Hepatosplenic abscesses in an immunocompetent child with cat-scratch disease from Peru.

abstract：BACKGROUND:A growing number of rapid Helicobacter pylori antibody tests are commercially available now, however, some of these tests are often used without sufficient evaluation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of a commercially available rapid whole-blood immunoassay (gabControl(®) H. pylori; gab...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Enko D,Halwachs-Baumann G,Stolba R,Rössler O,Kriegshäuser G

更新日期：2016-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Daptomycin is licensed in adults for the management of Staphylococcus aureus methicillin-resistant infections, including bone and skin complicated infections. We describe for the first time its use in a renal transplant recipient for Fabry-Anderson Disease with right heel osteomyelitis. The patient was unresponsive to...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Polilli E,Ursini T,Mazzotta E,Sozio F,Savini V,D'Antonio D,Barbato M,Consorte A,Parruti G

更新日期：2012-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urinary tract infections (UTIs) remain the common infections diagnosed in outpatients as well as hospitalized patients. Current knowledge on antimicrobial susceptibility pattern is essential for appropriate therapy. Extended-Spectrum beta-Lactamase (ESBL) producing bacteria may not be detected by routine dis...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Akram M,Shahid M,Khan AU

更新日期：2007-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fungal keratitis (FK) has been shown to be a climate-sensitive disease. The differentiation between FK from bacterial keratitis (BK) was difficult. The purpose of this study was to compare the bacteriology and mycology between tropical and subtropical Taiwan and to investigate the independent risk factors fo...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Chen CA,Hsu SL,Hsiao CH,Ma DH,Sun CC,Yu HJ,Fang PC,Kuo MT

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Distinct virulence factors of H. pylori have been described: the vaculating cytotoxin (vacA), the cytotoxin associated gene (cagA), the induced by contact with epithelium factor Antigen (iceA gene) and the outer membrane protein oipA. In Tunisia, there are no data regarding the pattern of H. pylori genotypes...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Ben Mansour K,Fendri C,Zribi M,Masmoudi A,Labbene M,Fillali A,Ben Mami N,Najjar T,Meherzi A,Sfar T,Burucoa C

更新日期：2010-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2002 we investigated an outbreak comprising 231 patients in Norway, caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and linked to the use of contaminated mouth swabs called Dent-O-Sept. Here we describe the extent of contamination of the swabs, and identify critical points in the production process that made the contami...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Iversen BG,Eriksen HM,Bø G,Hagestad K,Jacobsen T,Engeset E,Lassen J,Aavitsland P

更新日期：2007-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persistent bacteremia occurs in at least 30% of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SAB) and may be attributable to a dysregulated host immune response. Neutrophils interact with a variety of S. aureus microbial factors, including lipoteichoic acid (LTA), to activate phagocytic functio...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Algorri M,Wong-Beringer A

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Klebsiella pneumoniae is a public health concern because of its ability to develop multidrug resistance and hypervirulent genotypes, of those capsular types K1 and K2 cause community and nosocomial life-threatening infections. This study aimed to determine the antibiotic susceptibility patterns and genotypic...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Pajand O,Darabi N,Arab M,Ghorbani R,Bameri Z,Ebrahimi A,Hojabri Z

更新日期：2020-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diarrhoeal diseases constitute a major public health problem, particularly in the developing world, where the rate of mortality and morbidity is very high. The purpose of this study was to conduct a 2 years and 3 months study in order to determine the prevalence of five enteropathogen diarrheogenic agents in...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Paniagua GL,Monroy E,García-González O,Alonso J,Negrete E,Vaca S

更新日期：2007-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persistence of antibiotic resistant bacteria, including multidrug resistant (MDR) pseudomonads, is an important environmental health problem associated with drinking water distribution systems (DWDS) worldwide. There is paucity of data on the molecular characteristics of antibiotic resistance genes and their...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Adesoji AT,Ogunjobi AA,Olatoye IO

更新日期：2015-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) are well recognized to be promising as novel antimicrobial and antitumor agents. To obtain novel skeletons of CAMPs, we propose a simple strategy using acid-amide substitution (i.e. Glu→Gln, Asp→Asn) to confer net positive charge to natural non-antimicrobial sequences ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Ueno S,Minaba M,Nishiuchi Y,Taichi M,Tamada Y,Yamazaki T,Kato Y

更新日期：2011-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABs) have long been associated with excess lengths of stay, increased hospital costs and mortality attributable to them. Different studies from developed countries have shown that practice bundles reduce the incidence of CLAB in intensive care units. However,...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Leblebicioglu H,Öztürk R,Rosenthal VD,Akan ÖA,Sirmatel F,Ozdemir D,Uzun C,Turgut H,Ersoz G,Koksal I,Özgültekin A,Esen S,Ulger F,Dilek A,Yilmaz H,Dikmen Y,Aygún G,Tulunay M,Oral M,Ünal N,Cengiz M,Yilmaz L,Geyik

更新日期：2013-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Miscarriage and preterm delivery are the most important challenges of pregnancy. Different bacterial and viral infection may cause miscarriage and preterm delivery. Among bacterial factors, Mycoplasma genitalium and Chlamydia trachomatis have the most important role and human papilloma virus (HPV) is the lea...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Rahimkhani M,Mordadi A,Gilanpour M

更新日期：2018-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Escherichia coli isolates of equine faecal origin were investigated for antibiotic resistance, resistance genes and their ability to perform horizontal transfer. METHODS:In total, 264 faecal samples were collected from 138 horses in hospital and community livery premises in northwest England, yielding 296 r...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Ahmed MO,Clegg PD,Williams NJ,Baptiste KE,Bennett M

