Antigenic evaluation of Mycobacterium lepraemurium.

abstract：:The Pro-Pro-Glu (PPE) protein family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis includes 69 glycine-rich proteins with a conserved N-terminal domain. Their role in tuberculosis is unknown, but it has been speculated that they may have an important immunological significance. In this investigation, the immunogenicity of the ppe44 (...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bonanni D,Rindi L,Lari N,Garzelli C

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Urinary tract infection (UTI) can be community-acquired (Com-UTI) or catheter-associated (CAUTI) and may be associated with biofilm-producing organisms. A comparative analysis of biofilm-producing property (BPP), antibiotic-sensitivity and multi-drug resistance (MDR) and their relation with the BPP of isolates ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bardoloi V,Yogeesha Babu KV

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The resistance of Balamuthia mandrillaris to physical, chemical and radiological conditions was tested. Following treatments, viability was determined by culturing amoebae on human brain microvascular endothelial cells for up to 12 days. B. mandrillaris cysts were resistant to repeated freeze-thawing (five times), tem...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Siddiqui R,Ortega-Rivas A,Khan NA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An evaluation of five ELISA methods for the diagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis was undertaken by comparing a laboratory-produced ELISA employing two recombinant Toxoplasma gondii polypeptides as antigen with a laboratory-produced ELISA and three commercially available ELISAs employing traditional parasite antigen prepar...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Johnson AM,Roberts H,Tenter AM

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterially-driven mucosal inflammation and the development of periimplantitis can lead to oral implant failure. In this study, initial bacterial adhesion after 2 h, and biofilm formation after 1 day and 3 days, were analysed in situ on novel 3 mol % yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal samples, as well a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Al-Ahmad A,Karygianni L,Schulze Wartenhorst M,Bächle M,Hellwig E,Follo M,Vach K,Han JS

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Staphylococcus aureus (M7) contains a transmissible element determining production of penicillinase, and resistance to cadmium ions, neomycin, streptomycin and kanamycin (CPNS). This element was transferred either in toto or in fragments at low frequency from strain M7. The fragment (NS) possesses features...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lacey RW

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 118 meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and 140 meticillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) isolates from different patients in the same time period were comprehensively searched using a multiplex PCR for the classical and recently described superantigenic toxin gene family comprising the staphylo...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hu DL,Omoe K,Inoue F,Kasai T,Yasujima M,Shinagawa K,Nakane A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A collection of Enterococcus faecalis strains from clinical isolates, healthy individuals and the environment was screened for the presence of virulence factor genes, such as those for collagen-binding protein (ace), endocarditis antigen (efaA), haemolysin activator (cylA), gelatinase (gelE), aggregation substances (a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Creti R,Imperi M,Bertuccini L,Fabretti F,Orefici G,Di Rosa R,Baldassarri L

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat was evaluated as an experimental model for disseminated candidosis by quantitating blood clearance and initial organ localisation of 3H-leucine-labelled Candida albicans after intravenous injection into the tail or portal vein. Viable or formalin-killed blastoconidia or viable blastoconidia with germ tubes wer...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Katz S,Grosfeld JL,Folkening WJ,Rosenthal RS,Merkel GJ

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-scale monitoring of resistance to 14 antimicrobial agents was performed using 103 Proteus mirabilis strains isolated from dogs in Japan. Resistant strains were analysed to identify their resistance mechanisms. Rates of resistance to chloramphenicol, streptomycin, enrofloxacin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, kana...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Harada K,Niina A,Shimizu T,Mukai Y,Kuwajima K,Miyamoto T,Kataoka Y

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:Epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus types 15 and 16 (EMRSA-15 and EMRSA-16) are the dominant types of MRSA found in UK hospitals, but accurate designation of strains has been difficult. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) profiles of seven core virulence genes were used to classify unambig...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Moore PCL,Lindsay JA

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate susceptibility results on antibiotic-resistant bacteria are essential for proper treatment of infections. In this study, 100 metallo-β-lactamase (MBL)-producing strains and 95 isolates with Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) were tested for carbapenem susceptibility using two automated platforms, the P...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sun J,Xu Y,Yu Y,Ni Y

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter trogontum is a micro-aerophilic urease-positive bacterium that has recently been isolated from the intestinal mucosa of rats. The purpose of this investigation was to study the ultrastructural details of this micro-organism in both pure culture and in the gastrointestinal tract of germ-free mice infected ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Moura SB,Mendes EN,Queiroz DM,Camargos ER,Evangelina M,Fonseca F,Rocha GA,Nicoli JR

