Occurrence of the vanA and vanC2/C3 genes in Enterococcus species isolated from poultry sources in Malaysia.

abstract：:The preparation of Salmonella O serogroup (A-I) polyvalent antiserum is laborious. In an alternate method, rabbit antiserum raised to cell surface proteins of Salmonella serotype typhi was compared with a commercial Salmonella polyvalent (A-I) antiserum; 51 Salmonella (A-E) and 16 strains of related organisms tested g...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sridharan G,Jesudason MV,Santhosh M,John TJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends has monitored the in vitro activity of several recommended antimicrobials used in the management of intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) globally since 2002. In this report, we document the changing susceptibility patterns to recommended antimicrobials in Klebsiell...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Kazmierczak KM,Lob SH,Hoban DJ,Hackel MA,Badal RE,Bouchillon SK

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomarkers such as procalcitonin (PCT) have been studied to guide duration of antibiotic therapy. We aimed to assess whether a decrease in PCT levels could be used to reduce the duration of antibiotic therapy in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with a proven infection without risking a worse outcome. We assessed 265...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Deliberato RO,Marra AR,Sanches PR,Martino MD,Ferreira CE,Pasternak J,Paes AT,Pinto LM,dos Santos OF,Edmond MB

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we have reviewed the main clinico-pathologic disease groups of neurocandidiasis: the microabscesses, the macroabscesses, and the meningitis. Special attention has been paid to the predisposing conditions for the appearance of neurocandidiasis, the neuroimaging techniques, and the study of the cerebrospin...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sánchez-Portocarrero J,Pérez-Cecilia E,Corral O,Romero-Vivas J,Picazo JJ

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence and sustained prevalence of Gram-positive organisms resistant to antimicrobials has been of interest for over a decade. Quinupristin/dalfopristin (formerly RP 59500 or Synercid) is a new injectable streptogramin combination that has been reported to have activity against Gram-positive organisms, even tho...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Kugler KC,Denys GA,Wilson ML,Jones RN

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the introduction of piperacillin/tazobactam to the North American market, hospitals have been faced with the task of making a decision regarding its formulary role. In view of its broad spectrum of activity, piperacillin/tazobactam could be considered as a formulary alternative to imipenem. To evaluate the formul...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Marra F,Reynolds R,Stiver G,Bryce E,Sleigh K,Frighetto L,MacDougall C,Jewesson P

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Turbid saline suspensions (0.35 ml, approximately 10(9) organisms) of a strain of beta-lactamase-producing Bacteroides intermedius were injected subcutaneously into the right groin of ICR male mice. Therapeutic intraperitoneal doses of clindamycin, metronidazole, or penicillin were administered 4 hr later, and thereaf...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Cockerill FR 3rd,Rosenblatt JE,Lee DT,Gay JD

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite improvement in vaccinations, Hepatitis B remains a major health concern due to the difficulty of prevention even in low endemic areas such as Europe. In this report we describe the performance characteristics of the new HBsAg Next Qualitative and HBsAg Next Confirmatory assays designed for blood screening and ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sickinger E,Braun HB,Meyer T,Schmid K,Daghfal D,Oer M,Schultess J

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and six isolates of Haemophilus influenzae from a national antimicrobial surveillance study demonstrated resistance to two or more of 10 primary antimicrobial agents by mechanisms other than or in addition to beta-lactamase. Of particular note were strains multiply resistant to ampicillin (by beta-lactamas...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Jorgensen JH,Doern GV,Thornsberry C,Preston DA,Redding JS,Maher LA,Tubert T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSIs) and intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) are problematic due to decreasing therapeutic options available against multidrug-resistant pathogens common among these types of infections. A total of 2245 isolates from African and the Middle Eastern (AfME) countries were ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Renteria MI,Biedenbach DJ,Bouchillon SK,Hoban DJ,Raghubir N,Sajben P,Mokaddas E

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida kefyr has been increasingly associated with bloodstream infections. This study reports on the identification and antifungal susceptibility pattern of 33 Candida isolates, identified biochemically as C. kefyr. One strain was finally identified as Candida sphaerica (Kluyveromyces lactis) by ITS sequencing. Both ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Gomez-Lopez A,Pan D,Cuesta I,Alastruey-Izquierdo A,Rodriguez-Tudela JL,Cuenca-Estrella M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opportunistic pathogen Pneumocystis carinii (PC) is a frequent cause of a life-threatening pneumonia in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals and in other immunocompromised hosts. Specimens obtained from 128 bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid samples from 123 HIV-positive patients with pulmonary ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Savoia D,Millesimo M,Cassetta I,Forno B,Caramello P

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To eliminate variability due to nonspecific stimulation or inhibition by different lots of fetal bovine serum, the activation of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells in a modification of Iscove's medium (medium C-IMDM) was compared with the routinely used Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI)-1640 medium containi...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Lipson SM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the performance of three chromogenic media (BBL CHROMagar™ Staph aureus, ChromID™ S. aureus SAID, ChromID™ S. aureus Elite SAIDE) for the isolation of Staphylococcus aureus in respiratory samples in patients with cystic fibrosis in comparison with CNA media. We reported a similar ability of the four media...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Dyon-Tafani V,Josse J,Safrani-Lahyani J,Assant-Trouillet S,Chiganne M,Vincent F,Montclos MP,Doleans-Jordheim A,Laurent F

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight intact cell mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-ICMS) was used to differentiate pathogenic Candida species, difficult to identify by traditional methods such as growth and biochemical reactions. Results showed that species complexes like C. parapsilosis, C. orthopsil...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Santos C,Lima N,Sampaio P,Pais C

