Agglutination of "Streptococcus milleri" by lectins.

abstract：:In a survey of 3302 people in an area of central Sweden, tinea versicolor was diagnosed in 0.5% of males and 0.3% of females; all those infected were adults. Tinea versicolor is much less common in Sweden than in the tropics. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hellgren L,Vincent J

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of three sulphonamides and trimethoprim against strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been studied. Sulphadiazine had most activity, sulphadimidine had little, and the activity of sulphamethoxazole was intermediate. According to their sensitivity to sulphamethoxazole, strains were divided into two grou...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Grey D,Hamilton-Miller JM

更新日期：1977-08-01 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

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：PURPOSE:Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is of increasing global concern, threatening to undermine recent progress in reducing child and neonatal mortality. Repurposing older antimicrobials is a prominent strategy to combat multidrug-resistant sepsis. A potential agent is fosfomycin, however, there is scarce data regardi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Williams PCM,Waichungo J,Gordon NC,Sharland M,Murunga S,Kamau A,Berkley JA

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight isolates of Shigella sonnei from three outbreaks in school children and eight control isolates from epidemiologically unrelated sporadic clinical infections in Taiwan were compared by antibiotic susceptibility testing and molecular typing. Antibiotic susceptibility testing showed that all strains except on...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lee TM,Chang LL,Chang CY,Wang JC,Pan TM,Wang TK,Chang SF

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：:Strains of Staphylococcus aureus resistant to gentamicin and methicillin first appeared in Dublin hospitals in 1976, and rapidly became widely disseminated. The number of patients infected or colonised increased throughout the period of study, especially in 1979 and 1980. Most isolates were from burns, surgical wounds...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Cafferkey MT,Hone R,Falkiner FR,Keane CT,Pomeroy H

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serology remains the mainstay for diagnosis of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. This study compared two automated platforms (BioPlex 2200 and Architect i2000SR) to test three EBV serological markers: viral capsid antigen (VCA) immunoglobulins of class M (IgM), VCA immunoglobulins of class G (IgG) and EBV nuclear an...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Al Sidairi H,Binkhamis K,Jackson C,Roberts C,Heinstein C,MacDonald J,Needle R,Hatchette TF,LeBlanc JJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of five species of Bacteroides in four anaerobic culture media was continuously monitored turbidimetrically. Interspecies differences were observed in the growth of Bacteroides spp. in the various media, but growth in Brain Heart Infusion broth supplemented with yeast extract, haemin and menadione, was cons...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Eley A,Greenwood D,O'Grady F

更新日期：1985-04-01 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：:This prospective study investigated whether oral candidal carriage in HIV-infected patients was altered by pentamidine therapy. Repeated oral rinses were taken from 56 HIV-positive patients over a 2-year period. Oral candidal carriage was investigated in two groups of patients, one receiving prophylactic pentamidine t...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Nolan A,Lamey PJ,MacFarlane TW,Aitchison TC,Shaw J,Sirel JY

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

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：:Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC), a highly heterogeneous pathotype of E. coli classified as typical and atypical, are an emerging cause of acute and persistent diarrhea. We aimed to investigate whether population living in rural geographic areas, impacts in the heterogeneity, dissemination and antimicrobial s...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Guerrieri CG,Monfardini MV,Silva EA,Bueno de Freitas L,Schuenck RP,Spano LC

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:The move towards pathology networks and hub-and-spoke models of medical laboratory service provision has significantly changed the flow of samples, and the impact of results on patients, over recent years. At the same time advances in technology, including rapid, simple to use molecular platforms, are changing the way...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rabinowicz S,O'Hare M,Moore LSP,Mughal N

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following characterisation by phenotypic tests and amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA), 50 tetracycline-resistant (MIC > or = 16 mg/L) Acinetobacter strains from clinical (n = 35) and aquatic (n = 15) samples were analysed by PCR for tetracycline resistance (Tet) determinants of classes A-E. All the c...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Guardabassi L,Dijkshoorn L,Collard JM,Olsen JE,Dalsgaard A

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：:Electronmicrographs of sections show that the L-phases of Bacillus licheniformis var. endoparasiticus (Benedek) simulate the various types of micro-organism described by previous workers as associated with ostensibly noninfective conditions, notably cancer and arthritis; e.g., mycoplasmas, mycobacteria, corynebacteria...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bisset KA,Tallack J,Bartlett R

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An affinity procedure with purified, biotinylated human transferrin and streptavidin-agarose was used to identify the transferrin-binding proteins in strains of Haemophilus influenzae. Proteins of 58 and 98 Kda were isolated from total membranes prepared from iron-deficient but not iron-sufficient H. influenzae KC548 ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Schryvers AB

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to assess the biotope of the Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii species complex from Ivory Coast, and clarify the possible epidemiological relationship between environmental and clinical strains. METHODOLOGY:Samples from Eucalyptus camaldulensis (n=136), Mangifera indica (n=1...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kassi FK,Bellet V,Drakulovski P,Krasteva D,Roger F,Valérie BA,Aboubakar T,Doumbia A,Kouakou GA,Delaporte E,Reynes J,Yavo W,Menan HIE,Bertout S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is a leading aetiologic agent of nosocomial- and community-acquired infectious diseases worldwide. The public health concern regarding staphylococcal infections is inflated by the increasing occurrence of multidrug-resistant strains, e.g. multidrug- and meticillin-resistant S.aureus (MDR MRSA). T...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sarkar P,Acharyya S,Banerjee A,Patra A,Thankamani K,Koley H,Bag PK

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ELISA technique was shown to be group-specific for the detection of IgM antibodies against coxsackie B viruses, and probably against a wider range of enteroviruses. No evidence was obtained that recent coxsackie B-virus infection predisposes to myocardial infarction. ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hannington G,Booth JC,Bowes RJ,Stern H

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coccidioidal pericarditis is a condition found in approximately 1-5% of patients infected by Coccidioides species. It is associated with widely diverse clinical symptoms. This paper reports a case of coccidioidal pericarditis diagnosed by an in-house Coccidioides posadasii antigen and confirmed with mycological and mo...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Brilhante RSN,Cordeiro RA,Rocha MFG,Fechine MAB,Furtado FM,Nagao-Dias AT,Camargo ZP,Sidrim JJC

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:In Mexico, there is a lack of up-to-date published data that show viruses to be the main cause of acute respiratory infection (ARI). The objective of this study was to estimate the comparative viral frequency between children under the age of 5 years with and without ARI (n = 179 in each group) in a suburban community...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Manjarrez ME,Rosete DP,Rincón M,Villalba J,Cravioto A,Cabrera R

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 28 isolates of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 (10 from diarrhoeal patients and 18 from environmental sources) examined for haemolytic activity and its correlation, if any, with enterotoxic activity, 24 showed haemolysis. The four non-haemolytic isolates showed haemolysis after consecutive passages through rabbit ileal loop...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Singh DV,Shukla BN,Sanyal SC

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：:Bifidobacteria are dominant in the gut of full-term infants, although colonisation by them is often delayed in preterm neonates. Bifidobacteria are recognised to have beneficial effects on digestive disorders and they might prevent neonatal necrotising enterocolitis (NEC), a gastrointestinal disease that predominantly...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Catala I,Butel MJ,Bensaada M,Popot F,Tessedre AC,Rimbault A,Szylit O

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to develop novel host/pathogen real-time PCR assays for routine diagnostic use, early gene expression patterns from both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and Raji cells were examined after inducing the lytic life cycle using 12-O-tetradecanoyl-13-phorbol ester and sodium butyrate. Real-time PCR identified several hig...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Auburn H,Zuckerman M,Smith M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00