Publications
| Title | Abstract | Year Filter | PMID(sorted descending) Filter |
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| a comparison by the use of gel electrophoresis of soluble protein components and esterase enzymes of some group d streptococci. | 1965 | 4159861 | |
| cytochromes in streptococcus faecalis var. zymogenes grown in a haematin-containing medium. | 1974 | 4155716 | |
| [antibacterial effect of rifampicin and its chemotherapeutic properties in experiments on animals]. | 1974 | 4155605 | |
| metabolism of drugs by microorganisms in the intestine. | 1974 | 4155602 | |
| folic acid metabolism in vitamin b12-deficient sheep. effects of injected methionine on liver constituents associated with folate metabolism. | 1. the effects of injected l-methionine (2g every second day for 28 days) on liver folates and other constituents of liver associated with folate metabolism were studied in vitamin b(12)-deficient ewes and their pair-fed controls receiving vitamin b(12). the dose rate of methionine used was sufficient to restore almost to normal the elevated excretion in the urine of formiminoglutamate in the deficient animals. 2. liver folates active for lactobacillus casei, streptococcus faecalis r and pedioco ... | 1974 | 4155289 |
| comparative in vitro activity of amoxicillin and ampicillin against bacteria isolated from ill children. | 1974 | 4154827 | |
| influence of the alternate complement pathway in opsonization of several bacterial species. | in normal human serum chelated with magnesium (10 mm) and ethylene glycotetraacetic acid (10 mm) (mgegta), the classical pathway of complement activation is blocked; however, the alternate pathway of complement activation is intact. diplococcus pneumoniae, staphylococcus albus, streptococcus viridans, streptococcus faecalis, and serratia marcescens were opsonized in normal human serum containing 10 mm mgegta. in contrast, staphylococcus aureus and pseudomonas aeruginosa were poorly opsonized in ... | 1974 | 4152919 |
| effects of a bacteriocin produced by streptococcus faecalis var. zymogenes (e1) on susceptible microorganisms. | 1974 | 4152856 | |
| the effect of lipid phase transitions on the architecture of bacterial membranes. | 1974 | 4152268 | |
| chemistry and biochemistry of the neomycins. xvi. synthesis and bioactivity of hexa-n-benzylneomycins. | 1973 | 4151940 | |
| [effect of bacterial tyrosine decarboxylase and tyramine on tyrosine and alanine aminotransferase activity of the liver in white mice]. | 1974 | 4151850 | |
| enterococcal lung abscess: medical and surgical therapy. | 1974 | 4151656 | |
| nitrofurfuryl heterocycles. 12. 4-amino-6-(5-nitro-2-furyl)isoxazolo(5,4-d)pyrimidines and 4-amino-2-(5-nitro-2-furyl)pyrimido(4,5-d)pyrimidines. | 1974 | 4151508 | |
| the role of gut flora in the reduction of aromatic nitro-groups. | 1974 | 4150138 | |
| double-blind trial of doxicycline in acute maxillary sinusitis. a clinical and bacteriological study. | 1973 | 4148109 | |
| [antimicrobial action 1,2,4-benzothiadiazine-1,1-dioxide derivatives. iv]. | 1973 | 4147786 | |
| evaluation of clinical and antibacterial activity of pyrrolidinemethyltetracycline. | 1972 | 4147372 | |
| [influence of thallium acetate on the growth of acholeplasmataceae, mycoplasmataceae, and some bacteria species]. | 1972 | 4145172 | |
| [autolysis of bacterial cell surface and its physiology (biosynthesis)]. | 1972 | 4143920 | |
| characterization of a yeast d-mannan with an alpha-d-glucosyl phosphate residue as an important immunochemical determinant. | 1974 | 4138972 | |
| antibody affinity. vii. multivalent interaction of anti-lactoside antibody. | 1974 | 4137542 | |
| autolytic formation of protoplasts (autoplasts) of streptococcus faecalis 9790: release of cell wall, autolysin, and formation of stable autoplasts. | a system for the formation of apparently wall-free protoplasts from exponential-phase cells of streptococcus faecalis atcc 9790 in the absence of added lytic enzymes was developed. exponential-phase cells suspended in 0.04 m ammonium acetate, ph 6.7, 1 mm magnesium acetate, and 0.5 m sucrose become osmotically fragile within 1 to 1.5 h due to the action of the native, autolytic enzyme on the cell wall peptidoglycan. however, maximal cell wall loss occurred much more slowly, being complete only a ... | 1974 | 4133354 |
