Lior-serotype variants in Campylobacter isolates from the same stool sample.

abstract：:The opsonic and protective capacities of rabbit antisera against Escherichia coli O, K and core-glycolipid cell-wall antigens were compared with specific antibody titres as measured by agglutination and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Anti-O antisera were opsonic and protective against two noncapsulate strains. Onl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： van Dijk WC,Verbrugh HA,van Erne-van der Tol ME,Peters R,Verhoef J

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The periodontopathic bacterium Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans has been implicated in the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases. It has been reported previously that infection with the organism induced apoptosis in the mouse macrophage cell line J774.1. In the present study, the role of caspases during apoptosis i...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Okinaga T,Kasai H,Tsujisawa T,Nishihara T

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to establish bacterial profiles in gastric biopsy specimens from patients with Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis by means of temporal temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TTGE) of PCR-amplified 16S rDNA fragments. Specimens from eight patients with asymptomatic gastritis and five ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Monstein HJ,Tiveljung A,Kraft CH,Borch K,Jonasson J

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human brucellosis is a zoonotic disease which is endemic in Saudi Arabia. The aim of this study was to investigate the humoral immune responses and identify the target antigens that persist at different stages in human brucellosis during antibiotic therapy. To do this, an acute case of accidental nosocomial infection ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kwaasi AA,Al-Mohanna FA,Nakeeb SM,Roberts GT,Al-Thawadi S,Hassan AY,Al-Hokail A,Elfaki MG

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary differentiation of Leptospira interrogans serovars hardjo and balcanica can be made with antisera that are collected from hamsters after experimental infection with serovar hardjo and selected for high homologous and low or nil heterologous titres, as measured by the microscopic agglutination test. Rabbit ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ris DR,Hamel KL

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhalational anthrax is the most severe form of anthrax. It has been shown in small-animal and non-human primate models that relatively large pools of ungerminated Bacillus anthracis spores can remain within the alveolar spaces for days to weeks post-inhalation or until transported to areas more favourable for germina...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Cote CK,Bozue J,Twenhafel N,Welkos SL

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein we describe a real-time quantitative PCR assay for evaluating the adherence of Clostridium difficile to differentiated human intestinal Caco-2 cells. Our investigations demonstrated that the method, employing the C. difficile-specific triose-phosphate isomerase gene, is as reliable but less time-consuming than ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dingle T,Mulvey GL,Humphries RM,Armstrong GD

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 200 isolates of Vibrio mimicus screened, one from water (N-57) agglutinated with V. cholerae O139 polyclonal antiserum (absorbed with a rough strain of V. cholerae only) and not with O139 polyclonal diagnostic antiserum (absorbed with the rough strain and V. cholerae O22 and O155). The antigenic relationship betwee...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ansaruzzaman M,Shimada T,Bhuiyan NA,Nahar S,Alam K,Islam MS,Albert MJ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis has been recognized as the causative agent of tularaemia for almost a century. Since its discovery in 1911, it has been shown to infect a wide range of hosts, including humans. As early as the 1920s it was suggested to be an intracellular pathogen, but it has proven to be an enigmatic organism, ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Oyston PCF

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-six closed abcesses in the subcutis of cats were examined. Of 168 bacterial strains isolated, 121(72%) were anaerobes and 47 (28%) were facultative anaerobes. Twenty-six abscesses contained mixtures of facultative anaerobes and anaerobes, six contained anaerobes only and four contained facultative anaerobes onl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Love DN,Jones RF,Bailey M,Johnson RS

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) are used to study the aetiology and prevention of gallstones because of the similarities of prairie dog and human bile gallstone composition. Epidemiological and experimental studies have suggested a connection between infection with Helicobacter species and cholesterol cholelithias...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Beisele M,Shen Z,Parry N,Mobley M,Taylor NS,Buckley E,Abedin MZ,Dewhirst FE,Fox JG

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Despite hundreds of reports on the isolation of Nocardia from clinical samples, the presence and diversity of Nocardia species that are capable of survival in a harsh and adverse condition, such as a hospital environment, have not been comprehensively studied. The aim of this study was to assess Nocardia specie...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rahdar HA,Azadi D,Shojaei H,Daei-Naser A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study investigated the efficacy of the essential mineral, selenium (sodium selenite), in reducing the toxin production, spore outgrowth and antibiotic resistance of Clostridium difficile in vitro. METHODOLOGY:Two hypervirulent C. difficile isolates were cultured in brain heart infusion broth with and with...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pellissery AJ,Vinayamohan PG,Yin HB,Mooyottu S,Venkitanarayanan K

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：:Spirochaetes were demonstrated in material from patients with Lyme disease by short-time high-concentrate silver impregnation after treatment with amylase. Removal of mucoid material was essential to visualise Borrelia burgdorferi. Lyme spirochaetes were demonstrated in material from 23 patients with Lyme disease--ery...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： De Koning J,Bosma RB,Hoogkamp-Korstanje JA

