Molecular detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in poor-quality cough specimens.

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：:Escherichia coli isolates (n=2629) were collected between 1996 and 2000 from 2100 Thai children less than 12 years of age with acute diarrhoea. Enterotoxigenic (ETEC), enteroinvasive (EIEC), Shiga-toxin-producing (STEC), enteropathogenic (EPEC) and enteroaggregative (EAEC) E. coli were identified by their virulence ma...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ratchtrachenchai OA,Subpasu S,Hayashi H,Ba-Thein W

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction.Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted pathogen with increasing resistance to first- and second-line antimicrobials. The 'near-patient test' ResistancePlus MG FleXible (SpeeDx) detects M. genitalium plus four macrolide resistance mutations (MRMs), facilitating same-day patient follow up.Hypothesi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Murray GL,Doyle M,Bodiyabadu K,Vodstrcil LA,Garland SM,Danielewski J,Machalek DA,McGuinness C,Plummer EL,De Petra V,Williamson DA,Bradshaw CS

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of alkaline phosphatase fusion methodology to identify Helicobacter pylori exported proteins enabled the identification of an open reading frame (ORF) encoding a highly immunogenic, previously uncharacterised exported protein. The predicted aminoacid sequence displays a typical N-terminal signal peptide and co...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Oliaro J,Johnson RD,Chen W,Chadwick VS,Murray A

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early diagnosis of leptospirosis is important because severe leptospiral infection can run a fulminant course. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was evaluated for the detection of leptospires in clinical samples from patients with acute leptospiral infection. Blood and urine samples from 71 patients with leptospiros...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Brown PD,Gravekamp C,Carrington DG,van de Kemp H,Hartskeerl RA,Edwards CN,Everard CO,Terpstra WJ,Levett PN

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a zoonotic pathogen that causes erysipelas in a variety of animals. In humans, in contrast to the cutaneous form called erysipeloid, which is an occupational disease and common in individuals who handle raw meat and fish, invasive systemic infections are unusual. E. rhusiopathiae expres...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Taguchi Y,Shiraiwa K,Ogawa Y,Oi T,Nakamura S,Okumura J,Shimoji Y

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) are a well-known cause of outbreaks of infantile diarrhoea associated with morbidity and mortality in England. The aim of this study was to provide an update on the microbiology and epidemiology of strains of EPEC in England between 2010 and 2012. A wide range of ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sakkejha H,Byrne L,Lawson AJ,Jenkins C

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bactericidal action of non-immune whole blood on Proteus mirabilis was increased when the bacteria contained the R-plasmid RP1. This effect was due mainly to increased phagocytosis. Iron-depleted stationary-phase cells were more sensitive than carbon-depleted cells. The contribution of serum was usually negligible...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Onaolapo JA,Klemperer RM

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tests with 140 strains representing Escherichia coli, Klebsiella aerogenes, K. ozaenae, Proteus mirabilis, P. vulgaris, P. rettgeri and P. morganii in a defined medium supplemented with 0-09M dimethylamine (DMA) and 0-1M potassium nitrate showed that at least 89% of the 136 strains able to reduce nitrates produced up ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Coloe PJ,Hayward NJ

更新日期：1976-05-01 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：:Members of the genus Actinomyces, Gram-positive, non-spore-forming anaerobic bacteria, are normal inhabitants of the mucosal surfaces of the oral, gastrointestinal and genital tracts. Identification of these bacteria using conventional methods is generally difficult because of their complex transport and growth requir...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kaya D,Demirezen Ş,Hasçelik G,Gülmez Kıvanç D,Beksaç MS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study evaluated the possible synergistic antimycobacterial interactions of Juniperus communis and Helichrysum italicum essential oils (EO). METHODS:Antimycobacterial potential was tested against Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare using broth and water dilution method and checker...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Peruč D,Tićac B,Abram M,Broznić D,Štifter S,Staver MM,Gobin I

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was conducted of the rapid FASTPlaque-Response test for determination of rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with and without the addition of an antimicrobial supplement containing nystatin, oxacillin and aztreonam (NOA) to control specimen-related contamination. A total of 631 smea...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mole R,Trollip A,Abrahams C,Bosman M,Albert H

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of quorum sensing in some phenotypic and pathogenic characteristics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was studied. The production of acylhomoserine lactones (AHL) by planktonic cultures of eight clinical and reference strains of P. aeruginosa was evaluated using two biosensors. The adhesion of the bacteria on...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Nagant C,Seil M,Nachtergael A,Dulanto S,Dehaye JP

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae expresses receptors for both lactoferrin (LF) and transferrin (TF). To determine whether qualitative or quantitative changes in these receptors, or both, correlate with the pattern of disease due to N. gonorrhoeae, a dot binding assay with whole cells was used to measure the absolute receptor lev...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lee BC,Bryan LE

