Genetic and population analyses of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from three major coastal regions in China.

abstract：AIM:Glutaredoxin is a conserved oxidoreductase in eukaryotes and prokaryotes. This study aimed to determine the role of Grx3 in cell survival, iron homeostasis and the oxidative stress response in Candida albicans. MATERIALS & METHODS:A grx3Δ/Δ mutant was obtained using PCR-mediated homologs recombination. The functio...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Zhang D,Dong Y,Yu Q,Kai Z,Zhang M,Jia C,Xiao C,Zhang B,Zhang B,Li M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate if radiation used in radiotherapy can cause changes in the virulence potential of Candida tropicalis ATCC 750. MATERIALS & METHODS:C. tropicalis was exposed in vitro to identical dose and scheme of irradiation would be used in patients with head and neck cancer. Some virulence parameters were analyzed ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： da Silva EM,Kischkel B,Shinobu-Mesquita CS,Bonfim-Mendonça PS,Mansano ES,da Silva MA,Barbosa JF,Fiorini A,Hernandes L,Furlaneto MC,Svidzinski TI

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biocides, primarily those containing quaternary ammonium compounds (QAC), are heavily used in hospital environments and various industries (e.g., food, water, cosmetic). To date, little attention has been paid to potential implications of QAC use in the emergence of antibiotic resistance, especially fluoroquinolone-re...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Buffet-Bataillon S,Tattevin P,Maillard JY,Bonnaure-Mallet M,Jolivet-Gougeon A

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:The history of vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) illustrates the complex immunity and immunopathology to this ubiquitous virus, starting from the failed formalin-inactivated vaccine trials performed in the 1960s. An attractive alternative to traditional live or killed virus vaccines is a defined vaccine c...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Anderson R,Huang Y,Langley JM

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections caused by pathogenic Rickettsia species continue to scourge human health across the globe. From the point of entry at the site of transmission by arthropod vectors, hematogenous dissemination of rickettsiae occurs to diverse host tissues leading to 'rickettsial vasculitis' as the salient feature of pathogen...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Narra HP,Sahni A,Walker DH,Sahni SK

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of two different formulations of bioglass BAG-S53P4 against multiresistant microorganisms involved in bone infections, and the capability of bioglass to select for resistance. METHODS:Antibacterial activity was evaluated by means of killing curves. The abili...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Drago L,De Vecchi E,Bortolin M,Toscano M,Mattina R,Romanò CL

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) is endemic in Greece. CRAB initially emerged in 2000 and since then, carbapenemases still have a crucial role in CRAB appearance, except for a few cases resulting from efflux pump or outer-membrane protein mechanisms. OXA-type carbapenemases present the highest preva...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Karampatakis T,Antachopoulos C,Tsakris A,Roilides E

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：:Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a leading human bacterial pathogen with diverse clinical manifestations. Macrophages constitute a critical first line of host defense against GAS infection, using numerous surface and intracellular receptors such as Toll-like receptors and inflammasomes for pathogen recognition and activ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Valderrama JA,Nizet V

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing burden of multidrug-resistant bacteria affects the management of several infections. In order to prescribe adequate antibiotics, clinicians facing severe infections such as hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) need to promptly identify the pathogens and know their antibiotic susceptibility profiles (AST), ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Ruppé E,Baud D,Schicklin S,Guigon G,Schrenzel J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Diagnosis of pleural TB poses serious challenges due to paucibacillary nature of specimens and there is an urgent need to devise a reliable diagnostic test. METHODS:We compared GeneXpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampin assay and the multiplex PCR (M-PCR) targeting mpb64 (Rv1980c) and IS6110 in pleural fluids (...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Sharma S,Dahiya B,Sreenivas V,Singh N,Raj A,Sheoran A,Yadav A,Gupta KB,Mehta PK

更新日期：2018-03-01 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 investigate the action mechanism of 1-benzyl-1,4-diazepane (1-BD) as efflux pump inhibitor (EPI) in Escherichia coli mutants: ΔacrAB or overexpressing AcrAB and AcrEF efflux pumps. Materials & methods: Effect of 1-BD on: antibiotic potentiation, by microdilution method; membrane functionality, by fluorimetric ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Casalone E,Vignolini T,Braconi L,Gardini L,Capitanio M,Pavone FS,Dei S,Teodori E

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of: Belogurov GA, Vassylyeva MN, Sevostyanova A et al.: Transcription inactivation through local refolding of the RNA polymerase structure. Nature 457, 332-335 (2008) and, Mukhopadhyay J, Das K, Ismail S et al.: The RNA polymerase 'switch region' is a target for inhibitors. Cell 135, 295-307 (2008). Bacteri...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Tupin A,Gualtieri M,Brodolin K,Leonetti JP

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: There is increasing evidence of the association between microbiome dysfunction and Parkinson's disease (PD). Moreover, some PD patients suffer from unintentional weight loss (WL) which may precede the motor manifestations of the disease. Materials & methods: Gut microbiota profiling by 16S rRNA gene sequen...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Del Chierico F,Grassini P,Quagliariello A,Torti M,Russo A,Reddel S,Stocchi F

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:While high-throughput protein-protein interaction screens were first published approximately 10 years ago, systematic attempts to map interactions among viruses and hosts started only a few years ago. HIV-human interactions dominate host-pathogen interaction databases (with approximately 2000 interactions) despite the...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Mendez-Rios J,Uetz P

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:Diagnostic and treatment delays contribute to increased death and disability among the 490,000 adults and children who develop multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis every year. Since the treatment of MDR tuberculosis is complex, costly and often toxic, tuberculosis control programs should prioritize strategies to pre...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Byrne AL,Fox GJ,Marais BJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linda Hazlett is a department chair and distinguished professor at Wayne State University (MI, USA). Her research is focused on the host immune response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its role in ocular infections. Dr Hazlett has been funded continuously by the NIH by R01 support for 34 years. She is currently principa...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Hazlett L

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:In light of recent studies based on cultivation-independent methods, it appears that the diversity of Prevotella in human microbiota is greater than was previously assumed from cultivation-based studies, and that the implication of these bacteria in several human diseases was unrecognized. While some Prevotella taxa w...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Alauzet C,Marchandin H,Lozniewski A

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:Using the murine CMV animal model and the well-established model of Cre-lox-P-mediated green-fluorescence tagging of endothelial cell (EC)-derived mouse CMV to quantify the role of infected ECs in transplantation-associated CMV dissemination (in mice expressing Cre recombinase under the control of either the Tie2 or t...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Gerna G

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell cycle is the sequential set of events that living cells undergo in order to duplicate. This process must be tightly regulated as alterations may lead to diseases such as cancer. The molecular events that control the cell cycle are directional and involve regulatory molecules such as cyclins and cyclin-depende...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Correia I,Alonso-Monge R,Pla J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past decade has seen a significant increase in the incidence of invasive fungal infections. The antifungal armamentarium for the treatment of serious fungal infections remains limited. A possible approach to overcoming antifungal drug resistance and high mortality rates seen in severe fungal infections is to combi...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Vazquez JA

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：AIM:To assess different concentrations and formulations of topical ozenoxacin using a mouse model of Staphylococcus aureus dermal infection for identification of the best formulation for treating patients with impetigo. MATERIALS & METHODS:The efficacy of ozenoxacin formulations was compared with vehicle control, mupi...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Tarragó C,Esquirol LP,Arañó A,Lachamp L,D'Aniello F,Zsolt I

更新日期：2018-05-01 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