Characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by biotyping, immunoblotting and restriction enzyme fragmentation patterns.

abstract：:Data on the occurrence and epidemiology of Aspergillus spp. in laying hens farms are scant. With the aims of determining levels of airborne contamination in laying hen farms and evaluating the potential risk of infection for workers and animals, 57 air samples from 19 sheds (Group I), 69 from faeces (Group II), 19 fro...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Cafarchia C,Camarda A,Iatta R,Danesi P,Favuzzi V,Di Paola G,Pugliese N,Caroli A,Montagna MT,Otranto D

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections of the parotid gland with non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are rarely described. Here, we report on an infection of the parotid gland caused by Mycobacterium avium and give a literature-based overview about this entity. In the light of a global increase of mycobacterial infections, unusual manifestations ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Gittinger FS,Raible A,Kempf VAJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous injection of eight human strains of Campylobacter fetus ss fetus and Campylobacter jejuni into mice at various stages of pregnancy demonstrated significant strain differences in ability to affect implantation of the fertilised ovum and to cause resorption of the mouse fetus. Implantation was significantly ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： O'Sullivan AM,Doré CJ,Coid CR

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amplification and sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene can be applied to detect and identify bacteria in clinical samples. We examined 75 clinical samples (17 culture-positive, 58 culture-negative) prospectively by two different PCR protocols, amplifying either a single fragment (1343 bp) or two fragments (762/598 b...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Jenkins C,Ling CL,Ciesielczuk HL,Lockwood J,Hopkins S,McHugh TD,Gillespie SH,Kibbler CC

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection by antibody-based testing allows for some recently infected individuals to be falsely assessed as non-infected. Since such individuals often have high viral loads and are capable of transmitting HIV, it is an imperative public health need to identify these indi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ren A,Louie B,Rauch L,Castro L,Liska S,Klausner JD,Pandori MW

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micro-organisms isolated from the oral cavity may translocate to the lower airways during mechanical ventilation (MV) leading to ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Changes within the dental plaque microbiome during MV have been documented previously, primarily using culture-based techniques. The aim of this study ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sands KM,Twigg JA,Lewis MAO,Wise MP,Marchesi JR,Smith A,Wilson MJ,Williams DW

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last 30 years, Serratia marcescens has become an important cause of nosocomial infection. There have been many reports concerning the identification, antibiotic susceptibility, pathogenicity, epidemiological investigations and typing of this organism. Accurate identification is important in defining outbreaks...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hejazi A,Falkiner FR

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence and genotype of Shiga-like toxins (SLTs) in Escherichia coli (O)157 strains from patients in Germany with haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) were investigated. This was done by PCR amplification of the B-subunit genes with two primer pairs--one complementary to slt-IB, and the other homologous to both sl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rüssmann H,Schmidt H,Heesemann J,Caprioli A,Karch H

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary differentiation of Leptospira interrogans serovars hardjo and balcanica can be made with antisera that are collected from hamsters after experimental infection with serovar hardjo and selected for high homologous and low or nil heterologous titres, as measured by the microscopic agglutination test. Rabbit ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ris DR,Hamel KL

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sporothrix brasiliensis, a member of the Sporothrix schenckii complex, is a major cause of epidemic outbreaks of sporotrichosis due to its greater virulence and ability to evade the immune system. The absence of studies about this species led to this study, with the aim to evaluate the importance of Toll-like r...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rossato L,Silvana Dos Santos S,Ferreira LG,Rogério de Almeida S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis results in tubal factor infertility in some women. Diagnosis of this tubal infertility is difficult and typically involves laparoscopy or hysterosalpingography to detect the tubal blockages. Numerous serological tests have been developed; however, they are presently not used for diagnosis without...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Menon S,Stansfield SH,Logan B,Hocking JS,Timms P,Rombauts L,Allan JA,Huston WM

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:Detection of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a challenge in the diagnosis of asymptomatic, subclinical tuberculosis. We report the development of an immunofluorescence technique to visualize and enumerate M. tuberculosis in latently infected rabbit lungs where no acid-fast-stained organisms were seen and no culti...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Subbian S,Eugenin E,Kaplan G

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most hospital bacteriologists have divided staphylococci into two groups: Staphylococcus aureus and the coagulase-negative staphylococci of which the novobiocin-resistant varieties are termed S. saprophyticus. The identification of S. aureus has been easy but that of the other staphylococci has provided some difficult...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Reuther JW

