abstract：PURPOSE:Non-albicansCandida species have emerged as fungal pathogens that cause invasive infections, with many of these species displaying resistance to commonly used antifungal agents. This study was confined to studying the characteristics of clinical isolates of the C. rugosa complex and C. pararugosa species. METH...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Peremalo T,Madhavan P,Hamzah S,Than L,Wong EH,Nasir MDM,Chong PP,Ng KP

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to explore daptomycin combined with fosfomycin or rifampin against the planktonic and adherent linezolid-resistant isolates of Enterococcus faecalis. METHODOLOGY:Four linezolid-resistant and four linezolid-sensitive isolates of E. faecalis which formed biofilms were collected for this study. B...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zheng JX,Sun X,Lin ZW,Qi GB,Tu HP,Wu Y,Jiang SB,Chen Z,Deng QW,Qu D,Yu ZJ

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Pertussis remains a public health concern in most countries. Our study aimed to prospectively explore the epidemiology of pertussis in the Tunis area of Tunisia between 2007 and 2016, and to characterize the virulence-associated genes of the collected Bordetella pertussis isolates. METHODOLOGY:Infants and chil...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Ben Fraj I,Kechrid A,Guillot S,Bouchez V,Brisse S,Guiso N,Smaoui H

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:With an increase in the numbers of bacterial isolates resistant to first-line antibiotics, there has been a revival in the use of older drugs including fosfomycin with novel mechanisms of action. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and genotypic nature of fosfomycin resistance in Escherichia coli from urinar...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Cottell JL,Webber MA

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sporothrix brasiliensis, a member of the Sporothrix schenckii complex, is a major cause of epidemic outbreaks of sporotrichosis due to its greater virulence and ability to evade the immune system. The absence of studies about this species led to this study, with the aim to evaluate the importance of Toll-like r...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Rossato L,Silvana Dos Santos S,Ferreira LG,Rogério de Almeida S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, several plasmids harbouring genes encoding phosphoethanolamine transferases conferring colistin resistance have been described in multiple Enterobacteriaceae species. Avian Pathogenic E. coli (APEC) causes colibacillosis and is responsible for a considerable proportion of the disease burden in commerc...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hornsey M,Betts JW,Mehat JW,Wareham DW,van Vliet AHM,Woodward MJ,La Ragione RM

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：PURPOSE:The analytical performance of the cobas 6800 HIV-1, HBV and HCV assays was verified and evaluated to the COBAS Ampliprep/COBAS TaqMan assays. METHODOLOGY:The precision, limit of detection (LoD), limit of quantification (LoQ) and linearity were verified using pooled residual clinical samples. The analytical spe...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Tan NK,Carrington D,Pope CF

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this work was to evaluate and optimize the identification of Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis and Bordetella bronchiseptica (usually known as the classical Bordetella species) using Bruker Biotyper matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF M...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Zintgraff J,Irazu L,Lara CS,Rodriguez M,Santos M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Candida biofilm infections are frequently linked to the use of biomaterials and are of clinical significance because they are commonly resistant to antifungals. Clioquinol is an antiseptic drug and is effective against multidrug-resistant Candida. We investigated the effect of clioquinol and two other 8-hydroxy...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pippi B,Machado GDRM,Bergamo VZ,Alves RJ,Andrade SF,Fuentefria AM

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In January 2015, Public Health England and the United Kingdom (UK) Ministry of Defence investigated cases of diarrhoea and fever in military personnel recently returned to the UK after supporting the response to the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone. Tests for Ebola virus infection were negative. PCR tests detected the i...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Todkill D,Pudney R,Terrell A,Tuck J,Hutley E,Dallman TJ,Jenkins C,Manuel R,Wade M,Puleston R,Hawker J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:From May 2015 to March 2016, an outbreak due to Listeria monocytogenes serotype 1/2a and clinical pulsotype never previously isolated in Europe occurred in central Italy, involving 24 confirmed clinical cases. The article provides a description of the outbreak and the investigation carried out by a multidiscipl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Duranti A,Sabbatucci M,Blasi G,Acciari VA,Ancora M,Bella A,Busani L,Centorame P,Cammà C,Conti F,De Medici D,Di Domenico M,Di Marzio V,Filippini G,Fiore A,Fisichella S,Gattuso A,Gianfranceschi M,Graziani C,Guidi F,

