The role of HSV-induced Fc- and C3b (i)-receptors in bacterial adherence.

abstract：PURPOSE:Pertussis remains a public health concern in most countries. Our study aimed to prospectively explore the epidemiology of pertussis in the Tunis area of Tunisia between 2007 and 2016, and to characterize the virulence-associated genes of the collected Bordetella pertussis isolates. METHODOLOGY:Infants and chil...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ben Fraj I,Kechrid A,Guillot S,Bouchez V,Brisse S,Guiso N,Smaoui H

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active efflux has an important role in the antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. The effects of two putative efflux pump inhibitors (EPIs), phenylalanine-arginine β-naphthylamide and 1-(1-naphthylmethyl)-piperazine, and the effects of inactivation of the cmeB,cmeF and cmeR genes on r...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mavri A,Smole Možina S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is an important nutritional requirement for bacteria due to its conserved role in many essential metabolic processes. As a consequence of the lack of freely available iron in the mammalian host, bacteria upregulate a range of virulence factors during infection. Transcriptional analysis of Francisella tularensis s...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Milne TS,Michell SL,Diaper H,Wikström P,Svensson K,Oyston PCF,Titball RW

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：: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：:Rhodococcus equi is an opportunistic human pathogen associated with immunosuppressed people. While the interaction of R. equi with macrophages has been comprehensively studied, little is known about its interactions with non-phagocytic cells. Here, we characterized the entry process of this bacterium into human lung e...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Remuzgo-Martínez S,Pilares-Ortega L,Álvarez-Rodríguez L,Aranzamendi-Zaldunbide M,Padilla D,Icardo JM,Ramos-Vivas J

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichoderma longibrachiatum is an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of Trichoderma post-operative mediastinitis and peritonitis in a child with complex congenital cardiac disease and functional asplenia. The patient was treated unsuccessfully, initially with caspofungin alone followed b...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Santillan Salas CF,Joshi AY,Dhiman N,Banerjee R,Huskins WC,Wengenack NL,Henry NK

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:Production of beta-lactamase by 15 strains of Haemophilus influenzae has been investigated. All the strains produce a constitutive beta-lactamase, which readily hydrolyses penicillin G, ampicillin, and cephaloridine. The beta-lactamase produced by these strains is indistinguishable from the type-IIIa enzyme commonly f...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sykes RB,Matthew M,O'Callaghan CH

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of various energy sources and metabolic intermediates on the attachment of Treponema pallidum to baby rabbit genital organ (BRGO) cells in culture was examined. Pyruvate and glucose enhanced the motility of T. pallidum in vitro. Pyruvate increased significantly the attachment of treponemes to BRGO cells whe...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wong GH,Steiner BM

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heparin-binding properties of six different species of coagulase-negative staphylococci were examined by a particle agglutination assay. Heparin (mol. wt 4000-6000), mildly treated with sodium periodate, was covalently coupled to amino-modified latex beads (0.72 micron diameter). The particle agglutination assay w...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pascu C,Hirmo S,Ljungh A,Wadström T

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of the 10 species of the genus Bacteroides (sensu stricto) were extracted by the proteinase K method and their resolution compared by several methods of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). These included sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS)-PAGE with and without urea, polyacrylamide gradi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Maskell JP

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Streptococcus mutans to produce mutacins, combined with the production of other virulence factors such as lactic acid, may contribute to the pathogenesis of this bacterium. In the present study, the detection of genes encoding mutacin types I/III, II and IV was performed by PCR with specific primers to ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kamiya RU,Napimoga MH,Höfling JF,Gonçalves RB

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to evaluate the role of biofilm morphology, matrix content and surface hydrophobicity in the biofilm-forming capacity of Candida albicans and non-albicans Candida (NAC) spp. Biofilm formation was determined by microtitre plate assay and bright-field and scanning electron microscopy. The matrix ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kumari A,Mankotia S,Chaubey B,Luthra M,Singh R

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction of human polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNL) and influenza virus (IFV) was studied in vitro. At 0 degree C, the viral particles were bound extensively to the surface of the PMNL membrane with a ratio of about 1000 virus particles to a single PMNL. The binding was sensitive to neuraminidase, suggesting atta...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Yamamoto K,Suzuki K,Suzuki K,Mizuno S

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen participating in cell-mediated immunity was isolated from a sonic extract of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. The purified antigen had a mol. wt 150 000-200 000, based upon its Rf in 7.5% polyacrylamide gel in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate. In simple agarose gel electrophoresis it had an Rf of 0.85....