| effect of inhibition of deoxyribonucleic acid and protein synthesis on the direction of cell wall growth in streptococcus faecalis. | selective inhibition of protein synthesis in streptococcus faecalis (atcc 9790) was accompanied by a rapid and severe inhibition of cell division and a reduction of enlargement of cellular surface area. continued synthesis of cell wall polymers resulted in rapid thickening of the wall to an extent not seen in exponential-phase populations. thus, the normal direction of wall growth was changed from a preferential feeding out of new wall surface to that of thickening existing cell surfaces. howeve ... | 1974 | 4133352 |
| accumulation of neutral amino acids by streptococcus faecalis. energy coupling by a proton-motive force. | 1973 | 4129287 | |
| preoperative vaginal bacteria and postoperative infections in gynaecological patients. | 1973 | 4127642 | |
| letter: complete deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and neutrophil dysfunction. | 1973 | 4126498 | |
| whole-gut irrigation in preparation for large-bowel surgery. | 1973 | 4124525 | |
| comparative efficacy of sulphonamide and co-trimoxazole in urinary-tract infections in ceylon. | 1973 | 4124419 | |
| bacteriology and antibiotic sensitivity in acute urinary-tract infections in ceylon. | 1973 | 4124418 | |
| [differentiation of streptococcus faecalis var. liquefaciens from other enterococci]. | 1972 | 4124381 | |
| [identification of enterococci by using combined nutrient media]. | 1972 | 4124378 | |
| glycans from streptococcal cell walls. the molecular structure of an antigenic diheteroglycan of glucose and galactose from streptococcus faecalis. | 1973 | 4120860 | |
| serum proteins of gnotobiotic rats. | cellulose-acetate and agar gel immunoelectrophoresis were used to study the serum protein patterns of germfree rats before and after monoassociation with a pure culture of staphylococcus aureus (phage type 80/81), streptococcus faecalis, lactobacillus acidophilus, bacteroides fragilis, pseudomonas aeruginosa, or proteus vulgaris. all six bacteria quickly established themselves in the gastrointestinal tract of the germfree rat, and all six increased the animals' total serum proteins. only s. aure ... | 1972 | 4120245 |
| influence of macromolecular biosynthesis on cellular autolysis in streptococcus faecalis. | the addition of several different antibiotics to growing cultures of streptococcus faecalis, atcc 9790, was found to inhibit autolysis of cells in sodium phosphate buffer. when added to exponential-phase cultures, mitomycin c (0.4 mug/ml) or phenethyl alcohol (3 mg/ml) inhibited deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis, but did not appreciably affect the rate of cellular autolysis. addition of chloramphenicol (10 mug/ml), tetracycline (0.5 mug/ml), puromycin (25 mug/ml), or 5-azacytidine (5 mug/ml) to ex ... | 1972 | 4116754 |
| polarographic studies on a soluble membrane atpase and aqueous dispersions of phospholipids. | 1972 | 4114941 | |
| bacterial contamination in an eye hospital. | 1972 | 4113408 | |
| [hard nutrient medium for the quantitative determination of enterococci in the water with the aid of membranous filters]. | 1972 | 4113050 | |
| [use of acridin dyes in solid selective media for the isolation of listeria monocytogenes]. | 1971 | 4112425 | |
| morphokinetic reaction of cells of streptococcus faecalis (atcc 9790) to specific inhibition of macromolecular synthesis: dependence of mesosome growth on deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis. | the application of quantitative electron microscopy to thin sections of cells of streptococcus faecalis specifically inhibited for deoxyribonucleic acid (dna), ribonucleic acid, and protein synthesis shows that septal mesosomes (i) increase in size when protein synthesis is inhibited by at least 80% while dna synthesis proceeds at no less than 50% of the control rate and (ii) decrease in size when dna synthesis is inhibited 50% or more during the initial 10 min of treatment. this indicates that ... | 1972 | 4110926 |
