Publications
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| bactericidal effect of pooled human serum on bacteroides melaninogenicus, bacteroides asaccharolyticus and actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. | bacteria belonging to the species b. melaninogenicus ss. melaninogenicus (two strains), b. melaninogenicus ss. intermedius (five strains), b. asaccharolyticus (seven strains), and actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (four strains) were tested under anaerobic conditions for their sensitivity to the bactericidal effect of pooled human serum. the a. actinomycetemcomitans strains were not killed to any extent by the serum. both b. melaninogenicus ss. melaninogenicus strains were killed by serum. th ... | 1982 | 6123149 |
| virulence of black-pigmented bacteroides strains from periodontal pockets and other sites in experimentally induced skin lesions in mice. | 1982 | 6123563 | |
| [isolation of bacteroides from the pathological specimens]. | 1982 | 6124071 | |
| pyogenic arthritis due to bacteroides complicating rheumatoid arthritis. | two cases of anaerobic, pyogenic arthritis complicating rheumatoid disease due to bacteroides are described. the relative well-being of the patients and indolence of the affected joints are emphasised, and the effective role of metronidazole in the treatment of septic arthritis due to bacteroides is discussed. | 1982 | 6124215 |
| treatment of experimental mandibular osteomyelitis with hyperbaric oxygen and antibiotics. | osteomyelitis was created in surgically fractured rabbit mandibles by the inoculation of bacteroides melaninogenicus. after the disease was established, the animals were randomly divided into four groups: group i, 16 animals, received hyperbaric oxygen (hbo) treatment alone (100% oxygen at two atmospheres pressure absolute for 2 hours daily for 40 treatments); group ii, eight animals, were untreated controls; group iii, five animals, received hbo therapy plus antibiotic treatment; and group iv, ... | 1981 | 6124510 |
| phagocytosis of bacteroides melaninogenicus and bacteroides gingivalis in vitro by human neutrophils. | 1982 | 6124589 | |
| periodontal disease associated with shigella flexneri in rhesus monkeys. clinical, microbiologic and histopathologic findings. | 1982 | 6124590 | |
| enhancement of cell attachment of a substrate coated with oral bacterial endotoxin by plasma fibronectin. | 1982 | 6124591 | |
| penicillin-resistant bacteroides melaninogenicus. | 1982 | 6124641 | |
| [bacteroides melaninogenicus (synonym: ristella melaninogenica) as a cause of complications in circumscribed peritonitis]. | 1981 | 6124959 | |
| [microbiology of deposits on dental surface (author's transl)]. | 1982 | 6125038 | |
| ultrastructure of the outer membrane surface of black-pigmented bacteroides isolated from human oral cavity. | 1982 | 6125273 | |
| an enumeration of black-pigmented bacteroides in human subgingival material using a selective medium. | 1982 | 6125274 | |
| collagenolytic activity associated with bacteroides species and actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. | 1982 | 6125580 | |
| humoral immune response to oral microorganisms in periodontitis. | serum antibody titers from patients with periodontitis were compared with those from periodontally healthy subjects. with the micro-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, immunoglobulin g (igg), iga, and igm antibody titers to isolates of streptococcus sanguis, actinomyces viscosus, bacteroides gingivalis, bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. intermedius, bacteroides gingivalis, bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. intermedius, bacteroides ochraceus, and fusobacterium nucleation were determined. antibod ... | 1982 | 6126434 |
| impairment by bacteroides species of opsonisation and phagocytosis of enterobacteria. | the ability of human polymorphonuclear leucocytes to phagocytose and kill proteus mirabilis was impaired in vitro when the human serum, used to opsonise the target bacteria, was pretreated with cultures of various bacteroides species. live and dead, either heat-killed or clindamycin-treated, bacteroides cells elicited the same phenomenon. when bacteroides-treated serum was used to opsonise different proteus species, the subsequent uptake of all strains by polymorphonuclear leucocytes was inhibit ... | 1982 | 6126594 |
| a bacteriocin typing scheme for bacteroides. | epidemiological studies of bacteroides spp. have been hindered because a suitable typing method is not available. in preliminary studies, 50 strains of bacteroides were screened against each other for bacteriocin production and sensitivity; 54% of them produced bacteriocin(s) and more than 90% were sensitive to at least one bacteriocin. after calculation of similarity values for these 50 isolates, a typing set of six bacteriocinogenic strains was selected for a typing method based on bacteriocin ... | 1982 | 6126595 |