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used DNA fingerprinting by the arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR) technique for an epidemiologic investigation of Pseudomonas cepacia nosocomial isolates obtained from patients attending our hospital. This approach was compared with conventional phenotypic typing and pulsed-field gel electrophore...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Miyawaki H,Fujita J,Takigawa K,Negayama K,Yamagishi Y,Yamaji Y,Ouchi K,Nakazawa T,Kawanishi K,Takahara J

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial susceptibilities of 49 Clostridium difficile isolates obtained from patients with C. difficile-associated diarrhea to metronidazole, vancomycin, rifampicin, fusidic acid, doxycycline, and linezolid were determined by the disc diffusion and Etest (Biodisk, Solna, Sweden). Random amplification of polym...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Bishara J,Bloch Y,Garty M,Behor J,Samra Z

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty macrolide and/or lincosamide resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates from various sources with 50S ribosomal mutations were identified. Mutations were identified in the 23S rDNA with substitutions at A2058, A2059, or C2611 and in L4 or L22 ribosomal protein genes. Fourteen were A2059G substitutions...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Doktor SZ,Shortridge VD,Beyer JM,Flamm RK

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beginning on April 2007, a prospective multicenter study was performed to investigate prevalence and epidemiology of microbial pathogens causing bloodstream infections (BSIs). Twenty microbiology laboratories participated to the survey over a 1-year period. A total of 11,638 episodes of BSI occurred in 11 202 patients...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Luzzaro F,Ortisi G,Larosa M,Drago M,Brigante G,Gesu G

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of penicillin, ampicillin, cefditoren, cefotaxime, erythromycin, clarithromycin, and levofloxacin against 763 clinical isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes was determined. Clinically significant isolates collected from November 2005 to December 2006 in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland,...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Gracia M,Díaz C,Coronel P,Gimeno M,García-Rodas R,Rodríguez-Cerrato V,del Prado G,Huelves L,Ruiz V,Naves PF,Ponte MC,Granizo JJ,Soriano F

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent development of nucleic acid amplification methodologies has markedly improved our ability to detect very low levels of specific nucleic acids. Amplification techniques have been combined with product detection systems that are designed for high throughput and are automatable. These developments are drastica...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Arens M

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from Western New York, the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards' (NCCLS) interpretive criteria for disk diffusion susceptibility testing was evaluated on chocolate-Mueller-Hinton agar (CMH) and GC agar. The reference method for comparison was the NCCLS agar diluti...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Altaie SS,Moore LS,Dryja D,Furness K

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a real-time PCR-based assay capable of simultaneously detecting femA (Staphylococcus aureus-specific), mecA (methicillin resistance), qacA/B (chlorhexidine tolerance), and mupA (high-level mupirocin resistance) from bacterial cells in less than 90 minutes. The assay was validated with 1968 clinical MRSA su...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Mc Gann P,Milillo M,Kwak YI,Quintero R,Waterman PE,Lesho E

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past few years, we have detected in the United Kingdom and in the United States several isolates of Candida glabrata that grew poorly unless bile was available. Cholesterol, a component of bile, stimulated equivalent growth of the bile-dependent isolates. The bile-dependent C. glabrata isolates appeared resista...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Hazen KC,Stei J,Darracott C,Breathnach A,May J,Howell SA

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of data from the Middle East warranted studying tigecycline in vitro activity in Lebanon against consecutive multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria, including extended-spectrum beta-lactamases producing clinical isolates of Escherichia coli (n = 150), Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 100), and Acinetobacter spp. (n = 6...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Araj GF,Ibrahim GY

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:bla(OXA-23) and bla(OXA-66) were detected in 49 Acinetobacter baumannii isolates. These isolates were assigned to 7 subtypes by enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus polymerase chain reaction and 7 representative isolates were of ST92 or ST75. In most cases, the ISAba1-bla(OXA-23)-ATPaseΔ structure was ident...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Wang X,Zong Z,Lü X

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GAR-936, a new, semisynthetic glycylcycline, has shown good antibacterial activity against a wide range of clinically important Gram-positive and -negative aerobic bacteria including Streptococcus pneumoniae, Hemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, most Enterobacteriaceae, Staphylococcus a...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Biedenbach DJ,Beach ML,Jones RN

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) offers promise in pneumococcal diagnostics, but whether nasopharyngeal carriage causes false-positive results in people colonized with Streptococcus pneumoniae is unknown. We found in serum no positive samples for pneumococcal DNA in 100 carriers and noncarriers using 2 different real-t...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Rouphael N,Steyn S,Bangert M,Sampson JS,Adrian P,Madhi SA,Klugman KP,Ades EW

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a randomized, multicenter, open-label study, 490 ambulatory adult patients with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) were randomized to roxithromycin (ROX) 150 mg b.i.d. orally (n = 244) or amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid (AMX + CA) as 500 mg AMX + 125 mg CA t.i.d orally (n = 24). Clinical results were analyze...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Dautzenberg B,Scheimberg A,Brambilla C,Camus P,Godard P,Guerin JC,Lemarie E,Rezvani Y,Rosembaum M,Tuchais E

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyse the diversity of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs), antibiotic resistance genes, and plasmid content among Escherichia coli from a community and a hospital setting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ESBL producers (CTX-M-2, CTX-M-9, CTX-M-59) belonged to different phylogroups/sequence types, and bla(CTX-M) ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Queiroz ML,Antunes P,Mourão J,Merquior VL,Machado E,Peixe LV

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00