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early detection of aetiological agents is pivotal for adequate therapy for bacterial infections. Although culture is still considered the mainstay for laboratory diagnosis, it often lacks sensitivity, especially in patients already treated with antibiotics. The present study investigated the potential clinical utility...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mencacci A,Leli C,Cardaccia A,Montagna P,Moretti A,Bietolini C,Meucci M,Perito S,Cenci E,Bistoni F

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction. Ocular microsporidiosis is a significant emerging infectious disease reported in immunocompromised patients and immunocompetent persons throughout the world.Aim. To identify the pathogens responsible for human keratitis, via corneal scrapings.Methodology. Thirty-three hospitalized patients with epithelia...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sanpool O,Thanathanee O,Laummuanwai P,Maleewong W,Intapan PM

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A collection of 201 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus was examined: 152 methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) comprised 48 blood culture isolates (BC) and 58 isolates from routine diagnostic specimens (RD) from Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI), and 46 strains from nasal swabs of patients attending a general practitioner...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Coia JE,Browning L,Haines L,Birkbeck TH,Platt DJ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella sonnei infection in industrialized countries is often associated with foreign travel. A total of 195 S. sonnei isolates in Japan, isolated from cases associated with foreign travel, were analysed by biotyping and molecular typing using PFGE and multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA); their a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Izumiya H,Tada Y,Ito K,Morita-Ishihara T,Ohnishi M,Terajima J,Watanabe H

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：:Inhibitors of trophozoite motility and phagocytosis were used to investigate the mechanism of Naegleria fowleri cytopathogenicity in mouse-embryo (ME)-cell cultures. Amoebae that were immobilised and agglutinated by specific antiserum exhibited no cytopathic activity, although they remained alive and were in constant ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Brown T

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The locus responsible for mucoid colony morphology in five independent clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cystic fibrosis patients have been transferred by means of pM060-mediated conjugation to the genetically characterised strain P. aeruginosa PAO. Genetic mapping has shown that in all five strains the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： MacGeorge J,Korolik V,Morgan AF,Asche V,Holloway BW

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosal immunity in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a primary defence against GI pathogens. We hypothesise that a mucosal response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS), especially to the common (core) determinants of GI pathogenic Escherichia coli strains, is protective. The aims of this study were to investigate the specif...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Currie CG,McCALLUM K,Poxton IR

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies (Abs) to the protective antigen (PA) component of the anthrax toxins have anti-spore as well as anti-toxin activities. Anti-PA antisera and purified anti-PA Abs enhance the phagocytosis by murine-derived macrophages (MQs) of spores of the Ames and Sterne strains and retard the germination of extracellular s...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Welkos S,Friedlander A,Weeks S,Little S,Mendelson I

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：PURPOSE:Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) are among the most common hospital-acquired infections. We aimed to survey methicillin resistance, biofilm production and susceptibility to vancomycin, linezolid and other antibiotics for staphylococci isolated from CRBSIs. METHODOLOGY:Fifty-eight isolates [20 S...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hashem AA,Abd El Fadeal NM,Shehata AS

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid identification of the causative bacteria of sepsis in patients can contribute to the selection of appropriate antibiotics and improvement of patients' prognosis. Genotypic identification is an emerging technology that may provide an alternative method to, or complement, established phenotypic identification proc...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Motoshima M,Yanagihara K,Morinaga Y,Matsuda J,Hasegawa H,Kohno S,Kamihira S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility of a strain of Giardia lamblia to benzimidazole carbamates, 5-nitroimidazoles, nitrofurans and other drugs was studied in vitro. Albendazole was the most active compound, with a 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 0.01 mg/L and a minimal lethal concentration (MLC) of less than 0.04 mg/L; the IC50...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Cedillo-Rivera R,Muñoz O

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythrocyte-sensitising antigens (AE) were prepared from Vibrio cholerae serotypes, from EL-Tor vibrio, Escherichia coli and Salmonella enteritidis by digesting the organisms with NaOH followed by precipitation with alcohol. When AE was used in indirect haemagglutination (IHA) tests, the results in a number of cases w...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Garabedian GA,Barsumian EL,Malakian A

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of 29 strains of Acinetobacter spp. on semi-solid media was studied; 19 showed surface swarming and 14 produced channels ("ditches") in the agar that do not seem to have been described previously. An attempt was made to define the cultural and physical conditions for the demonstration of these phenomena. Po...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Barker J,Maxted H

更新日期：1975-08-01 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