| histopathology of mixed anaerobic intraabdominal infection in mice. | this study characterized acute peritonitis and chronic abscess formation resulting from experimental mixed anaerobic infection with bacteroides melaninogenicus and fusobacterium necrophorum. at intervals after infection liver and spleen samples were obtained, fixed, and processed for histological examination. an acute to chronic infection progressed in mice infected with this mixture of anaerobic bacteria, whereas, no infection resulted when either organism was injected alone. acute inflammatory ... | 1982 | 6126612 |
| the direct immunofluorescence in the presumptive identification of bacteroides species. | two kits containing fluorescein labeled-polyvalent antisera to bacteroides fragilis, bacteroides distasonis, bacteroides ovatus, bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, bacteroides vulgatus (fluoretec-f) and to bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. melaninogenicus and intermedius and to bacteroides asaccharolyticus (non-oral strains) (fluoretec-m) were evaluated for the identification of the respective organisms in bacterial cultures and clinical specimens. in both cases immunofluorescent tests were compared ... | 1982 | 6126973 |
| biosynthesis of vitamin k (menaquinone) in bacteria. | 1982 | 6127606 | |
| [combined (metal-acrylate) crowns and their effects on the periodontium from the aspect of bacteriological studies. ii]. | 1981 | 6127754 | |
| anaerobes: a new aetiology in cavitary pneumoconiosis. | the role of mycobacteria in the cavitation of large pneumoconiotic masses is well established. in other cases softness is attributed to an ischaemic or aseptic necrosis. five cases are described in which cavitation of the pulmonary masses was caused by anaerobic bacteria, confirmed by the growth of such bacterial in cultures after transtracheal or transpleural puncture. repeated cultures for mycobacteria gave negative results. two cases were acute, having serious complications such as bronchople ... | 1982 | 6128024 |
| serogrouping of outer membrane surface antigen of black-pigmented bacteroides by the immunodiffusion test. | 1982 | 6128080 | |
| effects of endogenous and exogenous inhibitors on the incorporation of labeled precursors into dna by human mononuclear cells. | the degree of responsiveness of lymphoid cells to activation by mitogens and antigens is commonly assessed in vitro by measuring radioactive dna precursor incorporation. several lines of evidence indicate that artifacts affect the results and that these measurements may not be an accurate reflection of cell activation. cultures of blastogenically activated lymphocytes contain soluble, noncytotoxic factors that inhibit the incorporation of radioactive nucleosides into dna by dividing cells withou ... | 1982 | 6128306 |
| severe cellulitis of dental origin with gas-producing bacteria. | 1982 | 6128366 | |
| endotoxin-induced changes in copper and zinc metabolism in the syrian hamster. | the temporal response of zinc and copper metabolism to endotoxin administration was examined in syrian hamsters over a 144-hour period. serum copper was significantly elevated at 12, 24 and 72 hours after endotoxin, whereas serum zinc was reduced 4-48 hours after treatment. a brief elevation (8 hours) in liver copper concentration and a sustained (72 hours) increase in liver zinc concentration were also observed. the amount of zinc associated with liver metallothionein (mt) progressively increas ... | 1982 | 6128380 |
| cytotoxic activity of bacteroides gingivalis and bacteroides asaccharolyticus. | culture filtrates of all eight strains of bacteroides gingivalis and all five strains of b. asaccharolyticus were toxic for vero cells. cytotoxicity was in general greater with material from cultures of b. gingivalis than from b. asaccharolyticus but none of the culture filtrates from eight strains of b. melaninogenicus showed activity in this test. the toxic material was released during prolonged incubation and more detailed study of preparations from one strain indicated that it had a molecula ... | 1982 | 6128424 |
| bacteroides melaninogenicus and dental infections: some questions and some answers. | 1982 | 6128707 | |
| [microbiologic and clinical results of local treatment of marginal periodontitis]. | 1982 | 6128844 | |
| [fibrinolytic system in human saliva activated by oral bacteria]. | 1981 | 6129013 | |
| [fibrinolytic activity of bacteroides melaninogenicus isolated from periodontal pockets and gingival sulci]. | 1981 | 6129014 | |