| morphokinetic reaction of streptococcus faecalis (atcc 9790) cells to the specific inhibition of macromolecular synthesis: nucleoid condensation on the inhibition of protein synthesis. | in glutaraldehyde-prefixed exponential-phase cells of streptococcus faecalis the nucleoid is "frozen" in a dispersed configuration. exposure of exponential-phase cells to threonine starvation or to antibiotics inhibiting protein synthesis resulted in progressive condensation of nucleoid fibrils producing an expanding central nucleoid zone or pool. the condensation of the nucleoid was observed to occur at a rate directly proportional to the rate of inhibition of protein synthesis. however, the ex ... | 1972 | 4110925 |
| ultrastructural and chemical alterations induced by dicumarol in streptococcus faecalis. | 1971 | 4110917 | |
| [a simple semi-quantitative method for the determination of rna-content in microorganisms using pseudoisocyanine]. | 1971 | 4110594 | |
| some properties of two autolytic-defective mutants of streptococcus faecalis atcc 9790. | the isolation and some properties of two mutants of streptococcus faecalis atcc 9790 (s. faecium) which autolyze at a much slower rate than the wild type are described. compared with the wild type, mutant e71 autolyzed more slowly, contained less active but more latent autolysin in the isolated wall fraction, and possessed a wall of very similar chemical composition and degree of cross-bridging. ultrastructural studies of exponential phase cells showed that cells of e71 were on the average sligh ... | 1972 | 4109890 |
| [identification of enterococci]. | 1971 | 4108757 | |
| site of reduction and methylation of folic acid in man. | 1971 | 4107904 | |
| urgent aortic-valve replacement for acute aortic regurgitation due to infective endocarditis. | 1971 | 4104458 | |
| microbiological monitoring of patients in hepatic failure with particular reference to extracorporeal porcine liver perfusion. | 1971 | 4104444 | |
| the morphology of induced wall-defective variants of streptococcus faecalis as studied by light and electron microscopy. | 1971 | 4101484 | |
| reinitiation of cell wall growth after threonine starvation of streptococcus faecalis. | cultures of streptococcus faecalis atcc 9790 were starved of threonine for 10 hr and then allowed to reinitiate growth in a fresh complete medium. on regrowth, culture turbidity began to increase within 10 min, but the ability of cells to autolyze did not begin to increase until after 30 min. ultrastructural studies of regrowth of the initially thick-walled cells showed, at about 30 min, centripetal linear extension of new thin cross wall. this was followed, at about 40 min, by a notching, split ... | 1971 | 4100835 |
| bacterial isolates from nsukka meat market: a zoonotic appraisal. | swabs collected from butchers hands, knives, tables and meat displayed for sale at nsukka meat market showed that every item screened was contaminated. bacteria isolated include streptococcus faecalis, coagulase positive staphylococcus, clostridium perfringens, brucella species, corynebacterium haemolyticum, proteus mirabilis, p. vulgaris, escherichia coli, salmonella enteritidis, enterobacter aerogenes, pseudomonas multophilia, p. rubescens and beta-haemolytic streptococci. the zoonotic or publ ... | 1985 | 4077409 |
| measurement of plasma pyridoxal 5'-phosphate by combination of an enzymatic assay with high-performance liquid chromatography/electrochemistry. | an assay method for the determination of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (plp) in plasma is presented. the procedure is rapid and requires only a small volume. the method includes plp-dependent enzymatic decarboxylation of l-tyrosine to tyramine (enzyme used: l-tyrosine apodecarboxylase (ec 4.1.1.25) from streptococcus faecalis) and measurement of tyramine by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. this technique confers specificity, rapidity, and low-cost measurement. huma ... | 1985 | 4073489 |
