A particle agglutination assay for rapid identification of heparin binding to coagulase-negative staphylococci.

abstract：:Invasive infections caused by Brevundimonas vesicularis are very rare in humans. We experienced an unusual case of liver abscess due to B. vesicularis in an immunocompetent young male. The patient was successfully treated by liver abscess drainage and with antimicrobial therapy of ceftriaxone followed by ampicillin/su...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Yoo SH,Kim MJ,Roh KH,Kim SH,Park DW,Sohn JW,Yoon YK

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characterization and tracking of pathogenic micro-organisms in the clinical laboratory and public health environment demand schemes that are easy to standardize and use, are automated and high-throughput, and provide portable data. A combined genomarkers approach for Salmonella enterica based on comparative sequen...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Bishop C,Honisch C,Goldman T,Mosko M,Keng S,Arnold C,Gharbia S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the primary and combined resistances of Helicobacter pylori isolates obtained from paediatric patients in 2000-2001 to seven antimicrobial agents. Resistance rates of pre-treatment isolates from 115 children were investigated by the limited agar dilution method alone and by the E-te...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Boyanova L,Koumanova R,Gergova G,Popova M,Mitov I,Kovacheva Y,Derejian S,Katsarov N,Nikolov R,Krastev Z

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two chlamydial enzyme immunoassays, Chlamydiazyme and IDEIA, were evaluated in a mouse model of chlamydial genital-tract infection. The Chlamydiazyme assay and the IDEIA were assessed on specimens from 10 and 11 mice, respectively. The animals were infected with Chlamydia trachomatis, strain SA2f, and the results obta...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Taylor-Robinson D,Tuffrey M

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickettsia conorii infection is endemic in the Mediterranean basin, where it is known as Mediterranean spotted fever, also known as Boutonneuse fever and Marseilles fever. We report the case of a 66-year-old diabetic man who presented a severe form of the disease, complicated by acute renal failure, thrombocytopenia a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Aliaga L,Sánchez-Blázquez P,Rodríguez-Granger J,Sampedro A,Orozco M,Pastor J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we evaluated the Sofia Streptococcus pneumoniae FIA test (Quidel Corporation, San Diego, CA, USA), a new immunofluorescence-based lateral flow test for the qualitative detection of S. pneumoniae antigen in urine or cerebrospinal fluid specimens. The analyses of 100 non-concentrated urine samples (includ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Euser SM,Badoux P,Kracht-Kosten L,Yzerman EPF

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of toxins A and B by Clostridium difficile was greatly enhanced under biotin-limited conditions, in which a 140-kDa protein was expressed strongly. Gene cloning revealed that this protein was a homologue of formylglycinamidine ribonucleotide synthetase (FGAM synthetase, EC 6.3.5.3), which is known as Pu...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Maegawa T,Karasawa T,Ohta T,Wang X,Kato H,Hayashi H,Nakamura S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is believed that most microbial infections are caused by pathogens organized in biofilms. Recently, it was shown that the dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, estimated to be the most common cause of fungal respiratory diseases, is also able to form biofilm. Although the antifungal therapy commonly used is effe...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Brilhante RSN,de Lima RAC,Marques FJF,Silva NF,Caetano ÉP,Castelo-Branco DSCM,Bandeira TJPG,Moreira JLB,Cordeiro RA,Monteiro AJ,Camargo ZP,Sidrim JJC,Rocha MFG

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：PURPOSE:In the present study, enhancement of the the antibacterial activity of ceftriaxone against Gram-positive (meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli) bacteria with a biodegradable polymer was attempted. METHODOLOGY:MRSA and E. coli were collected and identified by bio...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mushtaq S,Khan JA,Rabbani F,Latif U,Arfan M,Yameen MA

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:A porous inorganic material (Anopore) was employed as a microbial culture and microcolony imaging support. Rapid Anopore-based antibiotic sensitivity testing (AST) methods were developed to assess the growth of clinical isolates, with the primary focus on testing the response of the Enterobacteriaceae to trimethoprim,...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ingham CJ,van den Ende M,Wever PC,Schneeberger PM

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) directed preferentially against the pathogenic phase of Candida albicans, mice were immunised with germ tubes of C. albicans serotype A, strain VW.32, killed by exposure to ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. Fusions were performed either by the standard chemical procedure with polyeth...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Fortier B,Hopwood V,Poulain D

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

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：:The objective of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial susceptibility of the organisms isolated from the nasopharynx of children who presented with acute otitis media (AOM) or otitis media that recurred after amoxicillin therapy. Nasopharyngeal cultures obtained from 72 patients, 40 with AOM and 32 with recu...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Brook I,Gober AE