| initial screening test of primary clinical specimens in uv light for bacteroides melaninogenicus and b. asaccharolyticus. | 1982 | 6129193 | |
| oropharyngeal bacteroides melaninogenicus infection with septicemia: lemierre's syndrome. | 1983 | 6129280 | |
| [bacteriocin from an oral strain of bacteroides melaninogenicus]. | 1982 | 6129707 | |
| penicillin resistant bacteroides melaninogenicus infection of the mandible. | 1982 | 6130105 | |
| bacteroides melaninogenicus ss. intermedius invasion of rat gingival tissue. | 1982 | 6130135 | |
| deoxyribonucleic acid homologies among strains of bacteroides melaninogenicus and related species. | 1982 | 6131059 | |
| [fibrinolytic activity of bacteroides melaninogenicus isolated from parulis and alveolar abscesses]. | 1982 | 6131712 | |
| host response to mixed anaerobic infection with bacteroides melaninogenicus and fusobacterium necrophorum. | 1983 | 6132881 | |
| beta-lactamase-producing bacteroides melaninogenicus and osteomyelitis of the mandible. | 1983 | 6132966 | |
| ludwig's angina following dental extraction as a cause of necrotizing mediastinitis. | a fatal case of ludwig's angina is reported in which penicillin was used as the sole antibiotic. bacteroides melanogenicus resistant by virtue of production of beta-lactamase was present. it is suggested that a combination of penicillin and an antibiotic effective against anaerobes such as metronidazole is the most appropriate initial chemotherapy pending confirmation from the bacteriology laboratory. | 1983 | 6133011 |
| production of phenylacetic acid by bacteroides melaninogenicus ssp. intermedius serogroup c-1. | the methyl derivatives of broth cultures of black-pigmented bacteroides were examined by gas chromatography for production of phenylacetic acid. two serogroups of b. melaninogenicus ssp. intermedius described by lambe differed in the ability to produce phenylacetate. serogroup c failed to produce phenylacetic acid while serogroup c-1 produced small amounts of phenylacetate, which contributed 2.2-5.7% to the total nonvolatile acid profile. holdeman's newly proposed species "b. intermedius" and "b ... | 1983 | 6133607 |
| effect of anaerobic bacteria on killing of proteus mirabilis by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. | killing of proteus mirabilis by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes was tested in the presence of different bacteroides species. in vitro experiments showed that anaerobic bacteria interfered with the killing of aerobic bacteria. however, this inhibitory effect was not a property of all bacteroides species. bacteroides gingivalis w83 showed the greatest inhibitory effect of the five bacteroides strains tested. killing of p. mirabilis was inhibited by the culture supernatant of b. gingivalis but n ... | 1983 | 6133837 |
| metronidazole-resistant anaerobes. | 1983 | 6134014 | |
| [use of metronidazole and its analogs in obstetrical and gynecological practice]. | 1983 | 6134479 | |
| gas liquid chromatographic patterns in clinical infections with bacteroides melaninogenicus. | 1983 | 6134666 | |
| the polymorphonuclear leukocyte chemotactic response to bacteroides melaninogenicus. i. effect of human serum albumin. | 1983 | 6135767 | |
| the polymorphonuclear leukocyte chemotactic response to bacteroides melaninogenicus. ii. effect of age and periodontal disease status. | 1983 | 6135768 | |
| immunologic observations in macaques with shigella-associated periodontal disease. | 1983 | 6135769 | |
| [current etiology of periodontal disease]. | 1983 | 6136097 | |
| reaction of clinical isolates and typed strains of the family bacteroidaceae with rabbit anti-bacteroides sera examined by radial immunodiffusion. | antisera were produced which were reactive with bacteroides fragilis, b. gingivalis, or b. melaninogenicus subsp. melaninogenicus. anti-b. gingivalis serum exhibited strong reactions with strains of homologous species and reacted with only one other species, b. thetaiotaomicron. antigens shared by organisms of the b. fragilis group and b. melaninogenicus subspecies of the bacteroidaceae must be considered when serological methods are used for their identification. | 1983 | 6136526 |
| numerical taxonomy of some non-saccharolytic and saccharolytic bacteroides species. | various bacteroides spp. were examined by physiological tests, presence of specific enzymes, antibiotic sensitivity, menaquinone composition and a few miscellaneous tests. the data matrix containing 58 strains and 55 unit characters was examined using gower's similarity coefficients (sg) and included matching negative character states and multistate characters. the highly saccharolytic strains were separated from the less saccharolytic and non-fermentative strains at the 55% similarity level; wh ... | 1983 | 6137470 |
