Clinical and molecular epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infections in an endemic setting.

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：:Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) has an essential role in the pathogenesis of gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma and gastric cancer. The severity of the host inflammatory responses against the bacteria have been straightly associated with a special bacterial virulence factor, th...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Yuan XY,Wang Y,Wang MY

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：:Oritavancin is a lipoglycopeptide antibiotic with activity against aerobic and anaerobic Gram-positive bacteria. Oritavancin separates itself from other glycopeptides through its potent in vitro activity against resistant isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus spp. and Streptococcus spp. Oritavancin possesses...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Crandon J,Nicolau DP

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past few months, there has been public discussion relating to a new perspective on blood safety and specifically upon measures to prevent or discourage donation by individuals with a diagnosis of myalgic encephalopathy-chronic fatigue syndrome. This reflects an intriguing interplay between science, public healt...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Dodd RY

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some intracellular/membranous factors exert intrinsic immunity against viral pathogens. Most recently, SAMHD1 has been shown to be one of these factors. SAMHD1 is a nucleus-localized protein, and mutations in the gene are associated with Aicardi-Goutières syndrome. As a triphosphohydrolase, it depletes the intracellul...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Chen Z,Zhang L,Ying S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of current study is to find out relationship between cas9 gene and antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter jejuni NCTC11168. MATERIALS & METHODS:The involvement of the cas9 gene in antimicrobial resistance of C. jejuni was determined by assessment of minimum inhibitory concentration, clustered regula...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Shabbir MA,Wu Q,Shabbir MZ,Sajid A,Ahmed S,Sattar A,Tang Y,Li J,Maan MK,Hao H,Yuan Z

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mark Wilcox speaks to Georgia Patey, Commissioning Editor: Professor Mark Wilcox is a Consultant Microbiologist and Head of Microbiology at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals (Leeds, UK), the Professor of Medical Microbiology at the University of Leeds (Leeds, UK), and is the Lead on Clostridium difficile and the Head of th...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Wilcox M

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitors that target the retroviral enzyme reverse transcriptase (RT) have played an indispensable role in the treatment and prevention of HIV-1 infection. They can be grouped into two distinct therapeutic groups, namely the nucleoside and nucleotide RT inhibitors (NRTIs), and the non-nucleoside RT inhibitors (NNRTI...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Sluis-Cremer N,Wainberg MA,Schinazi RF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim:Cryptococcus neoformans is the major agent of cryptococcosis. The main virulence factor is the polysaccharide (PS) capsule. Changes in cryptococcal PS properties have been poorly elucidated. Materials & methods: We analyzed the mechanical properties of secreted PS and intact capsules, using dynamic light scatterin...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： de S Araújo GR,Viana NB,Pontes B,Frases S

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：:The inappropriate use of antibiotics has severe global health and economic consequences, including the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. A major driver of antibiotic misuse is the inability to accurately distinguish between bacterial and viral infections based on currently available diagnostic solutions. A m...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Cohen A,Bont L,Engelhard D,Moore E,Fernández D,Kreisberg-Greenblatt R,Oved K,Eden E,Hays JP

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare two identification methods for coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) isolated from patients with urinary tract infections, VITEK® 2 and MALDI-TOF VITEK®MS, with genotypic identification by internal transcribed spacer PCR (ITS-PCR). RESULTS:A total of 217 CoNS isolates were studied. Agreement of the VI...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Martins KB,Ferreira AM,Mondelli AL,Rocchetti TT,Lr de S da Cunha M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: To identify intestinal microbiota compositions in elderly functional constipation (FC) patients. Materials & methods: Fecal samples from 61 FC patients and 48 healthy age-matched volunteers were analyzed through 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Results: The intestinal microbiota compositions of FC patients were signific...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Guo M,Yao J,Yang F,Liu W,Bai H,Ma J,Ma X,Zhang J,Fang Y,Miao Y,Sun J,Zhang Y,Zhao H

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article addresses some of the questions relating to how hepatitis delta virus (HDV), an agent so far unique in the animal world, might have arisen. HDV was discovered in patients infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV). It generally makes HBV infections more damaging to the liver. It is a subviral satellite agent t...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Taylor J,Pelchat M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: To determine the group of compounds from Chrysopogon zizaniodes root essential oil that have antimicrobial activity. Materials & methods: Thin-layer chromatography coupled to direct bioautography was used to determinate the fraction(s) having antimicrobial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aur...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Ramírez-Rueda RY,Marinho J,Salvador MJ

