Determination of minimum biofilm eradication concentrations of orbifloxacin for canine bacterial uropathogens over different treatment periods.

abstract：:Biofilm formation is an important phenotype associated with chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. In the present study, a total of 48 P. aeruginosa strains isolated from clinical specimens were examined for their biofilm-forming ability using a microtiter plate method. The different biofilm-forming abilities were...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yang W,Shi L,Jia WX,Yin X,Su JY,Kou Y,Yi X,Shinoda S,Miyoshi S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dialyzable factors (DF) were prepared from ribosomal fractions of several organisms including rough mutants of Salmonella typhimurium LT2, salmonella species of different serogroups, other enteric bacteria and gram-positive organisms, and tested for their immunogenicity against S. typhimurium infection in mice. All of...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kita E,Yasui K,Yasui K,Matsuda Y,Matsuda K,Kashiba S

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen strains of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) isolated from wild ducks in Japan were placed into 4 distinct antigenic groups on the basis of their reactivities to 8 monoclonal antibodies against the HN molecule of NDV in hemagglutination inhibition tests. The NDV strains of duck origin were antigenically distinct ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kawamura M,Nagata-Matsubara K,Nerome K,Yamane N,Kida H,Kodama H,Izawa H,Mikami T

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of studies have determined the contribution of Th1 and Th2 responses to the protective immunity and pathology of Mycobacterium bovis infection. However, much of that information is derived from experimentally infecting cattle with M. bovis and few data from naturally infected animals are available. The aim of...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Blanco FC,Schierloh P,Bianco MV,Caimi K,Meikle V,Alito AE,Cataldi AA,Sasiain Mdel C,Bigi F

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the role of the route of immunization on the immunogenicity of killed Salmonella vaccine, mice were immunized with killed S. enteritidis by intraperitoneal (i.p.) and intradermal (i.d.) routes. Whereas the former was non-immunogenic, the i.d. immunization generated an excellent delayed-type hypersen...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： George A,Shroff KE,Rath S,Ghosh SN,Sengupta SR,Kamat RS

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of MHC-restricted T and B cell interactions in antibody response was studied with IgM-inducible B hybridomas and antigen-specific helper T cell clones. B hybridomas were prepared by fusion between splenic B cells from (CBA/N (H-2k) X BALB/c (H-2d)) F1 (NBF1) male mice and a B lymphoma cell line, M12.4.5....

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yoshikubo T,Kimoto M,Kishimoto T

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protease was purified from a strain of Vibrio vulnificus isolated from the blood of a septicemic human. The vibrio was cultured in bacto peptone-yeast extract medium, and the protease was purified by a purification procedure including ultrafiltration of the culture supernatant with an Amicon YM 5 membrane, diethylam...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Miyoshi N,Shimizu C,Miyoshi S,Shinoda S

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human interferon-gammas (rHuIFN-gamma s) were obtained from two different mammalian cells (mouse C127 cells and Chinese hamster ovary, CHO, cells) cultured in a microcarrier culture system. Both rHuIFN-gamma s were purified using sequential chromatographies for their comparison of structural properties. Th...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sano E,Kamata K,Okano K,Yamazaki S,Iizuka M,Kobayashi S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The killing activity of cord blood mononuclear cells (cMNC) against cytomegalovirus (CMV)-uninfected and -infected fibroblasts was comparable to that of adult peripheral blood mononuclear cells (aPBMC). The killing activity of cMNC against K562 cells was significantly lower compared with that of aPBMC. Treatment of cM...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hoshina T,Kida K,Ito M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bifidobacteria are important members of the intestinal microbiota and are considered to contribute to maintaining health. However, the level of bifidobacteria colonising the intestine of elderly subjects tends to be lower than in younger adults. Therefore, two Bifidobacterium longum strains, isolated from healthy elde...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Mäkeläinen H,Tahvonen R,Salminen S,Ouwehand AC

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of a water-soluble peptidoglycan fragment derived from Staphylococcus epidermidis (SEPS) were examined as to their role in proliferation of spleen mononuclear cells (SMNC) from various strains of mice, the production of cytokines in vitro, and the induction of an inflammatory reaction in vivo. The proli...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Onta T,Sashida M,Fujii N,Sugawara S,Rikiishi H,Kumagai K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been considered a feasible alternative for antimicrobial therapy of multidrug-resistant pathogens. However, bacterial response mechanisms against PDT-generated photo-oxidative stress remain largely unknown. Herein, it is shown that the accessory gene regulator Agr is involved in Staphylo...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Park HJ,Moon YH,Yoon HE,Park YM,Yoon JH,Bang IS

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptone-yeast extract (PY) medium containing 0.035% ferric ammonium citrate as an indicator, 0.05% sulfite as a substrate, 0.05% cysteine as a reducer and 0.5% glucose was found to be suitable for observing the sulfite reduction test. The effect of added cysteine on the test was suppressed by the addition of glucose. ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kawabata N

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:M protein is an important virulence determinant in Streptococcus pyogenes, but the amounts of M protein in various strains of the species remain to be elucidated. To assess the amount of M protein in strains of each emm genotype, dot blot analysis was performed on 141 clinically isolated strains. Among the cell membra...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Matsumoto M,Suzuki M,Hirose K,Hiramatsu R,Minagawa H,Minami M,Tatsuno I,Okamoto A,Ohta M,Hasegawa T

