Comparison of antibiotic susceptibility of old and current Serratia.

abstract：:Infectious disease point-of-care test (ID-POCT) devices are becoming widely available, and in this respect, international quality standards and guidelines are available for consultation once ID-POCT has been implemented into medical institutions. However, specific guidelines for consultation during the initial pre-imp...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： van der Eijk AA,Tintu AN,Hays JP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal and spatial fluctuations in the genotype distribution of human rotaviruses are continuously observed in surveillance studies. New genotypes, such as G9 and G12, have emerged and spread worldwide in a very short time span. In addition, reassortment events have the potential to contribute substantially to genet...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Matthijnssens J,Bilcke J,Ciarlet M,Martella V,Bányai K,Rahman M,Zeller M,Beutels P,Van Damme P,Van Ranst M

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus species are the most common causes of invasive mold infections in immunocompromised patients. The introduction of new antifungal agents and recent reports of resistance emerging during treatment of Aspergillus infections have highlighted the need for in vitro susceptibility testing. Various testing procedu...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Lass-Flörl C

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Glucuronoxylomannan (GXM) is the major polysaccharide component of Cryptococcus neoformans. We evaluated in this study whether GXM fractions of different molecular masses were functionally distinct. MATERIALS & METHODS:GXM samples isolated from C. neoformans cultures were fractionated to generate polysaccharide p...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Albuquerque PC,Fonseca FL,Dutra FF,Bozza MT,Frases S,Casadevall A,Rodrigues ML

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive fungal infections are an important cause of infectious morbidity. Nonculture-based methods are increasingly used for rapid, accurate diagnosis to improve patient outcomes. New and existing DNA amplification platforms have high sensitivity and specificity for direct detection and identification of fungi in cli...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Lau A,Chen S,Sleiman S,Sorrell T

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Presenting the first clinical case of Wickerhamomyces myanmarensis. PATIENTS & METHODS:Yeast cells were isolated from blood and central venous catheter of a 5.5-year-old male subject. API 20C AUX, MALDI-TOF MS, ITS and LSU rDNA sequencing, and our qPCR assay were used for identification and the MIC values were det...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Arastehfar A,Bakhtiari M,Daneshnia F,Fang W,Sadati SK,Al-Hatmi AM,Groenewald M,Sharifi-Mehr H,Liao W,Pan W,Zomorodian K,Hagen F,Boekhout T

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: Cryptococcosis causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, but pediatric data are limited. Methods: A retrospective literature review of Australian pediatric cryptococcosis and additional 10-year audit of cases from a large pediatric network. Results: 22 cases of cryptococcosis in children were identifi...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Grimshaw A,Palasanthiran P,Huynh J,Marais B,Chen S,McMullan B

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most humans are infected with herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 in early childhood and remain latently infected throughout life. While most individuals have mild or no symptoms, some will develop destructive HSV keratitis. Ocular infection with HSV-1 and its associated sequelae account for the majority of corneal blin...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Al-Dujaili LJ,Clerkin PP,Clement C,McFerrin HE,Bhattacharjee PS,Varnell ED,Kaufman HE,Hill JM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multidisplay vaccine delivery system has been developed that is nonreplicating and has a protein-based particulate structure. The structure is composed of helical tubules comprising multiple copies of a single nonstructural (NS) protein 1 of bluetongue virus. The helical assemblies present the C terminus of the prot...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Murphy A,Roy P

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus demonstrates predilection for invasion of the brain, but the mechanism by which Cryptococcus crosses the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to cause brain invasion is largely unknown. In order for Cryptococcus to cross the BBB, there must be a way to either cross human brain microvascular endothelial cells, which ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Tseng HK,Huang TY,Wu AY,Chen HH,Liu CP,Jong A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: To investigate the action mechanism of 1-benzyl-1,4-diazepane (1-BD) as efflux pump inhibitor (EPI) in Escherichia coli mutants: ΔacrAB or overexpressing AcrAB and AcrEF efflux pumps. Materials & methods: Effect of 1-BD on: antibiotic potentiation, by microdilution method; membrane functionality, by fluorimetric ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Casalone E,Vignolini T,Braconi L,Gardini L,Capitanio M,Pavone FS,Dei S,Teodori E

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium representing the etiological cause of anthrax, a rare lethal disease of animals and humans. Development of anthrax countermeasures has gained increasing attention owing to the potential use of B. anthracis spores as a bioterror weapon. The various forms of...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Chitlaru T,Shafferman A

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, the patients believed to be at highest risk of invasive aspergillosis (IA) are those who are neutropenic due to chemotherapy for hematological malignancy or those undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. However, emerging data show that other patients are vulnerable to IA, even tho...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Sheppard D,Grist LM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capabilities in mass spectrometry are evolving rapidly, with recent improvements in sensitivity, data analysis and, most important from the standpoint of this review, much higher throughput, allowing analysis of many samples in a single day. This short review describes how these improvements in mass spectrometry can b...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Rodland KD,Adkins JN,Ansong C,Chowdhury S,Manes NP,Shi L,Yoon H,Smith RD,Heffron F

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence to link obesity (and metabolic syndrome) with alterations in gut permeability and microbiota. The underlying mechanisms have been questioned and have prompted this review. We propose that the gut barrier function is a primary driver in maintaining metabolic health with poor health being linked to 'gu...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Tran CD,Grice DM,Wade B,Kerr CA,Bauer DC,Li D,Hannan GN