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Folate metabolism of the malaria parasites provides two targets for current antimalarials: dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase. Dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors have been used as antimalarials over the past few decades, often in combination with dihydropteroate synthase inhibitors. Resistance to the...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Yuthavong Y,Kamchonwongpaisan S,Leartsakulpanich U,Chitnumsub P

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical procedures for the symptomatic removal of the gallbladder and the vermiform appendix have been posited to adversely shift the assemblage of the intestinal microbiome increasing the risk of disease. The associated mechanisms have been linked with dysbiosis of the gut microbiota. Cholecystectomy causes changes ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Chen J,Sali A,Vitetta L

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During its productive infection, HSV-1 dramatically remodels the architecture and physiology of the host cell nucleus. The immediate-early proteins, the first viral proteins to be expressed during infection, are key players in this process. Here, we review the known properties and functions of immediate-early protein ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Rice SA,Davido DJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: In an Emergency Department (ED), the etiological identification of infected subjects is essential. 13 infection-related biomarkers were assessed using a new flow cytometry procedure. Materials & methods: If subjects presented with febrile symptoms at the ED, 13 biomarkers' levels, including CD64 on neutrophils (n...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Bourgoin P,Lediagon G,Arnoux I,Bernot D,Morange PE,Michelet P,Malergue F,Markarian T

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capabilities in mass spectrometry are evolving rapidly, with recent improvements in sensitivity, data analysis and, most important from the standpoint of this review, much higher throughput, allowing analysis of many samples in a single day. This short review describes how these improvements in mass spectrometry can b...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Rodland KD,Adkins JN,Ansong C,Chowdhury S,Manes NP,Shi L,Yoon H,Smith RD,Heffron F

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Nosocomial infections cause significant morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. As a result of their debilitated immune system, cancer patients are likely candidates for colonization with anaerobes. We sought to compare the distribution of nosocomial infections in neutropenic and non-neutropenic cancer patient...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： El-Sharif A,Elkhatib WF,Ashour HM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Presenting the first clinical case of Wickerhamomyces myanmarensis. PATIENTS & METHODS:Yeast cells were isolated from blood and central venous catheter of a 5.5-year-old male subject. API 20C AUX, MALDI-TOF MS, ITS and LSU rDNA sequencing, and our qPCR assay were used for identification and the MIC values were det...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Arastehfar A,Bakhtiari M,Daneshnia F,Fang W,Sadati SK,Al-Hatmi AM,Groenewald M,Sharifi-Mehr H,Liao W,Pan W,Zomorodian K,Hagen F,Boekhout T

更新日期：2019-03-01 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:To investigate the role of Candida albicans TUP1-mediated filamentation in the colonization of the mice gut. MATERIALS & METHODS:We used molecular genetics to generate a strain where filamentation is regulated by altering the expression of the TUP1 gene with tetracyclines. RESULTS:The colonization rates reached w...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Román E,Huertas B,Prieto D,Díez-Orejas R,Pla J

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: Recent guidelines recommended removing metronidazole as a therapeutic option for Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI). However, superiority of vancomycin over metronidazole in mild CDI is not established and use of vancomycin might lead to emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Patients & metho...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Zilberman-Itskovich S,Youngster I,Lazarovitch T,Bondarenco M,Toledano L,Kachlon Y,Mengesha B,Strul N,Zaidenstein R,Marchaim D

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis is a major cause of blindness and sexually transmitted diseases. Like the enteric pathogens Salmonella and Shigella, Chlamydia injects effector proteins into epithelial cells to initiate extensive remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton at the bacterial ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Dunn JD,Valdivia RH

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa are a major health problem, especially for immune-compromised and cystic fibrosis patients, owing to the particular drug resistance of the microorganism. The aim of this review is to provide recent insights into strategies under investigation for prevention and therapy of these i...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Savoia D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HCV is a major cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. There is no vaccine available and the current antiviral therapies fail to cure approximately half of treated patients. Liver disease caused by HCV infection is the most common indication for orthotopic liver transplantation. Unfortunately, reinfection of the new...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Angus AG,Patel AH

更新日期：2011-03-01 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