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum opacity factor of Streptococcus suis (OFS) has recently been identified as a virulence determinant of an S. suis strain. In this study, we investigated the prevalence and variations of the ofs gene among 108 S. suis isolates from diseased and healthy pigs, and human patients. PCR screening and sequencing analysi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Takamatsu D,Osaki M,Tharavichitkul P,Takai S,Sekizaki T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antifungal effects of cinnamaldehyde, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamaldehyde (coniferyl aldehyde) and 3,5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxycinnamaldehyde (sinapaldehyde) were investigated against 65 strains of Candida (six standard, 39 fluconazole-sensitive and 20 fluconazole-resistant). MICs of cinnamaldehyde, coniferyl aldehyde an...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Shreaz S,Bhatia R,Khan N,Muralidhar S,Manzoor N,Khan LA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of six immunosuppressive agents on the occurrence of endogenous bacteraemia in mice was evaluated. The mortality rates in conventional ddY mice given cyclophosphamide (CY), fluorouracil (5-FU), methotrexate (MTX), cisplatin (CDDP) or FK-506 intraperitoneally, or dexamethasone (DXM) subcutaneously were 70...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hirakata Y,Furuya N,Matsumoto T,Tateda K,Yamaguchi K

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：:Fusarium spp. and other non-dermatophyte fungi are repeatedly isolated from abnormal nails. To investigate whether these fungi are the aetiological agents of infection or simply transient contaminants, a PCR/sequencing/RFLP assay was developed for direct and routine identification of the infecting fungi in onychomycos...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Monod M,Bontems O,Zaugg C,Léchenne B,Fratti M,Panizzon R

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel bunyavirus associated with fever, thrombocytopenia and leukopenia syndrome (FTLS) was discovered in Henan Province, China. Here, we report the development of an assay for this novel bunyavirus based on real-time reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR). The assay exhibited high sensitivity and specificity without cr...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Huang X,Liu L,Du Y,Ma H,Mu Y,Pengzhi Wang,Ma H,Tang X,Wang H,Kang K,Zhang S,Wu W,Chen H,Liu G,Yang Y,Yongqiangj,Jiang,Xu B,Chen W

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), a commonly used chemotherapeutic agent, often causes oral mucositis, an inflammation and ulceration of the oral mucosa. Micro-organisms in the oral cavity are thought to play an important role in the aggravation and severity of mucositis, but the mechanisms behind this remain unclear. Although 5...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Vanlancker E,Vanhoecke B,Smet R,Props R,Van de Wiele T

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice were vaccinated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona or hardjo, or with the polysaccharide (PS) fraction of the LPS, or with an immunoconjugate of PS and diphtheria toxoid (DT). Maximum agglutinin titres were found 6-10 weeks after vaccination with LPS or PS-DT conjugate; the l...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Midwinter A,Faine S,Adler B

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brachyspira pilosicoli is a potentially zoonotic anaerobic intestinal spirochaete that is one of several species causing avian intestinal spirochaetosis. The aim of this study was to develop a reproducible model of infection in point-of-lay chickens and compare the virulence of two strains of B. pilosicoli in a model ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mappley LJ,Tchórzewska MA,Nunez A,Woodward MJ,La Ragione RM

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter-like organisms, isolated from the gastric antrum of Rhesus monkeys, were compared with Campylobacter jejuni and C. pylori. They were similar to C. pylori by light microscopy, in ultrastructural morphology, in enzymic, fatty-acid-methyl-ester, and protein-profile analysis, and in antigenic reactivity with...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Newell DG,Hudson MJ,Baskerville A

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleic acid amplification techniques (NAATs) have been demonstrated to make significant improvements in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), particularly in the time to diagnosis and the diagnosis of smear-negative TB. The BD ProbeTec strand displacement amplification (SDA) system for the diagnosis of pulmonary and no...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： McHugh TD,Pope CF,Ling CL,Patel S,Billington OJ,Gosling RD,Lipman MC,Gillespie SH

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spondylodiscitis caused by Aggregatibacter aphrophilus, formerly known as Haemophilus paraphrophilus, is an unusual condition and can be very difficult to diagnose. We report a case of cervical spondylodiscitis complicated by spinal epidural abscess in a 63-year-old woman, without underlying predisposing conditions. T...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pasqualini L,Mencacci A,Scarponi AM,Leli C,Fabbriciani G,Callarelli L,Schillaci G,Bistoni F,Mannarino E

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CaNdt80p, the Candida albicans homologue of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae transcription factor ScNdt80p, has been identified as a positive regulator of CDR1, which encodes an efflux pump involved in drug resistance in C. albicans. To investigate the involvement of the putative DNA-binding domain of CaNdt80p in drug res...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wang JS,Yang YL,Wu CJ,Ouyang KJ,Tseng KY,Chen CG,Wang H,Lo HJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to desiccation and to skin fatty acids was measured in three groups of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains and a group of control strains. Organisms from a large outbreak on a special care baby unit (SCBU), where MRSA had been isolated from staff hands but not from the environment, we...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Farrington M,Brenwald N,Haines D,Walpole E

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the influence of normal associated microbiota on systemic immunological responses during experimental Chagas' disease, germ-free and conventional NIH Swiss mice were infected with Y strain of Trypanosoma cruzi. Although no statistical differences in mortality and parasitaemia were found, conventional mice sho...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Duarte R,Silva AM,Vieira LQ,Afonso LCC,Nicoli JR

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00