Helicobacter marmotae and novel Helicobacter and Campylobacter species isolated from the livers and intestines of prairie dogs.

abstract：:The production of toxins A and B by Clostridium difficile was greatly enhanced under biotin-limited conditions, in which a 140-kDa protein was expressed strongly. Gene cloning revealed that this protein was a homologue of formylglycinamidine ribonucleotide synthetase (FGAM synthetase, EC 6.3.5.3), which is known as Pu...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Maegawa T,Karasawa T,Ohta T,Wang X,Kato H,Hayashi H,Nakamura S

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) N-59 and RU-1 were produced by immunisation of mice with streptokinase secreted by Streptococcus group A, type 12, strain A374 isolated from a patient with post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) and were characterised by Western blot analysis. MAb N-59 recognised antigenic determinan...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ohkuni H,Todome Y,Yoshimura K,Yamamoto T,Suzuki H,Yokomuro K,Johnston KH,Zabriskie JB

更新日期：1991-07-01 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：:This prospective study investigated whether oral candidal carriage in HIV-infected patients was altered by pentamidine therapy. Repeated oral rinses were taken from 56 HIV-positive patients over a 2-year period. Oral candidal carriage was investigated in two groups of patients, one receiving prophylactic pentamidine t...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Nolan A,Lamey PJ,MacFarlane TW,Aitchison TC,Shaw J,Sirel JY

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects on growth and toxin A production of sub-MIC concentrations of six different antibiotics were investigated in three strains of Clostridium difficile: reference strain NCTC 11223, a fully sequenced strain (630) and a locally endemic isolate (strain 338a). The antibiotics chosen for investigation were the agents ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Drummond LJ,Smith DGE,Poxton IR

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat was evaluated as an experimental model for disseminated candidosis by quantitating blood clearance and initial organ localisation of 3H-leucine-labelled Candida albicans after intravenous injection into the tail or portal vein. Viable or formalin-killed blastoconidia or viable blastoconidia with germ tubes wer...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Katz S,Grosfeld JL,Folkening WJ,Rosenthal RS,Merkel GJ

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty clinical strains of Chlamydia trachomatis were studied by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of bacterial DNA amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The strains belonged to the three most commonly encountered serovars in developed countries--D, E and F. Six reference strains, including the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sayada C,Denamur E,Grandchamp B,Orfila J,Elion J

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 3-year period, 771 rectal swabs were taken from abacteriuric school-children. Out of 709 E. coli strains, each isolated from one faecal specimen, 102 were found to be resistant to one or more antibacterial agents, and 607 to be fully sensitive. Another 204 resistant strains were found by selection for antibio...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lidin-Janson G,Falsen E,Jodal U,Kaijser B,Lincoln K

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As well as conventional methods such as immunodiffusion, ELISA, or agglutination for the detection of toxin production in Staphylococcus aureus, amplification techniques like PCR allow a very sensitive and specific identification of the genes responsible for enterotoxin B and C, and TSST-1 production. These toxins mig...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Schmitz FJ,Steiert M,Hofmann B,Verhoef J,Hadding U,Heinz HP,Köhrer K

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus infection can occur in female sheep, causing infertility or abortion. Despite extensive research on the effect of these bacteria on female fertility, little research has been done on the influence of C. fetus subsp. fetus on the male factor. Our objective was to examine the influence o...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zan Bar T,Yehuda R,Hacham T,Krupnik S,Bartoov B

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iliopsoas abscess is usually secondary to the spread of infection from a contiguous focus. Primary disease is uncommon, except in children where Staphylococcus aureus is the main pathogen. We report a 60-year-old woman who developed a primary iliopsoas abscess as a result of haematogenous spread of Capnocytophaga sput...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chan JFW,Wong SSY,Leung SSM,Li IWS,To KKW,Cheng VCC,Yuen KY

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The periodontopathic bacterium Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans has been implicated in the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases. It has been reported previously that infection with the organism induced apoptosis in the mouse macrophage cell line J774.1. In the present study, the role of caspases during apoptosis i...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Okinaga T,Kasai H,Tsujisawa T,Nishihara T

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophages in different stages of maturation were found in thin sections of a clinical isolate of Helicobacter (Campylobacter) pylori. Mature phage heads measured 70 x 60 nm and the tail at least 120 nm. Lysogeny was maintained during subculture on blood agar for more than 3 months after isolation from a gastric b...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Schmid EN,von Recklinghausen G,Ansorg R

