Update on the epidemiological typing methods for Acinetobacter baumannii.

abstract：:This paper analyzes the most recent reports regarding the direct and indirect effects of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) when administered to infants and young children. PCV13 extends the protective effects reported for the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7). A further reduction in the...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Esposito S,Principi N,ESCMID Vaccine Study Group.

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amoebiasis is a serious infectious disease that is caused by the unicellular parasite, Entamoeba histolytica. This parasite is mainly found in developing countries, and are named owing to its ability to destroy tissues. The molecular mechanisms that regulate the virulence of this parasite are not well understood. In r...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Tovy A,Ankri S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human periodontium health is commonly compromised by chronic inflammatory conditions and has become a major public health concern. Dental plaque, the precursor of periodontal disease, is a complex biofilm consisting mainly of bacteria, but also archaea, protozoa, fungi and viruses. Viruses that specifically infect...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Pinto G,Silva MD,Peddey M,Sillankorva S,Azeredo J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence to link obesity (and metabolic syndrome) with alterations in gut permeability and microbiota. The underlying mechanisms have been questioned and have prompted this review. We propose that the gut barrier function is a primary driver in maintaining metabolic health with poor health being linked to 'gu...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Tran CD,Grice DM,Wade B,Kerr CA,Bauer DC,Li D,Hannan GN

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the structural basis of antibacterial resistance may enable rational design principles that avoid and subvert that resistance, thus leading to the discovery of more effective antibiotics. In this review, we explore the use of crystal structures to guide new discovery of antibiotics that are effective aga...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Reeve SM,Lombardo MN,Anderson AC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past few months, there has been public discussion relating to a new perspective on blood safety and specifically upon measures to prevent or discourage donation by individuals with a diagnosis of myalgic encephalopathy-chronic fatigue syndrome. This reflects an intriguing interplay between science, public healt...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Dodd RY

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the 33 confirmed Bartonella species to date, more than half are hosted by rodent species, and at least five of them have been involved in human illness causing diverse symptoms including fever, myocarditis, endocarditis, lymphadenitis and hepatitis. In almost all countries, wild rodents are infected by extremely...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Buffet JP,Kosoy M,Vayssier-Taussat M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this exclusive interview, Simon Gaisford discusses his current research into gut dysbiosis and its possible relevance to disease states, as well as the efficacy of probiotic supplementation and its possible use as treatment. This interview was conducted by Ellen Colvin, Commissioning Editor of Future Microbiology. ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Gaisford S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria remains a major international health challenge. Resistance to a number of existing drugs and evidence of the emergence of artemisinin resistance has emphasized the need for new antimalarials. A new approach has been the preparation of dual-function compounds that include a chloroquine-like antimalarial group a...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Egan TJ,Kuter D

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:Aim: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of polypeptide-enriched Gastrodia elata extracts (GE) on vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC). Materials & methods: A VVC model induced by Candida albicans (C. albicans) infection was successfully developed in BALB/c mice. After treatment, the colony-formi...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Cai X,Kong F,Wang R,Zhai S,Guan X,Zhang G,Wang D

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of: Kang S-M, Yoo D-G, Lipatov AS et al.: Induction of long-term protective immune responses by influenza H5N1 virus-like particles. PLoS ONE 4, e4667 (2009). This article describes a long-term protective effect of a vaccine candidate against avian influenza H5N1 that is based on A/Viet Nam1203/04 proteins ...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Arnon R,Ben-Yedidia T

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent years have witnessed significant progress in the development of new drug candidates for the treatment of TB. While many of these are now in clinical trials, continued research is needed in order to sustain the drug discovery pipeline and meet the increasing needs of TB patients. These include shortening tre...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Sala C,Hartkoorn RC

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Measles virus (MV) infection induces a protective immunity that is accompanied by a transient pathologic suppression of the immune system. This immunologic paradox remains unexplained in spite of the numerous hypotheses that have been advanced (i.e., cytokine production, soluble immunosuppressive factor, cell cycl...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Kanduc D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans, a diploid yeast commensal and opportunist pathogen, has evolved unusual mechanisms for maintenance of genetic diversity in the absence of a complete sexual cycle. These include chromosomal polymorphisms, mitotic recombination events, and gains and losses of heterozygosity, superimposed on a fundament...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Odds FC

