Motility of enterococci isolated from the urinary tract and from other sources.

abstract：:Immunoblotting sera from cases of Streptococcus mutans or S. sobrinus endocarditis against an extract from S. sobrinus strain MUCOB 263 had identified three immunodominant antigenic bands at 190, 200 and 220 kDa. A lambda ZAPII DNA library was produced from the sheared genomic DNA of S. sobrinus MUCOB 263 and six iden...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Brooks W,Burnie JP

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that the intestinal microbiota is essential for the pathogenicity but not for the multiplication of Giardia duodenalis in the intestinal lumen. The microbial components responsible for this phenomenon are not known. Twenty-eight facultative and three strictly anaerobic micro-organisms were is...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Torres MF,Uetanabaro APT,Costa AF,Alves CA,Farias LM,Bambirra EA,Penna FJ,Vieira EC,Nicoli JR

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection by antibody-based testing allows for some recently infected individuals to be falsely assessed as non-infected. Since such individuals often have high viral loads and are capable of transmitting HIV, it is an imperative public health need to identify these indi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ren A,Louie B,Rauch L,Castro L,Liska S,Klausner JD,Pandori MW

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prevalence of cervical Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes in Iran for the first time and their association with three clinical symptoms/signs, i.e. abnormal vaginal discharge, lower abdominal pain (LAP) and swab-induced bleeding, and patient age, 620 cervical specimens were obtained from women with sympt...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Beni BT,Motamedi H,Ardakani MR

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of Escherichia coli strains to 80% normal human serum (NHS) and the relative importance of the classical and alternative complement pathways was assessed in relation to K1, K5, and O antigen carriage. Strains of each of the common O-serogroups, O1, O2, O4, O6, O7, O9, O18 and O75, smooth strains not ty...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Devine DA,Roberts AP

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:The advent of next-generation sequencing technology has revolutionized the field of prokaryotic genetics and genomics by allowing interrogation of entire genomes, transcriptomes and global transcription factor binding profiles. As more studies employing these techniques have been performed, the state of the art regard...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Valli RXE,Lyng M,Kirkpatrick CL

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic mice were significantly more susceptible than normal mice to bladder infection with Enterobacter cloacae or Serratia marcescens but not to intraperitoneal infection. Normal urine inhibited the growth of E. cloacae and S. marcescens, whereas urine from diabetic mice permitted multiplication. The addition of ur...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Obana Y,Nishino T

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rectal mucosa-associated flora (MAF) of patients with ulcerative colitis has been studied in 25 patients with newly diagnosed disease, 20 with relapse of existing disease, and 44 who were in remission. Patients with active disease were re-examined twice during treatment. The MAF was simpler and less dense than the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hartley MG,Hudson MJ,Swarbrick ET,Hill MJ,Gent AE,Hellier MD,Grace RH

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of rabbits to clear an intraperitoneal injection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the presence or absence of a surgically implanted peritoneal device was investigated. Sham-operated rabbits without an implant eliminated a P. aeruginosa challenge of 5 x 10(6) cfu/ml; lavage fluid and peritoneal tissues became c...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ward KH,Olson ME,Lam K,Costerton JW

更新日期：1992-06-01 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：:Intravenous injection of eight human strains of Campylobacter fetus ss fetus and Campylobacter jejuni into mice at various stages of pregnancy demonstrated significant strain differences in ability to affect implantation of the fertilised ovum and to cause resorption of the mouse fetus. Implantation was significantly ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： O'Sullivan AM,Doré CJ,Coid CR

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In tests of bactericidal action against H. influenzae type b strains isolated from patients with meningitis, chloramphenicol was found to be far more reliable than ampicillin in dealing with large inocula, and more rapidly effective against both large and relatively small inocula. These findings provide a laboratory e...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Turk DC

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eubacterial population was studied in faecal samples of related and unrelated children. Temporal temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TTGE) provided a snapshot of the bacterial population and allowed calculation of the degree of similarity in the predominant faecal microflora of identical twin pairs, fraterna...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Stewart JA,Chadwick VS,Murray A