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acid end-products of 185 isolates from the family Bacteroidaceae were separated and analysed by gas-liquid chromatography on broth cultures. Different media were evaluated and definitive studies were performed in a fully supplemented complex medium. The limitations of this approach to the identification of a wide ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Deacon AG,Duerden BI,Holbrook WP

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with AIDS frequently develop diarrhoeal illness. In this randomized, controlled study, 260 patients were screened for those who had not had diarrhoea in the preceding 3 months and who had received a stable highly active antiretroviral therapy regimen for at least 6 weeks prior to the study enrollment. A total...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Huang DB,Zhou J

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain a better understanding of the pathological role of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) in specific granuloma formation, IFN-gamma gene-deficient mice (BALB/c and C57BL/6) were produced. The IFN-gamma gene in embryonic stem (ES) cells was disrupted by inserting the beta-galactosidase gene (lacZ) and the neomycin resis...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Sugawara I,Yamada H,Kazumi Y,Doi N,Otomo K,Aoki T,Mizuno S,Udagawa T,Tagawa Y,Iwakura Y

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to conduct a comparative analysis of the 16S rRNA gene fragment nucleotide sequences for Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains detected in the blood of horses from various parts of Europe. The study comprised 234 horses that had had contact with ticks. Using PCR, the genetic material of A. phagoc...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dzięgiel B,Adaszek L,Winiarczyk M,García-Bocanegra I,Carbonero A,Dębiak P,Winiarczyk S

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of hospital-acquired (HA) and community-acquired (CA) infections worldwide. Recently, S. aureus strains resistant to meticillin (MRSA) have become established within both communities. We isolated 314 isolates of MRSA from hospitalized patients in a referral hospital (HA isolate...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rahimi F,Katouli M,Pourshafie MR

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biochemical characteristics, enterotoxigenicity and susceptibility to antibiotics are reported for 22 strains of Aeromonas species isolated from clinical specimens in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia. Aeromonas caviae was the species most frequently observed; a high proportion of these strains fermented lactose,...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Gosling PJ

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility to teicoplanin, vancomycin and linezolid of 30 clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium was tested by Vitek 2, Phoenix, Etest, broth microdilution and disc diffusion tests. The vanA and vanB resistance genes and the 23S rRNA gene G2576T mutation were detected by PCR and PCR-RFLP, respectively. Resi...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Raponi G,Ghezzi MC,Gherardi G,Lorino G,Dicuonzo G

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Infections associated with Acinetobacter baumannii represent an increasing threat in healthcare settings. Therefore, we investigated the epidemiological relationship between clinical isolates of A. baumannii obtained from patients in a university hospital in Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. METHODOLOGY:Sixty-fou...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Saffari F,Monsen T,Karmostaji A,Azimabad FB,Widerström M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bedaquiline (BDQ) has been proven to be effective in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. We hypothesized that BDQ could be a potential agent to treat nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection. The objective of this study was to evaluate the in vitro activity of BDQ against rapidly growing mycobacteri...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Aguilar-Ayala DA,Cnockaert M,André E,Andries K,Gonzalez-Y-Merchand JA,Vandamme P,Palomino JC,Martin A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of Acinetobacter baumannii are being reported worldwide, and they are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. These strains are considered to be the highest priority for the development of new antibacterial agents. Therefore, we aimed to develop an effective ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wintachai P,Naknaen A,Pomwised R,Voravuthikunchai SP,Smith DR

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcosis causes disseminated disease in AIDS patients. In contrast to what occurs in laboratory conditions, a large capsule is produced by Cryptococcus neoformans in vivo during infection. The aim of this study was to compare the in vitro activity of different antifungal agents against 34 clinical isolates of C....

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Vitale RG,Pascuccelli V,Afeltra J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was examined for its haemagglutinating activity and adherence to cultured epithelial cells (HEp-2) in relation to possession of a virulence (VW) plasmid and to growth conditions. VW-lacking (VW-) bacteria were isolated from ten VW+ strains of each serovar which, after they were grown on CFA...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kawaoka Y,Mitani T,Hoshina K,Otsuki K,Tsubokura M

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leclercia adecarboxylata is a rarely reported human pathogen, most commonly affecting immunocompromised individuals. In reported cases of immunocompetent patients infected with this organism, it is seen exclusively in the context of polymicrobial infections. We report here the case of an abscess in an immunocompetent ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hess B,Burchett A,Huntington MK

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is essential for the prompt initiation of effective second-line therapy to improve treatment outcome and limit transmission of this obstinate disease. A variety of molecular methods that enable the rapid detection of mutations implicated in MDR-TB have been ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bang H,Park S,Hwang J,Jin H,Cho E,Kim DY,Song T,Shamputa IC,Via LE,Barry CE,Cho SN,Lee H

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00