Effect of lactulose on short-chain fatty acids and lactate production and on the growth of faecal flora, with special reference to Clostridium difficile.

abstract：:Here, we describe four cases of laboratory-confirmed Legionella infection. Case 1 was a culture-confirmed case of Legionella infection in a patient with liver cirrhosis. Following this, three other liver cirrhosis cases (cases 2-4) were diagnosed with Legionella infection as confirmed by quantitative real-time PCR. Th...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Qin T,Xia J,Ren H,Zhou H,Tang B,Shao Z

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of the Fungitell assay was investigated in 100 patients with haematological malignancy undergoing chemotherapy who developed antibiotic-unresponsive neutropenic fever (AUNF). Serum beta-D-glucan (BG) concentrations were significantly elevated on the first day of AUNF and all subsequent alternate days t...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ellis M,Al-Ramadi B,Finkelman M,Hedstrom U,Kristensen J,Ali-Zadeh H,Klingspor L

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-three Staphylococcus aureus strains (40 from clinical sources and 23 from food sources) were examined for toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) using PCR, phage typed using the international phage set (IPS) and tested for their susceptibility to antibiotics. Only three strains (all from clinical sources) were po...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： El-Ghodban A,Ghenghesh KS,Márialigeti K,Esahli H,Tawil A

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of six immunosuppressive agents on the occurrence of endogenous bacteraemia in mice was evaluated. The mortality rates in conventional ddY mice given cyclophosphamide (CY), fluorouracil (5-FU), methotrexate (MTX), cisplatin (CDDP) or FK-506 intraperitoneally, or dexamethasone (DXM) subcutaneously were 70...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hirakata Y,Furuya N,Matsumoto T,Tateda K,Yamaguchi K

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is a frequent cause of severe, recurrent, post-antibiotic diarrhoea and pseudomembranous colitis. Its pathogenicity is mediated mainly by two toxins, TcdA and TcdB. However, different adhesins have also been described as important colonization factors which are implicated in the first step of the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Barketi-Klai A,Hoys S,Lambert-Bordes S,Collignon A,Kansau I

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) exists as distinct variants HHV-6A and HHV-6B. The complete genomes of HHV-6A and HHV-6B have been sequenced. HHV-6B contains 97 unique genes. CD46 is the cell receptor for HHV-6, explaining its broad tissue tropism but its restricted host-species range. HHV-6 utilizes a number of strategie...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dockrell DH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 69 strains of Escherichia coli from patients in the Taizhou Municipal Hospital, China, were isolated, and 11 strains were identified that were resistant to bacitracin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline and erythromycin. These strains were PCR positive for at least two out of three genes, ybjG, dacC and mdfA, by...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Wang D,Hu E,Chen J,Tao X,Gutierrez K,Qi Y

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EDTA-released outer-membrane antigen complexes were prepared from 172 laboratory and reference strains and 43 fresh clinical or faecal isolates representing 20 species or subspecies of Bacteroides, together with 13 species of other genera. These antigens were titrated against antisera to whole, live cells of 21 specie...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Poxton IR,Brown R,Collee JG

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A collection of 72 strains of catalase-negative gram-positive, -negative and -variable cocco-bacilli isolated from samples of vaginal discharge from women with non-specific vaginal infection was examined in an attempt to develop an identification system for Gardnerella vaginalis that could be used in a diagnostic labo...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Taylor E,Phillips I

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1997 to 2006, in the province of Quebec, Canada, 15 isolates of Streptococcus pseudoporcinus from 1 urine and 14 vaginorectal cultures were recovered from the genitourinary tract of pregnant women. All these women originated from the Caribbean or sub-Saharan Africa (P=0.00045 compared with a suitable control grou...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Gaudreau C,Simoneau E,Labrecque O,Laurence RA,Laferrière C,Miller M,Raynal L,Rallu F

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the most common sexually transmitted pathogens in the world and often causes chronic inflammatory diseases that are insensitive to antibiotics. The type 3 secretion system (T3SS) of pathogenic bacteria is a promising target for therapeutic intervention aimed at bacterial virulence and c...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zigangirova NA,Kost EA,Didenko LV,Kapotina LN,Zayakin ES,Luyksaar SI,Morgunova EY,Fedina ED,Artyukhova OA,Samorodov AV,Kobets NV

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-reactivity in a delayed-type hypersensitivity (DH) response was studied in mice immunised with live Salmonella typhi, S. paratyphi A and S. paratyphi B. Extensive cross-reactions outside the serogroup limits were observed. The ability of DH cross-reacting and non-cross-reacting sonicates to generate activated ma...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Tiwari H,Kamat RS

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical specimens unfit for laboratory processing represent missed opportunities for diagnosing tuberculosis. Poor-quality cough specimens (n=61) from presumptive tuberculosis cases were cultured and GeneXpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) successfully performed on samples transferred by flocked swab into PrimeStore molecular tran...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mboneni TA,Eales OO,Mosina NL,Fourie PB

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gen-Probe APTIMA Combo 2 assay has previously been reported to have a high sensitivity. The end point of this assay was evaluated using highly purified chlamydial elementary bodies (EBs). The performance of the APTIMA Combo 2 assay was compared with a commercially available PCR kit, AMPLICOR Chlamydia trachomatis....

