Electric and chemical fusions for the production of monoclonal antibodies reacting with the in-vivo growth phase of Candida albicans.

abstract：:The results of this study demonstrate that saline extracted surface-associated material (SAM) of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Eikenella corrodens stimulates bone resorption at picomolar concentrations. Various inhibitors of known osteolytic mediators--indomethacin, interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Meghji S,Wilson M,Barber P,Henderson B

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study the importance of Providencia species as a cause of travellers' diarrhoea was examined using a selective medium developed by the authors. Providencia species could easily be distinguished from other enteric pathogens by the colour of the colonies obtained. Nine strains of Providencia alcalifaciens, nine ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Yoh M,Matsuyama J,Ohnishi M,Takagi K,Miyagi H,Mori K,Park KS,Ono T,Honda T

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outer-membrane protein (OMP) was isolated from a clinical strain of Bacteroides distasonis. Changes in growth media did not appreciably affect the appearance of this protein in crude outer-membrane preparations examined by SDS-PAGE. However, the proportion of the protein relative to other OMPs was greater in 24-h c...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wexler HM,Getty C,Fisher G

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been several outbreaks of botulism among poultry and wild birds in Sweden in recent years. The National Veterinary Institute of Sweden (SVA) has identified botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT)/C1 or the mosaic BoNT/C1D using the mouse bioassay. This is believed to be the first report on the application of the Endope...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hedeland M,Moura H,Båverud V,Woolfitt AR,Bondesson U,Barr JR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate whether Chlamydia trachomatis and C. pneumoniae infections occur to a significant extent in monocytes-macrophages, the human monocytic cell line, U-937, was infected with C. trachomatis L2 or C. pneumoniae TW-183. Chlamydial DNA and genus-specific antigens of the lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in epitopes of t...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Numazaki K,Suzuki K,Chiba S

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. The emergence of novel strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor biotype has gained attention due to causing several epidemics around the world. Variant strains have evolved as a result of the acquisition of genes that confer extended virulence and pathogenicity.Aim. This study aimed to determine the presence...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mohanraj RS,Samanta P,Mukhopadhyay AK,Mandal J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose. Acute bacterial meningitis continues to be a potentially life threatening condition. Hospital-acquired meningitis is rapidly increasing and adding an immense burden to the health system due to the emergence of multidrug resistance isolates. The purpose of this study is to find the antibiotic susceptibility pa...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Raza MS,Das BK,Goyal V,Lodha R,Chaudhry R,Sood S,Gautam H,Sreenivas V,Nair D,Mohapatra S,Kapil A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different aspects of the terms strain, clone and species are discussed. The term strain is commonly used to denote a pure culture - here called 'the strain in the taxonomic sense' - but does also refer to a natural concept closely related to the clone. The term clone on the other hand is used both in a general and in ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dijkshoorn L,Ursing BM,Ursing JB

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii is an emerging multidrug-resistant pathogen and very little information is available regarding its imipenem resistance in Latin American countries such as Bolivia. This study investigated the antimicrobial resistance profile of 46 clinical strains from different hospitals in Cochabamba, Bolivia...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sevillano E,Fernández E,Bustamante Z,Zabalaga S,Rosales I,Umaran A,Gallego L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative pathogenicity of Candida krusei and C. albicans was investigated by assessing their colonisation and infectivity of the Sprague-Dawley rat oral mucosa. During an initial 21-week period with intermittent oral inoculation, both Candida spp. demonstrated variable surface colonisation of the oral mucosa. Afte...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Samaranayake YH,Wu PC,Samaranayake LP,Ho PL

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 2003, Vibrio cholerae O1 Ogawa was the predominant serotype among diarrhoeal patients admitted to different hospitals in India. With the exception of 3 strains from Kolkata, none of 172 strains examined exhibited resistance to tetracycline, but 45.7 % showed reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. Extensive mo...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chatterjee S,Ghosh K,Raychoudhuri A,Pan A,Bhattacharya MK,Mukhopadhyay AK,Ramamurthy T,Bhattacharya SK,Nandy RK

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel drug delivery system for osteomyelitis was developed in which a porous hydroxyapatite block (HAB) is loaded with antibiotic by a centrifugation method. In this study, implantation of HABs loaded with the aminoglycoside antibiotic, arbekacin, were tested in established Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis in the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Itokazu M,Ohno T,Tanemori T,Wada E,Kato N,Watanabe K

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies (Abs) to the protective antigen (PA) component of the anthrax toxins have anti-spore as well as anti-toxin activities. Anti-PA antisera and purified anti-PA Abs enhance the phagocytosis by murine-derived macrophages (MQs) of spores of the Ames and Sterne strains and retard the germination of extracellular s...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Welkos S,Friedlander A,Weeks S,Little S,Mendelson I

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii, Acinetobacter nosocomialis and Acinetobacter pittii are clinically relevant members of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-A. baumannii (Acb) complex and important nosocomial pathogens. These three species are genetically closely related and phenotypically similar; however, they differ in their ep...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chen TL,Lee YT,Kuo SC,Yang SP,Fung CP,Lee SD

