biofilm are highly resistant to commonly used antimicrobial drugs. We aimed to screen and characterize biofilm formation by different isolates of Candida on ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zahran KM,Agban MN,Ahmed SH,Hassan EA,Sabet MA

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen that causes serious and chronic infections. Many secondary metabolites are secreted throughout its growth, among which phenazine is a known virulence factor and signalling molecule. Phenazine is coordinately controlled by the global regulatory quorum-sensing (Q...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Liang H,Duan J,Sibley CD,Surette MG,Duan K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gardnerella vaginalis is an important component of the human vaginal microflora. It is proposed to play a key role in the pathogenesis of bacterial vaginosis (BV), the most common vaginal condition. Here we describe the development, validation and comparative analysis of a novel molecular approach capable of G. vagina...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Balashov SV,Mordechai E,Adelson ME,Gygax SE

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Urinary tract infection (UTI) can be community-acquired (Com-UTI) or catheter-associated (CAUTI) and may be associated with biofilm-producing organisms. A comparative analysis of biofilm-producing property (BPP), antibiotic-sensitivity and multi-drug resistance (MDR) and their relation with the BPP of isolates ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bardoloi V,Yogeesha Babu KV

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an RNA virus that is an important cause of both acute and chronic hepatitis worldwide. To date, there are eight HEV genotypes that can infect mammals. HEV-1 and HEV-2 infect exclusively humans, while HEV-3 and HEV-4 infect humans and various animals, mainly pigs and deer. Additionally, two n...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Al-Sadeq DW,Majdalawieh AF,Mesleh AG,Abdalla OM,Nasrallah GK

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A longitudinal analysis was carried out of the colonization by four potential respiratory pathogens - Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis and Staphylococcus aureus - in 165 healthy children (aged 3-7 years) attending three kindergartens and 417 healthy children (aged 7-10 years) att...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bae S,Yu JY,Lee K,Lee S,Park B,Kang Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：PURPOSE:We previously identified an association between CC22 meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection isolates with an elevated vancomycin MIC (V-MIC) in the susceptible range (1.5-2 mg l-1) and endocarditis. This study explores whether these isolates have a specific phenotype consistent ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Marbach H,Boakes E,Lynham S,Ward M,Otter JA,Edgeworth JD

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence and prevalence of multidrug antibacterial resistance in Helicobacter pylori in Bulgaria from 2005 to 2008. The resistance in 828 untreated adults, 124 treated adults and 105 untreated children was, respectively, 26.5, 50.8 and 16.2% for metronidazole; 18.4, 45.2 and 1...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Boyanova L

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catechin, a constituent of tea, possesses various bioactivities. In particular, the most abundant catechin in tea is epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg), which has an anti-inflammatory effect. In the present study, the usability of EGCg for osteomyelitis treatment was examined. Osteomyelitis is a difficult disease to cure...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ishida I,Kohda C,Yanagawa Y,Miyaoka H,Shimamura T

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes among Egyptian patients positive for anti-HCV was determined and their influence, when combined with neu-oncoprotein overexpression, on the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was examined. The study groups included asymptomatic carriers (ASC) and patient...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zekri AN,Bahnassy AA,Shaarawy SM,Mansour OA,Maduar MA,Khaled HM,El-Ahmadi O

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-surface hydrophobicity of Helicobacter (formerly Campylobacter) pylori was tested by aqueous two-phase partitioning and hydrophobic interaction chromatography. The hydrophobicity of H. pylori greatly exceeded that of Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus, C. jejuni and Bacillus subtilis. A partition coefficient (PC) o...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pruul H,Goodwin CS,McDonald PJ,Lewis G,Pankhurst D

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotaxis of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) in response to cell components of Bacteroides fragilis alone or in combination with Escherichia coli was evaluated. E. coli produced much more powerful chemotactic factors than B. fragilis. The culture filtrate (CF), outer membrane (OM) preparation, and lipopolysacchar...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Namavar F,Verweij-Van Vught AM,Bal M,MacLaren DM

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) have emerged globally and have been associated with more severe disease than healthcare-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA). The purpose of this study was to determine whether laboratory measures of virulence can distinguish dominant CA-MRSA clones from H...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Boakes E,Marbach H,Lynham S,Ward M,Edgeworth JD,Otter JA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two isogenic sets of Yersinia pestis strains were generated, composed of wild-type strains 231 and I-1996, their non-polar pH 6(-) mutants with deletions in the psaA gene that codes for its structural subunit or the whole operon, as well as strains with restored ability for temperature- and pH-dependent synthesis of a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Anisimov AP,Bakhteeva IV,Panfertsev EA,Svetoch TE,Kravchenko TB,Platonov ME,Titareva GM,Kombarova TI,Ivanov SA,Rakin AV,Amoako KK,Dentovskaya SV

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00