Outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase 2-producing K. pneumoniae with high qnr prevalence in a Chinese hospital.

abstract：:Clostridium perfringens has been reported as the cause of up to 15% of cases of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea (AAD) and may be diagnosed by detection of enterotoxin (CPEnt) in faeces. The performance of a commercial ELISA method for CPEnt, with culture and PCR methods to confirm the presence of enterotoxigenic C. pe...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Asha NJ,Wilcox MH

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid identification of the causative bacteria of sepsis in patients can contribute to the selection of appropriate antibiotics and improvement of patients' prognosis. Genotypic identification is an emerging technology that may provide an alternative method to, or complement, established phenotypic identification proc...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Motoshima M,Yanagihara K,Morinaga Y,Matsuda J,Hasegawa H,Kohno S,Kamihira S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial activity and growth were monitored by following the changes of electrical impedance of cultures in liquid media. The signal is expressed automatically as a curve similar to grwoth curves produced by other methods. The technique offers a new, rapid and sensitive means of detecting active micro-organisms and i...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ur A,Brown DF

更新日期：1975-02-01 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：:An affinity procedure with purified, biotinylated human transferrin and streptavidin-agarose was used to identify the transferrin-binding proteins in strains of Haemophilus influenzae. Proteins of 58 and 98 Kda were isolated from total membranes prepared from iron-deficient but not iron-sufficient H. influenzae KC548 ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Schryvers AB

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis infections can be performed on urine samples and genital swabs using molecular techniques. A novel approach was developed that combined an automated extraction procedure, an automated liquid-handling system and real-time PCR to detect C. trachomatis from urine or swabs. This novel r...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Jaton K,Bille J,Greub G

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:A strain of Staphylococcus aureus (M7) contains a transmissible element determining production of penicillinase, and resistance to cadmium ions, neomycin, streptomycin and kanamycin (CPNS). This element was transferred either in toto or in fragments at low frequency from strain M7. The fragment (NS) possesses features...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lacey RW

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC), a highly heterogeneous pathotype of E. coli classified as typical and atypical, are an emerging cause of acute and persistent diarrhea. We aimed to investigate whether population living in rural geographic areas, impacts in the heterogeneity, dissemination and antimicrobial s...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Guerrieri CG,Monfardini MV,Silva EA,Bueno de Freitas L,Schuenck RP,Spano LC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many clinically relevant biofilms are polymicrobial. Examining the effect of antimicrobials in a multispecies biofilm consortium is of great clinical importance. The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of different honey types against bacterial wound pathogens grown in multispecies biofilm and to test the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sojka M,Valachova I,Bucekova M,Majtan J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is of increasing global concern, threatening to undermine recent progress in reducing child and neonatal mortality. Repurposing older antimicrobials is a prominent strategy to combat multidrug-resistant sepsis. A potential agent is fosfomycin, however, there is scarce data regardi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Williams PCM,Waichungo J,Gordon NC,Sharland M,Murunga S,Kamau A,Berkley JA

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid identification of pathogenic yeasts is a crucial step in ensuring that effective antifungal treatment is started as early as possible. CandiSelect 4 (CS4; Bio-Rad) is a new chromogenic medium for the isolation of fungi, the direct identification of Candida albicans and the presumptive identification of the m...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sendid B,François N,Standaert A,Dehecq E,Zerimech F,Camus D,Poulain D

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to explore the epidemiological and molecular characteristics of Streptococcus pyogenes in children from different cities in mainland China who were diagnosed with scarlet fever, impetigo and pharyngitis, as well as to detect asymptomatic carriers, between 2005 and 2008, and to compare the res...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Liang Y,Liu X,Chang H,Ji L,Huang G,Fu Z,Zheng Y,Wang L,Li C,Shen Y,Yu S,Yao K,Ma L,Shen X,Yang Y

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholera, caused by Vibrio cholerae, results in significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, including Thailand. Representative V. cholerae strains associated with endemic cholera (n = 32), including strains (n = 3) from surface water sources, in Khon Kaen, Thailand (2003-2011), were subjected to microbiological, mol...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chomvarin C,Johura FT,Mannan SB,Jumroenjit W,Kanoktippornchai B,Tangkanakul W,Tantisuwichwong N,Huttayananont S,Watanabe H,Hasan NA,Huq A,Cravioto A,Colwell RR,Alam M

