Wide genetic heterogeneity and low antimicrobial resistance of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli isolates from several rural communities.

abstract：:Five hundred clinical group A streptococcal (GAS) isolates were collected in Belgium during the period 1 Nov. 1993 to 31 Oct. 1994. Clinical and laboratory data were recorded and isolates were characterised. The presence of the genes encoding streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin types A (speA), B (speB), C (speC), F (speF...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Descheemaeker P,VAN Loock F,Hauchecorne M,Vandamme P,Goossens H

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major risk factor for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the use of antibiotics owing to the disruption of the equilibrium of the host gut microbiota. To preserve the beneficial resident probiotic bacteria during infection treatment, the use of molecules with selective antibacterial activity enhances the eff...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Novakova J,Džunková M,Musilova S,Vlkova E,Kokoska L,Moya A,D'Auria G

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a paucity of information about the factors associated with oral colonization with Candida species and the changes associated with antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. This study investigated the role of ARV therapy and other factors in a study population. Relevant clinical and laboratory information was obtained and...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Owotade FJ,Patel M,Ralephenya TRMD,Vergotine G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A severe case of reptile-associated salmonellosis which caused septicaemia and meningitis in a 2-month-old baby is reported. The infrequent serotype Salmonella enterica subsp.(I) enterica serotype Abony (4,5 : b : enx) was detected in the human sample as well as in the pet turtle's faeces. The importance of regulation...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Van Meervenne E,Botteldoorn N,Lokietek S,Vatlet M,Cupa A,Naranjo M,Dierick K,Bertrand S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio vulnificus causes severe sepsis in humans. There are several reports about the relationship between host immunity and bacterial growth in V. vulnificus infection. However, the effect on leukocytes of V. vulnificus infection in vivo has not been elucidated. A murine model of V. vulnificus infection was used to i...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kashimoto T,Ueno S,Hayashi H,Hanajima M,Yoshioka K,Yoshida K,Mutoh K,Susa N

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary differentiation of Leptospira interrogans serovars hardjo and balcanica can be made with antisera that are collected from hamsters after experimental infection with serovar hardjo and selected for high homologous and low or nil heterologous titres, as measured by the microscopic agglutination test. Rabbit ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ris DR,Hamel KL

更新日期：1978-08-01 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：PURPOSE:To analyse the role of virulence factors (VFs) and host in Klebsiella pneumoniae upper urinary tract infections (UTIs) in renal transplant (RTx) recipients. METHODOLOGY:Clinical and demographic data were registered prospectively. Phylogenetic background of K. pneumoniae isolates was analysed by PCR melting pro...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Gołębiewska JE,Krawczyk B,Wysocka M,Ewiak A,Komarnicka J,Bronk M,Rutkowski B,Dębska-Ślizień A

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major nosocomial pathogen in Pakistan and is emerging in the community. This is one of the first reports of the prevalent genotypes of MRSA in both hospital and community settings in Pakistan. Isolates collected in 2006-2007 were characterized by PFGE, staphylococ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zafar A,Stone M,Ibrahim S,Parveen Z,Hasan Z,Khan E,Hasan R,Wain J,Bamford K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The carriage on skin lesions, on healthy skin and in the nose, of micro-organisms that produce antibiotics active against Staphylococcus aureus has been studied. About 5% of sites (10% of all patients) yielded such organisms. No evidence could be found that the presence of producer organisms in skin lesions had a prot...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Noble WC,Willie JA

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xanthomonas maltophilia produces two inducible beta-lactamases, L1 and L2, and resists the antimicrobial activity of beta-lactam antibiotics, including carbapenems. L1 is a zinc-metaloenzyme with carbapenemase activity; L2 is an unusual cephalosporinase. Mutant strains with high- and low-level constitutive expression ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Akova M,Bonfiglio G,Livermore DM

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Persister cells, a subpopulation of tolerant cells within the bacterial culture, are commonly thought to be responsible for antibiotic therapy failure and infection recurrence. Klebsiella pneumoniae is a notorious human pathogen for its increasing resistance to antibiotics and wide involvement in severe infecti...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Li Y,Zhang L,Zhou Y,Zhang Z,Zhang X

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 166 strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from hospital patients and staff in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 32% were non-typable (NT). The strains were isolated from skin lesions, eye infections, wounds and nasal flora. Isolates from skin lesions or eye and wound infections were more likely to produce protease (95% and 78%...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ako-Nai AK,Ogunniyi AD,Lamikanra A,Torimiro SE

更新日期：1991-02-01 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：:In order to develop novel host/pathogen real-time PCR assays for routine diagnostic use, early gene expression patterns from both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and Raji cells were examined after inducing the lytic life cycle using 12-O-tetradecanoyl-13-phorbol ester and sodium butyrate. Real-time PCR identified several hig...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Auburn H,Zuckerman M,Smith M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of cryptic plasmids among 123 isolates of Providencia stuarti from a hospital ward during a prospective epidemiological study is reported. Two closely related stable plasmids (34 Kb and 36 Kb) were identified by restriction endonuclease digest analysis of plasmid DNA. One or other of these cryptic pla...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hawkey PM,Bennett PM,Hawkey CA