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to assess the biotope of the Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii species complex from Ivory Coast, and clarify the possible epidemiological relationship between environmental and clinical strains. METHODOLOGY:Samples from Eucalyptus camaldulensis (n=136), Mangifera indica (n=1...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kassi FK,Bellet V,Drakulovski P,Krasteva D,Roger F,Valérie BA,Aboubakar T,Doumbia A,Kouakou GA,Delaporte E,Reynes J,Yavo W,Menan HIE,Bertout S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:With an increase in the numbers of bacterial isolates resistant to first-line antibiotics, there has been a revival in the use of older drugs including fosfomycin with novel mechanisms of action. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and genotypic nature of fosfomycin resistance in Escherichia coli from urinar...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Cottell JL,Webber MA

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The attachment of Helicobacter pylori to the human gastric mucosa is a complex process involving several specific structures recognised by the cell surface receptors. Sialylated multivalent high mol. wt glycoproteins have been shown to inhibit H. pylori sialic acid-specific haemagglutination. This study explored wheth...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wang X,Hirmo S,Willén R,Wadström T

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The competition for glucose as a growth-limiting substrate between Candida albicans and a mixed community of oral bacteria was investigated. A chemostat was operated under glucose-limiting and glucose excess conditions at a dilution rate of 0.05/h. A mixed population of oral bacteria was established and after a steady...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Basson NJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in India and other developing countries and has formed a lethal partnership with AIDS. It often presents a diagnostic challenge especially when clinical presentation is suggestive but bacteriological proof is lacking. The objective of this study was to compare the various ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pahwa R,Hedau S,Jain S,Jain N,Arora VM,Kumar N,Das BC

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amplification and sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene can be applied to detect and identify bacteria in clinical samples. We examined 75 clinical samples (17 culture-positive, 58 culture-negative) prospectively by two different PCR protocols, amplifying either a single fragment (1343 bp) or two fragments (762/598 b...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Jenkins C,Ling CL,Ciesielczuk HL,Lockwood J,Hopkins S,McHugh TD,Gillespie SH,Kibbler CC

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of anti-Helicobacter pylori specific IgG antibodies in specimens of oral fluid. Antral biopsy specimens, serum and oral fluid samples were collected from 81 patients attending for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Marshall B,Howat AJ,Wright PA

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a challenge in the diagnosis of asymptomatic, subclinical tuberculosis. We report the development of an immunofluorescence technique to visualize and enumerate M. tuberculosis in latently infected rabbit lungs where no acid-fast-stained organisms were seen and no culti...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Subbian S,Eugenin E,Kaplan G

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saksenaea erythrospora is a species of the order Mucorales recently described and reported as a cause of human mucormycosis. We report a case of S. erythrospora in a man involved in a serious sailing accident causing deep skin and soft tissue contamination with soil and water. Direct microscopic examination of the cli...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Relloso S,Romano V,Landaburu MF,Herrera F,Smayevsky J,Veciño C,Mujica MT

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of the Fungitell assay was investigated in 100 patients with haematological malignancy undergoing chemotherapy who developed antibiotic-unresponsive neutropenic fever (AUNF). Serum beta-D-glucan (BG) concentrations were significantly elevated on the first day of AUNF and all subsequent alternate days t...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ellis M,Al-Ramadi B,Finkelman M,Hedstrom U,Kristensen J,Ali-Zadeh H,Klingspor L

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1997 to 2006, in the province of Quebec, Canada, 15 isolates of Streptococcus pseudoporcinus from 1 urine and 14 vaginorectal cultures were recovered from the genitourinary tract of pregnant women. All these women originated from the Caribbean or sub-Saharan Africa (P=0.00045 compared with a suitable control grou...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Gaudreau C,Simoneau E,Labrecque O,Laurence RA,Laferrière C,Miller M,Raynal L,Rallu F

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus infection can occur in female sheep, causing infertility or abortion. Despite extensive research on the effect of these bacteria on female fertility, little research has been done on the influence of C. fetus subsp. fetus on the male factor. Our objective was to examine the influence o...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zan Bar T,Yehuda R,Hacham T,Krupnik S,Bartoov B

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study between February 2003 and June 2004, stool specimens of children less than 2 years of age with diarrhoea (n=218) and without diarrhoea (n=86), living in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, were examined for the presence of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli. E. coli isolates were tested by colony blot...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Spano LC,Sadovsky ADI,Segui PN,Saick KW,Kitagawa SMS,Pereira FEL,Fagundes-Neto U,Scaletsky ICA

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymic activity of 29 Haemophilus ducreyi strains on 28 substrates is described. The results are compared with those of seven other authors. There is agreement only about the presence of alkaline phosphatase and arginine aminopeptidase and the lack of glycosidases. Possible reasons for the contradictions in the e...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sturm AW,Zanen HC

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, several PCR assays based on 16S rRNA and virulence-associated genes are available for detection of Legionella pneumophila. So far, no genotyping method has been published that can discriminate between serogroups and monoclonal subgroups of the most common L. pneumophila serogroup 1. Our first approach was t...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Thürmer A,Helbig JH,Jacobs E,Lück PC

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gram-negative bacilli of the genus Aeromonas are widespread in aquatic environments and can be responsible for human infections. Although Aeromonas extraintestinal and systemic infections have been reported with growing frequency in recent years, Aeromonas septicaemia remains an uncommon finding, often associated with...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mencacci A,Cenci E,Mazzolla R,Farinelli S,D'Alò F,Vitali M,Bistoni F

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00