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ikeda-Dantsuji Y,Konomi I,Nagayama A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium piliforme is an obligate intracellular bacterium that causes enterohepatic disease in many animal species. C. piliforme infections are commonly subclinical in laboratory rats and mice, and little is known about host regulation of disease or of the effects of C. piliforme infections on investigations that u...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： VAN Andel RA,Franklin CL,Besch-Williford CL,Hook RR,Riley LK

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gingival sulcus is the shallow crevice around the tooth, and its epithelium is a gateway for initial bacterial infection in periodontal disease. Recent studies have shown that Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans invades an epithelial cell line, KB cells, in vitro. The aim of the present study was to clarify the c...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kato S,Nakashima K,Inoue M,Tomioka J,Nonaka K,Nishihara T,Kowashi Y

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The family of leptospiral immunoglobulin-like (lig) genes comprises ligA, ligB and ligC. This study used PCR to demonstrate the presence of lig genes among serovars from a collection of leptospiral strains and clinical isolates. Whilst ligA and ligC appeared to be present in a limited number of pathogenic serovars, th...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Cerqueira GM,McBride AJA,Picardeau M,Ribeiro SG,Moreira ÂN,Morel V,Reis MG,Ko AI,Dellagostin OA

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:We have characterised 45 isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from Glasgow Royal Infirmary by means of simple biotyping, immunoblotting of exported proteins and restriction enzyme fragmentation patterns (REFP) of plasmid DNA. The strains were subdivided into four groups (A-D) on the basis of ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Coia JE,Thomson-Carter F,Baird D,Platt DJ

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A non-tuberculous mycobacterium was isolated, following a vertebral needle aspiration, from the blood of a patient with severe spondylodiscitis. The strain turned out to be different from any known mycobacterial species and was quite drug-susceptible in vitro. The patient improved markedly following treatment with mer...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Tortoli E,Mantella A,Mariottini A,Mazzarelli G,Pecile P,Rogasi PG,Sterrantino G,Fantoni E,Leoncini F

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects on growth and toxin A production of sub-MIC concentrations of six different antibiotics were investigated in three strains of Clostridium difficile: reference strain NCTC 11223, a fully sequenced strain (630) and a locally endemic isolate (strain 338a). The antibiotics chosen for investigation were the agents ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Drummond LJ,Smith DGE,Poxton IR

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analysed the characteristics and genetic similarity of recent Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC-2)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Korea. Recent laboratory surveillance detected an increase in carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Korea. A total of 6 KPC-2-producing K. pneumonia...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Yoo JS,Kim HM,Yoo JI,Yang JW,Kim HS,Chung GT,Lee YS

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was the analysis of the cytokine response in BALB/c mice infected with the highly virulent RH or the weakly virulent Beverley strains of Toxoplasma gondii. Analysis of cytokine messages showed increased expression of IL12, IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha, but not IL4 mRNAs in spleen cells after infection...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Nguyen TD,Bigaignon G,Markine-Goriaynoff D,Heremans H,Nguyen TN,Warnier G,Delmee M,Warny M,Wolf SF,Uyttenhove C,Van Snick J,Coutelier JP

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major risk factor for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the use of antibiotics owing to the disruption of the equilibrium of the host gut microbiota. To preserve the beneficial resident probiotic bacteria during infection treatment, the use of molecules with selective antibacterial activity enhances the eff...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Novakova J,Džunková M,Musilova S,Vlkova E,Kokoska L,Moya A,D'Auria G

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior to the advent of the Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine, invasive infections due to H. influenzae type f were rarely described. However, the epidemiology of H. influenzae is changing. While the incidence of invasive infections due to H. influenzae is declining in children, such infections are becoming more co...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Suarez CJ,Glover WA,Cowan J,Smith A,Clarridge JE

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:In serological typing of Klebsiella pneumoniae strains from human, equine and environmental sources, the capsular identity of many isolates could not be determined because of serological cross-reactivity. A panel of 91 bacteriophages able to lyse each of the 77 capsular serotypes of K. pneumoniae was isolated and test...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pieroni P,Rennie RP,Ziola B,Deneer HG

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adhesion of bovine and a human isolate of Escherichia coli to epithelial cells from the teat and lactiferous sinuses of the udder was examined. Adhesion was detected with bacterial suspensions that produced mannose-sensitive agglutination of guinea-pig red cells. Adhesion to epithelial cells could be inhibited by ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Harper M,Turvey A,Bramley AJ

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection represents a key factor in the aetiology of various gastrointestinal diseases. H. pylori infection diagnosis is generally achieved using both invasive (e.g. biopsy of the gastric epithelium) and non-invasive methods. Therefore, cultivation on a growth medium becomes complex. Trypsin is a ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Peretz A,Paritsky M,Pastukh N,Koifman A,Brodsky D,Glyatman T,On A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two isogenic sets of Yersinia pestis strains were generated, composed of wild-type strains 231 and I-1996, their non-polar pH 6(-) mutants with deletions in the psaA gene that codes for its structural subunit or the whole operon, as well as strains with restored ability for temperature- and pH-dependent synthesis of a...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Anisimov AP,Bakhteeva IV,Panfertsev EA,Svetoch TE,Kravchenko TB,Platonov ME,Titareva GM,Kombarova TI,Ivanov SA,Rakin AV,Amoako KK,Dentovskaya SV

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00