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To isolate and characterize the two phenotypically distinct subpopulations from Klebsiella pneumoniae clonal cultures grown in the simulate microgravity environment. MATERIALS & METHODS:Here clonal culture of K. pneumoniae strain ATCC BAA-1705 was grown within a vertically rotating wall vessel bioreactor. Microsco...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Wang H,Li W,Gu L,Gao X,Ni B,Deng H,Yang R,Han Y

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing burden of multidrug-resistant bacteria affects the management of several infections. In order to prescribe adequate antibiotics, clinicians facing severe infections such as hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) need to promptly identify the pathogens and know their antibiotic susceptibility profiles (AST), ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Ruppé E,Baud D,Schicklin S,Guigon G,Schrenzel J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate and characterize the etiopathogenesis of the fusarial onychomycosis in an ex vivo study through fragments of sterile human nail, without the addition of any nutritional source. MATERIALS & METHODS:The infection and invasion of Fusarium oxysporum in the nail were evaluated by scanning electron microscop...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Veiga FF,de Castro-Hoshino LV,Sato F,Bombassaro A,Vicente VA,Mendes V,Baesso ML,Negri M,Svidzinski TI

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) manifestations remain important complications after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), even in the current era. Unfortunately, available anti-CMV agents, mainly viral polymerase inhibitors, have a substantial risk of myelosuppression and nephrotoxicity. Letermovir, a novel...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Hecke SV,Calcoen B,Lagrou K,Maertens J

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has recently opened a variety of novel possibilities for imaging and manipulating microbial surfaces in their native environment. While AFM imaging offers a means to visualize surface structures at high resolution and in physiological conditions, AFM force spectroscopy enables researchers...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Dufrêne YF

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outstanding ability of Acinetobacter baumannii to cause outbreaks and acquire multidrug resistance motivated the development of a plethora of typing techniques, which can help infection preventionists and hospital epidemiologists to more efficiently implement intervention controls. Nowadays, the world is witnessin...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Rafei R,Osman M,Dabboussi F,Hamze M

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the antitumor effects of probiotics Clostridium butyricum and Bacillus subtilis on colorectal cancer (CRC) progression. MATERIALS & METHODS:The effects of C. butyricum and B. subtilis on CRC cells were studied. Male C57BL/6 mice with 1,2-dimethylhydrazine dihydrochloride (DMH)-induced CRC were inte...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Chen ZF,Ai LY,Wang JL,Ren LL,Yu YN,Xu J,Chen HY,Yu J,Li M,Qin WX,Ma X,Shen N,Chen YX,Hong J,Fang JY

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile virus (WNV), an emerging mosquito-borne and zoonotic flavivirus, continues to spread worldwide and represents a major problem for human and veterinary medicine. In recent years, severe outbreaks were observed in the USA and Europe with neighboring countries, and the virus is considered to be endemic in an in...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Ulbert S,Magnusson SE

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe a predictive model to obtain the area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) for micafungin to aid in dosing strategies in pediatric patients. METHODS:Using published pharmacokinetic data a linear regression model to describe the Cmax versus AUCtau was developed. The mean absolute error...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Srinivas NR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inappropriate use of antibiotics has severe global health and economic consequences, including the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. A major driver of antibiotic misuse is the inability to accurately distinguish between bacterial and viral infections based on currently available diagnostic solutions. A m...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Cohen A,Bont L,Engelhard D,Moore E,Fernández D,Kreisberg-Greenblatt R,Oved K,Eden E,Hays JP

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of: Pelkonen T, Roine I, Cruzeiro ML, Pitkaranta A, Kataja M, Peltola H. Slow initial β-lactam infusion and oral paracetamol to treat childhood bacterial meningitis: a randomised, controlled trial. Lancet Infect. Dis. 11(8), 613-621 (2011). Acute bacterial meningitis is a medical emergency that requires pro...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Taha MK,Deghmane AE

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the role of Cat1 overproduction in Candida albicans. MATERIALS & METHODS:Strains overproducing the CAT1 gene were constructed. RESULTS:Cells overproducing CAT1 were found to be more resistant to some oxidants and mammalian phagocytic cells. They also showed reduced intracellular reactive oxygen spe...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Román E,Prieto D,Martin R,Correia I,Mesa Arango AC,Alonso-Monge R,Zaragoza O,Pla J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical procedures for the symptomatic removal of the gallbladder and the vermiform appendix have been posited to adversely shift the assemblage of the intestinal microbiome increasing the risk of disease. The associated mechanisms have been linked with dysbiosis of the gut microbiota. Cholecystectomy causes changes ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Chen J,Sali A,Vitetta L

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Celebrating its 30th anniversary in Budapest this year, the International Immunocompromised Host Society (ICHS) was established to advance the understanding of interactions between host defenses and microbial agents in order to improve the prevention and management of human disease in patients with compromised immune ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Maertens J,Bryan J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Leprosy displays a spectrum of clinical manifestations, such as lepromatous and tuberculoid leprosy, and type I and II lepra reactions, which are thought to be a reflection of the host's immunological response against Mycobacterium leprae. Therefore, differential recognition of M. leprae, as well as its degraded comp...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Degang Y,Nakamura K,Akama T,Ishido Y,Luo Y,Ishii N,Suzuki K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00