Catheter-associated bloodstream infection caused by Leifsonia aquatica in a haemodialysis patient: a case report.

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. Antibiotics are presumed to disturb the normal intestinal microbiota, leading to depletion of the barrier effect and colonization by pathogenic bacteria. This first step of infection includes adherence to epithelial cells. We investigat...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Denève C,Deloménie C,Barc MC,Collignon A,Janoir C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma fermentans has attracted much interest both as a cofactor for the progression of AIDS and as a pathogenic agent in non-AIDS related diseases. Previous studies with serological and genetic techniques suggest that M. fermentans represents a homogeneous group of organisms, with no significant differences ident...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hannan PC,Kearns AM,Sisson PR,Freeman R

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：:Following characterisation by phenotypic tests and amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA), 50 tetracycline-resistant (MIC > or = 16 mg/L) Acinetobacter strains from clinical (n = 35) and aquatic (n = 15) samples were analysed by PCR for tetracycline resistance (Tet) determinants of classes A-E. All the c...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Guardabassi L,Dijkshoorn L,Collard JM,Olsen JE,Dalsgaard A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatophytes are a highly specialized group of keratinophilic and keratinolytic filamentous fungi causing a ringworm disease called dermatophytosis or superficial mycoses. Although dermatophyte infections do not threaten the host's life, they lower its quality in humans by causing discomfort related to cosmetic probl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Gnat S,Nowakiewicz A,Łagowski D,Zięba P

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrapartum chemoprophylaxis for pregnant group B streptococcus (GBS) carriers reduces vertical transmission, with a resultant decrease in neonatal as well as maternal morbidity from invasive GBS infection. Current Australian guidelines recommend penicillin for intrapartum prophylaxis of GBS carriers, with erythromyci...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Garland SM,Cottrill E,Markowski L,Pearce C,Clifford V,Ndisang D,Kelly N,Daley AJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. Rhein (4, 5-dihydroxyanthraquinone-2-carboxylic acid) has various properties, including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anticancer activities. However, the mechanism underlying the role of rhein in antimicrobial activity remains largely unknown.Aim. This study aims to identify potential natural compou...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Nguyen AT,Kim KY

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus gordonii produces a pheromone heptapeptide, s.g.cAM373, which induces a conjugative mating response in Enterococcus faecalis cells carrying the responsive plasmid, pAM373. We investigated the extent of this intergeneric signaling on DNA acquisition by streptococcal species likely to cohabit oral biofilms...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mansfield JM,Herrmann P,Jesionowski AM,Vickerman MM

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-five randomly selected Staphylococcus aureus strains were examined for fatty acid modifying enzyme (FAME) production. Of these, 20.4% did not elaborate the enzyme. Amongst the remaining strains, the lowest level produced in culture was 0.1 unit/10(9) cocci and the maximum was 2.01 U/10(9) cocci; the median level...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kapral FA,Smith S,Lal D

更新日期：1992-10-01 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：:Saksenaea erythrospora is a species of the order Mucorales recently described and reported as a cause of human mucormycosis. We report a case of S. erythrospora in a man involved in a serious sailing accident causing deep skin and soft tissue contamination with soil and water. Direct microscopic examination of the cli...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Relloso S,Romano V,Landaburu MF,Herrera F,Smayevsky J,Veciño C,Mujica MT

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:India contributes heavily to the global burden of visceral leishmaniasis (VL, kala-azar) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS. The prevalence of HIV seropositivity in VL patients at a tertiary care centre in northern India, as observed during a prospective study over a period of 2 years, is presented. Of the 10...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mathur P,Samantaray JC,Vajpayee M,Samanta P

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:SDS-PAGE and iso-enzyme analysis of 11 human isolates of Blastocystis hominis revealed at least two variants with different polypeptide patterns and two zymodemes, respectively. This is the first iso-enzyme and the second protein analysis to indicate strain differences in B. hominis. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mansour NS,Mikhail EM,el Masry NA,Sabry AG,Mohareb EW

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of exocellular carbohydrate antigens of Staphylococcus epidermidis as markers of infection in bone was investigated by immunoblotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Exocellular antigens were prepared by gel filtration chromatography of concentrated brain heart infusion culture supernates....