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 456 non-repetitive Escherichia coli isolates from human clinical specimens (urinary, n=134; cervix, vagina and prostate, n=52; blood, pus and wounds, n=45), healthy animals (cattle, n=45; poultry, n=20) and diseased animals (cattle, n=53; swine, n=64; poultry, n=43) obtained in Lithuania during the period 2...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Šeputienė V,Povilonis J,Ružauskas M,Pavilonis A,Sužiedėlienė E

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Non-albicansCandida species have emerged as fungal pathogens that cause invasive infections, with many of these species displaying resistance to commonly used antifungal agents. This study was confined to studying the characteristics of clinical isolates of the C. rugosa complex and C. pararugosa species. METH...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Peremalo T,Madhavan P,Hamzah S,Than L,Wong EH,Nasir MDM,Chong PP,Ng KP

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysostaphin is a glycylglycine endopeptidase. It cleaves the pentaglycine cross-bridge structure unique to the staphylococcal cell wall and is considered to be a potential drug for Staphylococcus aureus. In the present study, the in vitro activity of recombinant lysostaphin was investigated in 257 S. aureus isolates c...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Yang XY,Li CR,Lou RH,Wang YM,Zhang WX,Chen HZ,Huang QS,Han YX,Jiang JD,You XF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrapartum chemoprophylaxis for pregnant group B streptococcus (GBS) carriers reduces vertical transmission, with a resultant decrease in neonatal as well as maternal morbidity from invasive GBS infection. Current Australian guidelines recommend penicillin for intrapartum prophylaxis of GBS carriers, with erythromyci...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Garland SM,Cottrill E,Markowski L,Pearce C,Clifford V,Ndisang D,Kelly N,Daley AJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lincomycin has a differential effect on exoprotein production by Vibrio cholerae. The production of some proteins, such as cholera toxin and deoxyribonuclease, is stimulated by low concentrations of the drug while production of other proteins, such as protease and alkaline phosphatase, is unaffected. Possible mechanis...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Young DB,Broadbent DA

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cornyeform bacterium was isolated from a blood culture from a 24-year-old man with familial hypertrophic non-obstructive cardiomyopathy, chronic abuse of anabolic steroids and prior admission to hospital because of clinical signs of sepsis. 16S rRNA gene analysis unambiguously identified Gordonia terrae. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Grisold AJ,Roll P,Hoenigl M,Feierl G,Vicenzi-Moser R,Marth E

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most hospital bacteriologists have divided staphylococci into two groups: Staphylococcus aureus and the coagulase-negative staphylococci of which the novobiocin-resistant varieties are termed S. saprophyticus. The identification of S. aureus has been easy but that of the other staphylococci has provided some difficult...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Reuther JW

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical specimens unfit for laboratory processing represent missed opportunities for diagnosing tuberculosis. Poor-quality cough specimens (n=61) from presumptive tuberculosis cases were cultured and GeneXpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) successfully performed on samples transferred by flocked swab into PrimeStore molecular tran...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mboneni TA,Eales OO,Mosina NL,Fourie PB

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus types 15 and 16 (EMRSA-15 and EMRSA-16) are the dominant types of MRSA found in UK hospitals, but accurate designation of strains has been difficult. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) profiles of seven core virulence genes were used to classify unambig...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Moore PCL,Lindsay JA

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast-fed infants are less susceptible to gastroenteritis than bottle-fed infants. Antibodies against rotavirus, the major pathogen of infantile gastroenteritis, were sought in human sera, colostrum and milk specimens by immunofluorescence. An experimental murine-rotavirus model was established by infecting the secon...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Schoub BD,Prozesky OW,Lecatsas G,Oosthuizen R

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opsonic requirements of Helicobacter pylori were investigated in a series of experiments with human polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNL). Pre-incubation of H. pylori with pooled normal human serum (NHS) in concentrations of 5-20% significantly increased the uptake of radiolabelled bacteria by PMNL. Treatment of the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： McKinlay AW,Young A,Russell RI,Gemmell CG

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Extracellular protein toxins contribute to the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus infections. The present study compared the effects of iclaprim and trimethoprim - two folic acid synthesis inhibitors - with nafcillin and vancomycin on production of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), alpha haemolysin (AH) and...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bryant AE,Gomi S,Katahira E,Huang DB,Stevens DL

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute hypercytokinaemia represents an imbalance of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines, and is believed to be responsible for the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiple organ failure in severe cases of avian (H5N1) influenza. Although neuraminidase inhibitors are effective in trea...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Carter MJ

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is considered to be an aetiological agent in various forms of periodontitis, with serotype b-specific carbohydrate being the immunodominant antigen of A. actinomycetemcomitans Y4 in high-responder patients. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of the organism may also be an important antigen. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Nakashima K,Usui C,Koseki T,Nishihara T,Ishikawa I

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00