Molecular analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae clones causing invasive disease in children in Singapore.

abstract：:Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major nosocomial pathogen in Pakistan and is emerging in the community. This is one of the first reports of the prevalent genotypes of MRSA in both hospital and community settings in Pakistan. Isolates collected in 2006-2007 were characterized by PFGE, staphylococ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zafar A,Stone M,Ibrahim S,Parveen Z,Hasan Z,Khan E,Hasan R,Wain J,Bamford K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial invasion of host epithelial cells plays an important role in the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases; however, the interactions between subgingival species and the gingival crevice cells are not fully understood. This study determined the prevalence of a group of oral bacterial species on or in epithelial c...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Colombo AV,Silva CM,Haffajee A,Colombo APV

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six-week-old lambs were inoculated orally with 10(9) cfu of an antibiotic-resistance marked four-strain mixture of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 to investigate faecal excretion and intestinal colonisation. In the first experiment, three E. coli O157:H7 isolates were not detected in the faeces of a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Cookson AL,Wales AD,Roe JM,Hayes CM,Pearson GR,Woodward MJ

更新日期：2002-12-01 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 opsonic requirements of Helicobacter pylori were investigated in a series of experiments with human polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNL). Pre-incubation of H. pylori with pooled normal human serum (NHS) in concentrations of 5-20% significantly increased the uptake of radiolabelled bacteria by PMNL. Treatment of the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： McKinlay AW,Young A,Russell RI,Gemmell CG

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. Quantification of bacterial load in tissue homogenates in in vivo pharmacodynamic studies is cumbersome and time-consuming.Aim. We therefore developed a new method for quantifying bacterial load in tissue homogenates of animals treated with a β-lactam and β-lactamase inhibitor using growth curves.Methods...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Georgiou PC,Mouton JW,Pournaras S,Meletiadis J

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：:Clinical specimens unfit for laboratory processing represent missed opportunities for diagnosing tuberculosis. Poor-quality cough specimens (n=61) from presumptive tuberculosis cases were cultured and GeneXpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) successfully performed on samples transferred by flocked swab into PrimeStore molecular tran...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mboneni TA,Eales OO,Mosina NL,Fourie PB

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of K1, K5 and O antigens was examined in 500 clinical strains of Escherichia coli. Of 400 strains from urine, 52% belonged to serogroups O1, O2, O4, O6, O7, O8, O9, O18, O25 and O75; 34% were non-typable (NT) and 14% were autoagglutinable (AA). Antigen K1 was carried by 17% of these strains, and K5 by...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Devine DA,Robinson L,Roberts AP

更新日期：1989-12-01 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：:The genus Eubacterium currently includes a heterogeneous group of gram-positive, non-spore-forming anaerobic bacilli, many of which are slow growing, fastidious and generally unreactive in biochemical tests. As a consequence, cultivation and identification of isolates are difficult and the taxonomy of the group remain...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Downes J,Munson MA,Spratt DA,Kononen E,Tarkka E,Jousimies-Somer H,Wade WG

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Mexico, there is a lack of up-to-date published data that show viruses to be the main cause of acute respiratory infection (ARI). The objective of this study was to estimate the comparative viral frequency between children under the age of 5 years with and without ARI (n = 179 in each group) in a suburban community...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Manjarrez ME,Rosete DP,Rincón M,Villalba J,Cravioto A,Cabrera R

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：:Antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus is a major public health concern, and methicillin-resistant S. aureus has emerged as an important pathogen. We characterized S. aureus isolates from monomicrobial and polymicrobial wound infections from 200 diabetic individuals with foot ulcers to understand their underly...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Shettigar K,Jain S,Bhat DV,Acharya R,Ramachandra L,Satyamoorthy K,Murali TS

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:Current practice guidelines recommend that pulmonary blastomycosis be treated with antifungal agents such as amphotericin B and itraconazole. Echinocandins are not recommended because of poor in vitro activity against Blastomyces dermatitidis and lack of supporting clinical data. We report a case of chronic pulmonary ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mardini J,Nguyen B,Ghannoum M,Couture C,Lavergne V

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:Tests with 140 strains representing Escherichia coli, Klebsiella aerogenes, K. ozaenae, Proteus mirabilis, P. vulgaris, P. rettgeri and P. morganii in a defined medium supplemented with 0-09M dimethylamine (DMA) and 0-1M potassium nitrate showed that at least 89% of the 136 strains able to reduce nitrates produced up ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Coloe PJ,Hayward NJ

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-one bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) specimens obtained from 26 HIV-infected, 45 non-HIV immunosuppressed and 10 immunocompetent patients with primary pulmonary diseases were analysed for the presence of Pneumocystis carinii by staining and by P. carinii 5S rDNA determined by PCR. P. carinii was observed by stainin...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Takahashi T,Goto M,Endo T,Nakamura T,Yusa N,Sato N,Iwamoto A

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the influence of the carbon source of the growth medium, strains of Candida albicans and source of epithelial cells, and the influence of smoking and gender, on the adhesion of C. albicans to epithelial cells from insulin-using diabetic patients. Adhesion was determined by an autologous adhesio...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Willis AM,Coulter WA,Hayes JR,Bell P,Lamey PJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 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

abstract：:Thirty-seven multidrug-resistant and 13 pan-susceptible isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were analysed for the diversity of genotypes associated with known drug-resistance mechanisms. The isolates were obtained from patients attending a university tuberculosis clinic in Monterrey, Mexico. A total of 25 IS6110-RF...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ramaswamy SV,Dou SJ,Rendon A,Yang Z,Cave MD,Graviss EA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The competition for glucose as a growth-limiting substrate between Candida albicans and a mixed community of oral bacteria was investigated. A chemostat was operated under glucose-limiting and glucose excess conditions at a dilution rate of 0.05/h. A mixed population of oral bacteria was established and after a steady...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Basson NJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：: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：: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：:The global emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa poses a major threat in both hospital environments and the community. P. aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen, and it also infects a wide range of model organisms including the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Quorum sensing (QS) m...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ganesh PS,Rai RV

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to explore daptomycin combined with fosfomycin or rifampin against the planktonic and adherent linezolid-resistant isolates of Enterococcus faecalis. METHODOLOGY:Four linezolid-resistant and four linezolid-sensitive isolates of E. faecalis which formed biofilms were collected for this study. B...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zheng JX,Sun X,Lin ZW,Qi GB,Tu HP,Wu Y,Jiang SB,Chen Z,Deng QW,Qu D,Yu ZJ

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the diversity and composition of the intestinal microbiota of elderly subjects using a combination of culture-dependent techniques and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. The study was performed as part of the ELDERMET project, in which 368 faecal samples were assessed for viabl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lakshminarayanan B,Harris HMB,Coakley M,O'Sullivan Ó,Stanton C,Pruteanu M,Shanahan F,O'Toole PW,Ross RP,On Behalf Of The Eldermet Consortium

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large molecular-weight fraction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa culture filtrate protected rats and mice against a lethal infection with a heterologous serotype, and to some extent against Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes. The active components were obtained from cultures grown for several days in a simple synt...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kostiala AA

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00