Characterisation of and polysaccharide production by amoxycillin-resistant streptococci.

abstract：:To obtain monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) directed preferentially against the pathogenic phase of Candida albicans, mice were immunised with germ tubes of C. albicans serotype A, strain VW.32, killed by exposure to ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. Fusions were performed either by the standard chemical procedure with polyeth...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Fortier B,Hopwood V,Poulain D

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In the present study, enhancement of the the antibacterial activity of ceftriaxone against Gram-positive (meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli) bacteria with a biodegradable polymer was attempted. METHODOLOGY:MRSA and E. coli were collected and identified by bio...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mushtaq S,Khan JA,Rabbani F,Latif U,Arfan M,Yameen MA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosocomial infections with enterococci are an increasing problem in modern medical practice due to the development of resistance to a wide range of antibiotics, including the glycopeptides vancomycin and teicoplanin. An increasing number of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have been cultured from clinical specim...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mackenzie CR,Hucke C,MÜller D,Seidel K,Takikawa O,DÄubener W

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis has recently become an increasingly common cause of central nervous system infection. The invasion of bacteria within the subarachnoid space stimulates the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, triggering a host immune response. The aim of the present study was to evalu...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Barichello T,Simões LR,Valvassori SS,Generoso JS,Aveline PEDV,Dominguini D,Elias SG,Vilela MC,Quevedo J,Teixeira AL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A solid-phase radioimmunoassay was used to detect IgG antibodies against herpes-simplex virus antigens (capsid, envelope and excreted) and against measles virus antigen in serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens of 61 patients with no evidence of infectious or demyelinating disease of the central nervous system....

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kalimo KO,Marttila RJ,Ziola BR,Matikainen MT,Panelius M

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of humans by Abiotrophia defectiva, a nutritionally variant streptococcus, most commonly takes the form of endocarditis, though a variety of other manifestations ranging from central nervous system abscesses to orthopaedic infections have been seen. We report here what we believe is the first case of bullous...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Anderson HM,Miller C,Kemp E,Huntington MK

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we examined the roles of natural killer T (NKT) cells in host defence against Legionella pneumophila in a mouse model. The survival rate of NKT cell-deficient Jalpha281 knock-out (KO) mice was significantly higher than that of wild-type mice. There was no bacterial overgrowth in the lungs, but Ja...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hayakawa K,Tateda K,Fuse ET,Matsumoto T,Akasaka Y,Ishii T,Nakayama T,Taniguchi M,Kaku M,Standiford TJ,Yamaguchi K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used a previously described multiplex PCR-based reverse line blot (mPCR/RLB) assay to assess the prevalence and distribution of 14 urogenital pathogens or putative pathogens, namely Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma hominis, Trichomonas vaginalis, Gardnerella va...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： McKechnie ML,Hillman RJ,Jones R,Lowe PC,Couldwell DL,Davies SC,King F,Kong F,Gilbert GL

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel combination of culturing and DNA-based terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (TRFLP) analysis was used to investigate the effect of probiotics on antibiotic-induced gut microbiota alterations to determine if a probiotic preparation containing bifidobacteria and lactobacilli, taken during and after ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Engelbrektson A,Korzenik JR,Pittler A,Sanders ME,Klaenhammer TR,Leyer G,Kitts CL

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 2401 isolates of Haemophilus parainfluenzae was isolated from respiratory secretions of 36 healthy adults and 128 patients with chronic bronchitis over a period of 1 year. The isolates were allocated to eight biotypes, by their production of indole, urease and ornithine decarboxylase. Biotypes I and II cons...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Taylor DC,Cripps AW,Clancy RL,Murree-Allen K,Hensley MJ,Saunders NA,Sutherland DC

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterially-driven mucosal inflammation and the development of periimplantitis can lead to oral implant failure. In this study, initial bacterial adhesion after 2 h, and biofilm formation after 1 day and 3 days, were analysed in situ on novel 3 mol % yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal samples, as well a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Al-Ahmad A,Karygianni L,Schulze Wartenhorst M,Bächle M,Hellwig E,Follo M,Vach K,Han JS

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：:The effect of passive immunotherapy with antisera against heat-killed Pseudomonas aeruginosa and three of its exo-enzymes (elastase, alkaline protease and exotoxin A) in gut-derived P. aeruginosa sepsis was evaluated. Mice were given a suspension of P. aeruginosa strain D4 in their drinking water, together with ampici...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Matsumoto T,Furuya N,Tateda K,Miyazaki S,Ohno A,Ishii Y,Hirakata Y,Yamaguchi K

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cosmid DNA library had been constructed previously from 40-kb fragments of genomic DNA from a virulent invasive strain of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium (TML) in an avirulent hypo-invasive Typhimurium strain (LT7). Selection of invasive clones from the library was attempted by iterative passage through a r...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Robey M,Morgan E,Lodge JM,Bolton AJ,Martin GD,Brown NL,Stephen J

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic bacterial pathogen. Despite its metabolic and virulence versatility, it has not been shown to infect articular joints, which are areas that are rarely infected with bacteria in general. We hypothesized that articular joints possess antimicrobial activity that limits...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mahmood F,Hakimiyan A,Jayaraman V,Wood S,Sivaramakrishnan G,Rehman T,Reuhs BL,Chubinskaya S,Shafikhani SH

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characterization of integrons and their promoters in 156 antibiotic-resistant clinical isolates of the important zoonotic pathogens Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovars Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) and Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) from Norwegian hospitals were performed. Integrons were found in 64 of 66 S....