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：:The purpose of this review is to discuss the scientific literature on waterborne healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) published from 1990 to 2012. The review focuses on aquatic bacteria and describes both outbreaks and single cases in relation to patient characteristics, the settings and contaminated sources. An o...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ferranti G,Marchesi I,Favale M,Borella P,Bargellini A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A collection of 198 clinical isolates of strains belonging to the tribe Proteeae was examined for haemolytic activity on blood agar and in Brain Heart Infusion Broth. The strains were of diverse bacteriocin and O-antigenic types and from a wide variety of sources. They included representatives of all species of Morgan...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Senior BW,Hughes C

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular typing is an important tool for control and prevention of infection. A suitable molecular typing method for epidemiological investigation must be easy to perform, highly reproducible, inexpensive, rapid and easy to interpret. In this study, two molecular typing methods including the conventional PCR-sequenci...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Fasihi Y,Fooladi S,Mohammadi MA,Emaneini M,Kalantar-Neyestanaki D

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactulose exerts a beneficial effect on hepatic encephalopathy by decreasing toxic short-chain (iC4-nC6) fatty acid (isobutyrate, butyrate, isovalerate, valerate, isocaproate and caproate) production. However, the precise mechanism by which lactulose exerts this effect remains uncertain. This study investigated the ef...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ito Y,Moriwaki H,Muto Y,Kato N,Watanabe K,Ueno K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis has recently become an increasingly common cause of central nervous system infection. The invasion of bacteria within the subarachnoid space stimulates the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, triggering a host immune response. The aim of the present study was to evalu...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Barichello T,Simões LR,Valvassori SS,Generoso JS,Aveline PEDV,Dominguini D,Elias SG,Vilela MC,Quevedo J,Teixeira AL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old pregnant woman was admitted to hospital with signs of sepsis and threatened pre-term labour. The premature neonate also showed signs of sepsis. Haemophilus influenzae biotype III was cultured from a midstream urine sample taken from the mother, maternal placental swabs and neonatal blood cultures. The pl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Warren S,Tristram S,Bradbury RS

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：PURPOSE:Staphylococcus epidermidis is the predominant contaminant of platelet concentrates (PCs), a blood product used to treat patients with platelet deficiencies. This microorganism is able to form surface-attached aggregates (biofilms) in human skin. Herein, the abundance of S. epidermidis biofilm-producers in conta...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Taha M,Kohnen C,Mallya S,Kou Y,Zapata A,Ramirez-Arcos S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis results in tubal factor infertility in some women. Diagnosis of this tubal infertility is difficult and typically involves laparoscopy or hysterosalpingography to detect the tubal blockages. Numerous serological tests have been developed; however, they are presently not used for diagnosis without...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Menon S,Stansfield SH,Logan B,Hocking JS,Timms P,Rombauts L,Allan JA,Huston WM

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsporum canis is the most common species isolated from canine and feline dermatophytosis in the world. However, this study reports a rare case of canine dermatophytosis caused by the anthropophilic dermatophyte Trichophyton tonsurans in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. The fungal characterization was performe...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Brilhante RSN,Cordeiro RA,Gomes JMF,Sidrim JJC,Rocha MFG

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new 1,8-naphthyridine quinolone antimicrobial, PD131628, was found to be as, or more active than ciprofloxacin or ofloxacin against Escherichia coli and considerably more active than the two 4-quinolone agents against staphylococci in terms of both MIC and OBC (the optimum bactericidal concentration, at which the ra...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lewin CS

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence and genotype of Shiga-like toxins (SLTs) in Escherichia coli (O)157 strains from patients in Germany with haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) were investigated. This was done by PCR amplification of the B-subunit genes with two primer pairs--one complementary to slt-IB, and the other homologous to both sl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rüssmann H,Schmidt H,Heesemann J,Caprioli A,Karch H

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：:The recently-introduced semi-automated bacterial identification system, the Quantum II BID, is designed to identify fermentative and non-fermentative gram-negative bacilli in 4-5 h. The system was evaluated independently by the two participating laboratories. Inter-laboratory reproducibility was determined by testing ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Stevens M,Henrichsen C,Smith M

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly 1000 sera from children were tested by immunoelectro-osmophoresis against BK virus, and age-specific prevalence rates were estimated from birth until the age of 12 years. Declining rates during the first 12 months showed the waning of passive immunity, which at birth reflects the mother's immune status. The cha...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dei R,Marmo F,Corte D,Sampietro MG,Franceschini E,Urbano P

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00