Publications
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| emerging fluoroquinolone-resistance for common clinically important gram-negative bacteria in taiwan. | the in vitro antimicrobial activity of the three most commonly used fluoroquinolones (norfloxacin, ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin) was measured for 2235 isolates of seven common pathogenic gram-negative bacteria. collected from a major teaching hospital in taiwan during the years 1985-86, 1989-90, and 1996-97, the samples were evaluated using the agar dilution method. the overall susceptibility to fluoroquinolones has decreased rapidly after the wide use of these antimicrobial agents. isolates of e ... | 2002 | 12088622 |
| early-onset neonatal sepsis caused by vertical transmission of morganella morganii. | the onset of morganella morganii infection within the first 72 h after birth has only been reported on 1 occasion. the authors describe a second case in which m. morganii was cultured from both the neonate's blood and the mother's lochia. the infant was successfully treated with cefotaxime and gentamicin. | 2002 | 12195880 |
| antimicrobial resistance of bacterial organisms isolated from rats. | to determine if antimicrobial resistance occurs in various bacterial species isolated from rats. | 2001 | 12199446 |
| enhancement of nucleoside phosphorylation activity in an acid phosphatase. | escherichia blattae non-specific acid phosphatase (eb-nsap) possesses a pyrophosphate-nucleoside phosphotransferase activity, which is c-5'-position selective. current mutational and structural data were used to generate a mutant eb-nsap for a potential industrial application as an effective and economical protein catalyst in synthesizing nucleotides from nucleosides. first, gly74 and ile153 were replaced by asp and thr, respectively, since the corresponding replacements in the homologous enzyme ... | 2002 | 12200535 |
| morganella morganii causing solitary liver abscess complicated by pyopericardium and left pleural effusion in a nondiabetic patient. | morganella morganii is a rare cause of solitary liver abscess in taiwan. the complication of pyopericardium and pleural effusion in nondiabetic patient with solitary liver abscess are also rare. we present a case of a 48-year-old nondiabetic woman who experienced with epigastric discomfort 1 month prior to admission. chills and fever developed 2 weeks before admission. physical examination on admission revealed engorgement of the jugular vein over the right neck, precordial friction rubs, and te ... | 2002 | 12380794 |
| liver abscess metastasizing to prostate and lung. | 2002 | 12411623 | |
| structural investigation of the o-specific polysaccharides of morganella morganii consisting of two higher sugars. | the lipopolysaccharide of the bacterium morganella morganii (strain kf 1676, rk 4222) yielded two polysaccharides, ps1 and ps2, when subjected to mild acid degradation followed by gpc. the polysaccharides were studied by 1h and 13c nmr spectroscopy, including two-dimensional cosy, tocsy, noesy, 1h,(13)c hmqc, and hmbc experiments. each polysaccharide was found to contain a disaccharide repeating unit consisting of two higher sugars, 5-acetamidino-7-acetamido-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-l-glycero-d-galact ... | 2002 | 12423973 |
| brain abscess caused by aerobic gram-negative bacilli: clinical features and therapeutic outcomes. | thirty-three patients (24 males and nine females) with brain abscesses resulting from infection by aerobic gram-negative bacilli were identified at kaohsiung chang gung memorial hospital over a period of 14 years. of these, 23 cases developed spontaneously, with the remaining ten postneurosurgery. the organisms most frequently involved were klebsiella (k.) pneumoniae, pseudomonas aeruginosa, escherichia coli and proteus species and included some rare pathogens, such as salmonella and enterobacte ... | 2002 | 12445926 |
| evaluation of a novel automated chemiluminescent assay system for antimicrobial susceptibility testing. | the newly developed rapid lumi eiken/is60 (rl/is60) system automatically determines mics by detecting chemiluminescence produced in the reaction of a chemiluminescent probe and oxygen metabolites from living microorganisms. the present study evaluated this system for accuracy in antimicrobial susceptibility testing. chemiluminescence intensities after 4 h of cultivation of clinically important strains were plotted against various concentrations of antimicrobial agents, which resulted in curves r ... | 2003 | 12517861 |
| [antibacterial activity of cefpodoxime against clinical isolates in 2000 and 2001]. | as the post-marketing surveillance of cefpodoxime proxetil (banan), mics of cefpodoxime (cpdx, an active form of banan) against 1090 clinical isolates of 22 species from 15 medical institutions all over japan from june 2000 to march 2001 were measured using the broth microdilution method approved by the japanese society of chemotherapy and compared with those of oral cephem antibacterials, cefaclor, cefdinir, cefditoren, and cefcapene. in this study, remarkable change in the activity of cpdx was ... | 2002 | 12621736 |
| [morganella morganii endophthalmitis after vitrectomy: case report and review of the literature]. | postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis are caused in 80 % of the cases by the patient's own flora. most of the time, bacterial agents are gram-positive ((2/3) of cases) and more rarely gram-negative ((1/3) of cases). usually, pseudomonas sp, proteus sp or klebsiella sp are isolated, but very rarely morganella morganii. | 2003 | 12664382 |