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with monoclonal antibody coupled to the solid phase was evaluated for the detection of brucella antigen in serum samples. Under optimum conditions, 100 brucella cells/well or 10(5) fg/ml of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were detected in spiked specimens. The standardised...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Al-Shamahy HA,Wright SG

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the frequency and distribution of human verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) O157 and non-O157 in the Republic of Ireland, and also to examine the presence of virulence genes in these isolates. This genetic information combined with phenotypic tests was used to produce a compl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Carroll AM,Gibson A,McNamara EB

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2002, a Scottish bat conservationist developed a rabies-like disease and subsequently died. This was caused by infection with European bat lyssavirus 2 (EBLV-2), a virus closely related to Rabies virus (RABV). The source of this infection and the means of transmission have not yet been confirmed. In this study, the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Johnson N,Phillpotts R,Fooks AR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli (2), Vibrio cholerae (2) and Aeromonas sobria (1) strains were examined for their ability to grow and produce toxins in samples of ileostomy fluid. Three categories of response were observed: no detectable growth, growth without detectable toxin, and growth with detectable toxin. Clear differences wer...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ala Aldeen DA,Barer MR

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucocyte-egested material was harvested after the quantitative in-vitro phagocytosis of Neisseria meningitidis by rabbit or mouse polymorphonuclear leucocytes. The egested material was injected subcutaneously into rabbits and followed 24 h later with an intravenous injection of what would by itself have been a non-le...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： DeVoe IW,Gilka F

更新日期：1976-11-01 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：:Cholera toxin (CT) is the major virulence factor produced by Vibrio cholerae. Several genomic arrangements within the CTX cassette have been elucidated in V. cholerae. Previously, it was shown that three different CTX cassette arrangements, one complete CTX cassette (arrangement A), one complete and two incomplete CTX...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Amin Marashi SM,Bakhshi B,Imani Fooladi AA,Tavakoli A,Sharifnia A,Pourshafie MR

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel direct detection system has been developed for eight staphylococcal enterotoxin (SE)-encoding genes (sea, seb, sec, sed, see, seg, seh and sei) in milk. Specific detection by real-time PCR was successful for all SE-encoding genes in the reference strains. Furthermore, a novel DNA-preparation method with good r...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Nakayama A,Okayama A,Hashida M,Yamamoto Y,Takebe H,Ohnaka T,Tanaka T,Imai S

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catechin, a constituent of tea, possesses various bioactivities. In particular, the most abundant catechin in tea is epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg), which has an anti-inflammatory effect. In the present study, the usability of EGCg for osteomyelitis treatment was examined. Osteomyelitis is a difficult disease to cure...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ishida I,Kohda C,Yanagawa Y,Miyaoka H,Shimamura T

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effect of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) proteinase inhibitors amprenavir and saquinavir and antifungal agents terbinafine, ketoconazole, amphotericin B and ciclopiroxolamine on aspartyl proteinases (Saps) secreted by Candida albicans was tested in an in vitro spectophotometric assay. As expected, b...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Schaller M,Krnjaic N,Niewerth M,Hamm G,Hube B,Korting HC

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Institute of Care Excellence (NICE) 2007 guidance CG54, on urinary tract infection (UTI) in children, states that clinicians should use urgent microscopy and culture as the preferred method for diagnosing UTI in the hospital setting for severe illness in children under 3 years old and from the GP setting ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： McNulty CAM,Verlander NQ,Moore PCL,Larcombe J,Dudley J,Banerjee J,Jadresic L

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pathogenic vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) isolate (MIC > or =64 microg ml(-1)) was obtained from a Kolkata hospital in June 2005. Species identification was confirmed by Gram staining, standard biochemical tests and PCR amplification of the nuc gene, which encodes the thermostable nuclease that is...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Saha B,Singh AK,Ghosh A,Bal M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monospecific polyclonal antiserum, prepared against Bacteroides fragilis common polysaccharide antigen purified by polyacrylamide gel immunoblot detected B. fragilis, B. thetaiotaomicron, B. ovatus and Prevotella melaninogenica in pus samples from various anatomical sites by immunofluorescence microscopy of the pus....

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Patrick S,Stewart LD,Damani N,Wilson KG,Lutton DA,Larkin MJ,Poxton I,Brown R

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brevundimonas diminuta is rarely associated with invasive infections. We report the case of a previously healthy young man with pleural effusion, in which B. diminuta was recovered but incorrectly identified as Kingella kingae when it was freshly isolated. Consequently, the misidentification resulted in initial treatm...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Lu B,Shi Y,Zhu F,Xu X

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to desiccation and to skin fatty acids was measured in three groups of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains and a group of control strains. Organisms from a large outbreak on a special care baby unit (SCBU), where MRSA had been isolated from staff hands but not from the environment, we...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Farrington M,Brenwald N,Haines D,Walpole E

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00