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lambert PA,Van Maurik A,Parvatham S,Akhtar Z,Fraise AP,Krikler SJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in India and other developing countries and has formed a lethal partnership with AIDS. It often presents a diagnostic challenge especially when clinical presentation is suggestive but bacteriological proof is lacking. The objective of this study was to compare the various ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pahwa R,Hedau S,Jain S,Jain N,Arora VM,Kumar N,Das BC

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to evaluate the role of biofilm morphology, matrix content and surface hydrophobicity in the biofilm-forming capacity of Candida albicans and non-albicans Candida (NAC) spp. Biofilm formation was determined by microtitre plate assay and bright-field and scanning electron microscopy. The matrix ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kumari A,Mankotia S,Chaubey B,Luthra M,Singh R

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates were recovered from 28 patients from various sites in an intensive care unit in Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, China, over a 6 month period. PFGE analysis indicated that the 40 strains were all closely related. The MICs of carbapenems varied from 16 to ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zhang R,Wang XD,Cai JC,Zhou HW,Lv HX,Hu QF,Chen GX

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study attempted to determine whether cefuroxime was superior to cephalothin as a surrogate marker for cefpodoxime among urinary tract isolates. The MicroScan system (Siemens) was used to determine susceptibility for cephalothin and cefuroxime on consecutive cultures with a colony count of ≥50 000 organisms. Simul...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bookstaver DA,Bland CM,Woodberry MW,Mansell KB

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Institute of Care Excellence (NICE) 2007 guidance CG54, on urinary tract infection (UTI) in children, states that clinicians should use urgent microscopy and culture as the preferred method for diagnosing UTI in the hospital setting for severe illness in children under 3 years old and from the GP setting ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： McNulty CAM,Verlander NQ,Moore PCL,Larcombe J,Dudley J,Banerjee J,Jadresic L

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic meningococcaemia is an unusual clinical presentation of Neisseria meningitidis infection. We describe the case of a patient, who presented with total IgA deficiency and partial IgM deficiency with a low switched memory B cells count, suggestive of a borderline form of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). T...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Theulin A,Rondeau-Lutz M,Kuhnert C,Boileau J,Weber JC

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of cryptic plasmids among 123 isolates of Providencia stuarti from a hospital ward during a prospective epidemiological study is reported. Two closely related stable plasmids (34 Kb and 36 Kb) were identified by restriction endonuclease digest analysis of plasmid DNA. One or other of these cryptic pla...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hawkey PM,Bennett PM,Hawkey CA

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is a common nosocomial pathogen that plays an important role in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). This study aimed to define the clonal relatedness of K. pneumoniae strains isolated from paediatric VAP in addition to those isolated from environmental samples. METH...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mohamed ER,Aly SA,Halby HM,Ahmed SH,Zakaria AM,El-Asheer OM

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans, as an opportunistic pathogen, can cause superficial and life-threatening candidiasis in immunocompromised individuals. The formation of surface-associated biofilms and the appearance of drug resistance pose a significant challenge for clinical intervention. In this study, a total of 104 hospital-acqu...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hu L,Du X,Li T,Song Y,Zai S,Hu X,Zhang X,Li M

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the anti-chlamydial activities in vitro of liposome-encapsulated doxycycline (Dox) and tetracycline (Tet) in comparison with free Dox and Tet. Dox and Tet encapsulated in cationic (CAL), anionic (ANL) and neutral (NTL) liposomes by sonication, were quantified by high-performan...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sangare L,Morisset R,Ravaoarinoro M

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus produces numerous bi-component toxins, e.g., Panton-Valentine leukocidin (Luk-PVL) and gamma-haemolysin, which consist of type S and F proteins. Previous studies showed that Luk-PVL induces inflammatory mediator release from human granulocytes that might reflect the in-vivo effects, e.g., dermone...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： König B,Prévost G,König W

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A periplasmic flagellin gene, flaB, of Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona (strain Pomona) was expressed in Escherichia coli for the production and antigenic characterisation of the protein. The flaB structural gene, which was previously cloned into pUC118, was derived by PCR from the recombinant plasmid and used to...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lin M,Bughio N,Surujballi O

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to Shiga toxin (Stx) were measured in the sera of 49 children with Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 infection, of whom 17 had haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and 32 had no complications (uncomplicated shigellosis, UCS). Children with HUS had lower levels of total IgG and IgM and lower IgM titres to Stx tha...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Azim T,Rashid A,Qadri F,Sarker MS,Hamadani J,Salam MA,Wahed MA,Albert MJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most past studies of cross-infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in the UK suggest that it is a rare occurrence. However, two recent reports of highly transmissible strains in patients in regional centres in England (Liverpool and Manchester) have raised questions as to the extent o...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Scott FW,Pitt TL

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00