| characterization of clinical isolates of enterobacteriaceae from italy by the bd phoenix extended-spectrum beta-lactamase detection method. | production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (esbls) is an important mechanism of beta-lactam resistance in enterobacteriaceae: identification of esbls based on phenotypic tests is the strategy most commonly used in clinical microbiology laboratories. the phoenix esbl test (bd diagnostic systems, sparks, md.) is a recently developed automated system for detection of esbl-producing gram-negative bacteria. an algorithm based on phenotypic responses to a panel of cephalosporins (ceftazidime plus ... | 2003 | 12682131 |
| bacteraemia due to tribe proteeae: a review of 132 cases during a decade (1991-2000). | to characterize the clinical features of bacteraemia due to tribe proteeae, 132 cases among 130 patients from 1991 to 2000 were analysed. the organisms included the proteus species in 63 cases (p. mirabilis in 41, p. penneri in 2 and p. vulgaris in 20), the providencia species in 8 (p. rettgeri in 3 and p. stuartii 5) and morganella morganii in 61. morganella bacteraemia occurred more frequently in the hospital (70.5%). biliary and hepatic diseases were predominant in cases with morganella bacte ... | 2003 | 12693558 |
| b1 cells contribute to serum igm, but not to intestinal iga, production in gnotobiotic ig allotype chimeric mice. | b1 cells are a significant source of natural serum igm, thereby serving as a first line of defense against systemic bacterial and viral infections. they can migrate to the intestinal lamina propria and differentiate into iga-producing plasma cells and thus might play a similar role in mucosal immunity. to investigate the contribution of b1 cells to the intestinal iga response induced by the commensal flora in immunocompetent animals, we generated gnotobiotic and conventionally reared ig allotype ... | 2003 | 12707334 |
| postoperative morganella morganii endophthalmitis associated with subclinical urinary tract infection. | we report a case of morganella morganii acute endophthalmitis following clear corneal phacoemulsification cataract surgery in which a coincident asymptomatic chronic urinary tract infection was detected postoperatively. morganella morganii is a gram-negative bacillus that inhabits the gastrointestinal tract and is part of the normal fecal flora. it is an opportunistic pathogen usually encountered in postoperative and nosocomial settings, causing urinary tract and wound infections. chronic urinar ... | 2003 | 12781291 |
| morganella morganii-associated arthritis in a diabetic patient. | 2003 | 12843120 | |
| antibacterial activity of lactose-binding lectins from bufo arenarum skin. | amphibians respond to microbial infection through cellular and humoral defense mechanisms such as antimicrobial protein secretion. most humoral defense proteins are synthetized in the skin. in this study we isolated two beta-galactoside-binding lectins with molecular weights of 50 and 56 kda from the skin of bufo arenarum. these lectins have significant hemagglutination activity against trypsinized rabbit erythrocytes, which was inhibited by galactose-containing saccharides. they are water-solub ... | 2003 | 12847913 |
| detection of morganella morganii, a prolific histamine former, by the polymerase chain reaction assay with 16s rdna-targeted primers. | a polymerase chain reaction (pcr) assay for the rapid and sensitive detection of the most prolific histamine former, morganella morganii, was developed. 16s rdna targeted pcr primers were designed, and the primer specificity and sensitivity of the pcr assay were evaluated. the 16s rdna sequence (1,503 bp) for m. morganii showed 95% identity to those for enteric bacteria, i.e., enterobacter spp., klebsiella spp., citrobacter spp., hafnia alvei, proteus spp., and providencia spp. the unique primer ... | 2003 | 12929824 |
| plasmid-mediated extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing strains of enterobacteriaceae isolated from diabetes foot infections in a brazilian diabetic center. | we bacteriologically analyzed 156 species of enterobacteriaceae, isolated from 138 patients with community-acquired diabetic foot ulcers, in a prospective study made at a diabetic center and at the federal university of ceará, brazil, from march, 2000, to november, 2001. the samples were cultured using selective media, and identification, susceptibility tests and detection of plasmid-mediated-extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase (esbl) producing strains were made with conventional and automated meth ... | 2003 | 12959684 |
| [isolation of proteus morganii in hamsters, mesocrisetus auratus auratus, with diarrhea]. | 1953 | 13110600 | |
| the synthesis of acetolactate in proteus morganii extracts. | 1956 | 13373864 | |
| [antigenic relations between proteus morganii and shigella flexneri]. | 1957 | 13411697 | |
| [comparative studies on certain biochemical characteristics of sensitive and resistant strains to antibiotics of proteus morgani]. | 1957 | 13457223 | |
| meningitis (b. proteus morgani) in a newborn; report of a case with recovery. | 1958 | 13522343 | |
| [feedback of enzymic syntheses by cysteine & its derivatives during the growth of proteus morganii]. | 1959 | 13670674 | |
| the effect of proteus morganii endotoxin on radiation mortality in mice. | 1960 | 13681815 | |
| "triauxie" of proteus morganii in amino acids supplemented medium and its enzymatic interpretation. i. | 1959 | 13803319 | |
| [study of the "feedback control" of the synthesis of enzymes by amino acids during the growth of proteus morganii]. | 1960 | 13803320 | |
| [lysogeneity and sensitivity to colicine h of proteus morgani]. | 1960 | 13842163 | |
| inducible penicillinase in proteus morgani. | 1963 | 14069510 | |
| host-range of proteus morganii bacteriophages. | 1963 | 14071213 | |
