Correlation of cefpodoxime susceptibility with cephalothin and cefuroxime for urinary tract isolates.

abstract：:Transfer of an Hly plasmid determining production of alpha haemolysin to a non-haemolytic strain of Escherichia coli increased the virulence of the strain for mice. Injections of non-toxic amounts of alpha haemolysin, phenylhydrazine, haemoglobin, iron or manganese salts simulated the effect of the Hly plasmid by stim...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Linggood MA,Ingram PL

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A non-tuberculous mycobacterium was isolated, following a vertebral needle aspiration, from the blood of a patient with severe spondylodiscitis. The strain turned out to be different from any known mycobacterial species and was quite drug-susceptible in vitro. The patient improved markedly following treatment with mer...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Tortoli E,Mantella A,Mariottini A,Mazzarelli G,Pecile P,Rogasi PG,Sterrantino G,Fantoni E,Leoncini F

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The obligate intracellular pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum is transmitted by ticks and causes human granulocytic anaplasmosis, tick-borne fever of ruminants, and equine and canine granulocytic anaplasmosis. In a previous study, the perilipin (PLIN) gene was identified as one of the genes differentially expressed in...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Manzano-Roman R,Almazán C,Naranjo V,Bloui EF,Kocan KM,de la Fuente J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of five species of Bacteroides in four anaerobic culture media was continuously monitored turbidimetrically. Interspecies differences were observed in the growth of Bacteroides spp. in the various media, but growth in Brain Heart Infusion broth supplemented with yeast extract, haemin and menadione, was cons...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Eley A,Greenwood D,O'Grady F

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Mexico, there is a lack of up-to-date published data that show viruses to be the main cause of acute respiratory infection (ARI). The objective of this study was to estimate the comparative viral frequency between children under the age of 5 years with and without ARI (n = 179 in each group) in a suburban community...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Manjarrez ME,Rosete DP,Rincón M,Villalba J,Cravioto A,Cabrera R

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrathecal synthesis of IgM and IgG antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi sonicate, to recombinant flagellin (41 kDa) and to a tryptic peptide of the flagellin (14-kDa fragment) was determined by ELISA in paired cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum samples from 35 patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) and in 10 p...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kaiser R,Rasiah C,Gassmann G,Vogt A,Lücking CH

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the immunoglobulin response to individual viral polypeptides in experimental primary and secondary infection with herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 in mice. After a single footpad inoculation with 10(5.6) pfu of HSV-1, immunoglobulin to proteins mol. wts (10(3)) 44 and 75 appeared on day 7. Antibodies to gB, gC,...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： McKendall RR,Pettit M,Woo W

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans has a predilection for the central nervous system (CNS), resulting in devastating meningoencephalitis. At present, it is unclear how C. neoformans traverses the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and causes CNS infection. The present study has examined and characterized the interacti...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chen SHM,Stins MF,Huang SH,Chen YH,Kwon-Chung KJ,Chang Y,Kim KS,Suzuki K,Jong AY

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PCR was used to detect the presence of Helicobacter pylori in subgingival plaque samples from patients with adult periodontitis. Primers based upon the 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequence of H. pylori were used in a single round of PCR to amplify a 295-bp DNA fragment and the identity of the amplified products ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Riggio MP,Lennon A

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of next-generation sequencing technology has revolutionized the field of prokaryotic genetics and genomics by allowing interrogation of entire genomes, transcriptomes and global transcription factor binding profiles. As more studies employing these techniques have been performed, the state of the art regard...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Valli RXE,Lyng M,Kirkpatrick CL

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the comparative performance of the Amplicor assay and an in-house semi-automated, multiplex real-time PCR for the diagnosis of genital chlamydial infection. Four different assays, the COBAS Amplicor CT test (Amplicor PCR), in-house real-time PCR (IHRT-PCR), in-house nested cryptic plasmid PCR a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Jalal H,Al-Suwaine A,Stephen H,Carne C,Sonnex C

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare the frequency of recovery of aerobic and anaerobic organisms with interfering capability against group A beta-haemolytic streptococci (GABHS) and beta-lactamase-producing bacteria (BLPB) from the tonsils of GABHS carriers and non-carriers. The presence of aerobic and anaerobic ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Brook I,Gober AE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heparin-binding properties of six different species of coagulase-negative staphylococci were examined by a particle agglutination assay. Heparin (mol. wt 4000-6000), mildly treated with sodium periodate, was covalently coupled to amino-modified latex beads (0.72 micron diameter). The particle agglutination assay w...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pascu C,Hirmo S,Ljungh A,Wadström T