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial infection in patients who have undergone liver transplantation is a major complication of the procedure. Leuconostoc spp. are important pathogenic bacteria in individuals with poor immune function, especially transplant patients. In this report, we describe the case of a 45-year-old Asian male liver transpla...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Deng Y,Zhang Z,Xie Y,Xiao Y,Kang M,Fan H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Non-albicansCandida species have emerged as fungal pathogens that cause invasive infections, with many of these species displaying resistance to commonly used antifungal agents. This study was confined to studying the characteristics of clinical isolates of the C. rugosa complex and C. pararugosa species. METH...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Peremalo T,Madhavan P,Hamzah S,Than L,Wong EH,Nasir MDM,Chong PP,Ng KP

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the frequency and distribution of human verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) O157 and non-O157 in the Republic of Ireland, and also to examine the presence of virulence genes in these isolates. This genetic information combined with phenotypic tests was used to produce a compl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Carroll AM,Gibson A,McNamara EB

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to establish bacterial profiles in gastric biopsy specimens from patients with Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis by means of temporal temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TTGE) of PCR-amplified 16S rDNA fragments. Specimens from eight patients with asymptomatic gastritis and five ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Monstein HJ,Tiveljung A,Kraft CH,Borch K,Jonasson J

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prevalence of cervical Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes in Iran for the first time and their association with three clinical symptoms/signs, i.e. abnormal vaginal discharge, lower abdominal pain (LAP) and swab-induced bleeding, and patient age, 620 cervical specimens were obtained from women with sympt...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Beni BT,Motamedi H,Ardakani MR

更新日期：2010-09-01 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.Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted pathogen with increasing resistance to first- and second-line antimicrobials. The 'near-patient test' ResistancePlus MG FleXible (SpeeDx) detects M. genitalium plus four macrolide resistance mutations (MRMs), facilitating same-day patient follow up.Hypothesi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Murray GL,Doyle M,Bodiyabadu K,Vodstrcil LA,Garland SM,Danielewski J,Machalek DA,McGuinness C,Plummer EL,De Petra V,Williamson DA,Bradshaw CS

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：:As Mycobacterium leprae proliferate inside macrophages, it has been speculated that catalase encoded by katG may protect the bacilli from deleterious effects of peroxide generated from the macrophage and may also play a crucial role in the survival of M. leprae in vivo. However, unlike that of M. tuberculosis, the kat...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kang TJ,You JC,Chae GT

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 200 isolates of Vibrio mimicus screened, one from water (N-57) agglutinated with V. cholerae O139 polyclonal antiserum (absorbed with a rough strain of V. cholerae only) and not with O139 polyclonal diagnostic antiserum (absorbed with the rough strain and V. cholerae O22 and O155). The antigenic relationship betwee...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ansaruzzaman M,Shimada T,Bhuiyan NA,Nahar S,Alam K,Islam MS,Albert MJ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of various haem- and non-haem-iron-containing compounds to support the growth of iron-limited cultures of Haemophilus ducreyi was assessed in a plate bioassay. Only haemin or the haem-containing proteins, bovine haemoglobin, human haemoglobin and bovine catalase, but not equine cytochrome C111, were capabl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lee BC

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that produces several virulence factors such as lectin A, pyocyanin, elastase and rhamnolipids. These compounds are controlled transcriptionally by three quorum-sensing circuits, two based on the synthesis and detection of N-acyl-homoserine-lactone termed the Las and...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： García-Reyes S,Soberón-Chávez G,Cocotl-Yanez M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoblotting sera from cases of Streptococcus mutans or S. sobrinus endocarditis against an extract from S. sobrinus strain MUCOB 263 had identified three immunodominant antigenic bands at 190, 200 and 220 kDa. A lambda ZAPII DNA library was produced from the sheared genomic DNA of S. sobrinus MUCOB 263 and six iden...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Brooks W,Burnie JP

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two chlamydial enzyme immunoassays, Chlamydiazyme and IDEIA, were evaluated in a mouse model of chlamydial genital-tract infection. The Chlamydiazyme assay and the IDEIA were assessed on specimens from 10 and 11 mice, respectively. The animals were infected with Chlamydia trachomatis, strain SA2f, and the results obta...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Taylor-Robinson D,Tuffrey M

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Diabetic patients seem to be predisposed to cutaneous candidiasis. In this study, we evaluated the interference of diabetic conditions in alloxan-induced diabetic mice in relation to the development of C. albicans infection, density of M1 and M2 macrophages, distribution of collagen type I and III and anti-infl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pupim ACE,Campois TG,Araújo EJA,Svidizinski TIE,Felipe I

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five Bordetella pertussis strains of phase I were grown in conventional casamino-acid medium and in media modified by adding high concentrations of MgSO4 or nicotinic acid. Cells grown in high-magnesium media (in the C-mode) had only about 4% of the protective antigen (PA) and 6% of the histamine-sensitising factor (H...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wardlaw AC,Parton R,Hooker MJ

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00