| [studies on the etiology of gastroenterocolitis in early infancy and childhood. iv. study on the role of proteus morganii strains]. | 1963 | 14162285 | |
| acetolactate metabolism and the presence of a dihydroxy acid dehydratase in micro-organisms. | 1. the growth characteristics of nine micro-organisms on complex broth and defined media, usually with a single nitrogen source (other than vitamins), were examined as a necessary step before growth of cells for enzyme assays. six of these bacteria gave a positive colour test with a creatine-potassium hydroxide reagent, indicating the presence of acetoin, which other investigators have shown is formed via the intermediate, alpha-acetolactate. 2. cell-free extracts of exponential-phase cells of b ... | 1965 | 14348203 |
| phosphorylation of pantothenic acid and pantethine by an enzyme from proteus morganii. | 1955 | 14367347 | |
| [studies with fluorescence-marked antibodies. v. simultaneous demonstration of several antigens by differently colored fluorescent antibodies, for instance in proteus morganii and bacillus cereus]. | 1959 | 14433631 | |
| the biochemical and serological properties of proteus morganii. | 1959 | 14436512 | |
| proteus morgani as an etiological agent in meningitis. case report. | 1961 | 14452544 | |
| in vitro susceptibilities of gram-negative bacteria isolated from hospitalized patients in four european countries, canada, and the united states in 2000-2001 to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins and comparator antimicrobials: implications for therapy. | access to current antimicrobial agent surveillance data is an important prerequisite for the optimal management of patients with hospital-acquired infections. the present study used data collected in 2000 to 2001 from 670 laboratories in europe (france, germany, italy, and spain), canada, and the united states to report on the in vitro activities of ceftriaxone, cefotaxime, and comparative agents against >125,000 isolates of gram-negative bacteria from hospitalized patients. all but two isolates ... | 2003 | 14506014 |
| [yearly changes in antibacterial activities of cefozopran against various clinical isolates between 1996 and 2001--ii. gram-negative bacteria]. | the in vitro antibacterial activities of cefozopran (czop), an agent of cephems, against various clinical isolates obtained between 1996 and 2001 were yearly evaluated and compared with those of other cephems, oxacephems and carbapenems. a total of 3,245 strains in 32 species of gram-negative bacteria were isolated from the clinical materials annually collected from january to december, and consisted of moraxella subgenus branhamella catarrhalis, escherichia coli, citrobacter freundii, citrobact ... | 2003 | 14567255 |
| indole can act as an extracellular signal to regulate biofilm formation of escherichia coli and other indole-producing bacteria. | we demonstrated previously that genetic inactivation of tryptophanase is responsible for a dramatic decrease in biofilm formation in the laboratory strain escherichia coli s17-1. in the present study, we tested whether the biochemical inhibition of tryptophanase, with the competitive inhibitor oxindolyl-l-alanine, could affect polystyrene colonization by e. coli and other indole-producing bacteria. oxindolyl-l-alanine inhibits, in a dose-dependent manner, indole production and biofilm formation ... | 2003 | 14569285 |
| extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae in community and private health care centers. | in 1999, 39 of 2,599 isolates of the family enterobacteriaceae (1.5%) collected by eight private laboratories in the aquitaine region in france produced an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (esbl). among these were 19 enterobacter aerogenes isolates; 8 klebsiella pneumoniae isolates; 6 escherichia coli isolates; 3 proteus mirabilis isolates; and 1 isolate each of serratia marcescens, morganella morganii, and providencia stuartii. esbl producers were isolated from 38 patients, including 33 residen ... | 2003 | 14576109 |
| c-reactive protein and antibacterial activity in blood plasma of colostrum-fed calves and the effect of lactulose. | several milk proteins are very important for immunological defense and can be absorbed in the intestine of calves in the first hours after birth. the influence of colostrum intake and the effect of additional lactulose application on the concentration of c-reactive protein (crp) in blood were investigated. the crp is known as a mediator of innate immunity. results were compared to the bovine acute phase protein haptoglobin, and to lactalbumin, lactoferrin, and immunoglobulins in plasma from calv ... | 2003 | 14594250 |
| endoscopic treatment in a patient with obstructive jaundice caused by pancreatic pseudocyst. | we report a case of chronic alcoholic pancreatitis with obstructive jaundice due to compression of the common bile duct by pancreatic pseudocyst. ultrasonography and computed tomographic scan on admission demonstrated an 8 cm cystic lesion located at the head of the pancreas. endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp) revealed a segment of narrowing at the distal common bile duct which was compressed by the pancreatic pseudocyst. communication between the cyst and pancreatic duct was ... | 2003 | 14649681 |
| two cases of systemic candida glabrata infection following in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. | presented here are two cases of systemic candida glabrata infection diagnosed in two expectant mothers and their fetuses at 34 and 22 weeks' gestation. the underlying risk factors in case 1 were in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer, recurrent yeast vaginitis and two intravenous injections of betamethasone. the risk factors in case 2 were in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer, recurrent yeast vaginitis, antibiotics for treatment of a urinary tract infection due to morganella morganii a ... | 2004 | 14652784 |