| [metronidazole in the treatment of anaerobic infection]. | 1983 | 6137590 | |
| effectiveness of selected irrigants in the elimination of bacteroides melaninogenicus from the root canal system: an in vitro study. | 1983 | 6138387 | |
| bacterial igg and igm antibody titers in acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis. | igg and igm antibody titers to eight bacterial isolates were measured by indirect immunofluorescence and elisa in sera from acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (anug) patients during the acute phase, from anug patients during the convalescent phase, from patients with gingivitis and from subjects with normal gingiva. subjects were matched with respect to age and sex. compared to the gingivitis and healthy groups, the anug groups exhibited significantly higher igg and igm titers to intermedia ... | 1983 | 6138399 |
| bacteroides melaninogenicus. its recovery from tonsils of children with acute tonsillitis. | the presence of encapsulated and abscess-forming organisms belonging to the bacteroides melaninogenicus group was investigated in 25 children with acute tonsillitis, and in 23 children without tonsillar inflammation (control). encapsulated organisms of the b melaninogenicus group were found in 23 of 25 children with acute tonsillitis as compared with five of 23 controls. subcutaneous inoculation into mice of the bacteroides strains isolated from patients with tonsillitis produced abscesses in 17 ... | 1983 | 6139104 |
| [non-clostridial anaerobic pleuropulmonary infections]. | 1983 | 6139326 | |
| proliferative pleuritis associated with bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp asaccharolyticus infection in a river otter. | 1983 | 6139360 | |
| brain abscess due to penicillin- and clindamycin-resistant bacteroides melaninogenicus. | the case of a patient with severe anaerobic infection, a brain abscess, is presented. the causative organism was a penicillinase-producing, clindamycin-resistant strain of bacteroides melaninogenicus. treatment with adequate doses of penicillin g failed. findings in this case suggest caution when basing therapy on the untested assumption that b. melaninogenicus is routinely susceptible to penicillin and clindamycin therapy. | 1983 | 6139884 |
| aerobic and anaerobic bacteriologic features of serous otitis media in children. | aspirates of serous ear fluids from 57 children were examined for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. bacterial growth was noted in 23 patients (40 per cent). aerobic organisms only were recovered in 13 aspirates (57 per cent of the culture-positive aspirates); anaerobic bacteria in four (17 per cent); and mixed aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in six (26 per cent). a total of 45 bacterial isolates were recovered, accounting for 2.0 isolates per specimen (1.4 aerobes and 0.6 anaerobe). there were a to ... | 1983 | 6140881 |
| morphological changes in the bacterium bacteroides melaninogenicus subspecies melaninogenicus isolated from the human mouth and grown in culture without added blood components. | striking polymorphism in the cellular morphology could be induced by removal of blood components from the liquid growth medium, but the cells of bacteroides gingivalis and b. melaninogenicus subspecies intermedius did not exhibit polymorphism when grown under these conditions. the major changes observed with light microscopy were an increase in cell size and extreme polymorphism. electron microscopy of the polymorphic forms of b. melaninogenicus subspecies melaninogenicus strains showed that suc ... | 1984 | 6140911 |
| pathogenicity of encapsulated bacteroides melaninogenicus group, b. oralis and b. ruminicola subsp. brevis in abscesses in mice. | the pathogenicity of 27 clinical isolates of the bacteroides melaninogenicus (bm) group and four clinical isolates of b. oralis and b. ruminicola subsp. brevis were investigated by inoculating them into mice and subsequently determining their ability to cause subcutaneous (sc) or intraperitoneal abscesses. only 11 isolates of bm group and one b. ruminicola induced abscesses in mice, and all were found to be heavily encapsulated on recovery from the abscesses (more than 50 per cent of the organis ... | 1983 | 6141205 |
| [anaerobic sepsis]. | 1983 | 6141318 | |
| [fibrinolytic activity and antibiotic susceptibility of bacteroides melaninogenicus derived from patients with oral diseases]. | 1983 | 6141827 | |
| [bacteroides infection in surgery (review of the literature)]. | 1983 | 6142139 | |
