Publications
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| collaborative evaluation of the abbott avantage system for identification of frequently isolated nonfermentative or oxidase-positive gram-negative bacilli. | the capability of the abbott avantage system to identify 10 species of commonly isolated glucose nonfermentative or oxidase-positive gram-negative bacilli in a 5-h test period was evaluated in a collaborative study. the avantage nonenteric data base uses 20 biochemical test reactions performed in an expanded abbott bacterial identification cartridge plus the results of a manual oxidase test. the species included in the avantage data base are acinetobacter anitratus, acinetobacter iwoffi, aeromon ... | 1984 | 6392323 |
| diarrhea due to plesiomonas shigelloides in cancer patients. | plesiomonas shigelloides was isolated from the stools of two patients with gastrointestinal malignancies and from one "healthy" patient with diarrhea. no other enteric pathogens were isolated. one patient was neutropenic after antineoplastic chemotherapy. the two cancer patients had crampy abdominal pain and severe diarrhea and required antibiotic therapy for resolution of symptoms. the third patient responded to symptomatic treatment. patients with gastrointestinal malignancies may be more susc ... | 1984 | 6490844 |
| plesiomonas shigelloides in acute cholecystitis: a case report. | plesiomonas shigelloides was isolated as the sole pathogen from gallbladder bile and wall in a 58-year-old woman with acute cholecystitis. the patient developed an unusual postoperative complication characterized by culture-negative discharge from the wound in combination with extensive abdominal cellulitis and afebrility. agglutinating antibodies to p. shigelloides were demonstrated in the serum of the patient by the microscopic widal agglutination test. | 1984 | 6511879 |
| isolation of edwardsiella tarda and plesiomonas shigelloides from mammals and birds in zaïre. | 1984 | 6531491 | |
| o-serogrouping scheme for mesophilic aeromonas strains. | the o-antigens of 307 strains of mesophilic aeromonas including 227 a. hydrophila and 80 a. caviae were studied and 44 o-serogroups defined among them. the presence of heat-labile masked antigen, which inhibits o-agglutination, was observed in some strains. as all the o-antisera prepared with these mesophilic aeromonas strains contained some r-antibody, all diagnostic o-antisera must be absorbed with r-organisms before use. some of the o-antigens were found to be identical or closely related to ... | 1984 | 6536785 |
| a case of diarrhoea associated with plesiomonas shigelloides. | 1984 | 6583574 | |
| aeromonas hydrophila and plesiomonas shigelloides endophthalmitis. | 1983 | 6604458 | |
| plesiomonas shigelloides septic arthritis complicating rheumatoid arthritis. | a patient with severe seropositive rheumatoid arthritis and hepatic cirrhosis developed septic arthritis of his knees. plesiomonas shigelloides was isolated from joint fluid, blood, and also from the gut. the patient's joint symptoms responded to treatment with oral trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole, but he died of uncontrolled gastrointestinal bleeding five days later. | 1983 | 6605745 |
| microbiological & clinical studies in diarrhoea due to plesiomonas shigelloides. | 1983 | 6642576 | |
| further studies on enteropathogenicity of plesiomonas shigelloides. | 1983 | 6642593 | |
| comparative in vitro activities of ten antimicrobial agents against bacterial enteropathogens. | the in vitro susceptibilities of 50 strains of salmonella spp., 80 strains of shigella spp., and 50 enterotoxigenic escherichia coli, 14 yersinia enterocolitica, 6 aeromonas hydrophila, 4 plesiomonas shigelloides, 9 vibrio parahaemolyticus, and 30 campylobacter jejuni strains that were recently isolated from worldwide sources were determined for 10 antimicrobial agents. the antimicrobial agents tested included ampicillin, bicozamycin, doxycycline, enoxacin (ci-919), erythromycin, furazolidone, a ... | 1983 | 6651278 |
| [isolation of plesiomonas shigelloides in a case of gastroenteritis]. | 1983 | 6658089 | |
| [testing the differentiatioin medium of rimler and schotts for the detection and identification of aeromonas hydrophila]. | the differentiating medium after rimler and shotts (r-s substrate) was tested on 152 strains of the family enterobacteriaceae, i. e. on the strains of aeromonas hydrophila, plesiomonas shigelloides, and pseudomonas aeruginosa. the accuracy of the prompt identification of the strains of aeromonas hydrophila in this medium is 94.8 % and the preparation of the substrate is easy. the r-s substrate is recommended to be used in investigating the cause of mortality or morbidity in cold-blooded animals, ... | 1980 | 6773224 |
| plesiomonas shigelloides overgrowth in the small intestine. | an 83-year-old male presented with chronic diarrhea and protein malnutrition associated with plesiomonas shigelloides overgrowth in the small intestine. this overgrowth was related to achlorhydria and small-bowel diverticula. tests for heat-labile and heat-stable enterotoxin were negative on the p. shigelloides isolated from both the small bowel aspirate (3 x 10(8) bacteria per ml) and the patient's stool. the patient responded satisfactorily to tetracycline, to which this unusual isolate was su ... | 1982 | 6808017 |
| acute colitis due to plesiomonas shigelloides. | 1982 | 6814640 | |
| neonatal septicemia and meningitis due to plesiomonas shigelloides. | 1983 | 6828345 | |
| [plesiomonas shigelloides isolated from 2 patients with acute enteritis]. | three plesiomonas shigelloides strains were isolated from 2 cases of acute enteritis. the bacilli developed in pure or predominantly pure cultures on adcl and istrati-meitert isolation media. a description is given of the morphologic, cultural, biochemical properties and sensitivity of the strains to antibiotics. one of the patients presented agglutinins in a 1/40+ + titre. the arguments lending support to the causative role of these bacilli are discussed. it is for the first time that isolation ... | 1980 | 6990453 |