| [post-marketing surveillance of antibacterial activities of cefozopran against various clinical isolates--ii. gram-negative bacteria]. | as a post-marketing surveillance, the in vitro antibacterial activities of cefozopran (czop), an agent of cephems, against various clinical isolates were yearly evaluated and compared with those of other cephems, oxacephems, carbapenems, monobactams, and penicillins. changes in czop susceptibility among bacteria were also evaluated with the bacterial resistance ratio calculated from the breakpoint mic. twenty-five species (4,154 strains) of gram-negative bacteria were isolated from the clinical ... | 2003 | 14692381 |
| [morganella morganii and early-onset neonatal infection]. | morganella morganii is an opportunistic gram-negative bacterium, resistant to ampicillin, and scarcely involved in early-onset neonatal sepsis. case report: after a premature rupture of the membranes, a pregnant patient received prophylactic amoxicillin per os. she developed chorioamnionitis. her infant was diagnosed with early-onset sepsis. maternal and baby's blood cultures grew m. morganii. both the mother and the infant were successfully treated with a third-generation cephalosporin and an a ... | 2004 | 14700759 |
| [impact of secondary pancreatic infection on the prognosis of patients with severe acute pancreatitis: an analysis of 60 cases]. | to investigate the impact of secondary pancreatic infection (spi) on the prognosis of patients with severe acute pancreatitis (sap). | 2004 | 14706191 |
| putrescine, cadaverine, and indole production by bacteria isolated from wild and aquacultured penaeid shrimp stored at 0, 12, 24, and 36 degrees c. | putrescine, cadaverine, and indole production capabilities of bacteria isolated from wild domestic and aquacultured ni-caraguan penaeid shrimp in progressive decomposition states were evaluated. the numbers and types of microorganisms responsible for the production of putrescine, cadaverine, and indole in wild and aquacultured shrimp increased with increasing decomposition temperature and time. throughout the storage experiments, mean aerobic plate counts (log/g) ranged from 4.5 to 9.7 and 4.5 t ... | 2004 | 14717362 |
| enterococcus casseliflavus bacteremia. case report and literature review. | motile enterococci are rare causes of enterococcal bacteremia, usually in immunocompromised patients. we describe a case of polymicrobial bacteremia, including enterococcus casseliflavus, escherichia coli, and morganella morganii, in an 80-year old woman, shortly after a liver biopsy performed to exclude cholangiocarcinoma. we further discuss the unique genetic characteristics and the clinical significance of such isolates, such as their intrinsic resistance to vancomycin, and the low virulence ... | 2004 | 14720498 |
| a prospective study of canine infective endocarditis in northern california (1999-2001): emergence of bartonella as a prevalent etiologic agent. | a prospective study was performed (june 1999 to may 2001) to determine the incidence of infective endocarditis (ie) due to bartonella in dogs in northern california and to compare these patients with other dogs with ie. ie was diagnosed antemortem based on clinical signs and echocardiography in 18 dogs. the etiologic agent was bartonella sp. in 5 dogs (28%) and was diagnosed by high seroreactivity to bartonella (titer > 1:512; range, 1:1,024-1:4,096); and confirmed postmortem by positive polymer ... | 2004 | 14765733 |
| the metabolism of cystine and cysteine by proteus vulgaris and proteus morganii. | 1950 | 14794627 | |
| [proteus in the etiology of food poisoning; case report of an attack due to proteus morganii]. | 1951 | 14882187 | |
| function of pyridoxal phosphate in desulfhydrase systems of proteus morganii. | 1951 | 14917685 | |
| isolation and characterization of integron-containing bacteria without antibiotic selection. | the emergence of antibiotic resistance among pathogenic and commensal bacteria has become a serious problem worldwide. the use and overuse of antibiotics in a number of settings are contributing to the development of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms. the class 1 and 2 integrase genes (inti1 and inti2, respectively) were identified in mixed bacterial cultures enriched from bovine feces by growth in buffered peptone water (bpw) followed by integrase-specific pcr. integrase-positive bacterial co ... | 2004 | 14982773 |
| [surveillance of susceptibility of clinical isolates to cefmetazole between 2000 and 2002]. | the antibacterial activity of cefmetazole (cmz) against clinical isolates from 15 medical institutions all over japan was evaluated yearly for two years from june 2000 to march 2002 and compared with that of other parenteral beta-lactams, cefazolin (cez), cefotiam (ctm), sulbactam/cefoperazone (sbt/cpz), and flomoxef (fmox). in the first surveillance from june 2000 to march 2001, 575 isolates of 13 species were tested, and 548 isolates of the same 13 species were tested in the second surveillanc ... | 2003 | 15007873 |
| analysis of ampc beta-lactamase expression and sequence in biochemically atypical ceftazidime-resistant enterobacteriaceae from paediatric patients. | to analyse the variation of ampc beta-lactamase gene sequence and expression in biochemically atypical enterobacteriaceae isolates, and to identify them definitively. | 2004 | 15014062 |