| synergism between penicillin, clindamycin, or metronidazole and gentamicin against species of the bacteroides melaninogenicus and bacteroides fragilis groups. | clinical isolates of the bacteroides melaninogenicus and bacteroides fragilis groups were tested for in vitro and in vivo susceptibility to penicillin, clindamycin, and metronidazole, used singly or in combination with gentamicin. the in vitro tests consisted of determinations of minimal inhibitory concentrations (mics) carried out with or without constant amounts of gentamicin. when used alone, gentamicin had negligible effects on the bacteria but significantly reduced the mics of penicillin, c ... | 1984 | 6142680 |
| role of anaerobes in cerebral abscesses of sinus origin. | 1984 | 6142746 | |
| significance of encapsulated bacteroides melaninogenicus and bacteroides fragilis groups in mixed infections. | organisms of the bacteroides melaninogenicus and bacteroides fragilis groups are often found mixed with facultatively anaerobic organisms in infections. the relative importance of these bacteroides groups and facultative anaerobic pathogens in mixed infections was investigated in a subcutaneous abscess model in mice. this was determined by observing the effect of antimicrobial therapy directed against one or both organisms present in the abscess. clindamycin or metronidazole was used for treatme ... | 1984 | 6142862 |
| an improved method for assessing the incorporation of labeled precursors into dna by human mononuclear cells. | the blastogenic responsiveness of activated lymphoid cells is usually assessed in vitro by measuring the incorporation of radioactive thymidine or iododeoxyuridine, a thymidine analog, into dna. the accuracy of this method is compromised by the presence in activated and unactivated lymphocytes and in some of the substances used to activate them, of degradative enzymes which compete with dna synthetase, the incorporation efficiency of exogenous precursor is inherently low. we have done studies ai ... | 1984 | 6142914 |
| in vivo protection of penicillin-susceptible bacteroides melaninogenicus from penicillin by facultative bacteria which produce beta-lactamase. | we investigated the possibility that beta-lactamase producing strains of klebsiella pneumoniae and staphylococcus aureus can protect organisms of the bacteroides melaninogenicus group from penicillin. a mixed infection was induced in mice in the form of a subcutaneous abscess involving a penicillin-susceptible encapsulated b. melaninogenicus, and a beta-lactamase producing strain of either k. pneumoniae or s. aureus. the infected animals were treated for 7 days with single or combined antimicrob ... | 1984 | 6143608 |
| [bacterial flora of the urogenital tract in men with non-gonorrheal urethritis]. | 1984 | 6144143 | |
| [antibodies to bacteroides antigens in the blood serum]. | 1984 | 6144208 | |
| clinical and microbiological characterization of patients with nonspecific vaginosis associated with motile, curved anaerobic rods. | the vaginal secretions of 20 normal control subjects and 21 patients with motile, curved anaerobic rods were cultured for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, chlamydia trachomatis, herpes simplex virus, and trichomonas vaginalis. extensive histories and physical examinations of the patients and microscopic appearance and gas-liquid chromatography patterns of vaginal secretions were compared between the two groups. the patients who had motile rods in their vaginal secretions more frequently presented ... | 1984 | 6144713 |
| neuraminidase activity of some oral anaerobic bacteria. | 1983 | 6144743 | |
| [use of gentamicin-containing acrylic cement beads in septic complications of vascular surgery]. | 1984 | 6146133 | |
| efficacy of ethylenediamine dihydriodide as an agent to prevent experimentally induced bovine foot rot. | ethylenediamine dihydriodide (eddi) was administered by capsule and as a feed premix to cattle in 2 studies. in study i (32 steers), eddi was given at 0, 12.5, 50, and 200 mg/animal each day and in study ii (36 steers) at 0, 30, and 200 mg/animal each day. serum iodine levels were monitored during the studies. the cattle were inoculated intradermally in the interdigital space with a mixture of fusobacterium necrophorum and bacteroides melaninogenicus to induce acute foot rot at day 15 (study i) ... | 1984 | 6146277 |
| in vitro activity of ticarcillin plus clavulanic acid against bacteria isolated in three centers. | over 10,000 bacterial isolates were tested against ticarcillin alone or combined with clavulanic acid (2.0 micrograms/ml). of 5,295 enterobacteriaceae, 72% were susceptible to ticarcillin alone, whereas 91% were susceptible to the combination. bacteroides fragilis and bacteroides melaninogenicus isolates were more susceptible to the combination. the activity of ticarcillin against other microorganisms was not profoundly influenced. | 1984 | 6147246 |