| gram-negative, aerobic, enteric pathogens among intestinal microflora of wild turkey vultures (cathartes aura) in west central texas. | the prevalence of gram-negative bacterial species in the intestines of 20 apparently healthy turkey vultures (cathartes aura) was determined. edwardsiella tarda, plesiomonas shigelloides, salmonella, and arizona hinshawii (salmonella arizonae) were each recovered from 15% of these birds. turkey vultures may be important reservoirs of these bacterial pathogens. | 1981 | 7032423 |
| plesiomonas shigelloides meningitis in newborn. | 1981 | 7052856 | |
| enteropathogenicity of aeromonas hydrophila and plesiomonas shigelloides: prevalence among individuals with and without diarrhea in thailand. | to evaluate the enteropathogenicity of aeromonas hydrophila and plesiomonas shigelloides, the rate of isolation of these organisms was compared among individuals with and without diarrhea in thailand. in two groups of american travelers, a. hydrophila, but not p. shigelloides, was associated with episodes of travelers diarrhea more often than when individuals did not have diarrhea (p less than 0.025). among three populations of thais, a. hydrophila and p. shigelloides were isolated with similar ... | 1982 | 7056580 |
| [bacterial meningitis due to plesiomonas shigelloides (author's transl)]. | 1982 | 7106005 | |
| ecology and importance of bacterial' species of the family vibrionaceae. | the bacterial species of the family vibrionaceae, particularly the species of the genus aeromonas (a. hydrophila and a. punctata and their subspecies were found to be relatively common in the running surface water in czechoslovakia (the occurrence of a. salmonicida species was not studied). the strains of the so-called nag-vibrios (vibrio cholerae unrelated to the cholera vibrio 0 group 1) were also relatively frequent, but the positive isolates of plesiomonas shigelloides were sporadic. the abo ... | 1982 | 7142689 |
| plesiomonas (aeromonas) shigelloides meningitis in a neonate--a case report. | 1982 | 7175386 | |
| toxic factors of aeromonas hydrophila and plesiomonas shigelloides. | in detail, exoproducts of aeromonas hydrophila and plesiomonas shigelloides were studied on the pathogenesis of diarrhoea. enterotoxin, hemolysin and a cytotoxic factor were found in a fraction of culture filtrates of aeromonas hydrophila with a molecular weight of approximatley 60,000. apart there from a cytotoxic factor was also found in a fraction with molecular weight above 100,000. this fraction contained also endotoxin which was hemolytic, too. enterotoxic activity was expressed by an accu ... | 1982 | 7180235 |
| [on the ecology of plesiomonas shigelloides (author's transl)]. | studies on the generation time of p. shigelloides and its relation to incubation temperature have shown that this species in marked contrast to a. hydrophila does not multiply in temperature below 8 degrees c. these findings would explain the seasonal variations in the number of isolates from river-water observed in japan. colony counts of p. shigelloides organisms on ibg-agar from water of the river main sampled during the month of august (water temperature 20 degrees c) have shown numbers of 1 ... | 1981 | 7257657 |
| cytotoxicity and suckling mouse reactivity of aeromonas hydrophila isolated from human sources. | human isolates of aeromonas hydrophila and plesiomonas shigelloides were tested for their ability to produce cytotoxins and (or) enterotoxins. the incidence of cytotoxin production by a. hydrophila was 81% for isolates from stool and 44% for extraintestinal isolates. chinese hamster ovary (cho) cells were more sensitive to a. hydrophila cytotoxin than either vero or y-1 mouse adrenal tumor cells (y-1). there was no evidence of cytotonic enterotoxin production by any of the isolates tested. cytot ... | 1981 | 7317856 |
| a survey of plesiomonas shigelloides from aquatic environments, domestic animals, pets and humans. | we conducted a survey during the period from 1974 to 1976, to determine the distribution of plesiomonas shigelloides in human faeces, the intestinal contents of cattle, swine, poultry, dogs, cats, fresh water fish, and river water and sludge from wet riverbeds in the vicinity of tokyo. isolation of the organisms was performed by using salmonella-shigella (ss) agar and deoxycholate-hydrogensulphide-lactose (dhl) agar plates. p. shigelloides was isolated from 3 (0.0078%) of 38454 healthy tokyoites ... | 1980 | 7358962 |
| plesiomonas (aeromonas) shigelloides septicemia and meningitis in a neonate. | serious plesiomonas (aeromonas) shigelloides infections have rarely been reported, and have probably been missed because this organism is very similar to the enterobacteriaceae in associated clinical disease, and in properties investigated in the diagnostic laboratory. a case of overwhelming neonatal meningitis and sepsis is discussed, and the use of the simple indophenol oxidase test on laboratory isolates of gram-negative rods is urged to distinguish this organism and its close relatives from ... | 1980 | 7361158 |
| frequent isolation of edwardsiella tarda and pleisiomonas shigelloides from healthy zairese freshwater fish: a possible source of sporadic diarrhea in the tropics. | the intestinal contents of 59 zairese freshwater fish were examined for the presence of potential human enteric pathogens. edwardsiella tarda and plesiomonas shigelloides were isolated from 57 and 59% of them, respectively. for both microorganisms there was a significant difference between the isolation rates from lake and river fish: whereas e. tarda was much more frequently isolated from lake fish than was p. shigelloides, the reverse was observed for river fish. the authors hypothesize that s ... | 1980 | 7387150 |
| enteropathogenicity of plesiomonas shigelloides. | 1980 | 7411586 | |
| on the ecology of yersinia enterocolitica o 3. yersinia in synanthropic animals. | rats (rattus rattus) and sewer rats (r. norvegicus) trapped outside in piggeries, small mouse-like rodents trapped in human habitations and swine from piggeries and slaughterhouses were examined. in rats, sewer rats and mouse-like rodents other serotypes of y. enterocolitica than o3 were isolated. however, two out of five sewer rats caught at a slaughterhous yielded y. pseudotuberculosis i; this finding corresponded with some findings made in swine. swine positivity rates in piggeries correspond ... | 1980 | 7424237 |