| [nosocomial infections in a general surgical ward]. | according to the national nosocomial infection surveillance system we analysed the post-surgical nosocomial infections in a surgery ward of perugia university. between may 2000 and april 2001, 677 patients were enrolled mean age 51.5 years: 355 (52%) male, 462 (68%) asa score 1, "clean" surgery in 355 cases (52%), cephazolin prophylaxis in 256 (38%); 11 (2%) patients deceased perioperatively. a total of 37 nosocomial infections, in 33 patients, were detected: 18 pneumonia (48.6%), 10 surgical si ... | 2004 | 15032335 |
| photobacterium phosphoreum caused a histamine fish poisoning incident. | an incident of histamine fish poisoning (hfp) occurred due to the consumption of iwashi maruboshi (dried sardine) in osaka, japan in march 2002. a histamine-producing bacterial strain, ys4-7, was isolated from iwashi maruboshi that contained 1700 mg of histamine per kilogram. this strain was identified as photobacterium phosphoreum by biochemical examinations and partial sequencing of 16s rdna. p. phosphoreum ys4-7 showed greater capability as a histamine producer at 4 and 12 degrees c than morg ... | 2004 | 15033270 |
| comparative activities of doripenem versus isolates, mutants, and transconjugants of enterobacteriaceae and acinetobacter spp. with characterized beta-lactamases. | doripenem (s-4661), a new parenteral carbapenem, was tested against over 250 clinical isolates, mutants, and transconjugants of enterobacteriaceae and acinetobacter spp., selected or derived for their beta-lactamase expression characteristics. imipenem, meropenem, and ertapenem were tested as comparators, along with cephalosporins and piperacillin-tazobactam, by using national committee for clinical laboratory standards agar dilution methodology. doripenem mics were from 0.03 to 0.25 microg/ml f ... | 2004 | 15047535 |
| detection of pathogenic bacteria in skin lesions of patients with chiclero's ulcer. reluctant response to antimonial treatment. | we investigated the bacterial flora present in skin lesions of patients with chiclero's ulcer from the yucatan peninsula of mexico using conventional culture methods (11 patients), and an immunocolorimetric detection of pathogenic streptococcus pyogenes (15 patients). prevalence of bacteria isolated by culture methods was 90.9% (10/11). we cultured, from chiclero's ulcers (60%), pathogenic bacterial such as staphylococcus aureus (20%), s. pyogenes (1.6%), pseudomonas aeruginosa (1.6%), morganell ... | 2004 | 15049096 |
| bilateral endogenous bacterial endophthalmitis: a report of four cases. | to present and discuss four cases of bilateral endogenous endophthalmitis. | 2004 | 15115453 |
| [antibacterial activity of essential oils on microorganisms isolated from urinary tract infection]. | the antibacterial activity of essential oils extracted from medicinal plants (ocimum gratissimum, l., cybopogum citratus (dc) stapf., and salvia officinalis, l.) was assessed on bacterial strains derived from 100 urine samples. samples were taken from subjects diagnosed with urinary tract infection living in the community. microorganisms were plated on müller hinton agar. plant extracts were applied using a steers replicator and petri dishes were incubated at 37 degrees c for 24 hours. salvia of ... | 2004 | 15122392 |
| detection of vibrio parahaemolyticus and vibrio cholerae in oyster, crassostrea rhizophorae, collected from a natural nursery in the cocó river estuary, fortaleza, ceará, brazil. | oysters are edible organisms that are often ingested partially cooked or even raw, presenting therefore a very high risk to the consumers' health, especially in tropical regions. the presence of vibrio cholerae and vibrio parahaemolyticus in oysters sampled at an estuary in the brazilian northeastern region was studied, with 300 oysters tested through an 8-months period. the salinity of the water at the sampling point varied between 3% and 27. v. cholerae was the most frequently detected species ... | 2004 | 15141271 |
| improving the pyrophosphate-inosine phosphotransferase activity of escherichia blattae acid phosphatase by sequential site-directed mutagenesis. | escherichia blattae acid phosphatase/phosphotransferase (eb-ap/ptase) exhibits c-5'-position selective pyrophosphate-nucleoside phosphotransferase activity in addition to its intrinsic phosphatase. improvement of its phosphotransferase activity was investigated by sequential site-directed mutagenesis. by comparing the primary structures of higher 5'-inosinic acid (5'-imp) productivity and lower 5'-imp productivity acid phosphatase/phosphotransferase, candidate residues of substitution were selec ... | 2004 | 15170108 |
| morganella morganii causing fatal sepsis in a platelet recipient and also isolated from a donor's stool. | bacterial contamination of blood products causes significant patient morbidity and mortality. contaminated platelet transfusion is a frequent cause of bacteraemia and sepsis because of the storage conditions of platelets. a fatal case of morganella morganii platelet transfusion associated with sepsis is described, along with procedures traced back to the isolation of m. morganii from a donor's stool. molecular typing was performed, and the same m. morganii strain was found in blood and post-mort ... | 2004 | 15180816 |
| resistance rates to commonly used antimicrobials among pathogens of both bacteremic and non-bacteremic community-acquired urinary tract infection. | this study examined the distribution of organisms and their antimicrobial resistance in patients admitted due to acute bacteremic and non-bacteremic community-acquired urinary tract infection (uti). during a period of 1 year and 1 month, a total of 201 patients and 253 bacterial isolates were studied. fever higher than 38.5 degrees c was significantly more common in the bacteremic group than the non-bacteremic group (68% vs 48%; p<0.05). escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, pseudomonas aerug ... | 2004 | 15221039 |
| [bacteremia in an obese patient with cellulitis and chronic ulceration in the lower extremity]. | 2004 | 15228905 | |