| postsurgical life-threatening bacteroides infection. | 1984 | 6147280 | |
| purification and characterization of an immunoglobulin a1 protease from bacteroides melaninogenicus. | attention has recently been focused on bacterial proteases with the capacity to cleave immunoglobulin a (iga proteases) as possible pathogenic factors in bacterial meningitis, gonorrhoea, and destructive periodontal disease. here, we describe a method for the rapid purification of a specific iga1 protease from bacteroides melaninogenicus. the iga1 protease was purified 6,172-fold with a yield of 9% by ammonium sulfate precipitation, deae-ion exchange chromatography, and separation on a preparati ... | 1984 | 6147309 |
| [the role of bacteroides melaninogenicus in periodontitis]. | 1983 | 6150566 | |
| [anaerobic sepsis in infants]. | 1984 | 6150670 | |
| anaerobic bacteroides melaninogenicus--oral sexually-urethritis: a case report. | 1984 | 6150963 | |
| citrobacter diversus meningitis and brain abscess associated with bacteroides melaninogenicus. | 1984 | 6151172 | |
| efficacy of ethylenediamine dihydriodide in the prevention of naturally occurring foot rot in cattle. | the efficacy of an ethylenediamine dihydriodide containing salt mixture was evaluated with regard to the prevention of naturally occurring foot rot in pastured cattle. ninety-six cattle were assigned to the treatment group and 96 were assigned to the control group. the groups were allowed consumption of salt-mineral mixtures, ad libitum, that were identical, except with respect to iodine concentration. the control group's mixture contained 0.0025% iodine and the treatment group's mixture contain ... | 1984 | 6151816 |
| [immuno-serological studies in experimental gingivitis in macaca irus]. | 1984 | 6151859 | |
| [fibrinolytic substance of bacteroides melaninogenicus isolated from periodontal pocket and its activity accelerated by saliva]. | 1984 | 6151860 | |
| [detection of bacteroides melaninogenicus and bacteroides fragilis from infected root canals of primary teeth and children's mouths using a fluorescent antibody test kit]. | 1984 | 6152567 | |
| the rapid laboratory diagnosis of anaerobic infection. | in order to assess the rapid laboratory diagnosis of anaerobic pyogenic infection, we compared the results of gram stains, ultra-violet fluorescence and gas chromatography, all performed directly on pus, with those of anaerobic culture. fluorescence was most rapid but there were many negatives unless bacteroides melaninogenicus was present. gas chromatography was rapid and sensitive but there were some false negatives, often in pure bacteroides fragilis infection, and a few false positives. gram ... | 1980 | 6161086 |
| [method of detecting b. melaninogenicus]. | 1981 | 6164842 | |
| an electron microscopic study of surface polysaccharides in bacteroides. | the electron microscopic appearance of the cell surface of bacteroides strains and klebsiella pneumoniae stained with ruthenium red or colloidal iron is described. the effect of polymyxin b (pmb) was also registered. it was found that all bacteroides strains have a polysaccharide lined 'micro-capsule' external to the outer membrane which could aggregate and form blebs. the blebs so formed were distinct from other types of bleb formed in klebsiella involving the outer membrane and induced by pmb. ... | 1982 | 6186892 |
| taxonomy of anaerobes: present state of the art. | results of nucleic acid studies, which indicate relationships among strains and species more clearly than do usual phenotypic tests, have led to new bacteriologic nomenclature. some major changes in bacteroides include the recognition of three species (bacteroides melaninogenicus, bacteroides denticola, and bacteroides loescheii) formerly grouped in b. melaninogenicus subspecies melaninogenicus; two species (bacteroides intermedius with two closely related homology groups and bacteroides corpori ... | 1984 | 6201990 |
| in vitro activity of moxalactam against anaerobic bacteria. | moxalactam was tested against 80 isolates of anaerobic bacteria from clinical specimens. the results of this study and a review of other studies, in which comparable susceptibility testing methods were used, demonstrated the susceptibility to moxalactam of members of the bacteroides fragilis group, bacteroides melaninogenicus, fusobacterium species, anaerobic gram-positive cocci, and clostridium perfringens. | 1982 | 6218560 |
