Molecular characterization of clinical multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates.

abstract：:Daptomycin is licensed in adults for the management of Staphylococcus aureus methicillin-resistant infections, including bone and skin complicated infections. We describe for the first time its use in a renal transplant recipient for Fabry-Anderson Disease with right heel osteomyelitis. The patient was unresponsive to...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Polilli E,Ursini T,Mazzotta E,Sozio F,Savini V,D'Antonio D,Barbato M,Consorte A,Parruti G

更新日期：2012-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) are well recognized to be promising as novel antimicrobial and antitumor agents. To obtain novel skeletons of CAMPs, we propose a simple strategy using acid-amide substitution (i.e. Glu→Gln, Asp→Asn) to confer net positive charge to natural non-antimicrobial sequences ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Ueno S,Minaba M,Nishiuchi Y,Taichi M,Tamada Y,Yamazaki T,Kato Y

更新日期：2011-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics in enteric Gram-negative bacilli may be difficult to detect using standard methods of either Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion (KBDD) or broth dilution for minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC). This difficulty is due to genetic differences in resistance determinants, differences in lev...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Qin X,Weissman SJ,Chesnut MF,Zhang B,Shen L

更新日期：2004-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, new carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae strains and non-fermentative gram-negative bacilli have been reported. The New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) is a major problem around the world. The purpose of this article is to address the NDM-1 Klebsiella pneumoniae epidemic detected in eight cases...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Karabay O,Altindis M,Koroglu M,Karatuna O,Aydemir ÖA,Erdem AF

更新日期：2016-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is a major health issue worldwide. Recently, next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has begun to be used to detect resistance genes of MTB. We aimed to assess the clinical usefulness of Ion S5 NGS TB research panel for detecting MTB resistance in Korea...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Ko DH,Lee EJ,Lee SK,Kim HS,Shin SY,Hyun J,Kim JS,Song W,Kim HS

更新日期：2019-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Antibiotic resistance decreases success of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) eradication. Recently published results show low rate of resistance and better compliance with moxifloxacin based regiments. AIMS&METHODS: Whether 7 days moxifloxacin with lansoprasole and amoxycillin can be compared with 10 days moxifloxa...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Bago J,Majstorović K,Belosić-Halle Z,Kućisec N,Bakula V,Tomić M,Bago P,Troskot R

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present work was to evaluate the antibacterial effect of 3,4-DHPEA-EA (methyl-4-(2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenethoxy)-2-oxoethyl)-3-formyl-2-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran-5-carboxylate), a derivate of oleuropein, against a range of Gram-positive bacteria, including ATCC strains, food and clinical isolate...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Bisignano C,Filocamo A,Ginestra G,Giofre' SV,Navarra M,Romeo R,Mandalari G

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2002 we investigated an outbreak comprising 231 patients in Norway, caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and linked to the use of contaminated mouth swabs called Dent-O-Sept. Here we describe the extent of contamination of the swabs, and identify critical points in the production process that made the contami...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Iversen BG,Eriksen HM,Bø G,Hagestad K,Jacobsen T,Engeset E,Lassen J,Aavitsland P

更新日期：2007-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine significantly reduces the risk of tuberculosis by 50% and continues to be used to prevent tuberculosis around the world. However, it has been shown to be ineffective in some geographical regions. The existence of different BCG strains was described more than 60 years ago, these vary in ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Castañón-Arreola M,López-Vidal Y

更新日期：2004-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug therapy is recommended in conjunction with surgery in treatment of actinomycetoma. The specific prescription depends on the type of bacteria (actinomycetoma) or fungi (eumycetoma) causing the disease and their in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the antimicrobial susceptibi...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Hamid ME

更新日期：2011-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Co-infection of HIV with HBV is common in West Africa but little information is available on the effects of HBV on short-term therapy for HIV patients. A 28 day longitudinal study was conducted to examine short-term antiretroviral therapy (ART) outcomes in HIV infected individuals with HBV co-infection. MET...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Sagoe KW,Duedu KO,Ziga F,Agyei AA,Adiku TK,Lartey M,Mingle JA,Arens M

更新日期：2016-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Training of infectious disease (ID) specialists is structured on classical clinical microbiology training in Turkey and ID specialists work as clinical microbiologists at the same time. Hence, this study aimed to determine the clinical skills and knowledge required by clinical microbiologists. METHODS:A cro...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Erdem H,Tekin-Koruk S,Koruk I,Tozlu-Keten D,Ulu-Kilic A,Oncul O,Guner R,Birengel S,Mert G,Nayman-Alpat S,Eren-Tulek N,Demirdal T,Elaldi N,Ataman-Hatipoglu C,Yilmaz E,Mete B,Kurtaran B,Ceran N,Karabay O,Inan D,Ceng

更新日期：2011-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The evolving epidemiology of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is characterized by the emergence of infections caused by non multiresistant MRSA carrying staphylococcal chromosomal cassette (SCC)mec IV or V in the healthcare settings. A molecular epidemiological analysis of non multiresistan...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Mammina C,Calà C,Bonura C,Di Carlo P,Aleo A,Fasciana T,Giammanco A,EPI-MRSA Working Group.