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Leptospira interrogans serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae strains have been described as causing disease in both humans and animals and as being present worldwide. Icterohaemorrhagiae and Copenhageni serovars are known to cause severe disease in their hosts, and zoonotic outbreaks have been described. The genetic si...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Jaeger LH,Pestana CP,Carvalho-Costa FA,Medeiros MA,Lilenbaum W

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In this study, we aimed to investigate the genomic characteristics and evolution of pathogenicity islands of an enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strain, and to obtain a transcriptional profile of EPEC under different concentrations of ciprofloxacin using microarray analysis. METHODOLOGY:The complete EP...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chen Z,Cheng H,Pan W,Zheng J,Li D,Lin F,Yu Z,Deng Q

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The presence of alginate-overproducing (Alg+) strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients is indicative of chronic infection. The Alg+ phenotype is generally due to a mutation in the mucA gene, encoding an innermembrane protein that sequesters AlgT/U, the alginate-specific sigma factor. AlgT/U...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Pandey S,Delgado C,Kumari H,Florez L,Mathee K

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mcr-1 gene encodes a phosphoethanolamine transferase, which confers resistance to colistin by transferring phosphoethanolamine to lipid A. This study describes the emergence of a colistin- and carbapenem-resistant clinical isolate of Escherichia coli harbouring mcr-1 and blaNDM-5 genes, located on 90 and 150 Kb pl...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Uchida H,Tada T,Sugahara Y,Kato A,Miyairi I,Kirikae T

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to evaluate the role of biofilm morphology, matrix content and surface hydrophobicity in the biofilm-forming capacity of Candida albicans and non-albicans Candida (NAC) spp. Biofilm formation was determined by microtitre plate assay and bright-field and scanning electron microscopy. The matrix ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kumari A,Mankotia S,Chaubey B,Luthra M,Singh R

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to detect and identify staphylococcal enterotoxin (SE) genes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) strains from different sources, and to investigate the relationship between their sequence types (STs) and SE gene patterns. METHODOLOGY:The profiles of 17 SE genes in 9...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Phumthanakorn N,Fungwithaya P,Chanchaithong P,Prapasarakul N

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Membrane fluidity to a large extent is governed by the presence of branched-chain fatty acids (BCFAs). Branched-chain α-keto acid dehydrogenase (BKD) is the key enzyme in BCFA synthesis. A Staphylococcus aureus BKD-deficient strain still produced substantial levels of BCFAs. Pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) with st...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Singh VK,Sirobhushanam S,Ring RP,Singh S,Gatto C,Wilkinson BJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an RNA virus that is an important cause of both acute and chronic hepatitis worldwide. To date, there are eight HEV genotypes that can infect mammals. HEV-1 and HEV-2 infect exclusively humans, while HEV-3 and HEV-4 infect humans and various animals, mainly pigs and deer. Additionally, two n...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Al-Sadeq DW,Majdalawieh AF,Mesleh AG,Abdalla OM,Nasrallah GK

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, hospitals in southeastern Europe have faced dramatically high rates of antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. We analysed the evolution of resistance among clinical isolates of A. baumannii group obtained from nine tertiary hospitals throughout Greece over 6 years (2010-2015). Identification an...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Dafopoulou K,Tsakris A,Pournaras S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Persister cells, a subpopulation of tolerant cells within the bacterial culture, are commonly thought to be responsible for antibiotic therapy failure and infection recurrence. Klebsiella pneumoniae is a notorious human pathogen for its increasing resistance to antibiotics and wide involvement in severe infecti...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Li Y,Zhang L,Zhou Y,Zhang Z,Zhang X

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the predominant strains of Bordetella pertussis in Greece during 2010-2015. METHODOLOGY:Infants and children (n=1150) (15 days to 14 years) of Greek, Roma and immigrant origin with different vaccination statuses were hospitalized in Athens, Greece with suspected pertussis infection. IS481/IS1001 r...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Petridou E,Jensen CB,Arvanitidis A,Giannaki-Psinaki M,Michos A,Krogfelt KA,Petersen RF

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Staphylococcus epidermidis colonies often display several morphologies and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns when cultured from device-related infections, and may represent one or multiple genotypes. Genotyping may be helpful in the clinical interpretation, but is time consuming and expensive. We wanted to ...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Larssen KW,Nor A,Bergh K

