Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in a population of healthy Nigerian students.

abstract：:The aim of this work was to evaluate the effects of beneficial human vaginal lactobacilli (Lb) on urogenital pathogens through in vitro and in vivo experiments. Co-aggregative and antimicrobial properties between five vaginal Lb strains and urogenital pathogens or potential pathogens (Streptococcus agalactiae, Staphyl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： De Gregorio PR,Tomás MSJ,Terraf MCL,Nader-Macías MEF

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three strains of Plesiomonas shigelloides isolated from patients with diarrhoea were agglutinated with Shigella flexneri 6 antiserum in slide and tube tests. All the strains were also agglutinated with a monoclonal antibody to the common group 1 antigen shared between S. flexneri serotypes and S. dysenteriae type 1. F...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Albert MJ,Ansaruzzaman M,Qadri F,Hossain A,Kibriya AK,Haider K,Nahar S,Faruque SM,Alam AN

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Strains of type emm89 Streptococcus pyogenes have recently increased in frequency as a cause of human infections in several countries in Europe and North America. This increase has been molecular epidemiologically linked with the emergence of a new genetically distinct clone, designated clade 3. We sought to ex...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Beres SB,Olsen RJ,Ojeda Saavedra M,Ure R,Reynolds A,Lindsay DSJ,Smith AJ,Musser JM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori is believed to trigger neutrophil activation through several factors, including the H. pylori neutrophil-activating protein (HpNAP). The aim of this study was to characterise the factors within H. pylori cell-free extracts that stimulate neutrophil activation. Neutrophil activation was found to be ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Leakey A,Hirst R,LA Brooy J

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most past studies of cross-infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in the UK suggest that it is a rare occurrence. However, two recent reports of highly transmissible strains in patients in regional centres in England (Liverpool and Manchester) have raised questions as to the extent o...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Scott FW,Pitt TL

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:To gain insight into the value of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) core determinants for cross-protective immunisation the serological relationships between six complete (LPS) core types from Enterobacteriaceae were investigated. Hyperimmune sera were raised in mice by repeated immunisation with heat-killed strains of Salmone...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Nnalue NA,Khan GN,Mustafa N

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-reactivity in a delayed-type hypersensitivity (DH) response was studied in mice immunised with live Salmonella typhi, S. paratyphi A and S. paratyphi B. Extensive cross-reactions outside the serogroup limits were observed. The ability of DH cross-reacting and non-cross-reacting sonicates to generate activated ma...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Tiwari H,Kamat RS

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus strains were treated with ethylmethane sulphonate with the object of obtaining mutants that differed from the wild type in one of the properties that might contribute to virulence. Mutants with isolated loss or deficient production of gamma-haemolysin, coagulase, leucocidin and staphylokinase wer...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： van der Vijver JC,van Es-Boon MM,Michel MF

更新日期：1975-05-01 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：:A total of 2401 isolates of Haemophilus parainfluenzae was isolated from respiratory secretions of 36 healthy adults and 128 patients with chronic bronchitis over a period of 1 year. The isolates were allocated to eight biotypes, by their production of indole, urease and ornithine decarboxylase. Biotypes I and II cons...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Taylor DC,Cripps AW,Clancy RL,Murree-Allen K,Hensley MJ,Saunders NA,Sutherland DC

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was unexpectedly isolated from a pig used for streptozotocin-induced diabetes research. To investigate the possible source of the MRSA isolate, nasal swabs were obtained from the animal herd, and from animal holding rooms, and veterinary and research staff involved in ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sergio DMB,Koh TH,Hsu LY,Ogden BE,Goh ALH,Chow PKH

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplasma phagocytophilum, an agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis, infects neutrophils and causes an emerging tickborne febrile disease. The genome of this bacterium contains a large number of p44/msp2-related genes encoding 44 kDa major outer-membrane proteins, and it is known that a specific p44/msp2 gene is pr...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wuritu,Ozawa Y,Gaowa,Kawamori F,Masuda T,Masuzawa T,Fujita H,Ohashi N

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), a neglected tropical disease, is reported to be prevalent in tribal villages located in the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve forests of Western Ghats, Kerala state, India. We carried out an investigation to characterize the species of Leishmania parasites involved in these infections preval...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kumar NP,Srinivasan R,Anish TS,Nandakumar G,Jambulingam P