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hattikudur S,Kamat RS

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike their parent strains, zidovudine-resistant derivatives of Escherichia coli KL16 and Salmonella typhimurium NCTC 5710 were found to be incapable of incorporating radiolabelled thymidine into their chromosomal DNA. Since incorporation was still prevented in the presence of EDTA, resistance to zidovudine was not a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lewin CS,Allen RA,Amyes SG

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic characteristics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains isolated in 2004 and 2005 in Mozambique were assessed in this study to determine whether the pandemic clone of V. parahaemolyticus O3 : K6 and O4 : K68 serotypes has spread to Mozambique. Fifty-eight V. parahaemolyticus strains isolated from hospitalized d...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ansaruzzaman M,Chowdhury A,Bhuiyan NA,Sultana M,Safa A,Lucas M,von Seidlein L,Barreto A,Chaignat CL,Sack DA,Clemens JD,Nair GB,Choi SY,Jeon YS,Lee JH,Lee HR,Chun J,Kim DW

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans is routinely assessed by serological means. Here, the authors attempted to compare the response of different Toxoplasma strains to serological tests and to evaluate the antigenic profiles of the RH and RH Ankara (TRH) strains with Western blotting. Anti-Toxoplasma IgG antibodies o...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Delibas SB,Ertabaklar H,Ertug S

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:From May 2015 to March 2016, an outbreak due to Listeria monocytogenes serotype 1/2a and clinical pulsotype never previously isolated in Europe occurred in central Italy, involving 24 confirmed clinical cases. The article provides a description of the outbreak and the investigation carried out by a multidiscipl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Duranti A,Sabbatucci M,Blasi G,Acciari VA,Ancora M,Bella A,Busani L,Centorame P,Cammà C,Conti F,De Medici D,Di Domenico M,Di Marzio V,Filippini G,Fiore A,Fisichella S,Gattuso A,Gianfranceschi M,Graziani C,Guidi F,

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The global emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa poses a major threat in both hospital environments and the community. P. aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen, and it also infects a wide range of model organisms including the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Quorum sensing (QS) m...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ganesh PS,Rai RV

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrathecal synthesis of IgM and IgG antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi sonicate, to recombinant flagellin (41 kDa) and to a tryptic peptide of the flagellin (14-kDa fragment) was determined by ELISA in paired cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum samples from 35 patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) and in 10 p...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kaiser R,Rasiah C,Gassmann G,Vogt A,Lücking CH

更新日期：1993-10-01 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：:There have been several outbreaks of botulism among poultry and wild birds in Sweden in recent years. The National Veterinary Institute of Sweden (SVA) has identified botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT)/C1 or the mosaic BoNT/C1D using the mouse bioassay. This is believed to be the first report on the application of the Endope...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hedeland M,Moura H,Båverud V,Woolfitt AR,Bondesson U,Barr JR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Membrane fluidity to a large extent is governed by the presence of branched-chain fatty acids (BCFAs). Branched-chain α-keto acid dehydrogenase (BKD) is the key enzyme in BCFA synthesis. A Staphylococcus aureus BKD-deficient strain still produced substantial levels of BCFAs. Pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) with st...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Singh VK,Sirobhushanam S,Ring RP,Singh S,Gatto C,Wilkinson BJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 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 effect of CO2 on the growth of 31 strains of Candida albicans was studied in serum and in a defined medium containing urea, ammonium chloride, asparagine, glutamine or acetamide as the nitrogen source. CO2 10% enhanced the mycelial growth of all strains when the medium contained an appropriate constituent to media...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sims W

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni, when left on blood agar for prolonged periods, was found to survive better in air than under micro-aerobic conditions. After a period of 2-3 days in air, all strains of C. jejuni examined grew freely in air on subculture, and could be further subcultured apparently indefinitely in air. This adapt...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Jones DM,Sutcliffe EM,Rios R,Fox AJ,Curry A

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-one bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) specimens obtained from 26 HIV-infected, 45 non-HIV immunosuppressed and 10 immunocompetent patients with primary pulmonary diseases were analysed for the presence of Pneumocystis carinii by staining and by P. carinii 5S rDNA determined by PCR. P. carinii was observed by stainin...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Takahashi T,Goto M,Endo T,Nakamura T,Yusa N,Sato N,Iwamoto A

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial infection in patients who have undergone liver transplantation is a major complication of the procedure. Leuconostoc spp. are important pathogenic bacteria in individuals with poor immune function, especially transplant patients. In this report, we describe the case of a 45-year-old Asian male liver transpla...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Deng Y,Zhang Z,Xie Y,Xiao Y,Kang M,Fan H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00