New perspectives in the management of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections.

abstract：AIM:The aim was to evaluate the in vitro activity of fosfomycin against common uropathogens in a fosfomycin-naive population in India. METHODS:The authors prospectively collected and tested all consecutive isolates of Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. from urine samples between December 2009 and April 2010. RESU...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Sahni RD,Balaji V,Varghese R,John J,Tansarli GS,Falagas ME

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:Cooling towers provide a favorable environment for the proliferation of microorganisms. Cooling towers generate a biofilm and often aerosolize contaminated water, thereby increasing the risk of microorganism dissemination by human inhalation. This pathogen dissemination was first revealed by the epidemics of Legionnai...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Pagnier I,Merchat M,La Scola B

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：: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：:Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is a major global cause of human disease. Since the publication of the entire sequence of TIGR4 in 2001, our understanding of this human pathogen has increased significantly. Genetic studies, and the use of mutant strains have refined our understanding of the pathogenic mech...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Preston JA,Dockrell DH

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aggregate of microorganisms residing on the surface of the skin, in the oropharynx and in the GI tract, known as the human microbiota, play a major role as natural reservoirs for bacterial resistance to antibiotics. Fluoroquinolones (FQ) are among the most prescribed antibiotics and a major increase in FQ resistan...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： de Lastours V,Fantin B

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Helicobacter pylori plays a vital role in the pathogenesis of gastric carcinoma. However, only a relatively small proportion of individuals infected with H. pylori develop gastric carcinoma. Differences in the incidence of gastric carcinoma among infected individuals can be explained, at least partly, by the different...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Wang MY,Liu XF,Gao XZ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans, a diploid yeast commensal and opportunist pathogen, has evolved unusual mechanisms for maintenance of genetic diversity in the absence of a complete sexual cycle. These include chromosomal polymorphisms, mitotic recombination events, and gains and losses of heterozygosity, superimposed on a fundament...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Odds FC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen responsible for a wide diversity of infections ranging from localized to life threatening diseases. From 1961 and the emergence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), this bacterium has shown a particular capacity to survive and adapt to drastic environmental changes...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Lazarevic V,Beaume M,Corvaglia A,Hernandez D,Schrenzel J,François P

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotics are often used in neonates despite the absence of relevant dosing information in drug labels. For neonatal dosing, clinicians must extrapolate data from studies for adults and older children, who have strikingly different physiologies. As a result, dosing extrapolation can lead to increased toxicity or eff...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Rivera-Chaparro ND,Cohen-Wolkowiez M,Greenberg RG

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza B viruses (IBVs) circulate annually along with influenza A (IAV) strains during seasonal epidemics. IBV can dominate influenza seasons and cause severe disease, particularly in children and adolescents. Research has revealed interesting aspects of IBV and highlighted the importance of these viruses in clinic...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Koutsakos M,Nguyen TH,Barclay WS,Kedzierska K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori is arguably one of the most successful pathogens; it colonizes the stomachs of more than half of the human population. Colonization and persistence in such an inhospitable niche requires the presence of exquisite adaptive mechanisms. One of the proteins that contributes significantly to the remarka...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Pich OQ,Merrell DS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate alterations of zinc homeostasis in macrophages exposed to Cryptococcus neoformans. Materials & methods: Using a fluorescent zinc probe-based flow cytometry and atomic absorption spectrometry, zinc levels were evaluated in J774.A1 cell lines exposed to C. neoformans H99 cells. The transcription profile o...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Dos Santos FM,Piffer AC,Schneider RO,Ribeiro NS,Garcia AWA,Schrank A,Kmetzsch L,Vainstein MH,Staats CC

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antifungal activity of midazolam, alone and in association with azoles, against isolates of clinical Candida spp. in planktonic and biofilm form. Materials & methods: The antifungal activity was observed using the broth microdilution technique. Flow cytometry tests we...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Holanda MA,da Silva CR,de A Neto JB,do Av Sá LG,do Nascimento FB,Barroso DD,da Silva LJ,Cândido TM,Leitão AC,Barbosa AD,de Moraes MO,Cc B,Júnior HVN

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic proteins are tightly regulated by post-translational modifications, leading to a very subtle degree of regulation in time and space. Pathogen-mediated post-translational modifications are key strategies to modulate host factors by targeting central signaling pathways in the host cell. Legionella pneumophila...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Rolando M,Buchrieser C

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydial infections cause a wide range of acute and chronic diseases. Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common sexually transmitted bacterium while Chlamydia pneumoniae causes infections of the upper and lower respiratory tract. Chlamydia are obligate, intracellular bacteria with a biphasic developmental cycle that ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Käding N,Szaszák M,Rupp J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the collective resistance of the bacteria population with resistant horizontal gene transfer under sublethal bactericide pressure. MATERIALS & METHODS:By employing qualitative analysis of ordinary differential equations, particularly bifurcation theory and several numerical simulations, a modified 4...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Xu S,Yang J,Yin C,Zhao X

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：: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：:Community-acquired pneumonia remains an important cause of disease and death both in the developed and the developing worlds, despite the ready availability of potent antimicrobial agents to which the organisms remain susceptible. Furthermore, disease management is complicated by emerging resistance of the common path...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Feldman C,Anderson R

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance continues to emerge as a leading cause for antiretroviral treatment failure. Several mutations in HIV reverse transcriptase (RT) confer resistance to non-nucleoside inhibitors (NNRTIs), vital components of antiretroviral combination therapies. Since the majority of mutations are located in the NNRTI binding...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Frey KM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: We sought to investigate the genetic epidemiological relatedness of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) strains of a suspected outbreak in a Lebanese tertiary care hospital to implement necessary infection prevention and control measures. Methods: Twenty-eight nonduplicate CRAB isolates detected a...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Osman M,B Halimeh F,Rafei R,Mallat H,Tom JE,Raad EB,M Diene S,Jamal S,Atrouni AA,Dabboussi F,Moudani W,Madec JY,Saras E,Lupo A,Haenni M,Rolain JM,Hamze M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobes represent the dominating population in the human gut microbiota and play a key role in gut homeostasis. In addition, several anaerobes are now considered as probiotics and they remain essential to several processes in the field of biotechnology. With the implementation of MALDI-TOF MS in routine laboratories...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Guilhot E,Khelaifia S,La Scola B,Raoult D,Dubourg G

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the agent of TB, is a facultative intracellular bacterial pathogen that replicates inside host macrophages and other phagocytes within a membrane-bound vacuole or phagosome. How M. tuberculosis captures and exploits vital nutrients inside host cells is an intensive research area that might ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Gouzy A,Poquet Y,Neyrolles O

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica is an invasive, facultative intracellular gastrointestinal pathogen causing human diseases such as gastroenteritis and typhoid fever. Virulence-attenuated strains of this pathogen have interesting capacities for the generation of live vaccines. Attenuated live typhoidal and nontyphoidal Salmonella ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Hegazy WA,Hensel M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: Multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates have become a serious concern in clinical microbiology. Antisense strategy, which specifically targets essential genes, could be helpful. Materials & methods:S. aureus cultures were treated with peptide conjugate-peptide nucleic acid (PPNA) specific for the gyrA ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Tavakoli M,Hashemi A,Vaezjalali M,Mohammadzadeh M,Goudarzi H

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decade Raman spectroscopy has become established as a physicochemical technique for the rapid identification of microbes. This powerful analytical method generates a spectroscopic fingerprint from the microbial sample, which provides quantitative and qualitative information that can be used to characteri...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Ashton L,Lau K,Winder CL,Goodacre R

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00