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：AIMS:The aim of the study was to evaluate epidemiology and susceptibility patterns of nosocomial Gram-positive infections in a referral teaching hospital. METHODS:Over a 1 year period, Gram-positive microorganisms isolated from specimens of hospitalized patients with documented nosocomial infection underwent antimicro...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Soltani R,Khalili H,Abdollahi A,Rasoolinejad M,Dashti-Khavidaki S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study aims to evaluate the genetic and population structure of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the major coastal regions of China. MATERIALS & METHODS:Multilocus sequence typing was performed. RESULTS:Insertion of large sequence into recA happened in nearly 30 strains, which were untypeable by multilocus sequence...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Li P,Xin W,Kang L,Chen Z,Guo C,Gao S,Yang H,Ji B,Yan Y,Wang H,Zhou D,Yang W,Wang J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: Bile salts promote the specific autolysis of pneumococcal cells, allowing the differentiation between Streptococcus pneumoniae and other viridans group streptococci (VGS). Material & methods: One hundred clinical VGS isolates identified by amplification and sequencing of 16S rRNA, groEL and sodA genes were analyz...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Ercibengoa M,Morales M,Alonso M,Ardanuy C,Marimón JM

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：:Recognition of bacterial infection is the first key step to the initiation of an inflammatory response and host defense. Transmembrane proteins of the Toll-like receptor family have long been recognized as key detectors of the extracellular presence of pathogens. Recently, much research has identified a variety of int...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Evans TJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multidisplay vaccine delivery system has been developed that is nonreplicating and has a protein-based particulate structure. The structure is composed of helical tubules comprising multiple copies of a single nonstructural (NS) protein 1 of bluetongue virus. The helical assemblies present the C terminus of the prot...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Murphy A,Roy P

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some intracellular/membranous factors exert intrinsic immunity against viral pathogens. Most recently, SAMHD1 has been shown to be one of these factors. SAMHD1 is a nucleus-localized protein, and mutations in the gene are associated with Aicardi-Goutières syndrome. As a triphosphohydrolase, it depletes the intracellul...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Chen Z,Zhang L,Ying S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim:Helicobacter pylori is usually detected based on hematoxylin-eosin (H-E) features, but, immunohistochemistry (IHC) and real-time PCR (RT-PCR) are more precise in chronic-gastritis. We evaluated the relevance of these tests in Peruvian gastric cancer samples. Materials & methods: We performed and evaluated H-E, IHC...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： A Castaneda C,Castillo M,Sanchez J,Casavilca S,Sanchez J,A Bernabe L,Suarez N,Chavez I,Ruiz E,Tello K,R Villa M,Zevallos R,Montenegro P,Dias-Neto E,Landa-Baella M,Taxa L

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate and characterize the etiopathogenesis of the fusarial onychomycosis in an ex vivo study through fragments of sterile human nail, without the addition of any nutritional source. MATERIALS & METHODS:The infection and invasion of Fusarium oxysporum in the nail were evaluated by scanning electron microscop...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Veiga FF,de Castro-Hoshino LV,Sato F,Bombassaro A,Vicente VA,Mendes V,Baesso ML,Negri M,Svidzinski TI

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus gattii is an important primary and opportunistic pathogen, predominantly causing meningoencephalitis and pulmonary disease with substantial mortality. Initially considered geographically restricted to immune-competent, highly exposed individuals in the tropics, an apparent epidemic in North America has le...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： McMullan BJ,Sorrell TC,Chen SC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitors that target the retroviral enzyme reverse transcriptase (RT) have played an indispensable role in the treatment and prevention of HIV-1 infection. They can be grouped into two distinct therapeutic groups, namely the nucleoside and nucleotide RT inhibitors (NRTIs), and the non-nucleoside RT inhibitors (NNRTI...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Sluis-Cremer N,Wainberg MA,Schinazi RF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Invasive fungal infections pose a severe health threat to patients. Despite recent advances in drug development, treatment of recurrent fungal infections remains difficult. Posaconazole is a broad-spectrum triazole antifungal drug available for oral administration. Although initial studies have described its use in...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Huang X,Wang F,Chen Y,Liu T,Wang J,Hu J,Jie J,Chen F,Wang S,Shen Z,Yu L,Yu K,Liang Y

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During coevolution with their hosts, bacteria have developed functions that allow them to interfere with the mechanisms controlling the proliferation of eukaryotic cells. Cycle inhibiting factor (Cif) is one of these cyclomodulins, the family of bacterial effectors that interfere with the host cell cycle. Acquired ear...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Samba-Louaka A,Taieb F,Nougayrède JP,Oswald E

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Sporotrichosis occurs through contact with contaminated soil and plant. However, the incidence of sporotrichosis as a zoonotic epidemic has increased, particularly in Rio de Janeiro. Aim: In this work, we decided to evaluate some T-cell phenotypes involved in the immune response. Materials & methods: We us...

journal_title：Future microbiology

authors： Corrêa-Moreira D,De Luca PM,Romeo O,C Menezes R,Paes RA,Oliveira RZ,de Moraes AM,de L Neto RG,Moraes Borba C,E de Oliveira MM

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00