| emerging resistance among bacterial pathogens in the intensive care unit--a european and north american surveillance study (2000-2002). | globally icus are encountering emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant pathogens and for some pathogens there are few therapeutic options available. | 2004 | 15283864 |
| acute postoperative morganella morganii panophthalmitis. | 2005 | 15332093 | |
| salicylate decreases production of ampc type beta-lactamases and increases susceptibility to beta-lactams in a morganella morganii clinical isolate. | the effect of salicylate, a marrab inducer, on the resistance to beta-lactams was characterized in an ampc beta-lactamase hyperproducer morganella morganii clinical isolate (the m1 strain). results were compared with those of the effect of salicylate in a wild-type m. morganii strain. salicylate induced a decreased susceptibility to nalidixic acid, norfloxacin and tetracycline and simultaneously increased the susceptibility to beta-lactams apparently due to the repression of ampc beta-lactamase ... | 2004 | 15336414 |
| evaluation of the microscan esbl plus confirmation panel for detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in clinical isolates of oxyimino-cephalosporin-resistant gram-negative bacteria. | we aimed to assess the performance of the microscan esbl plus confirmation panel using a series of 87 oxyimino-cephalosporin-resistant gram-negative bacilli of various species. | 2004 | 15471997 |
| [osteomyelitis of the rib due to morganella morganii]. | 2004 | 15476428 | |
| [envenoming by malayan cobra (naja naja sputatrix)--case report]. | malayan cobra (naja naja sputatrix) is the venomous snake of the elapidae family which involves at least three species of asian spitting cobras, according to the new taxonomy. this snake occurs naturally in southeastern asia and in poland it is kept only in the private breedings. its venom mainly contains neurotoxins which have paralyzing activities to the nervous system and cardiotoxins which act cytolytically. the present study shows a case of the forty-one-year-old man professionally engaging ... | 2004 | 15521620 |
| metallo-beta-lactamase-producing gram-negative bacilli: laboratory-based surveillance in cooperation with 13 clinical laboratories in the kinki region of japan. | a total of 19,753 strains of gram-negative rods collected during two 6-month periods (october 2000 to march 2001 and november 2001 to april 2002) from 13 clinical laboratories in the kinki region of japan were investigated for the production of metallo-beta-lactamases (mbls). mbls were detected in 96 (0.5%) of the 19,753 isolates by the broth microdilution method, the 2-mercaptopropionic acid inhibition test, and pcr and dna sequencing analyses. mbl-positive isolates were detected in 9 of 13 lab ... | 2004 | 15528723 |
| effect of ceftazidime, amikacin and ciprofloxacin on biofilm formation by some enterobacterial clinical isolates. | the effect of sub-minimal inhibitory concentrations of antimicrobial agents on the biofilm formationto polystyrene by escherichia coli, proteus vulgaris, providencia stuartii, and morganella morganii was investigated by examining eight clinical strains. all the isolates tested were efficient biofilm-forming strains in the microtiter plate assay, with crystal violet staining (od595 nm) ranging from 0.13 +/- 0.01 for p. stuartii er21870 to 1.23 +/- 0.02 for p. vulgaris er50120. the biofilm formati ... | 2004 | 15528892 |
| histidine decarboxylase in enterobacteriaceae revisited. | with a modification of taylor's decarboxylation broth, histidine decarboxylase was detected in enterobacter aerogenes, morganella morganii, raoultella ornithinolytica, and some strains of citrobacter youngae and raoultella planticola. this method provides a useful confirmatory test for identification of e. aerogenes strains. | 2004 | 15583342 |
| early onset neonatal sepsis due to morganella morganii. | two neonates, both 32-weekers, developed morganella morganii sepsis on the first day of life. they presented within a day of each other, primarily with respiratory signs. in both cases there was a history of spontaneous premature rupture of membranes, exposure to a single dose of ampicillin ante-partum, and similar antibiograms. no common source could be identified. | 2004 | 15591668 |
| inhibitory effects of various micro-organisms on the growth of helicobacter pylori. | to examine the in vitro influence of various bacteria species on helicobacter pylori (hp) growth. | 2005 | 15613007 |
| comparison of three pcr primer sets for identification of vanb gene carriage in feces and correlation with carriage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci: interference by vanb-containing anaerobic bacilli. | we assessed the sensitivities and specificities of three previously described pcr primers on enrichment broth cultures of feces for the accurate detection of fecal carriage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (vre). in addition, we investigated specimens that were vanb pcr positive but vre culture negative for the presence of other vanb-containing pathogens. feces from 59 patients (12 patients carrying vanb enterococcus faecium strains and 47 patients negative for vre carriage) were cultured for ... | 2005 | 15616278 |
| [bacterial causes of meningitis in newborns]. | bacterial meningitis jeopardizes the life of affected newborns and in survived children often leaves permanent sequels. the sooner the diagnosis is established and the therapy is started, the more a prosperous outcome can be expected. when the indication is established, lumbar punction should be performed. on the basis of the results of cytological and biochemical analyses of the cerebrospinal fluid (csf) that point to bacterial meningitis, the initial therapy should begin even before the result ... | 2001 | 15637989 |
