Epidemiological typing of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, which causes paediatric ventilator-associated pneumonia in Egypt.

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to investigate the effect of smoking on the buccal microbiome and to analyse the descriptive ability of each of the seven hypervariable regions in their 16S rRNA genes. METHODOLOGY:Microbiome compositions of 40 buccal swab samples collected from smokers (n =20) and non-smokers (n =20) were det...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Karabudak S,Ari O,Durmaz B,Dal T,Basyigit T,Kalcioglu MT,Durmaz R

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil specimens collected from a site around the home of patients with food-borne type E. botulism probably caused by neurotoxigenic Clostridium butyricum in Guanyun, Jiangsu province, China, were examined for the presence of neurotoxigenic C. butyricum. Five lakeside sites of Weishan lake, in an area near to the sites...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Meng X,Yamakawa K,Zou K,Wang X,Kuang X,Lu C,Wang C,Karasawa T,Nakamura S

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current practice guidelines recommend that pulmonary blastomycosis be treated with antifungal agents such as amphotericin B and itraconazole. Echinocandins are not recommended because of poor in vitro activity against Blastomyces dermatitidis and lack of supporting clinical data. We report a case of chronic pulmonary ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mardini J,Nguyen B,Ghannoum M,Couture C,Lavergne V

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to gentamicin, tobramycin and kanamycin (GmrTmrKmr) in strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical sources in Australia is mediated by a 4.7 kb transposable element, designated Tn4001. A 2.5 kb HindIII fragment which maps symmetrically within Tn4001, and encompasses the aminoglycoside-resistance...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lyon BR,Gillespie MT,Byrne ME,May JW,Skurray RA

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholera, caused by Vibrio cholerae, results in significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, including Thailand. Representative V. cholerae strains associated with endemic cholera (n = 32), including strains (n = 3) from surface water sources, in Khon Kaen, Thailand (2003-2011), were subjected to microbiological, mol...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chomvarin C,Johura FT,Mannan SB,Jumroenjit W,Kanoktippornchai B,Tangkanakul W,Tantisuwichwong N,Huttayananont S,Watanabe H,Hasan NA,Huq A,Cravioto A,Colwell RR,Alam M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei is isolated frequently from the soil in regions where the disease melioidosis occurs. However, recent surveys in Thailand have shown that the frequency of isolation of the organism from soil samples is not directly related to the incidence of melioidosis in an area. To determine whether strai...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Trakulsomboon S,Dance DA,Smith MD,White NJ,Pitt TL

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the anti-chlamydial activities in vitro of liposome-encapsulated doxycycline (Dox) and tetracycline (Tet) in comparison with free Dox and Tet. Dox and Tet encapsulated in cationic (CAL), anionic (ANL) and neutral (NTL) liposomes by sonication, were quantified by high-performan...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sangare L,Morisset R,Ravaoarinoro M

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis results in tubal factor infertility in some women. Diagnosis of this tubal infertility is difficult and typically involves laparoscopy or hysterosalpingography to detect the tubal blockages. Numerous serological tests have been developed; however, they are presently not used for diagnosis without...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Menon S,Stansfield SH,Logan B,Hocking JS,Timms P,Rombauts L,Allan JA,Huston WM

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human enterovirus 68 (HEV-68) is an enterovirus associated with respiratory illness. In China, no information about HEV-68 is available for children yet. This study aimed to investigate the presence of HEV-68 in mainland China between 2009 and 2012 and to explore the migration events of HEV-68 across the world. Among ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lu QB,Wo Y,Wang HY,Wei MT,Zhang L,Yang H,Liu EM,Li TY,Zhao ZT,Liu W,Cao WC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The strains of Proteus species found in significant numbers and as pure cultures in urine from 217 individuals were isolated, identified to species level and typed for proticine production (P type) and proticine sensitivity (S type) to give their P/S type. Urinary-tract infections with Proteus, principally P. mirabili...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Senior BW

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As well as conventional methods such as immunodiffusion, ELISA, or agglutination for the detection of toxin production in Staphylococcus aureus, amplification techniques like PCR allow a very sensitive and specific identification of the genes responsible for enterotoxin B and C, and TSST-1 production. These toxins mig...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Schmitz FJ,Steiert M,Hofmann B,Verhoef J,Hadding U,Heinz HP,Köhrer K

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Episodes of cholera stemming from indigenous Vibrio cholerae strains in Australia are mainly associated with environmental sources. In the present study, 10 V. cholerae O1 strains of Australian origin were characterized. All of the strains were serogroup O1 and their conventional phenotypic traits categorized them as ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Safa A,Bhuiyan NA,Murphy D,Bates J,Nusrin S,Kong RYC,Chongsanguan M,Chaicumpa W,Nair GB

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three specimens from 111 asymptomatic male partners of infertile couples attending the Department of Urology in Amiens, France, were examined by the PCR COBAS AMPLICOR test (Roche Molecular Diagnostics) for the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis. The specimens analysed were: first void urine (FVU), urine obtained after...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hamdad-Daoudi F,Petit J,Eb F

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is of increasing global concern, threatening to undermine recent progress in reducing child and neonatal mortality. Repurposing older antimicrobials is a prominent strategy to combat multidrug-resistant sepsis. A potential agent is fosfomycin, however, there is scarce data regardi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Williams PCM,Waichungo J,Gordon NC,Sharland M,Murunga S,Kamau A,Berkley JA