更新日期：1996-10-01 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：:The eubacterial population was studied in faecal samples of related and unrelated children. Temporal temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TTGE) provided a snapshot of the bacterial population and allowed calculation of the degree of similarity in the predominant faecal microflora of identical twin pairs, fraterna...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Stewart JA,Chadwick VS,Murray A

更新日期：2005-12-01 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 faecal flora and mucosa-associated flora (MAF) of rectal biopsy material from 12 patients with active Crohn's disease were studied before and during treatment with a combination of metronidazole and cotrimoxazole given orally for at least 2 weeks. The total faecal flora was greater than the MAF although the propor...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hudson MJ,Hill MJ,Elliott PR,Berghouse LM,Burnham WR,Lennard-Jones JE

更新日期：1984-12-01 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：:Sixty-one isolates of Candida albicans were tested for their phospholipase activity and this parameter was correlated with pathogenicity in albino mice. Of the isolates tested, 57 (93%) showed appreciable phospholipase activity and of these, 55 (90%) were pathogenic to mice. A significant correlation was found between...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kothavade RJ,Panthaki MH

更新日期：1998-02-01 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：:Recent studies have shown that Providencia alcalifaciens is a diarrhoeal pathogen. It may cause diarrhoea by an invasive mechanism, as it invades cultured mammalian cells in vitro and intestinal epithelial cells of experimentally inoculated rabbits in vivo. To locate the gene(s) involved in invasion, TnphoA mutants of...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rahman M,Monira S,Nahar S,Ansaruzzaman M,Alam K,Alam M,Albert MJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose. In this study, we differentiated between tuberculosis (TB) and infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) or Nocardia in a tertiary general hospital in China. Differences in clinical manifestations and factors between respiratory infections associated with these organisms were also investigated.Me...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dong G,Chu P,Guo J,Xie Y,Lu J

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) biofilm formation in humans is of serious clinical concern. Previous in vitro studies have been performed with biofilms grown only on inorganic substrates; therefore, we investigated the vancomycin (VCM) resistance of MRSA biofilms grown on skin tissue. METHODO...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Jimi S,Miyazaki M,Takata T,Ohjimi H,Akita S,Hara S

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been several outbreaks of botulism among poultry and wild birds in Sweden in recent years. The National Veterinary Institute of Sweden (SVA) has identified botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT)/C1 or the mosaic BoNT/C1D using the mouse bioassay. This is believed to be the first report on the application of the Endope...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hedeland M,Moura H,Båverud V,Woolfitt AR,Bondesson U,Barr JR

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:The annual prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Malaysia has been estimated to be 30 % to 40 % of all S. aureus infections. Nevertheless, data on the antimicrobial resistance and genetic diversity of Malaysian MRSAs remain few. In 2009, we collected 318 MRSA strains from various wards of...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Noordin A,Sapri HF,Mohamad Sani NA,Leong SK,Tan XE,Tan TL,Mohamad Zin N,Neoh HM,Hussin S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entero-invasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) and shigellae were tested for contact-haemolysin (CH) with red blood cells (RBCs) of guinea-pig, rabbit, rat, mouse, monkey, man, sheep and chicken; all bacteria showed the best lysis with guinea-pig RBCs. The best culture medium for CH activity of shigellae was tryptic soy brot...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Haider K,Albert MJ,Hossain A,Nahar S

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute hypercytokinaemia represents an imbalance of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines, and is believed to be responsible for the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiple organ failure in severe cases of avian (H5N1) influenza. Although neuraminidase inhibitors are effective in trea...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Carter MJ

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:To gain a better understanding of the pathological role of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) in specific granuloma formation, IFN-gamma gene-deficient mice (BALB/c and C57BL/6) were produced. The IFN-gamma gene in embryonic stem (ES) cells was disrupted by inserting the beta-galactosidase gene (lacZ) and the neomycin resis...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sugawara I,Yamada H,Kazumi Y,Doi N,Otomo K,Aoki T,Mizuno S,Udagawa T,Tagawa Y,Iwakura Y

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00