| [edwardsiella tarda and plesiomonas shigelloides. their role as diarrhea agents and their epidemiology]. | during a bacteriological investigation of infectious diarrhoea among the population of mopti, a town situated on the river niger in mali, a high prevalence of edwardsiella tarda and plesiomonas shigelloides in diarrhoeic stools was demonstrated. suspecting that the human infection originated from river fish, the prevalence of both bacterial species was studied in zairese freshwater fish. e. tarda and p. shigelloides were isolated from nearly 60% of the examined fish. it is concluded that these o ... | 1980 | 7460120 |
| phylogenetic analysis and assessment of the genera vibrio, photobacterium, aeromonas, and plesiomonas deduced from small-subunit rrna sequences. | we sequenced nearly complete small-subunit rrnas of 54 reference strains belonging to the genera vibrio, photobacterium, aeromonas, and plesiomonas. we then performed a phylogenetic analysis by comparing the sequences which we obtained with all other known sequences for bacteria belonging to the gamma subgroup of the proteobacteria (thus providing a data base consisting of 70 sequences for the genera investigated), using methods such as neighbor joining, maximum likelihood, and maximum parsimony ... | 1994 | 7520733 |
| structural elucidation of the o-antigen lipopolysaccharide from two strains of plesiomonas shigelloides that share a type-specific antigen with shigella flexneri 6, and the common group 1 antigen with shigella flexneri spp and shigella dysenteriae 1. | sugar and methylation analyses of native polysaccharides together with one-dimensional 1h- and 13c-nmr spectroscopy revealed that the two polysaccharides from strains 22074 and 12254 of plesiomonas shigelloides are identical. the structure of the polysaccharide from strain 22074 was deduced from a uronic acid degradation and by nmr spectroscopy where heteronuclear multiple bond connectivity and two-dimensional nuclear overhauser effect spectroscopy experiments established the pentasaccharide rep ... | 1995 | 7544287 |
| antimicrobial activity of cefotaxime tested against infrequently isolated pathogenic species (unusual pathogens). | the cefotaxime sodium spectrum of activity is very broad and includes many common species and a variety of less frequently isolated pathogens. we have reviewed the clinical microbiology literature (44 references) and the data base of the university of iowa hospitals and clinics (iowa city, ia) to collect data on the activity of cefotaxime against the less common species. cefotaxime was consistently active against actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, capnocytophaga spp., eikenella corrodens, ery ... | 1995 | 7587049 |
| [in vitro antibacterial activity of balofloxacin (blfx) against isolates from patients with bacterial enteritis]. | in vitro antibacterial activity of balofloxacin (blfx), a newly developed fluoroquinoline, was compared with that of norfloxacin (nflx), ofloxacin (oflx) and ciplofloxacin (cpfx). bacterial strains used in this experiment were freshly isolated from patients with infectious enteritis just before blfx therapy. the isolates were 43 strains of vibrio cholerae o1, 1 strain of campylobacter sp., 4 strains of aeromonas spp., 3 strains of plesiomonas shigelloides, 1 strain of vibrio mimicus and 1 strain ... | 1995 | 7594800 |
| spontaneous bacterial peritonitis due to plesiomonas shigelloides. | spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a well known complication in cirrhotic patients with ascites. the etiological spectrum is broad. we report a case of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis due to plesiomonas shigelloides. | 1995 | 7661186 |
| media for aeromonas spp., plesiomonas shigelloides and pseudomonas spp. from food and environment. | several media are proposed particularly for the detection of aeromonas spp. but also for plesiomonas shigelloides and pseudomonas spp. some are for general purposes and others specifically for the examination of clinical, environmental or food samples. all media are selective, due to antibiotics, bile salts, dyes and other selective agents, as well as differential, primarily based on the ability of the microorganisms to ferment/not ferment carbohydrates. as with all selective media, the recovery ... | 1995 | 7662518 |
| molecular cloning and characterization of the genetic determinants that express the complete shigella serotype d (shigella sonnei) lipopolysaccharide in heterologous live attenuated vaccine strains. | the genetic determinants for the complete shigella sonnei lipopolysaccharide (lps) have been cloned, characterized by restriction mapping, and expressed in heterologous genetic backgrounds, including salmonella typhi and vibrio cholerae live attenuated vaccine strains. the rfb/rfc locus encoding the polymerized serotype-specific o polysaccharide was mapped within 23 kb of dna isolated from s. sonnei virulence plasmid pwr105. a highly similar chromosomal dna sequence was identified by southern hy ... | 1993 | 7680409 |
| [plesiomonas shigelloides enteritis: clinical and epidemiologic aspects]. | 1995 | 7734506 | |
| studies on the bacterial flora of fish which are potential pathogens for human. isolation of various potential human pathogenic organisms from different parts of fish and their significance in initiating human diseases. | freshwater fish of different categories, collected from market of dhaka city of bangladesh, were studied for the bacterial flora. potential human pathogens were isolated from about eighty-five percent of the fish studied. organisms isolated were aeromonas spp., (69.2%), vibrio spp., (42.3%), plesiomonas shigelloides (35.9%) and escherichia coli (16.7%). the high association of potential human pathogens among the freshwater fish suggest that if fish are handled improperly or if consumed undercook ... | 1994 | 7748144 |
| effect of antibiotics on serum bactericidal action on plesiomonas shigelloides by normal human serum. | thirteen clinical isolates of plesiomonas shigelloides were tested for antibiotic susceptibility of tetracycline, kanamycin-sulphate, gentamicin, erythromycin and ciprofloxacin. all the strains were susceptible to all these antibiotics. the minimal inhibitory concentration (mic) of all these antibiotics were: kanamycin-sulphate-mic 0.4-10.0 micrograms/ml, tetracycline-mic 0.25-2.4 micrograms/ml, gentamicin-mic 2.0-12.0 micrograms/ml, erythromycin-mic 0.5-14.0 micrograms/ml and ciprofloxacin-mic ... | 1994 | 7748149 |