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opsonic and protective capacities of rabbit antisera against Escherichia coli O, K and core-glycolipid cell-wall antigens were compared with specific antibody titres as measured by agglutination and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Anti-O antisera were opsonic and protective against two noncapsulate strains. Onl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： van Dijk WC,Verbrugh HA,van Erne-van der Tol ME,Peters R,Verhoef J

更新日期：1981-11-01 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：PURPOSE:Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of Acinetobacter baumannii are being reported worldwide, and they are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. These strains are considered to be the highest priority for the development of new antibacterial agents. Therefore, we aimed to develop an effective ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wintachai P,Naknaen A,Pomwised R,Voravuthikunchai SP,Smith DR

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the primary and combined resistances of Helicobacter pylori isolates obtained from paediatric patients in 2000-2001 to seven antimicrobial agents. Resistance rates of pre-treatment isolates from 115 children were investigated by the limited agar dilution method alone and by the E-te...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Boyanova L,Koumanova R,Gergova G,Popova M,Mitov I,Kovacheva Y,Derejian S,Katsarov N,Nikolov R,Krastev Z

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute dental abscess is frequently underestimated in terms of its morbidity and mortality. The risk of potential serious consequences arising from the spread of a dental abscess is still relevant today with many hospital admissions for dental sepsis. The acute dental abscess is usually polymicrobial comprising fac...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Robertson D,Smith AJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is essential for the prompt initiation of effective second-line therapy to improve treatment outcome and limit transmission of this obstinate disease. A variety of molecular methods that enable the rapid detection of mutations implicated in MDR-TB have been ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bang H,Park S,Hwang J,Jin H,Cho E,Kim DY,Song T,Shamputa IC,Via LE,Barry CE,Cho SN,Lee H

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria sicca is rarely associated with clinical infections and to the authors' knowledge this organism has not been reported as a causative agent of infected biloma (liver abscess). A case of a diabetic man with infected biloma due to N. sicca after repeated transcatheter arterial embolization for hepatocellular ca...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chung HC,Teng LJ,Hsueh PR

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies specific for rubella virion polypeptide, VPI, secreted by clones of hybridoma cells or produced in rabbits in response to specific antigenic stimulation, located determinants for haemagglutination inhibiting (HI) and neutralising (Nt) antibodies on this envelope component. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ho-Terry L,Cohen A,Tedder RS

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR has proved superior to conventional blood culture for diagnosing bacteraemia in the presence of antibiotics. Nevertheless, even PCR might yield false-negative results if the template DNA were to be cleaved by serum DNAases after antibiotics had induced bacterial death. To evaluate the cleavage of bacterial templat...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Heininger A,Ulrich M,Priebe G,Unertl K,Müller-Schauenburg A,Botzenhart K,Döring G

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces multiple virulence factors and causes different types of infections. Previous clinical studies identified P. aeruginosa isolates that lack individual virulence factors. However, the impact of losing several virulence factors simultaneously on the in vivo virulence of P. aeruginosa is no...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Schaber JA,Carty NL,McDonald NA,Graham ED,Cheluvappa R,Griswold JA,Hamood AN

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simulated throat swabs were prepared with known numbers of Streptococcus pyogenes; some were suspended in pasteurised human saliva and an equal number in saline. Two types of commercially available swabs were tested; these were composed of (1) plain, buffered, cotton wool, and (2) albumen-coated cotton wool. The mean ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ross PW

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a one-year period, 258 isolates of Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli were obtained from children with gastroenteritis or bacteraemia at the Red Cross Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. These isolates were biotyped by hippurate hydrolysis, H2S production and tolerance to 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chlo...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lastovica AJ,Le Roux E,Congi RV,Penner JL

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Proteus mirabilis to produce the bacteriocin, proticine 3, is found almost exclusively in strains that cause severe infections of the upper urinary tract. Proticine 3 was purified from lysates of mitomycin C-induced cultures. Biological activity was associated with structures resembling bacteriophage ta...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Senior BW

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carnobacterium species have been isolated from the environment and are not regarded as human pathogens, although they are known to cause disease in fish. Only two reports describing isolation of Carnobacterium species from human pus were found in the literature. We report what we believe to be the first isolation of C...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hoenigl M,Grisold AJ,Valentin T,Leitner E,Zarfel G,Renner H,Krause R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of Legionella pneumophila to antibiotics that inhibit cell-wall, protein and DNA synthesis was examined by electronmicroscopy, MIC estimations and viable counts. Ampicillin, cefotaxime, methicillin, erythromycin, rifampicin and ciprofloxacin, each used separately at 20 times their respective MIC values, s...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rodgers FG,Tzianabos AO,Elliott TS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00