更新日期：2018-02-01 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:The aim of this study was to assess the biotope of the Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii species complex from Ivory Coast, and clarify the possible epidemiological relationship between environmental and clinical strains. METHODOLOGY:Samples from Eucalyptus camaldulensis (n=136), Mangifera indica (n=1...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kassi FK,Bellet V,Drakulovski P,Krasteva D,Roger F,Valérie BA,Aboubakar T,Doumbia A,Kouakou GA,Delaporte E,Reynes J,Yavo W,Menan HIE,Bertout S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to evaluate the effect of two types of stress, cold and nutritional, on the viability and the in vitro virulence of the foodborne pathogenic bacteria Listeria monocytogenes. METHODOLOGY:Ten diverse isolates were kept in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) at optimal (37 °C) or at refrigeration tem...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Araujo V,Neves E,Silva AC,Martins APL,Brito LC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Strains of type emm89 Streptococcus pyogenes have recently increased in frequency as a cause of human infections in several countries in Europe and North America. This increase has been molecular epidemiologically linked with the emergence of a new genetically distinct clone, designated clade 3. We sought to ex...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Beres SB,Olsen RJ,Ojeda Saavedra M,Ure R,Reynolds A,Lindsay DSJ,Smith AJ,Musser JM

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：PURPOSE:Platelet concentrates are at risk of transfusion-related sepsis. The microbial detection methods currently available have reached their limits, as they do not completely prevent transfusion-related bacterial contamination.The aim of this study was to develop a new strategy to detect the risk of platelet transfu...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chetouane Y,Dubourg G,Gallian P,Delerce J,Levasseur A,Flaudrops C,Chabrière E,Chiaroni J,Raoult D,Camoin-Jau L

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：:Streptococcus gordonii produces a pheromone heptapeptide, s.g.cAM373, which induces a conjugative mating response in Enterococcus faecalis cells carrying the responsive plasmid, pAM373. We investigated the extent of this intergeneric signaling on DNA acquisition by streptococcal species likely to cohabit oral biofilms...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Mansfield JM,Herrmann P,Jesionowski AM,Vickerman MM

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and ultimately fatal lung disease. One of the risk factors involved in the acquisition of IPF is viral infections, especially respiratory viruses. In the present study, we investigated the detection of respiratory viruses and the possible relationship betwee...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Keyvani H,Moghoofei M,Bokharaei-Salim F,Mostafaei S,Javad Mousavi SA,Monavari SH,Esghaei M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borderline oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (BORSA) represents a quite poorly understood and inadequately defined phenotype of methicillin resistance. BORSA strains show low, borderline resistance to penicillinase-resistant penicillins (PRPs), with oxacillin MICs typically equal to 1-8 µg ml-1, and in contras...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Hryniewicz MM,Garbacz K

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The current study has been designed to delineate the efficacy of geraniol (GE) on biofilm formation in Staphylococcus epidermidis as well as the effect of subinhibitory concentrations of GE on the development of adaptive resistance. METHODOLOGY:Biofilm biomass quantification assay was performed to evaluate the...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Kannappan A,Sivaranjani M,Srinivasan R,Rathna J,Pandian SK,Ravi AV

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study investigates the virulence and antimicrobial resistance in association with common clonal complexes (CCs) of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) isolated from Bangladesh. The aim was to determine whether specific CCs were more likely to be associated with putative virulence genes and/or antimic...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Chattaway MA,Day M,Mtwale J,White E,Rogers J,Day M,Powell D,Ahmad M,Harris R,Talukder KA,Wain J,Jenkins C,Cravioto A

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Nodal may play an important role in the development of cancers. The present study was designed to determine the effects of Nodal induced by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection on the occurrence and development of lung cancer and the underlying mechanisms. METHODOLOGY:After verification of RSV infection...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Xiang Z,Liang Z,Yanfeng H,Leitao K

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular typing is an important tool for control and prevention of infection. A suitable molecular typing method for epidemiological investigation must be easy to perform, highly reproducible, inexpensive, rapid and easy to interpret. In this study, two molecular typing methods including the conventional PCR-sequenci...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Fasihi Y,Fooladi S,Mohammadi MA,Emaneini M,Kalantar-Neyestanaki D

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:The present study aimed to characterize cell damage caused by vaginal Candida albicans isolates from women with different symptomatologies. It was evaluated 12 clinical isolates of C. albicans from vaginal samples: 4 from asymptomatic women (AS), 4 from women with a single episode of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) and...

journal_title：Journal of medical microbiology

authors： Faria DR,Sakita KM,Akimoto-Gunther LS,Kioshima ÉS,Svidzinski TIE,Bonfim-Mendonça PS

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00