| studies on the bacterial flora of fish which are potential pathogens for human. virulence factors of potential human pathogen isolated. | tests for various virulence factors, such as production of haemolysin on sheep blood agar plate, cytotoxin on hela cell line and enterotoxin in gm-1 elisa and suckling mouse assay model, were done among the various strains of aeromonas spp., vibrio spp., plesiomonas shigelloides and esch. coli isolated from fresh water fish samples. invasive properties of the isolates were also seen by using sereny test. haemolysin production was observed in 85.7% of aeromonas, all (100%) of vibrios, 13.3% of es ... | 1994 | 7748153 |
| [the cellular fatty acid composition of bacteria in the family vibrionaceae]. | vibrio cholerae strains, serovar o1, biovar eltor, subtype ogawa, isolated from different sources, v. cholerae classica and nag vibrios have identical cell fatty acid composition with the prevalence of hexadecenoic, hexadecanoic and octadecenoic acids. v. parahaemolyticus and v. alginolyticus fatty acid profiles, being identical, are similar to v. cholerae profile, differing from it mainly by a higher content of dodecanoic acid. the similarity of the fatty acid profiles of aeromonas sp. and vibr ... | 1995 | 7778361 |
| effect of oxytetracycline-medicated feed on antibiotic resistance of gram-negative bacteria in catfish ponds. | the effect of oxytetracycline-medicated feeds on antibiotic resistance in gram-negative bacteria from fish intestines and water in catfish ponds was investigated. in experiments in the fall and spring, using ponds with no previous history of antibiotic usage, percentages of tetracycline-resistant bacteria in catfish intestines obtained from medicated ponds increased significantly after 10 days of treatment. in the fall, resistance of the intestinal and aquatic bacteria returned to pretreatment l ... | 1995 | 7793953 |
| serovars of plesiomonas shigelloides. | among 391 p. shigelloides strains, 330 were typable and found to belong to 43 o serovars. the most frequent o serovars were o17 (23%), o32 (7%), o12 (4.5%) and o5, o18 and o44 (3.8% each). the majority of the serovars represented, with almost 300 strains, were sporadically found in very distant countries of three continents (europe, asia, america), whereas only one serovar (o68) was isolated three times in one single district of south bohemia (ceské budéjovice). it suggests that such an incidenc ... | 1994 | 7803928 |
| new serovars of plesiomonas shigelloides 1992. | fourteen new o (o77-o9o) and 4 new h (h42-h45) antigens were described. seven o and 2 new h antigens were revealed among strains not agglutinating with antisera against 76 o and 41 h officially recognized serovars. the most frequent was serovar o80:h38 which was isolated in 5 countries (sweden, czechoslovakia, bulgaria, yugoslavia and canada) from human material and from sewage and surface water. | 1994 | 7812243 |
| [in vitro antibacterial activity of fleroxacin (flrx) against clinical isolates from bacterial enteritis]. | antibacterial activity of fleroxacin (flrx), a new quinolone antimicrobial, against 36 strains of shigella app., 14 strains of salmonella spp., 11 strains of escherichia coli, 9 strains of vibrio spp. (including 2 strains of v. cholerae o1), 14 strains of campylobacter jejuni/coli, 3 strains of aeromonas spp. and 1 strain of plesiomonas shigelloides isolated from infectious enteritis patients in this study was determined. its activity was compared with that of ciprofloxacin (cpfx), norfloxacin ( ... | 1994 | 7829909 |
| is protection against shigellosis induced by natural infection with plesiomonas shigelloides? | shigellosis due to shigella sonnei is rare among people growing up and living in developing countries; however, infections due to s sonnei becomes more common than those due to s flexneri as societies develop economically. the relation between risk of s sonnei infection and economic development may be explained by the exposure of developing-country populations to plesiomonas shigelloides. p shigelloides is often found in surface water, and one serotype (serotype 17) possesses a cell-wall lipopol ... | 1994 | 7910890 |
| neonatal plesiomonas shigelloides septicemia and meningitis: a case and review. | a 3 day old neonate with septicemia and meningitis due to plesiomonas shigelloides is described. we could not detect the source of this infection. the patient was treated with cefotaxime and survived without sequelae. nine previously reported cases with this infection were reviewed. | 1994 | 7942016 |
| [chronic gastroenteritis caused by plesiomonas shigelloides in adult patients. report of 3 cases]. | we report the clinical characteristics of three adult patients with a chronic gastroenteritis (more than 10 days duration) due to plesiomonas shigelloides. the three patients presented previously an underlying disease; a chronic liver disease (alcoholic and viral) and a cancer disease. although the immunosuppressed condition of the patients, the diarrhea was moderate with 6-12 movements/day; the feces were liquid with mucose and blood. no one patient presented fever but all of them had important ... | 1994 | 8153408 |
| oligonucleotide probe determination of tetracycline-resistant bacteria isolated from catfish ponds. | oligonucleotide probes for class a, b and c tetracycline resistance determinants were synthesized and tested individually and in combination for hybridization with gram-negative isolates previously characterized by restriction fragment dna probes. similar hybridization patterns were observed with either probe type. gram-negative catfish pond bacteria were characterized by these oligonucleotide probes. the most common bacteria were plesiomonas shigelloides (47.7%), aeromonas hydrophila (28.8%) an ... | 1993 | 8264667 |
| synthesis, characterization, and clinical evaluation of conjugate vaccines composed of the o-specific polysaccharides of shigella dysenteriae type 1, shigella flexneri type 2a, and shigella sonnei (plesiomonas shigelloides) bound to bacterial toxoids. | the theoretic basis for developing conjugate vaccines, to induce immunoglobulin g (igg) lipopolysaccharide (lps) antibodies for the prevention of shigellosis, has been described (j. b. robbins, c.-y. chu, and r. schneerson, clin. infect. dis. 15:346-361, 1992). the o-specific polysaccharides (o-sps) of shigella dysenteriae type 1, s. flexneri type 2a, and s. sonnei were covalently bound to carrier proteins. alone, the o-sps were not immunogenic in mice. conjugates of these o-sps, injected into y ... | 1993 | 8359890 |