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetracycline (pp-tet), and kanamycin (pp-kan) resistance genes were cloned from a transferable R plasmid of fish pathogen Pasteurella piscicida, and complete nucleotide sequences were determined. The pp-tet was a class D Tet determinant constructed with the tetA resistance gene of 1,182 bp encoding a protein with a de...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kim EH,Aoki T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EAEC is increasingly recognized as an emerging enteric pathogen. Typical EAEC expressing the AggR regulon have been proven to be an important cause of childhood diarrhea in industrialized countries as well as in the developing world, while atypical EAEC without this regulon have not been thoroughly investigated. To in...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tokuda K,Nishi J,Imuta N,Fujiyama R,Kamenosono A,Manago K,Kawano Y

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish an in vitro method of predicting in vivo efficacy of antifungal drugs against Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus, the antifungal activities of fluconazole, itraconazole, and amphotericin B were determined in mouse serum. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of each drug was measured using mo...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Maki K,Watabe E,Iguchi Y,Nakamura H,Tomishima M,Ohki H,Yamada A,Matsumoto S,Ikeda F,Tawara S,Mutoh S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed the antigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) systems for quantification of Borna disease virus (BDV) major antigens, p40 and p24. Using these ELISAs, we quantified the two proteins in various BDV-infected materials, including the cell lysates and culture supernatants as well as the homoge...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Watanabe M,Zhong Q,Kobayashi T,Kamitani W,Tomonaga K,Ikuta K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study deals with whether lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced intra-uterine fetal death (IUFD) is related to LPS-susceptibility of either mother or fetus and how LPS or LPS-induced TNF causes IUFD. LPS-susceptible C3H/HeN or -hypo-susceptible C3H/HeJ pregnant mice and the mice mated reciprocally with these mic...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kohmura Y,Kirikae T,Kirikae F,Nakano M,Sato I

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidium spp. is a major cause of diarrhea in developing countries, mainly affecting people with compromised immune systems in general and HIV-infected individuals with low CD4 + T-cell counts in particular. This infection is self-limiting in healthy persons; however, it can be severe, progressive and persisten...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Izadi M,Jonaidi-Jafari N,Saburi A,Eyni H,Rezaiemanesh MR,Ranjbar R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the role of Moraxella (subgenus Branhamella) catarrhalis (B. catarrhalis) adherence to airway cells in lower respiratory tract infections, the in vitro attachments of B. catarrhalis to upper airway (oropharyngeal) and lower airway (bronchial) epithelial cells were compared. The adherence of 4 strains (1 nonfi...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Rikitomi N,Ahmed K,Nagatake T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel combination of antimicrobial agents (sulfamethoxazole, 40 μg/mL; trimethoprim, 20 μg/mL; amphotericin B, 5 μg/mL; fosfomycin, 400 μg/mL; and 5-fluorouracil, 100 μg/mL) was developed for selective isolation of leptospires from contaminated samples. The growth of 16 microorganisms considered as possible contamin...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Chakraborty A,Miyahara S,Villanueva SY,Saito M,Gloriani NG,Yoshida S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corilagin and tellimagrandin I are polyphenols isolated from the extract of Arctostaphylos uvaursi and Rosa canina L. (rose red), respectively. We have reported that corilagin and tellimagrandin I remarkably reduced the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of beta-lactams in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aure...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shiota S,Shimizu M,Sugiyama J,Morita Y,Mizushima T,Tsuchiya T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five groups of 32 chemicals were examined regarding their immunological functions as modifier inactivants to make inactivated Sendai nasal vaccine using a contact exposure experiment, direct immunofluorescent method, and serum HI titer. (1) Five of the nine reactive groups of reactive dyes (2-chloropyridine, 2, 4, 6-t...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Miyamae T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from 3,158 individuals living in northern Egypt were tested for the presence of antibodies against human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) by the newly developed particle agglutination (PA) test. Ten sera gave a positive reaction in the PA test. Eight of these sera were examined further by Western blotting and...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： el-Farrash MA,Badr MF,Hawas SA,el-Nashar NM,Imai J,Komoda H,Hinuma Y

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fusion of BHK-21-KB cells by vesicular stomatitis virus was not induced in Eagle's minimal essential medium without glucose. In medium containing glucose, the rate of polykaryocyte formation decreased as the concentration of glucose was reduced below 5 mM. However, no reduction in virus production 24 hr after infe...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Takehara M

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genospecies Borrelia afzelii was isolated from a patient of Lyme disease in Hokkaido, Japan, for the first time, by culturing the minced erythema lesion in BSK II medium. Two analytical methods, rRNA gene restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using the specific primer ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nakao M,Miyamoto K,Fukunaga M,Hashimoto Y,Takahashi H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella pertussis causes whooping cough, a severe and prolonged respiratory disease that results inhas high morbidity and mortality rates, particularly in developing countries. The number incidence of whooping cough cases is increasing in many countries despite high vaccine coverage. Causes for the re-emergence of ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Suzuki K,Shinzawa N,Ishigaki K,Nakamura K,Abe H,Fukui-Miyazaki A,Ikuta K,Horiguchi Y

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of accurate methods for predicting progression of tuberculosis (TB) from the latent state is recognized as vitally important in controlling TB, because a majority of cases develop from latent infections. Past TB that has never been treated has a higher risk of progressing than does latent Mycobacterium tub...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Osada-Oka M,Tateishi Y,Hirayama Y,Ozeki Y,Niki M,Kitada S,Maekura R,Tsujimura K,Koide Y,Ohara N,Yamamoto T,Kobayashi K,Matsumoto S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently developed a method for serotyping human rotavirus (HRV) by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with HRV serotype-specific neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (ELISA serotyping). In the present study this method was compared with the fluorescent focus neutralization test with serotype-specific rabbit antise...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Urasawa S,Urasawa T,Taniguchi K,Morita Y,Sakurada N,Saeki Y,Morita O,Hasegawa S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00