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The family Adenoviridae consists of five genera of which the genus Mastadenovirus includes human viruses classified into 57 serotypes clustered into seven subgroups (A-G). Serotypes 40 and 41 (subgroup F) are specifically associated with childhood gastroenteritis and are the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Arcangeletti MC,Germini D,Martorana D,Rodighiero I,De Conto F,Medici MC,Chezzi C,Calderaro A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 63 Aeromonas strains isolated from diarrhoeal faeces or water samples were tested for adhesion to HEp-2 cells. An association between diarrhoea and high level adhesion was observed in that 12 of the 34 faecal isolates and none of the 29 environmental isolates yielded greater than 20 bacteria per HEp-2 cell ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Carrello A,Silburn KA,Budden JR,Chang BJ

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 95 isolates, belonging to 33 species of five dermatophyte genera, i.e. Arthroderma (15 species), Chrysosporium (two), Epidermophyton (one), Microsporum (three) and Trichophyton (12), were studied using internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2)-PCR-RFLP analysis (ITS2-RFLP), consisting of amplification of the ITS...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： De Baere T,Summerbell R,Theelen B,Boekhout T,Vaneechoutte M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were performed to determine whether a modern flow cytometer could be used to study bacterial populations in suspension, with particular reference to their morphological characteristics and their responses to antibiotics. The FACScan, a commercial benchtop flow cytometer fitted with an air-cooled laser, des...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Gant VA,Warnes G,Phillips I,Savidge GF

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the adhesion of bacteriocin-producing probiotic strains of Lactobacillus plantarum onto extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins such as collagen and mucin and their potential to prevent pathogen invasion onto the ECM was ascertained. Fluorescence-based in vitro assays indicated that L. plantarum stra...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mukherjee S,Ramesh A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to develop a model for the study of gastric spiral bacteria, and based on the observation that Wistar rats do not carry urease-positive spiral bacteria in their gastric mucosa, mucus from a pig naturally colonised by 'Gastrospirillum suis' (an organism with I6S rDNA 99.5% similar to that of 'G. hominis' type ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mendes EN,Queiroz DM,Coimbra RS,Moura SB,Barbosa AJ,Rocha GA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the colonization status of Clostridium difficile in healthy individuals. In total, 139 healthy adults from two study groups were examined at intervals of 3 months. Among the 18 positive subjects, the number of subjects from whom C. difficile was isolated once, twice, thr...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ozaki E,Kato H,Kita H,Karasawa T,Maegawa T,Koino Y,Matsumoto K,Takada T,Nomoto K,Tanaka R,Nakamura S

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ethyleneglycoltetra-acetic acid (EGTA) and EGTA + magnesium (MgEGTA) on the viable counts of 10 strains of Escherichia coli O6 have been studied in normal human serum (NHS), heat-inactivated serum (HIS) and in culture media with and without the addition of a beta-lactam antibiotic. The addition of EGTA ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Roberts AP,Phillips R

更新日期：1981-05-01 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：:This study attempted to determine whether cefuroxime was superior to cephalothin as a surrogate marker for cefpodoxime among urinary tract isolates. The MicroScan system (Siemens) was used to determine susceptibility for cephalothin and cefuroxime on consecutive cultures with a colony count of ≥50 000 organisms. Simul...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bookstaver DA,Bland CM,Woodberry MW,Mansell KB

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of cefotaxime, ciprofloxacin, piperacillin and tobramycin to cause release of endotoxin was examined in vitro with cultures of Enterobacter cloacae and Escherichia coli. Endotoxin was measured by a quantitative limulus amoebocyte lysate assay and its presence was confirmed by silver staining of the lipopol...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Crosby HA,Bion JF,Penn CW,Elliott TS

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to characterize cell damage caused by vaginal Candida albicans isolates from women with different symptomatologies. It was evaluated 12 clinical isolates of C. albicans from vaginal samples: 4 from asymptomatic women (AS), 4 from women with a single episode of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) and...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Faria DR,Sakita KM,Akimoto-Gunther LS,Kioshima ÉS,Svidzinski TIE,Bonfim-Mendonça PS

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans has a predilection for the central nervous system (CNS), resulting in devastating meningoencephalitis. At present, it is unclear how C. neoformans traverses the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and causes CNS infection. The present study has examined and characterized the interacti...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chen SHM,Stins MF,Huang SH,Chen YH,Kwon-Chung KJ,Chang Y,Kim KS,Suzuki K,Jong AY

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In-vitro proteinase production by oral Candida albicans isolates from patients with and without HIV infection (18 isolates from each group) was assessed by image analysis of a plate assay, with bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a substrate. The effect of sub-minimal inhibitory concentrations (sub-MICs) of nystatin, amphot...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wu T,Samaranayake LP,Cao BY,Wang J

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：: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