| frequency of occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial isolates from the intestinal and female genital tracts. | in the selection of empiric therapy for infections of the female genital tract and intraabdominal infections in humans, the requisite information includes (1) the frequency of isolation of bacterial species dominant in the normal gastrointestinal and female genital tracts and in intraabdominal and female genital tract infections and (2) the in vitro susceptibilities of the dominant species to drugs that may be used against them (e.g., penicillin g, cefoperazone, cefoxitin, chloramphenicol, clind ... | 1983 | 6342102 |
| anaerobes in infections of the head and neck and ear, nose, and throat. | anaerobic bacteria outnumber aerobes at most oropharyngeal sites, with counts up to 10(11)/ml of fluid, and have been implicated in infections of all structures of the head and neck. they are common in chronic otitis media, chronic sinusitis, and various soft-tissue infections. these infections are initiated primarily by mucosal breaks. bacterial factors such as adhesiveness and antileukocytic activity also may play a role. among the complications of these infections are brain abscess, aspiratio ... | 1984 | 6372019 |
| role of anaerobic bacteria in bite-wound infections. | the etiologic agents usually involved in wound infections due to human or animal bites are the aerobic skin flora of the victim, e.g., staphylococcus aureus, and/or the aerobic oral flora of the biter, e.g., pasteurella multocida. while anaerobic bacteria are predominant in the normal oral flora of humans and animals, their importance in the pathogenesis of bite-wound infections has not been stressed. most investigators in this field have either not cultured these wounds for anaerobic bacteria o ... | 1984 | 6372026 |
| anaerobic infections in childhood. | anaerobic bacteria are part of the normal flora of mucous membranes and outnumber aerobic bacteria in the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract. anaerobes can be isolated from pediatric patients with various infections when appropriate techniques for transportation and cultivation of samples are employed. frequently anaerobes are isolated in combination with other facultative or aerobic bacteria. the genera or groups of anaerobes most frequently isolated from pyogenic infections in children are ... | 1984 | 6372028 |
| the role of beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in the persistence of streptococcal tonsillar infection. | the failure of penicillin to eradicate group a beta-hemolytic streptococci (gabhs) is a growing problem. this review summarizes current data concerning the role of aerobic and anaerobic beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in the persistence of tonsillar infection caused by gabhs. clinical studies have demonstrated the recovery of beta-lactamase-producing bacteria and detectable levels of the enzyme beta-lactamase in cultures of core tonsillar specimens in greater than 80% of the patients. the pred ... | 1984 | 6390637 |
| the presence of beta-lactamase-producing bacteria as a guideline in the management of children with recurrent tonsillitis. | thirty-eight children who had recurrent tonsillitis and who were chronic carriers of group a beta-hemolytic streptococci (gabhs) were treated with oral clindamycin. surface tonsillar cultures, obtained prior to therapy and two weeks after the termination of therapy, were processed for aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms. mixed aerobic and anaerobic flora were obtained from all cultures. prior to therapy, the average yield was 9.3 isolates (5.2 aerobes and 4.1 anaerobes) per specimen; after the ... | 1984 | 6400716 |
| [in vitro activity of the oxa-beta-lactam ly 127935 against bacteroides fragilis and other anaerobic gram-negative rods (author's transl)]. | the susceptibility of 115 bacteroidaceae strains to ly 127935 was determined by broth dilution, agar dilution and agar diffusion tests. simultaneously, the strains were tested for degradation of the oxa-beta-lactam. only five strains (3 bacteroides fragilis and 3 bacteroides oralis/bacteroides bivius) partially degraded ly 127935. no major discrepancies between the results of the agar dilution and broth dilution tests were observed. according to the results obtained by the agar dilution method, ... | 1980 | 6447673 |
| production of monoclonal antibodies that recognize specific and cross-reactive antigens of bacteroides gingivalis. | four monoclonal antibodies directed against bacteroides gingivalis were established by hybridoma technology. their reactivity against b. gingivalis, bacteroides intermedius, and bacteroides melaninogenicus was detected by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. three monoclonal antibodies specifically reacted with b. gingivalis. one recognized antigens that were cross-reactive between b. gingivalis and b. intermedius. these monoclonal antibodies provide new tools for antigenic analysis of b. ging ... | 1984 | 6480112 |