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium jeikeium, a member of the non-diphtheria corynebacteria, has been rarely reported as being responsible for cardiovascular-device infection. Here, we report what is believed to be the first case of C. jeikeium pacemaker infection associated with the presence of proteinase-3 antineutrophil cytoplasmic an...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bechara C,Gousseff M,Passeron A,Podglajen I,Day N,Pouchot J,Lavergne T,Mainardi JL

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to conduct a comparative analysis of the 16S rRNA gene fragment nucleotide sequences for Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains detected in the blood of horses from various parts of Europe. The study comprised 234 horses that had had contact with ticks. Using PCR, the genetic material of A. phagoc...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dzięgiel B,Adaszek L,Winiarczyk M,García-Bocanegra I,Carbonero A,Dębiak P,Winiarczyk S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel aminopeptidase was purified by high performance liquid chromatography from a cytosoluble 100,000 g extract of Candida albicans on the basis of its ability to cleave L-arginine 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin. The purification factor was 36 and the yield was 20%. The native enzyme had a mol. wt of 52 kDa as demonstrat...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： el Moudni B,Rodier MH,Barrault C,Ghazali M,Jacquemin JL

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of candidaemia among immunocompromised patients in Malaysia is increasing at an alarming rate. Isolation of clinical strains that are resistant to fluconazole has also risen markedly. We report here the repeated isolation of Candida tropicalis from the blood of a neonatal patient with Hirschsprung's dise...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chong PP,Chieng DC,Low LY,Hafeez A,Shamsudin MN,Seow HF,Ng KP

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-reactivity in a delayed-type hypersensitivity (DH) response was studied in mice immunised with live Salmonella typhi, S. paratyphi A and S. paratyphi B. Extensive cross-reactions outside the serogroup limits were observed. The ability of DH cross-reacting and non-cross-reacting sonicates to generate activated ma...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Tiwari H,Kamat RS

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred and twenty-seven Escherichia coli isolates from 427 cases of infantile diarrhoea in Poland, belonging to serogroups O18, O26, O44, O86, O126 and O127 and 150 E. coli isolates from 52 healthy children were examined for selected virulence properties. The presence of the plasmid pAA, a plasmid encoding enter...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Paciorek J

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of Legionella pneumophila to antibiotics that inhibit cell-wall, protein and DNA synthesis was examined by electronmicroscopy, MIC estimations and viable counts. Ampicillin, cefotaxime, methicillin, erythromycin, rifampicin and ciprofloxacin, each used separately at 20 times their respective MIC values, s...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rodgers FG,Tzianabos AO,Elliott TS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 178 strains of Escherichia coli, highly resistant to trimethoprim, isolated from hospital patients and patients in the community between 1979 and 1983, was examined for the presence of Tn7 on a plasmid or on the chromosome only, by transposition to RP4 and restriction endonuclease digestion with Hind III. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kraft CA,Timbury MC,Platt DJ

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of Bacteroides fragilis in the pathogenesis of acute appendicitis was studied in 135 patients in four patient groups: normal (17); phlegmonous appendicitis (17); gangrenous appendicitis (75); and septic complications of appendicitis (26). Aerobic and anaerobic bacteria were isolated from all groups and member...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Elhag KM,Alwan MH,Al-Adnani MS,Sherif RA

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of septicaemia with prolonged, refractory hypotension related to Moraxella osloensis isolated in a non-immunocompromised paediatric patient. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dien Bard J,Lewinski M,Summanen PH,Deville JG

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:A mouse enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) infection model was developed with a combination of germ-free (GF) mice and hyper-toxigenic EHEC (HT-EHEC) O157:H7 strain 6. The HT-EHEC strain 6 produced both Shiga-like toxin (SLT)-1 1.0 microg/mI and SLT-2 8.2 microg/ml in vitro. Eight-week-old germ-free mice were ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Taguchi H,Takahashi M,Yamaguchi H,Osaki T,Komatsu A,Fujioka Y,Kamiya S

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic characteristics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains isolated in 2004 and 2005 in Mozambique were assessed in this study to determine whether the pandemic clone of V. parahaemolyticus O3 : K6 and O4 : K68 serotypes has spread to Mozambique. Fifty-eight V. parahaemolyticus strains isolated from hospitalized d...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ansaruzzaman M,Chowdhury A,Bhuiyan NA,Sultana M,Safa A,Lucas M,von Seidlein L,Barreto A,Chaignat CL,Sack DA,Clemens JD,Nair GB,Choi SY,Jeon YS,Lee JH,Lee HR,Chun J,Kim DW

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine optimal criteria for microbiology laboratory screening of endotracheal tube (ETT) specimens submitted for bacterial culture from adult patients. ETT specimens from adult patients that were received by two microbiology laboratories were prospectively evaluated and subdivided i...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Walkty A,Lagacé-Wiens PRS,Manickam K,Adam H,Pieroni P,Alfa M,Karlowsky JA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. Rhein (4, 5-dihydroxyanthraquinone-2-carboxylic acid) has various properties, including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anticancer activities. However, the mechanism underlying the role of rhein in antimicrobial activity remains largely unknown.Aim. This study aims to identify potential natural compou...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Nguyen AT,Kim KY

更新日期：2020-05-01 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