Invitro antifungal susceptibilities of Candida species to liposomal amphotericin B, determined using CLSI broth microdilution, and amphotericin B deoxycholate, measured using the Etest.

abstract：:The effect of pretreatment of denture acrylic with chlorhexidine gluconate on the subsequent adherence of Candida albicans GDH 2346 was measured in vitro. Adherence was significantly reduced by pretreatment with chlorhexidine; maximal inhibition was achieved by incubation at room temperature for 30 min in 2% chlorhexi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： McCourtie J,MacFarlane TW,Samaranayake LP

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni is a frequent cause of infectious diarrhoea and is increasingly recognized as a trigger for late-onset complications. The poor standardization of commonly used serological tests might explain the conflicting results regarding the frequency of antecedent C. jejuni infections in defined patient grou...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Schmidt-Ott R,Brass F,Scholz C,Werner C,Groß U

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of K1, K5 and O antigens was examined in 500 clinical strains of Escherichia coli. Of 400 strains from urine, 52% belonged to serogroups O1, O2, O4, O6, O7, O8, O9, O18, O25 and O75; 34% were non-typable (NT) and 14% were autoagglutinable (AA). Antigen K1 was carried by 17% of these strains, and K5 by...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Devine DA,Robinson L,Roberts AP

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Membrane fluidity to a large extent is governed by the presence of branched-chain fatty acids (BCFAs). Branched-chain α-keto acid dehydrogenase (BKD) is the key enzyme in BCFA synthesis. A Staphylococcus aureus BKD-deficient strain still produced substantial levels of BCFAs. Pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) with st...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Singh VK,Sirobhushanam S,Ring RP,Singh S,Gatto C,Wilkinson BJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brevundimonas diminuta is rarely associated with invasive infections. We report the case of a previously healthy young man with pleural effusion, in which B. diminuta was recovered but incorrectly identified as Kingella kingae when it was freshly isolated. Consequently, the misidentification resulted in initial treatm...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lu B,Shi Y,Zhu F,Xu X

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-seven multidrug-resistant and 13 pan-susceptible isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were analysed for the diversity of genotypes associated with known drug-resistance mechanisms. The isolates were obtained from patients attending a university tuberculosis clinic in Monterrey, Mexico. A total of 25 IS6110-RF...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ramaswamy SV,Dou SJ,Rendon A,Yang Z,Cave MD,Graviss EA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to establish bacterial profiles in gastric biopsy specimens from patients with Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis by means of temporal temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TTGE) of PCR-amplified 16S rDNA fragments. Specimens from eight patients with asymptomatic gastritis and five ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Monstein HJ,Tiveljung A,Kraft CH,Borch K,Jonasson J

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yokenella regensburgei is an opportunistic human pathogen of the Enterobacteriaceae family rarely reported to cause human infections. Here, we present a case report of Y. regensburgei bacteraemia from India clinically resembling enteric fever in an apparently immunocompetent paediatric patient. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Jain S,Gaind R,Gupta KB,Dawar R,Kumar D,Paul P,Sardana R,Deb M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In-vitro proteinase production by oral Candida albicans isolates from patients with and without HIV infection (18 isolates from each group) was assessed by image analysis of a plate assay, with bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a substrate. The effect of sub-minimal inhibitory concentrations (sub-MICs) of nystatin, amphot...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wu T,Samaranayake LP,Cao BY,Wang J

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to verify whether the presence of any of the Helicobacter pylori cagPAI genes or segments--cagA, cagA promoter, cagE, cagM, tnpB, tnpA, cagT and the left end of the cag II (LEC) region--would be a useful marker for the risk of peptic ulcer disease development. H. pylori DNA extracted from...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mattar R,Marques SB,Monteiro MDS,Dos Santos AF,Iriya K,Carrilho FJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of three sulphonamides and trimethoprim against strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been studied. Sulphadiazine had most activity, sulphadimidine had little, and the activity of sulphamethoxazole was intermediate. According to their sensitivity to sulphamethoxazole, strains were divided into two grou...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Grey D,Hamilton-Miller JM

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis is a highly virulent intracellular bacterium capable of rapid multiplication in phagocytic cells. Previous studies have revealed that activation of F. tularensis-infected macrophages leads to control of infection and reactive nitrogen and oxygen species make important contributions to the bacter...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Tancred L,Telepnev MV,Golovliov I,Andersson B,Andersson H,Lindgren H,Sjöstedt A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we describe the first report of post-operative endophthalmitis due to Comamonas testosteroni in an elderly diabetic patient after complicated cataract surgery. The isolate was identified by using Mini API strips. The patient was successfully treated with intravitreal ceftazidime and oral ciprofloxacin. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Reddy AK,Murthy SI,Jalali S,Gopinathan U