| characterisation of plesiomonas shigelloides strains that share type-specific antigen with shigella flexneri 6 and common group 1 antigen with shigella flexneri spp. and shigella dysenteriae 1. | three strains of plesiomonas shigelloides isolated from patients with diarrhoea were agglutinated with shigella flexneri 6 antiserum in slide and tube tests. all the strains were also agglutinated with a monoclonal antibody to the common group 1 antigen shared between s. flexneri serotypes and s. dysenteriae type 1. further studies with one strain also showed sharing of antigenicity in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. the results suggest that the strains share type-specific antigen with s. ... | 1993 | 8366520 |
| occurrence of plesiomonas shigelloides in surface water: relationship with faecal pollution and trophic state. | plesiomonas shigelloides is an autochthonous inhabitant of freshwater and has been associated with several waterborne outbreaks of acute gastro-enteritis. one of these outbreaks occurred in the summer of 1990, at a recreational beach near amsterdam. in the summer of 1991, a survey was conducted to examine the presence of p. shigelloides in recreational fresh waters and marine water in the netherlands. during the survey became clear that the specificity of current methods for the isolation and en ... | 1993 | 8397688 |
| expression of hemolytic activity by plesiomonas shigelloides. | more than 90% of the plesiomonas shigelloides strains that we tested produced a beta-hemolysin, as judged by the results of agar overlay and contact-dependent hemolysis assays. the hemolysin was cell associated, was active against the erythrocytes of various animal species, and was synthesized at both 25 and 35 degrees c. activity was lost after thermal or proteolytic treatments or after preincubation in the presence of gentamicin; hemolytic activity did not appear to correlate with the previous ... | 1993 | 8501219 |
| occurrence of plesiomonas shigelloides in water environments of rio de janeiro city. | fresh and salt water samples analyzed in rio de janeiro city showed the presence of plesiomonas shigelloides. forty-six strains were isolated from both environments. a high incidence of p. shigelloides was achieved in polluted fresh and salt waters as well as in samples from non-polluted streams. p. shigelloides isolates had biochemical characteristics similar to those already described in the literature. none of the isolates analyzed produced enterotoxin in the suckling mouse assay. hemolytic a ... | 1995 | 8524069 |
| antimicrobial therapy in plesiomonas shigelloides-associated diarrhea in thai children. | a retrospective case-controlled study was performed in 36 thai children with plesiomonas shigelloides (p. shigelloides)-associated diarrhea admitted to the department of pediatrics, faculty of medicine, siriraj hospital, mahidol university from august 1990 to december 1992. nineteen cases received antibiotics while seventeen did not receive any. the two groups were comparable in age, sex, duration of fever, duration and severity of diarrhea and medical treatment. the antibiotics given were norfl ... | 1995 | 8525425 |
| plesiomonas shigelloides septicemia in a patient with primary hemochromatosis. | 1995 | 8527574 | |
| migratory polyarthritis associated with plesiomonas shigelloides infection. | migratory polyarthritis was observed in a child with plesiomonas shigelloides infection of the gastrointestinal tract. all symptoms and signs of arthritis resolved following successful treatment of infection with the appropriate antibiotic. plesiomonas shigelloides should be added to the list of microbial agents associated with polyarthritis. | 1995 | 8533052 |
| plesiomonas shigelloides: an unusual cause of diarrhea. | 1995 | 8540528 | |
| [the importance of serotyping plesiomonas shigelloides]. | the author presents an account of serovars of 432 strains of plesiomonas shigelloides from various countries and sources; in addition to strains from man and animals also environmental strains. the most frequent serovars are o17 with three h antigens (h2, h11, h34) except for immobile strains, also o32:h4 and non-motile strains, o2:h1a1c and o44:h8. the other serovars did not reach the number of 10 strains, some serovars were found only one strain of each. serovar o18:h2 was isolated in the cour ... | 1995 | 8556241 |
| studies on bacteriocinogenic lactobacillus isolates from selected nigerian fermented foods. | ten bacteriocin-producing (bacteriocinogenic) lactobacillus isolates obtained from three nigerian fermented foods namely: kenkey, ogi and wara were tested against the following indicator organisms: lactobacillus plantarum and food borne pathogens comprising enterotoxigenic escherichia coli, enterohaemorrhagic escherichia coli, serratia, pseudomonas, vibrio cholerae, aeromonas sobria, aeromonas cavice, salmonella typhimurium, plesiomonas shigelloides and staphylococcus aureus. all the bacteriocin ... | 1995 | 8568643 |
| enteric plesiomonas shigelloides infections in finnish patients. | plesiomonas shigelloides was isolated from 20/13,027 stool samples submitted for culture to the department of bacteriology and immunology, university of helsinki, in 1990. all except 2/20 plesiomonas-positive patients had diarrhea; 13 patients had acute onset of illness after foreign travel and 5 patients had chronic diarrhea with symptoms lasting > or = 2 months. travel destinations were outside europe in most cases. in 12 cases plesiomonas was isolated in pure culture and in 8 cases together w ... | 1995 | 8588141 |
| incidence of histamine-forming bacteria and histamine content in scombroid fish species from retail markets in the barcelona area. | incidence and diversity of histidine decarboxylating bacteria were determined in samples of tunafish, bonito and mackerel purchased at different retail markets. histamine-forming bacteria occurred in a low proportion and always accounted for less than 0.1% of the total bacterial load in the fish samples studied. similarly, histamine content in fish samples also was low ( < 25 ppm) and all of them met current histamine standards established by the european union. histamine was found in 83.3% of t ... | 1996 | 8652349 |