更新日期：2010-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:At the time of writing, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has infected more than 49 million people causing more than 1.2 million deaths worldwide since its emergence from Wuhan, China in December 2019. Vaccine development against SARS-CoV-2 has drawn the global attention in order to stop the spread of the virus, with more than 10 ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Safar HA,Mustafa AS,McHugh TD

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leishmaniasis and malaria are the two most common parasitic diseases and responsible for large number of deaths per year particularly in developing countries like Pakistan. Majority of Pakistan population rely on medicinal plants due to their low socio-economic status. The present review was designed to gath...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Tariq A,Adnan M,Amber R,Pan K,Mussarat S,Shinwari ZK

更新日期：2016-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The vast majority of patients with peritonsillar abscess (PTA) recover uneventfully on abscess drainage and antibiotic therapy. However, occasionally patient´s condition deteriorates as the infection spread in the upper airway mucosa, through cervical tissues, or hematogenously. The bacterial etiology of PTA...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Klug TE,Greve T,Hentze M

更新日期：2020-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori has been strongly associated with chronic gastritis, peptic and duodenal ulcers, and it is a risk factor for gastric cancer. Three major virulence factors of H. pylori have been described: the vacuolating toxin (VacA), the cytotoxin-associated gene product (CagA) and the adhesion protein ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Paniagua GL,Monroy E,Rodríguez R,Arroniz S,Rodríguez C,Cortés JL,Camacho A,Negrete E,Vaca S

更新日期：2009-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug therapy is recommended in conjunction with surgery in treatment of actinomycetoma. The specific prescription depends on the type of bacteria (actinomycetoma) or fungi (eumycetoma) causing the disease and their in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the antimicrobial susceptibi...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Hamid ME

更新日期：2011-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although tuberculosis is not uncommon among patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), only a few reports of such patients suffering from miliary tuberculosis (MT) exist. MT often presents as a fever of unknown origin and it is a curable disease, yet fatal if left untreated. CASE PRESENTATION:We report a...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Neonakis IK,Alexandrakis MG,Gitti Z,Tsirakis G,Krambovitis E,Spandidos DA

更新日期：2008-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycetoma is a chronic mutilating disease of the skin and the underlying tissues caused by fungi or bacteria. Although recently included in the list of neglected tropical diseases by the World Health Organization, strategic control and preventive measures are yet to be outlined. Thus, it continues to pose hug...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Emmanuel P,Dumre SP,John S,Karbwang J,Hirayama K

更新日期：2018-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present work was to evaluate the antibacterial effect of 3,4-DHPEA-EA (methyl-4-(2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenethoxy)-2-oxoethyl)-3-formyl-2-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran-5-carboxylate), a derivate of oleuropein, against a range of Gram-positive bacteria, including ATCC strains, food and clinical isolate...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Bisignano C,Filocamo A,Ginestra G,Giofre' SV,Navarra M,Romeo R,Mandalari G

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine significantly reduces the risk of tuberculosis by 50% and continues to be used to prevent tuberculosis around the world. However, it has been shown to be ineffective in some geographical regions. The existence of different BCG strains was described more than 60 years ago, these vary in ...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Castañón-Arreola M,López-Vidal Y

更新日期：2004-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospitalized patients in critical care settings are at risk for bloodstream infections (BSI). Most BSIs originate from a central line (CL), and they increase length of stay, cost, and mortality. Open infusion containers may increase the risk of contamination and administration-related (CLAB) because they all...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Rangel-Frausto MS,Higuera-Ramirez F,Martinez-Soto J,Rosenthal VD

更新日期：2010-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diarrheal diseases continue to be the major cause of morbidity and mortality among children under 5 years. Salmonella and Shigella specious are the major enteric pathogen causing diarrhea among children worldwide. Examination of stool sample is the most sensitive method to diagnose diarrheal disease in child...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Ameya G,Tsalla T,Getu F,Getu E

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to evaluate in vitro susceptibility to ceftobiprole of clinical strains identified from prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) compared to that of the associations currently recommended for post-operative empirical antibiotic therapy (PEAT) (vancomycin with either cefepime, third-generation ceph...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Duployez C,Wallet F,Migaud H,Senneville E,Loiez C

更新日期：2020-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (S. maltophilia) has recently emerged as an important nosocomial pathogen. Treatment of invasive infections caused by this organism is difficult as the bacterium is frequently resistant to a wide range of commonly used antimicrobials. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP - SXT) is recommende...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Al-Jasser AM

更新日期：2006-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Antibiotic resistance decreases success of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) eradication. Recently published results show low rate of resistance and better compliance with moxifloxacin based regiments. AIMS&METHODS: Whether 7 days moxifloxacin with lansoprasole and amoxycillin can be compared with 10 days moxifloxa...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Bago J,Majstorović K,Belosić-Halle Z,Kućisec N,Bakula V,Tomić M,Bago P,Troskot R

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Meningitis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in low-resource settings. In sub-Saharan Africa, the meningitis belt has been characterized by particularly high and seasonal incidences of bacterial meningitis extending throughout life. Despite the progress being made in treating the condition, th...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Owusu M,Nguah SB,Boaitey YA,Badu-Boateng E,Abubakr AR,Lartey RA,Adu-Sarkodie Y

更新日期：2012-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chenopodium ambrosioides and Kielmeyera neglecta are plants traditionally used in Brazil to treat various infectious diseases. The study of the biological activities of these plants is of great importance for the detection of biologically active compounds. METHODS:Extracts from these plants were extracted w...

journal_title：Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials

authors： Sousa ZL,de Oliveira FF,da Conceição AO,Silva LA,Rossi MH,Santos Jda S,Andrioli JL

更新日期：2012-07-28 00:00:00