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：:Clostridium perfringens type A produces an enterotoxin that induces diarrhoea experimentally in man and animals. The enterotoxin causes increased membrane permeability in susceptible cells which is thought to be due to pore formation in the host cell membrane. The effect of purified C. perfringens enterotoxin on intac...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hardy SP,Denmead M,Parekh N,Granum PE

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibilities of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans cultures, grown as 1- or 3-day-old biofilms or as planktonic suspensions, to concentrations of chlorhexidine digluconate, cetylpyridinium chloride or triclosan used in commercial mouthwashes were compared. Three-day biofilms were the most resistant form of t...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Thrower Y,Pinney RJ,Wilson M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Salmonella typhimurium pericarditis is reported. The diagnosis was based on blood and pericardial effusion cultures. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Can F,Demirbilek M,Erdem B,Ciftci U,Tunaoglu M,Laleli Y

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholera toxin (CT) is the major virulence factor produced by Vibrio cholerae. Several genomic arrangements within the CTX cassette have been elucidated in V. cholerae. Previously, it was shown that three different CTX cassette arrangements, one complete CTX cassette (arrangement A), one complete and two incomplete CTX...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Amin Marashi SM,Bakhshi B,Imani Fooladi AA,Tavakoli A,Sharifnia A,Pourshafie MR

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichoderma longibrachiatum is an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of Trichoderma post-operative mediastinitis and peritonitis in a child with complex congenital cardiac disease and functional asplenia. The patient was treated unsuccessfully, initially with caspofungin alone followed b...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Santillan Salas CF,Joshi AY,Dhiman N,Banerjee R,Huskins WC,Wengenack NL,Henry NK

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythrocyte-sensitising antigens (AE) were prepared from Vibrio cholerae serotypes, from EL-Tor vibrio, Escherichia coli and Salmonella enteritidis by digesting the organisms with NaOH followed by precipitation with alcohol. When AE was used in indirect haemagglutination (IHA) tests, the results in a number of cases w...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Garabedian GA,Barsumian EL,Malakian A

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection by antibody-based testing allows for some recently infected individuals to be falsely assessed as non-infected. Since such individuals often have high viral loads and are capable of transmitting HIV, it is an imperative public health need to identify these indi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ren A,Louie B,Rauch L,Castro L,Liska S,Klausner JD,Pandori MW

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：: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：:Streptolysin O (SLO) is a potent cytolytic toxin produced by almost all strains of group A streptococci and is considered an important virulence factor for this organism. In this study we investigated the effect of allicin and aqueous garlic extracts on the haemolytic activity of SLO. All tested materials potentially ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Arzanlou M,Bohlooli S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a graft versus host disease (GvHD) patient, in whom Hafnia alvei was cultured as a single organism, and at high bacterial counts from stool samples, from the onset of the disease until its resolution. This case is a further example of the contentious role of this species in causing human intest...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Savini V,Di Bartolomeo E,Catavitello C,Talia M,Manna A,Febbo F,Balbinot A,Di Bonaventura G,Di Bartolomeo P,Piccolomini R,D'Antonio D

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to develop a model for the study of gastric spiral bacteria, and based on the observation that Wistar rats do not carry urease-positive spiral bacteria in their gastric mucosa, mucus from a pig naturally colonised by 'Gastrospirillum suis' (an organism with I6S rDNA 99.5% similar to that of 'G. hominis' type ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mendes EN,Queiroz DM,Coimbra RS,Moura SB,Barbosa AJ,Rocha GA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans isolates recovered from pharyngeal swabs of two patients from the same hospital in Japan during 2001-2002 were characterized by PFGE and ribotyping. Toxin production in different culture media was examined and serological analysis of patient sera was performed. The two isolates c...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Komiya T,Seto Y,De Zoysa A,Iwaki M,Hatanaka A,Tsunoda A,Arakawa Y,Kozaki S,Takahashi M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small numbers of bacteria capable of growing on agar supplemented with amoxycillin 40 mg/L were isolated from the saliva of 9 out of 20 adult volunteers in a previous study. All the bacteria were identified as Streptococcus sanguis although no strains produced dextran in conventional tests. However, using a specific a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Marsh PD,West AA,Keevil CW

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing was performed on a retrospective set of 129 Moraxella catarrhalis isolates obtained over a 20 month period from 70 children admitted to, or presenting at, the Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The mean age of the children (at the end of the study) wa...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hays JP,Eadie K,Verduin CM,Hazelzet J,Verbrugh H,van Belkum A

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00