A simple statistical approach that represents the frequency distribution of plasmids in clinical isolates of the enterobacteria.

abstract：:Bacterial invasion of host epithelial cells plays an important role in the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases; however, the interactions between subgingival species and the gingival crevice cells are not fully understood. This study determined the prevalence of a group of oral bacterial species on or in epithelial c...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Colombo AV,Silva CM,Haffajee A,Colombo APV

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody (AMI) and cell-mediated (CMI) immunity to rubella virus (RV) were evaluated in healthy adolescent males (n = 11) and females (n = 28) undergoing routine reimmunisation with RA27/3 strain RV as a component of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. Blood samples were collected just before and at 2, 4 and 10 weeks...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mitchell LA

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microtechnique of Galton et al. (1965) for the routine screening of blood samples for leptospiral antibodies was used to examine more than 8000 serum samples from animals that had aborted and from herds in which leptospiral antibodies had previously been demonstrated. The method gave consistently accurate results....

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lewis J

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of Acinetobacter baumannii are being reported worldwide, and they are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. These strains are considered to be the highest priority for the development of new antibacterial agents. Therefore, we aimed to develop an effective ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wintachai P,Naknaen A,Pomwised R,Voravuthikunchai SP,Smith DR

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：:Rickettsia rickettsii has limited adverse effects on its arthropod vector, but causes severe disease in man. To model differences in host-parasite interaction, R. rickettsii growth and protein expression were examined at temperatures reflective of host environment in the tick cell lines DALBE3 and IDE2, the human endo...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Policastro PF,Munderloh UG,Fischer ER,Hackstadt T

更新日期：1997-10-01 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：:The purpose of the present study was to analyse mutations in the gyrA and gyrB genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and define the possible correlation between these mutations and resistance to levofloxacin (LVX), moxifloxacin (MFX) and gatifloxacin (GAT), based on their MICs. One hundred and forty-two M. tuberculosis ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Nosova EY,Bukatina AA,Isaeva YD,Makarova MV,Galkina KY,Moroz AM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main components of oral malodour have been identified as volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs), including hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) and methyl mercaptan (CH(3)SH). The lactoperoxidase (LPO) system (consisting of LPO, glucose oxidase, glucose and thiocyanate) was previously shown to exhibit antimicrobial activities again...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Nakano M,Shin K,Wakabayashi H,Yamauchi K,Abe F,Hironaka S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formalin-killed cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain M-24 elicited an antibody-independent protective effect against P. aeruginosa infection in mice. The effect was observed as early as 6 h after administration and 100% protection was obtained by 48 h. The protective effect could not be attributed to the production ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Fujimura T,Suzuki T,Mitsuyama M,Saito H,Nomoto K

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a one-year period, 258 isolates of Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli were obtained from children with gastroenteritis or bacteraemia at the Red Cross Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. These isolates were biotyped by hippurate hydrolysis, H2S production and tolerance to 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chlo...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lastovica AJ,Le Roux E,Congi RV,Penner JL

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter fetus causes severe infections in humans and can be isolated from various mammals and reptiles. However, although poultry are considered to be the main reservoir of Campylobacter jejuni, little is known about the presence of C. fetus in poultry. Thus, specific pathogen-free chickens were experimentally i...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kempf I,Dufour-Gesbert F,Hellard G,Prouzet-Mauléon V,Mégraud F

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteroides gracilis is a gram-negative anaerobic bacillus which requires formate and fumarate for growth; it has been implicated in periodontal disease and serious infections of the head and neck. In this study, Bacteroides ureolyticus (NTU) medium was tested for its ability to allow the growth of B. gracilis and oth...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wade WG,Bishop PA,Slayne MA

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal absorption of arbutin (p-hydroxyphenyl-beta-glucoside), a non-metabolised analogue of d-glucose, and net flux of water out of the small intestinal lumen were found to be decreased in vitro in rats fed with Candida albicans. In rats on a protein-deficient diet and fed C. albicans there was net secretion of w...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Burke V,Gracey M

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic alternatives available for use against ciprofloxacin-resistant enteric fever isolates in an endemic area are limited. The antibiotics currently available are the quinolones, third-generation cephalosporins and conventional first-line drugs. In this study, the MICs of various newer drugs were determined...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Capoor MR,Rawat D,Nair D,Hasan AS,Deb M,Aggarwal P,Pillai P

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-three Staphylococcus aureus strains (40 from clinical sources and 23 from food sources) were examined for toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) using PCR, phage typed using the international phage set (IPS) and tested for their susceptibility to antibiotics. Only three strains (all from clinical sources) were po...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： El-Ghodban A,Ghenghesh KS,Márialigeti K,Esahli H,Tawil A