| anti-plesiomonas shigelloides agglutinating and complement-fixing antibody titres in normal individuals and diarrhoeal patients in edo state, nigeria. | one hundred patients with diarrhoea and 50 asymptomatic individuals attending various hospitals in edo state, nigeria, were screened for serum complement-fixing and agglutinating antibodies to plesiomonas shigelloides using the complement-fixation and agglutination tests. seventy (70%) of the 100 patients and 20 (40%) of the 50 asymptomatic individuals had detectable complement-fixing antibodies at titres ranging from 1:32 to 1:128 and 1:8 to 1:32 respectively. results suggest that cases of diar ... | 1996 | 8708332 |
| plesiomonas shigelloides and sucrose-positive edwardsiella tarda bacteremia in a man with obstructive jaundice. | 1996 | 8714276 | |
| plesiomonas shigelloides septicemia: case report and literature review. | a 13-year-old girl with plesiomonas shigelloides septicemia is reported. the infection occurred while she was receiving an allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for acute promyelocytic leukemia. treatment with ciprofloxacin was successful. twenty-one cases of plesiomonas septicemia have been reported in the literature. immunocompromised hosts, especially neonates, are commonly affected. the case mortality rate is high, with 13 of the reported patients dying of the infection. successful treatmen ... | 1996 | 8735343 |
| antimicrobial susceptibility and plasmid-mediated streptomycin resistance of plesiomonas shigelloides isolated from blue crab. | five plesiomonas shigelloides strains isolated from retail or wild-catch louisiana blue crabs (callinectes sapidus) were examined for resistance to selected antibiotics and presence of plasmids. three agar media, macconkey, salmonella-shigella and a modification of inositol brilliant green bile salt (ibb), were evaluated for isolation of p. shigelloides. of these, ibb was most satisfactory for distinguishing between p. shigelloides and the related species aeromonas hydrophila. isolates were susc ... | 1996 | 8760329 |
| [rapid detection of salmonella with mucap reagent]. | the 4-methylumbelliferyl-caprylate (mucap) was applied for the identification of salmonella, it's specification, sensitity, and availability were reported. 65 strains of standard salmonella, 48 strains of salmonella isolated from foods growing on plates of he, dhl, ss and maconkey agar have been tested with mucap. all of them were identified as mucap positive; whereas, among the non-salmonella tested only pseudamonas spp., aeromonas hydrophilia and plesiomonas shigelloides were shown as positive ... | 1996 | 8762473 |
| production of extracellular proteases and amylases by some acidophilic and alkalophilic bacteria. | twelve bacteria were isolated from two effluent sources of shaw-wallace gelatins, jabalpur. six bacteria from dicalcium phosphate plant effluent (ph-5) and six from main drain of the factory (ph-10) were isolated. two facultatively acidophilic and two facultatively alkalophilic bacteria were selected and tentatively identified as plesiomonas shigelloides, aeromonas hydrophilla, klebsiella pneumoniae and staphylococcus saprophyticus respectively. acidic amylases were produced in higher amounts on ... | 1996 | 8781033 |
| plesiomonas shigelloides bacteremia in a child with leukemia. | 1996 | 8816171 | |
| [bacteriological studies of travellar's diarrhoea. 5) analysis of enteropathogenic bacteria at osaka airport quarantine station from january 1992 through september 3rd, 1994]. | during the last 2 years and 8 months before the closure of osaka airport quarantine station (from jan. 1992 to sep. 3, 1994), a total of 7,421,909 overseas travellers were quarantined. 15,919 reported themselves of suffering from diarrhoea. bacteriological examination of a total of 6,031 individuals' stools were performed. 1) various enteropathogenic bacteria were isolated from 31.2% of the stools examined. isolated species were as follows: plesiomonas shigelloides, 1,127 cases (59.9%); vibrio p ... | 1996 | 8822051 |
| aeromonas and plesiomonas species as bacterial agents of diarrhoea in urban and rural areas of nigeria: antibiogram of isolates. | two thousand four hundred stool samples comprising 1 200 each from diarrhoeal and non-diarrhoeal (control) cases with 600 of each category from urban and rural areas were screened for the prevalence of aeromonas and plesiomonas species in the different groups. thirty (5 pc) and (14,8 pc) of aeromonas species and 14 (2,3 pc) and 46 (7,7 pc) of plesiomonas shigelloides were isolated from urban and rural areas respectively for diarrhoea cases. only eight (1,3 pc) and 18 (3 pc) of aeromonas spp. fro ... | 1995 | 8907605 |
| aeromonas species and plesiomonas shigelloides in diarrhoea in goa. | sixty six strains (1.9%) of aeromonas species and 7 strains (0.2%) of plesiomonas shigelloides were isolated from 3484 stool/rectal swabs from cases of diarrhoea during the study period of four years from august 1986 to july 1990 in goa. although the selective medium (ampicillin sheep blood agar) was not used for the isolation of aeromonas, an increase in the rate of isolation of aeromonas from 0.2% in the year 1986 to 6.0% in 1990 was observed. stool samples from 100 controls (patients without ... | 1995 | 8919103 |
| isolation and characterization of restriction endonuclease in plesiomonas shigelloides and aeromonas species. | five restriction endonucleases (enases) and one enase were found in a screen of 196 strains of plesiomonas shigelloides and 147 strains of aeromonas species. plesiomonas and aeromonas species are classified as vibrionaceae, identified as food-poisoning bacteria, are closely genetically related to each other, and their enases producing abilities have not bee reported. enases were detected at relatively low frequencies in these species as compared to those in other species, such as salmonella spec ... | 1996 | 8951174 |
| [rapid detection of the hemolysin genes in aeromonas sobria by the polymerase chain reaction]. | the hemolysin of aeromonas sobria is one of the important virulence factors in this organism. rapid detection and identification test for a. sobria is important for early and specific diagnosis of this infectious disease. we evaluated the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) for the rapid detection of a. sobria. two pairs of synthetic oligonucleotide primers (asa1-s and a; aeraas-s and a) were used in pcr technique to detect the different hemolysin genes (asa1 and aeraas) in a. sobria. the pcr identi ... | 1996 | 9011120 |