| acrab efflux pump plays a role in decreased susceptibility to tigecycline in morganella morganii. | transposon mutagenesis of a clinical isolate of morganella morganii, g1492 (tigecycline mic of 4 microg/ml), yielded two insertion knockout mutants for which tigecycline mics were 0.03 microg/ml. transposon insertions mapped to acra, which is constitutively overexpressed in g1492, suggesting a role of the acrab efflux pump in decreased susceptibility to tigecycline in m. morganii. | 2005 | 15673770 |
| darier's disease in singapore. | darier's disease is a rare, dominantly inherited genodermatosis. although it has been well studied in caucasians, very little is known about the clinical spectrum of this disorder among asians. | 2005 | 15727640 |
| description of in116, the first blactx-m-2-containing complex class 1 integron found in morganella morganii isolates from buenos aires, argentina. | we analysed the architecture and probable origin of a class 1 integron from cefotaxime-resistant morganella morganii isolates. | 2005 | 15743901 |
| [urinary tract infections in children--etiologic agents and susceptibility to antibiotics]. | urinary tract infections (utis) are common clinical problem in pediatric hospitals. the aim of this study was to compare the incidence of utis during two different time periods (from february 1999 to march 2000, and from april 2000 to september 2001) in pediatric patients treated in ambulatory or hospitalized in new children hospital. the frequency of occurrence of esbl--producing gram-negative rods increased during second period study. the isolated esbl--producing strains were resistant also to ... | 2004 | 15765758 |
| outbreaks of contaminated broncho-alveolar lavage related to intrinsically defective bronchoscopes. | from 5 march 2001 to 19 october 2001, outbreaks of broncho-alveolar lavage (bal) contamination with enterobacteraceae were detected in our 700-bed institution. we report the investigation of these outbreaks. a case was defined as the occurrence of pairs of specific enterobacteraceae in bal specimens among any patients who underwent bronchoscopy in the respiratory unit during the period of the outbreak. contamination was identified in 117 bal samples during three outbreaks among 418 patients, and ... | 2005 | 15893850 |
| significant histamine formation in tuna (thunnus albacares) at 2 degrees c--effect of vacuum- and modified atmosphere-packaging on psychrotolerant bacteria. | occurrence and importance of psychrotolerant histamine producing bacteria in chilled fresh tuna were demonstrated in the present study. the objective was to evaluate microbial formation of histamine and biogenic amines in chilled fresh tuna from the indian ocean and stored either vacuum-packed (vp) or modified atmosphere-packed (map). firstly, biogenic amines and the dominating microbiota were determined in vp tuna involved in an outbreak of histamine fish poisoning in denmark. secondly, the mic ... | 2005 | 15925710 |
| dissemination of ctx-m-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamase genes to unusual hosts. | a citrobacter amalonaticus and a morganella morganii producing the ctx-m-1 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (esbl) were isolated from an area where this enzyme is now widespread in escherichia coli. this is the first report of ctx-m-1 in the former species. in both cases the esbl determinant was possibly acquired by these unusual hosts in vivo, after coinfection with e. coli strains carrying conjugative plasmids encoding ctx-m-1. | 2005 | 16081971 |
| antibacterial activity of zuccagnia punctata cav. ethanolic extracts. | the present study was conducted to investigate antibacterial activity of zuccagnia punctata ethanolic extract against 47 strains of antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacteria and to identify bioactive compounds. inhibition of bacterial growth was investigated using agar diffusion, agar macrodilution, broth microdilution and bioautographic methods. zuccagnia punctata extract was active against all assayed bacteria (escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, proteus mirabilis, enterobacter cloacae, ... | 2005 | 16137849 |
| [surveillance of susceptibility of clinical isolates to cefmetazole between 2000 and 2003]. | for the post-marketing surveillance of cefmetazole (cmz, cefmetazon), mics of injectable beta-lactam antibacterials including cmz against clinical isolates from 15 medical institutions all over japan are measured yearly and the incidence rates of resistance in various species are also evaluated. in the first surveillance from june 2000 to march 2001, 574 isolates of 13 species were tested, 548 isolates of the same 13 species were tested in the second surveillance from april 2001 to march 2002, a ... | 2005 | 16161756 |
| a novel selective nucleoside phosphorylating enzyme from morganella morganii. | a selective nucleoside phosphorylating enzyme was purified to homogeneity from morganella morganii ncimb10466 crude extract. the enzyme appeared to consist of six subunits identical in molecular mass (m(r) 25,000). it phosphorylated various nucleosides at the 5'-position to produce nucleoside-5'-monophosphates using pyrophosphate as the phosphate source. energy-rich compounds, such as carbamylphosphate and acetylphosphate, were also very effective phosphate donors. the enzyme also exhibited phos ... | 1999 | 16232546 |