更新日期：2012-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diarrheal diseases continue to be the major cause of morbidity and mortality among children under 5 years. Salmonella and Shigella specious are the major enteric pathogen causing diarrhea among children worldwide. Examination of stool sample is the most sensitive method to diagnose diarrheal disease in child...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Ameya G,Tsalla T,Getu F,Getu E

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diarrhoeal diseases constitute a major public health problem, particularly in the developing world, where the rate of mortality and morbidity is very high. The purpose of this study was to conduct a 2 years and 3 months study in order to determine the prevalence of five enteropathogen diarrheogenic agents in...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Paniagua GL,Monroy E,García-González O,Alonso J,Negrete E,Vaca S

更新日期：2007-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persistence of antibiotic resistant bacteria, including multidrug resistant (MDR) pseudomonads, is an important environmental health problem associated with drinking water distribution systems (DWDS) worldwide. There is paucity of data on the molecular characteristics of antibiotic resistance genes and their...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Adesoji AT,Ogunjobi AA,Olatoye IO

更新日期：2015-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urinary tract infections (UTI) can lead to poor maternal and perinatal outcomes. Investigating epidemiology of UTI and antibiotics sensitivity among pregnant women is fundamental for care-givers and health planners. METHODS:A cross sectional study has been conducted at Khartoum north teaching hospital Anten...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Hamdan HZ,Ziad AH,Ali SK,Adam I

更新日期：2011-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to show the emergence of the qnrD gene among fluoroquinolone-resistant Morganella morganii isolate. The occurrence of mutations in DNA gyrase (gyrA and gyrB) and topoisomerase IV (parC,parE) genes was also investigated in this strain. METHODOLOGY:95 clinical Enterobacteria were s...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Nasri Yaiche M,Denden Rafraf I,Guo Q,Mastouri M,Aouni M,Wang M

更新日期：2014-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persistent bacteremia occurs in at least 30% of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SAB) and may be attributable to a dysregulated host immune response. Neutrophils interact with a variety of S. aureus microbial factors, including lipoteichoic acid (LTA), to activate phagocytic functio...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Algorri M,Wong-Beringer A

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberculous spondylitis (Pott's disease) is an ancient human disease. Because it is rare in high-income, tuberculosis (TB) low incidence countries, misdiagnoses occur as sufficient clinical experience is lacking. CASE PRESENTATION:We describe a fatal case of a patient with spinal TB, who was mistakenly irra...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Ringshausen FC,Tannapfel A,Nicolas V,Weber A,Duchna HW,Schultze-Werninghaus G,Rohde G

更新日期：2009-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatotoxicity is one of the most serious complications of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). The aim of this report is to analyse an HIV infected patient on HAART including nevirapine and taking antidepressive agents, with acute toxic hepatitis. CASE PRESENTATION:A 39 year old patient diagnosed ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Gökengin D,Yamazhan T

更新日期：2002-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Escherichia coli is the commonest cause of community and nosocomial urinary tract infection (UTI). Antibiotic treatment is usually empirical relying on susceptibility data from local surveillance studies. We therefore set out to determine levels of resistance to 8 commonly used antimicrobial agents amongst a...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Bean DC,Krahe D,Wareham DW

更新日期：2008-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A growing number of rapid Helicobacter pylori antibody tests are commercially available now, however, some of these tests are often used without sufficient evaluation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of a commercially available rapid whole-blood immunoassay (gabControl(®) H. pylori; gab...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Enko D,Halwachs-Baumann G,Stolba R,Rössler O,Kriegshäuser G

更新日期：2016-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leishmaniasis and malaria are the two most common parasitic diseases and responsible for large number of deaths per year particularly in developing countries like Pakistan. Majority of Pakistan population rely on medicinal plants due to their low socio-economic status. The present review was designed to gath...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Tariq A,Adnan M,Amber R,Pan K,Mussarat S,Shinwari ZK

更新日期：2016-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:An 87 -year-old female who was undergoing peritoneal dialysis presented with peritonitis caused by Alcaligenes faecalis and Pantoea agglomerans in consecutive years. With the following report we discuss the importance of these unusual microorganisms in peritoneal dialysis patients. ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Kahveci A,Asicioglu E,Tigen E,Ari E,Arikan H,Odabasi Z,Ozener C

更新日期：2011-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to evaluate in vitro susceptibility to ceftobiprole of clinical strains identified from prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) compared to that of the associations currently recommended for post-operative empirical antibiotic therapy (PEAT) (vancomycin with either cefepime, third-generation ceph...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Duployez C,Wallet F,Migaud H,Senneville E,Loiez C

更新日期：2020-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Meningitis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in low-resource settings. In sub-Saharan Africa, the meningitis belt has been characterized by particularly high and seasonal incidences of bacterial meningitis extending throughout life. Despite the progress being made in treating the condition, th...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Owusu M,Nguah SB,Boaitey YA,Badu-Boateng E,Abubakr AR,Lartey RA,Adu-Sarkodie Y

更新日期：2012-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fungal keratitis (FK) has been shown to be a climate-sensitive disease. The differentiation between FK from bacterial keratitis (BK) was difficult. The purpose of this study was to compare the bacteriology and mycology between tropical and subtropical Taiwan and to investigate the independent risk factors fo...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Chen CA,Hsu SL,Hsiao CH,Ma DH,Sun CC,Yu HJ,Fang PC,Kuo MT

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vaginitis is among the most common conditions women are seeking medical care for. Although these infections can easily be treated, the relapse rate is high. This may be due to inadequate use of the diagnostic potential. METHODS:We evaluated the misjudgement rate of the aetiology of vaginal complaints. A tot...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Schwiertz A,Taras D,Rusch K,Rusch V

更新日期：2006-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aspergillus is a ubiquitous soil-dwelling fungus known to cause significant pulmonary infection in immunocompromised patients. The incidence of aspergillosis has increased during the past two decades and is a frequently lethal complication of acute leukemia patients that occurs following both chemotherapy an...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Ali R,Ozkalemkas F,Ozcelik T,Ozkocaman V,Ozkan A,Bayram S,Ener B,Ursavas A,Ozal G,Tunali A

更新日期：2006-07-27 00:00:00