| [the cellular fatty acid composition of bacteria in the family vibrionaceae]. | it is shown that strains of vibrio cholerae of serovar o1, biovar eltor, subtype ogawa, museum strains v. cholerae of serovar o1 and nag-vibrios (isolated from various sources: sea, river and sewage water, canal water and people) possess identical composition of cell fatty acids with prevailing hexadecenoic, hexadecanoic and octadecenoic acids. being identical, fatty acid profiles of v. parahaemolyticus and v. alginolyticus, are close to that of v. cholerae differing from the latter mainly by th ... | 1996 | 9044701 |
| new serovars of plesiomonas shigelloides--1996. | eight new 0 (91-98) and h (46-49) antigens are described. their reference strains come from czech republic, cuba and usa. the majority of reference strains are of human origin. some of the new antigens have been found in other strains coming mostly from water. | 1997 | 9151000 |
| antidiarrhoeal activities of ocimum gratissimum (lamiaceae). | the antidiarrhoeal activities of leaf extracts of ocimum gratissimum were investigated by disc diffusion and tube dilution methods. the extracts were active against aeromonas sobria, escherichia coli, plesiomonas shigelloides, salmonella typhi, and shigella dysenteriae. the leaf extracts were most active against s. dysenteriae and least active against s. typhi. the sensitivity of the organisms measured in terms of zone of inhibition ranged from 8.00 to 19.50 mm. the minimum inhibitory concentrat ... | 1996 | 9203793 |
| a monoclonal antibody reacts with maltose-binding protein of escherichia coli and related enteric bacteria. | maltose-binding protein (mbp) encoded by male is essential for the energy-dependent translocation of maltose through the cytoplasmic membrane of bacteria. its property of specific binding to maltose has been used in constructing fusion proteins for easy affinity purification. a monoclonal antibody named mab sc1d7 was produced against escherichia coli mbp. this mab also bound to mbp-containing recombinant proteins in both western blotting and immunoprecipitation analysis. as a result, this mab ca ... | 1997 | 9212834 |
| incidence and clinical symptoms of aeromonas-associated travellers' diarrhoea in tokyo. | in a survey examining the causes of travellers' diarrhoea treated in tokyo between july 1986 and december 1995, aeromonas species were isolated from 1265 (5.5%) of 23,215 travellers returning from developing countries. aeromonas species were the fourth most frequent enteropathogen isolated, following enterotoxigenic e. coli (8.5%), salmonella spp. (7.6%) and plesiomonas shigelloides (5.6%). aeromonas species were found in 1191 (5.6%) of 21,257 patients with diarrhoea and in 74 (3.8%) of 1958 hea ... | 1997 | 9363009 |
| [studies on bacillary dysentery cases of overseas travellers--during 1979 to 1995]. | a total of 36,780,440 overseas travellers during 1979-1995 (17 years) were quarantined at osaka and kansai airport quarantine station, 84,777 travellers reported themselves suffer from diarrhoea. stools from 29,587 persons were bacteriologically examined. various enteropathogenic bacteria were isolated from 9,766 (33.0%) patients of the stools examined. isolated species were as follows: plesiomonas shigelloides (3,234 cases); salmonella spp. (2,236 cases); enterotoxgenic escherichia coli (1,621 ... | 1997 | 9391324 |
| [prevalence of plesiomonas shigelloides in surface water]. | plesiomonas shigelloides is a gram negative rod that has been implicated in acute gastroenterities, meningitis, bacteremia and osteomyelitis. is normally found in the environment, in fresh water, fish and birds, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. the present study was pursued with the purpose of establish the role of surface water as reservoir and transmission vehicle and to evaluate the seasonal effect on incidence. surface water samples were isolated on the surface of two select ... | 1997 | 9429641 |
| characterization of plesiomonas shigelloides from diarrheic children. | infrastructure of 29 p. shigelloides strains isolated as the only positive finding from children with diarrhea (biochemical properties, antigenic structure, antigenic relationship to shigellae, atb susceptibility and plasmids) were described. a big variety of 22 serovars in a relatively small number of strains was found, inclusive four new 0 (093, 094, 095 and 096) and one new h (h46) antigen. some strains belonged to the so-called "schubert antigenic scheme" the serovars of which come of surfac ... | 1998 | 9524746 |
| conformational stabilization of the altruronic acid residue in the o-specific polysaccharide of shigella sonnei/plesiomonas shigelloides. | complete assignments for the 1h- and the 13c-nmr spectra of the o-specific polysaccharide of s. sonnei/plesiomonas shigelloides are reported. evidence is presented that in this polysaccharide both pyranose residues exist preferentially in the 4c1 chair conformation and that the polysaccharide exists in the zwitterion form. | 1997 | 9534229 |
| a case of plesiomonas shigelloides cellulitis and bacteraemia from northern europe. | bacteremia caused by plesiomonas shigelloides is a rare event, often associated with consumption of seafood and fresh or estuarine water in temperate or tropical climates. most patients have showed underlying health disorders. here we present a case of p. shigelloides septicaemia and cellulitis of the left hand associated with fish handling in northern sweden (65 degrees latitude north). the patient, who suffered from multiple myeloma, recovered uneventfully after initial treatment with intraven ... | 1997 | 9571748 |
| plesiomonas shigelloides and salmonella serotype hartford infections associated with a contaminated water supply--livingston county, new york, 1996. | on june 24, 1996, the livingston county (new york) department of health (lcdoh) was notified of a cluster of diarrheal illness following a party on june 22, at which approximately 30 persons had become ill. this report summarizes the findings of the investigation, which implicated water contaminated with plesiomonas shigelloides and salmonella serotype hartford as the cause of the outbreak. | 1998 | 9614009 |