| acid phosphatase/phosphotransferases from enteric bacteria. | we have investigated the enzymatic phosphorylation of nucleosides and found that morganella morganii phoc acid phosphatase exhibits regioselective pyrophosphate (pp(i))-nucleoside phosphotransferase activity. in this study, we isolated genes encoding an acid phosphatase with regioselective phosphotransferase activity (ap/ptase) from providencia stuartii, enterobacter aerogenes, escherichia blattae and klebsiella planticola, and compared the primary structures and enzymatic characteristics of the ... | 2001 | 16233057 |
| evaluation of the new vitek 2 gn card for the identification of gram-negative bacilli frequently encountered in clinical laboratories. | the new vitek 2 gn card (biomérieux, marcy-l'etoile, france) was developed for better identification of fermenting and nonfermenting bacilli. this new card allows the identification of 159 taxa. a total of 426 isolates (331 fermenting and 95 nonfermenting gram-negative bacilli) belonging to 70 taxa covered by the database were evaluated. all isolates were identified in parallel with the id 32 gn, the api 20e, and the api 20ne methods. the system correctly identified 97.4% (n=415) of the strains. ... | 2005 | 16261305 |
| effect of triclosan on the development of bacterial biofilms by urinary tract pathogens on urinary catheters. | to examine (i) the effect of triclosan on the formation of catheter biofilms by urinary tract pathogens and (ii) the diffusion of triclosan through the retention balloons of urinary catheters. | 2006 | 16339844 |
| central nervous system infection caused by morganella morganii. | central nervous system (cns) infection with morganella morganii is very rare. we describe a 38-year-old female patient with frontal brain abscess caused by m morganii who was unsuccessfully treated. we also review all reported cases of morganella cns infections with an emphasis on treatment modalities and outcomes. aggressive surgical management and appropriate antimicrobial therapy can lead to cure, but the mortality rate for these infections remains high. | 2006 | 16415665 |
| [beta-lactamases of gram negative bacteria: never-ending clockwork!]. | the acquired resistance against the wide-spectrum and highly stable beta-lactams including third-generation cephalosporins (3gc) and carbapenems is constinuously increasing and widespead with the discovery of various plasmid-encoded, or genes cassette or integrons coding for a novel beta-lactamase, always a major mechanism of resistance. to explain resistance against 3gc, with the continuing story with tem and shv mutated enzymes, several types of esbl (class a) emerge the ctx-m type, at least c ... | 2006 | 16420989 |
| emergence of dha-1-producing klebsiella spp. in the parisian region: genetic organization of the ampc and ampr genes originating from morganella morganii. | eleven klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates and one klebsiella oxytoca clinical isolate showing various pulsed-field gel electrophoresis types and producing an inducible dha-1 class c beta-lactamase were isolated in the parisian region between 1998 and 2003. the aim of this study was to compare the genetic organization of the bla(dha-1) genes in this collection of clinical isolates. in four isolates, the morganella morganii-derived genomic region containing bla(dha-1) was inserted in an entir ... | 2006 | 16436717 |
| clonal occurrences of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli: report from the meropenem yearly susceptibility test information collection surveillance program in the united states (2004). | the meropenem yearly susceptibility test information collection program is a global, longitudinal resistance surveillance network of more than 100 medical centers worldwide monitoring the susceptibility of bacterial pathogens to carbapenems and other broad-spectrum agents. between 1999 and 2004, a total of 10-16 us medical centers referred up to 200 nonduplicate isolates from clinical infections to a central processing laboratory. over this 6-year period, the antimicrobial activity of 12 broad-s ... | 2006 | 16466890 |
| a rare cause of ludwig's angina by morganella morganii. | ludwig's angina is a rapidly spreading and potentially lethal infection involving the floor of the mouth and neck. we present a rare case of ludwig's angina caused by an unusual microorganism, morganella morganii, and the group d alpha-hemolytic streptococcus. to our knowledge, this is the first case of ludwig's angina and deep neck infection caused by morganella morganii. adequate airway maintenance, appropriate use of antibiotics and surgical drainage resulted in survival of the patient withou ... | 2006 | 16483664 |
| biochemical and molecular characterization of three new variants of ampc beta-lactamases from morganella morganii. | morganella morganii produces an inducible, chromosomally encoded ampc beta-lactamase. we describe in this study three new variants of ampc within this species with apparent pis of 6.6 (m19 from m. morganii strain pp19), 7.4 (m29 from m. morganii strain pp29), and 7.8 (m37 from m. morganii strain pp37). after gene sequencing, deduced amino acid sequences displayed one to six substitutions when compared to the available morganella ampc sequences. an ampr-encoding gene was also found upstream of am ... | 2006 | 16495258 |
| detection of bacterial strains producing sulbactam- or tazobactam-sensitive beta-lactamases by the use of disks containing the inhibitors alone instead of combining them with antibiotics. | the author demonstrated that disks containing beta-lactamase inhibitors sulbactam or tazobactam combined with ampicillin (sam) and piperacillin (tzp) are not suitable for performing the double-disk synergy test (ddst) with the aim of determining the sensitivity of beta-lactamases to these inhibitors. the presence of antibiotics (especially of piperacillin) is so disturbing that the results of testing are not specific. in contrast, the use of disks containing sulbactam or tazobactam alone yields ... | 2006 | 16499654 |