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lindstedt BA,Heir E,Nygård I,Kapperud G

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is a frequent cause of severe, recurrent, post-antibiotic diarrhoea and pseudomembranous colitis. Its pathogenicity is mediated mainly by two toxins, TcdA and TcdB. However, different adhesins have also been described as important colonization factors which are implicated in the first step of the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Barketi-Klai A,Hoys S,Lambert-Bordes S,Collignon A,Kansau I

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the molecular mechanisms of carbapenem resistance in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae from Korea and the clinical outcomes of resistant K. pneumoniae infection. Sixteen K. pneumoniae isolates showing resistance to carbapenems collected from a tertiary-care hospital were examined for t...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Shin SY,Bae IK,Kim J,Jeong SH,Yong D,Kim JM,Lee K

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Infections associated with Acinetobacter baumannii represent an increasing threat in healthcare settings. Therefore, we investigated the epidemiological relationship between clinical isolates of A. baumannii obtained from patients in a university hospital in Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. METHODOLOGY:Sixty-fou...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Saffari F,Monsen T,Karmostaji A,Azimabad FB,Widerström M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Faeces from urban children < 2 years old with acute diarrhoeal illness and from non-diarrhoeal infants (controls) were examined for Escherichia coli and other enteropathogens. A total of 990 E. coli isolates from 100 patients and 50 controls was tested for enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) serotype (O:H), adherence to H...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rosa AC,Mariano AT,Pereira AM,Tibana A,Gomes TA,Andrade JR

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five strains of mice (C3H, CBA, BALB/c, TO and ICR) were inoculated intra-vaginally with Neisseria gonorrhoeae in an attempt to produce an animal model of gonorrhoea. Of a total of 68 mice inoculated, only three (4.4%) were culture-positive after 3 days. Histological examination of both the genital mucosa of inoculate...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Johnson AP,Tuffrey M,Taylor-Robinson D

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction.Candida auris is a pathogenic yeast that mainly affects immunosuppressed patients and those with implanted medical devices. This pathogen also displays elevated resistance to common antifungals and high survival and spreading capacities. Since no antifungal breakpoints have yet been defined for this patho...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Romera D,Aguilera-Correa JJ,Gadea I,Viñuela-Sandoval L,García-Rodríguez J,Esteban J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report focuses on the molecular characterization of 22 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolates collected in a German university hospital during a period of 9 months in 2006. Relationship analysis of clinical isolates was done via PFGE, multilocus sequence typing, plasmid profiling and...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Cullik A,Pfeifer Y,Prager R,von Baum H,Witte W

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The annual prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Malaysia has been estimated to be 30 % to 40 % of all S. aureus infections. Nevertheless, data on the antimicrobial resistance and genetic diversity of Malaysian MRSAs remain few. In 2009, we collected 318 MRSA strains from various wards of...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Noordin A,Sapri HF,Mohamad Sani NA,Leong SK,Tan XE,Tan TL,Mohamad Zin N,Neoh HM,Hussin S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The object of this study was to develop and characterize experimental Burkholderia mallei aerosol infection in BALB/c mice. Sixty-five mice were infected with 5000 [approx. 2.5 median lethal doses (MLD)] B. mallei strain ATCC 23344(T) bacteria by the aerosol route. Bacterial counts within lung, liver, spleen, brain, k...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lever MS,Nelson M,Ireland PI,Stagg AJ,Beedham RJ,Hall GA,Knight G,Titball RW

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The encapsulated strain M of Staphylococcus aureus and the encapsulated strain 76 of S. simulans survived incubation with bovine neutrophils in media containing heated bovine serum 0.5% v/v or milk whey 10% v/v. With two unencapsulated strains of S. aureus, M12 and M60, less than 5% of the original inoculum survived. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Anderson JC,Williams MR

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iliopsoas abscess is usually secondary to the spread of infection from a contiguous focus. Primary disease is uncommon, except in children where Staphylococcus aureus is the main pathogen. We report a 60-year-old woman who developed a primary iliopsoas abscess as a result of haematogenous spread of Capnocytophaga sput...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chan JFW,Wong SSY,Leung SSM,Li IWS,To KKW,Cheng VCC,Yuen KY

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an opportunist multidrug-resistant pathogen that causes a wide range of nosocomial infections. Various cystic fibrosis (CF) centres have reported an increasing prevalence of S. maltophilia colonization/infection among patients with this disease. The purpose of this study was to assess s...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Vidigal PG,Mosel F,Koehling HL,Mueller KD,Buer J,Rath PM,Steinmann J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice were vaccinated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona or hardjo, or with the polysaccharide (PS) fraction of the LPS, or with an immunoconjugate of PS and diphtheria toxoid (DT). Maximum agglutinin titres were found 6-10 weeks after vaccination with LPS or PS-DT conjugate; the l...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Midwinter A,Faine S,Adler B

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A collection of 201 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus was examined: 152 methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) comprised 48 blood culture isolates (BC) and 58 isolates from routine diagnostic specimens (RD) from Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI), and 46 strains from nasal swabs of patients attending a general practitioner...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Coia JE,Browning L,Haines L,Birkbeck TH,Platt DJ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00