| incidence of non-01 vibrio cholerae and aeromonas spp. in fresh water in araraquara, brazil. | the occurrence of aeromonas spp., vibrio cholerae, and plesiomonas shigelloides in fresh water from various sources in araraquara, state of são paulo, brazil was determined. samples from ten distinct irrigation systems used in vegetable cultivation, from five distinct streams, from two reservoirs, from one artificial lake, and from three distinct springs were analyzed. all isolates were serotyped and tested for hemolysin, cytotoxin, heat-stable (st) and heat-labile (lt) enterotoxins production; ... | 1998 | 9625786 |
| congenital endophthalmitis following maternal shellfish ingestion. | to highlight an unusual organism causing a unilateral endophthalmitis by transplacental spread. | 1998 | 9630299 |
| enteric bacterial pathogens in stools of residents of urban and rural regions in nigeria: a comparison of patients with and without diarrhoea and controls without diarrhoea. | a total of 2,400 stool samples comprising 1,200 from patients with diarrhoea (600 each from urban and rural area) and 1,200 similarly divided controls were obtained from school children and clinic attendants of government and private clinics around three designated study centres of edo, lagos and cross river states, nigeria. these were screened for the prevalence of bacteria that could cause diarrhoea. diarrhoea cases in urban areas had a high prevalence rate for campylobacter spp. (28%), follow ... | 1997 | 9661320 |
| evaluation of the immunospecificity of the porin om1 of vibrio anguillarum serotype o1. | three methods of immunoanalysis (immunoblot, elisa and dot-blot) were used to evaluate the immunospecificity of the antiserum against the porin om1 of vibrio anguillarum serotype o1 with respect to all the serotypes of v. anguillarum, different vibrio species and other gram-negative genera. in the immunoblot analysis of the outer membrane proteins, this antiserum cross-reacted with the main outer membrane protein (momp) of all the vibrio strains studied but not with other genera, except plesiomo ... | 1998 | 9674122 |
| [aeromonas spp. and plesiomonas shigelloides in bivalves, mud, and water from the gulf of nicoya, costa rica]. | bivalves, mud, and surface water were collected at three different sites of the gulf of nicoya, costa rica, in search of aeromonas spp. and plesiomonas shigelloides. for their isolation, these bacteria were enriched in alkaline peptone water and streaked on macconkey agar and on brilliant green bile inositol agar. this was followed by the biochemical tests necessary for their identification. thirty-five strains of a. hydrophila, 58 of a. caviae, 43 of a. sobria, and 7 of p. shigelloides were iso ... | 1989 | 9700365 |
| light-emitting aeromonas and plesiomonas generated by transconjugating luxab from escherichia coli. | the transposon derivative has been placed on a transposition suicide vector to yield pdb30 in escherichia coli wa803. a simple method, using a tn5 derivative tn5-lux, has been successfully devised for the introduction and stable expression of the bioluminescence property in pseudomonas sp., agrobacterium sp., and rhizobium sp. in this study, there was also successful mating between escherichia coli wa803(pdb30) and strains of acromonas hydrophila and plesiomonas shigelloides. these bacteria emit ... | 1994 | 9747350 |
| bloody diarrhea caused by plesiomonas shigelloides proctitis in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient. | 1998 | 9770179 | |
| surveillance for waterborne-disease outbreaks--united states, 1995-1996. | since 1971, cdc and the u.s. environmental protection agency have maintained a collaborative surveillance system for collecting and periodically reporting data that relate to occurrences and causes of waterborne-disease outbreaks (wbdos). | 1998 | 9859954 |
| plesiomonas shigelloides and its serovars in animals in the czech republic--region moravia. | in the period of 1994-1997, 4,552 samples of sectional, clinical material and environment were examined for the presence of plesiomonas shigelloides. in 55 cases (1,21%) plesiomonas shigelloides was isolated. within 55 isolated strains, 26 serovars have been successfully identified. among other secured cases was plesiomonas shigelloides isolated in pig (sus scrofa domestica), mouse mus musculus), binturong (arctictis binturong) and raccoon (pocyon lotor). in mandarin duck (aix galericulata) the ... | 1999 | 10084023 |
| [bacteriological studies of traveller's diarrhoea (6). analysis of enteropathogenic bacteria at kansai airport quarantine station from september 4th, 1994 through december 1996]. | during the period of investigation from sept. 4, 1994 to dec, 1996, a total of 11,446,534 overseas travellers were quarantined at kansai airport quarantine station, and 22,187 voluntarily reported of episodes suffering from diarrhoea. bacteriological examination of the stools a total of 9,299 individuals' was performed, and the following results were obtained. 1) various enteropathogenic bacteria were isolated from 33.3% of the stools examined. bacterial species isolated were as follows: plesiom ... | 1999 | 10213987 |
| [the antimicrobial sensitivity and plasmid isolation in plesiomonas shigelloides]. | 30 strains of plesiomonas shigelloides isolated from patients with acute diarrheal disease at different health centers of the country were studied. the were phenotypically characterized by conventional biochemical tests and the antimicrobial susceptibility to 11 drugs was determined by the kirby bauer's method. it was found that the strains of plesiomonas shigelloides were sensitive to 7 and resistant to 6 of the investigated drugs. the presence of plasmids in 12 of the 29 analyzed strains was d ... | 1998 | 10349444 |
| [incidence of plesiomonas shigelloides in tilapia tetrahibrids (oreochromis sp.)]. | plesiomonas shigelloides, a member of the family vibrionaceae, is a gram negative rod associated with several gastroenteritis outbreaks, especially in tropical and subtropical countries. in same way, it has been related to some septicemia, meningitis and cholecystitis cases. the microorganism is normally found in water, fish and birds. the aim of this work was to study the incidence of plesiomonas shigelloides in tetrahybrids of oreochromis sp. (pink tilapia) located at the central region of ven ... | 1999 | 10412509 |