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to determine whether diazepam could induce the multiple antibiotic resistance (Mar) phenotype in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli strains. The Mar phenotype is characterized by decreased susceptibility to multiple antibiotics due to the loss of porins and/or increased expression of a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Tavío MM,Vila J,Perilli M,Casañas LT,Maciá L,Amicosante G,Jiménez de Anta MT

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Leptospira interrogans serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae strains have been described as causing disease in both humans and animals and as being present worldwide. Icterohaemorrhagiae and Copenhageni serovars are known to cause severe disease in their hosts, and zoonotic outbreaks have been described. The genetic si...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Jaeger LH,Pestana CP,Carvalho-Costa FA,Medeiros MA,Lilenbaum W

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 36 Escherichia coli and 31 enterococci isolates were recovered from 42 common buzzard faecal samples. The E. coli isolates showed high levels of resistance to streptomycin and tetracycline. The following resistance genes were detected: bla(TEM) (20 of 22 ampicillin-resistant isolates), tet(A) and/or tet(B) ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Radhouani H,Poeta P,Gonçalves A,Pacheco R,Sargo R,Igrejas G

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood cultures are sometimes obtained from intravascular catheters for convenience. However, there is controversy regarding this practice. The authors compared the diagnostic test characteristics of blood cultures obtained from intravascular catheters and peripheral veins. Relevant studies for inclusion in this review...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Falagas ME,Kazantzi MS,Bliziotis IA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Comparative genomic analysis of strains may help us to better understand the wide diversity of their genetic profiles. The aim of this study was to analyse the genomic features of the resistome and virulome of Brazilian first methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates and their relationship to ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： de Carvalho SP,de Almeida JB,de Freitas LM,Guimarães AMS,do Nascimento NC,Dos Santos AP,Campos GB,Messick JB,Timenetsky J,Marques LM

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbiota of the human oropharynx plays an important role in health through involvement in the aetiology of infection and the carriage of adventitious pathogens. Despite this, there are few models available for the preclinical assessment of novel antimicrobials directed to the human throat. We have profiled bacte...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Humphreys GJ,McBain AJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of various haem- and non-haem-iron-containing compounds to support the growth of iron-limited cultures of Haemophilus ducreyi was assessed in a plate bioassay. Only haemin or the haem-containing proteins, bovine haemoglobin, human haemoglobin and bovine catalase, but not equine cytochrome C111, were capabl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lee BC

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic diversity between major meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) lineages was probed using fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (FAFLP) as a random genome sampling tool. Genomic DNA was digested with endonucleases BglII and Csp6I and a subset of the restricted fragments were amplifie...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Desai D,Ellington MJ,Arnold C,Desai M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iliopsoas abscess is usually secondary to the spread of infection from a contiguous focus. Primary disease is uncommon, except in children where Staphylococcus aureus is the main pathogen. We report a 60-year-old woman who developed a primary iliopsoas abscess as a result of haematogenous spread of Capnocytophaga sput...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chan JFW,Wong SSY,Leung SSM,Li IWS,To KKW,Cheng VCC,Yuen KY

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces multiple virulence factors and causes different types of infections. Previous clinical studies identified P. aeruginosa isolates that lack individual virulence factors. However, the impact of losing several virulence factors simultaneously on the in vivo virulence of P. aeruginosa is no...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Schaber JA,Carty NL,McDonald NA,Graham ED,Cheluvappa R,Griswold JA,Hamood AN

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single-copy gene, designated TruMDR2, encoding an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter was cloned and sequenced from the dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum. The ORF of TruMDR2 was 4048 nt and the deduced amino acid sequence showed high homology with ABC transporters involved in drug efflux in other fungi. The encode...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Fachin AL,Ferreira-Nozawa MS,Maccheroni W,Martinez-Rossi NM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 178 strains of Escherichia coli, highly resistant to trimethoprim, isolated from hospital patients and patients in the community between 1979 and 1983, was examined for the presence of Tn7 on a plasmid or on the chromosome only, by transposition to RP4 and restriction endonuclease digestion with Hind III. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kraft CA,Timbury MC,Platt DJ

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large molecular-weight fraction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa culture filtrate protected rats and mice against a lethal infection with a heterologous serotype, and to some extent against Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes. The active components were obtained from cultures grown for several days in a simple synt...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kostiala AA

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The last few years have seen the emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative infections, which are associated with high morbidity and mortality. The indiscriminate use of colistin has led to the development of resistance, which can be diagnosed effectively by broth microdilution. Studies from Ind...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kaza P,Mahindroo J,Veeraraghavan B,Mavuduru RS,Mohan B,Taneja N

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00