更新日期：2013-04-01 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

abstract：:A pathogenic vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) isolate (MIC > or =64 microg ml(-1)) was obtained from a Kolkata hospital in June 2005. Species identification was confirmed by Gram staining, standard biochemical tests and PCR amplification of the nuc gene, which encodes the thermostable nuclease that is...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Saha B,Singh AK,Ghosh A,Bal M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of the present study were to evaluate in vitro the production of antagonistic compounds against Gardnerella vaginalis by Lactobacillus strains isolated from women with or without bacterial vaginosis (BV), and to select one of the better Lactobacillus producers of such a substance to be tested in vivo us...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Teixeira GS,Carvalho FP,Arantes RME,Nunes AC,Moreira JLS,Mendonça M,Almeida RB,Farias LM,Carvalho MAR,Nicoli JR

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance against vaginal colonisation by Mycoplasma pulmonis in strain TO mice after exposure to the mycoplasma was investigated. Eighteen mice from which M. pulmonis had been eliminated from the vagina, either naturally or by antibiotic therapy, were resistant to vaginal recolonisation. Specific antibody was measur...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Taylor-Robinson D,Furr PM

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：:Three specimens from 111 asymptomatic male partners of infertile couples attending the Department of Urology in Amiens, France, were examined by the PCR COBAS AMPLICOR test (Roche Molecular Diagnostics) for the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis. The specimens analysed were: first void urine (FVU), urine obtained after...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hamdad-Daoudi F,Petit J,Eb F

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:The aim of this study was the analysis of the cytokine response in BALB/c mice infected with the highly virulent RH or the weakly virulent Beverley strains of Toxoplasma gondii. Analysis of cytokine messages showed increased expression of IL12, IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha, but not IL4 mRNAs in spleen cells after infection...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Nguyen TD,Bigaignon G,Markine-Goriaynoff D,Heremans H,Nguyen TN,Warnier G,Delmee M,Warny M,Wolf SF,Uyttenhove C,Van Snick J,Coutelier JP

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyse the characteristics of infections caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis, clinical isolates (n=145) were collected at 11 medical institutions between September 2003 and October 2005. These isolates belonged to Lancefield group A (n=5), group C (n=18) or group G (n=122). Among all isolates, ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sunaoshi K,Murayama SY,Adachi K,Yagoshi M,Okuzumi K,Chiba N,Morozumi M,Ubukata K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Platelet concentrates are at risk of transfusion-related sepsis. The microbial detection methods currently available have reached their limits, as they do not completely prevent transfusion-related bacterial contamination.The aim of this study was to develop a new strategy to detect the risk of platelet transfu...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chetouane Y,Dubourg G,Gallian P,Delerce J,Levasseur A,Flaudrops C,Chabrière E,Chiaroni J,Raoult D,Camoin-Jau L

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yokenella regensburgei is an opportunistic human pathogen of the Enterobacteriaceae family rarely reported to cause human infections. Here, we present a case report of Y. regensburgei bacteraemia from India clinically resembling enteric fever in an apparently immunocompetent paediatric patient. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Jain S,Gaind R,Gupta KB,Dawar R,Kumar D,Paul P,Sardana R,Deb M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbiota of the human oropharynx plays an important role in health through involvement in the aetiology of infection and the carriage of adventitious pathogens. Despite this, there are few models available for the preclinical assessment of novel antimicrobials directed to the human throat. We have profiled bacte...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Humphreys GJ,McBain AJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：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：: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：:Bacterially-driven mucosal inflammation and the development of periimplantitis can lead to oral implant failure. In this study, initial bacterial adhesion after 2 h, and biofilm formation after 1 day and 3 days, were analysed in situ on novel 3 mol % yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal samples, as well a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Al-Ahmad A,Karygianni L,Schulze Wartenhorst M,Bächle M,Hellwig E,Follo M,Vach K,Han JS

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00