| comparison of long-term, low-dose pivmecillinam and nitrofurantoin in the control of recurrent urinary tract infection in children. an open, randomized, cross-over study. | thirty-five children with a history of vesicoureteric reflux or with recurrent urinary tract infections were randomly allocated to low-dose prophylactic treatment with pivmecillinam or nitrofurantoin. after 6-10 months they were crossed over to the alternate drug for another 6 months, but only 24 completed the study because of lack of compliance or intolerance to nitrofurantoin. there was no significant difference in the long-term prophylactic effect between the two drugs, the overall infection ... | 1985 | 4066562 |
| [antibacterial properties of some spice plants before and after heat treatment]. | this study was carried out to understand the antibacterial properties of some spice plants before and after heat treatment in boiling water. the samples included the core and the outer layers of onion, the white and the green parts of green onion, garlic bulb, ginger, ginger root, sweet pepper, chili pepper, brown pepper, and mustard. the test microorganisms included escherichia coli, salmonella typhimurium, vibrio parahaemolyticus, pseudomonas aeruginosa, proteus vulgaris, staphylococcus aureus ... | 1985 | 4064797 |
| an epidemiological survey of urinary tract infections among outpatients in northern norway. | urinary tract infections (uti) in all outpatients from several municipalities in northern norway were examined during 1 year. comparatively high frequencies of uti were found among women of all ages, among people greater than 60 years of both sexes, in coastline municipalities, and during the fall and winter. about 70% of all uti were caused by escherichia coli, more in women than in men. other gram-negative enterobacteria (klebsiella, proteus) and gram-positive cocci (staphylococcus epidermidis ... | 1985 | 4059868 |
| respiratory superinfections after the use of third-generation cephem antibiotics. | this paper is a report on our studies on superinfections in respiratory tract infections treated during the years 1981-1984. the isolated strains of staphylococcus aureus, staphylococcus epidermidis, streptococcus faecalis, streptococcus faecium and glucose non-fermentative gram-negative rods such as pseudomonas aeruginosa were resistant to third-generation cephem antibiotics. these organisms proved to be widely distributed in hospitals and were frequently isolated from the sputum, excised lung ... | 1985 | 4055061 |
| cefotaxime monotherapy of bacterial meningitis caused by gram-positive pathogens. | primary meningitis in children is caused by two gram-negative bacterial species, neisseria meningitidis and haemophilus influenzae, and one gram-positive bacterial species streptococcus pneumoniae. despite optimal penicillin susceptibility, with few exceptions, therapeutic results in pneumococcal meningitis are by far worse than with the other two pathogens. therefore, and because of the detection of penicillin-resistant rods, the study of alternatives in therapy is justified and was started wit ... | 1985 | 4055057 |
| clinical evaluation of the effect of cefotaxime in senile pneumonia caused by gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. | 66 patients with predominantly community-acquired pneumonia were treated with cefotaxime. the group consisted of 45 males and 21 females, aged 56 to 90 years, 43 of the patients belonging to the age groups 65-80 years. streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated in 21 of the 34 patients with gram-positive pneumonia, staphylococcus aureus in six, staphylococcus epidermidis in five and streptococcus faecalis in two. klebsiella pneumoniae was the predominant pathogen in gram-negative pneumonia (eight pat ... | 1985 | 4055049 |
| superinfections during antimicrobial treatment with betalactam-aminoglycoside combinations in neutropenic patients with hematologic malignancies. | the frequency, etiology and risk factors of superinfections during and/or within one week after antibiotic therapy with betalactam-aminoglycoside combinations were evaluated in 631 patients with hematologic malignancies admitted to the institute of hematology of rome from january 1982 to december 1984. 356 patients (56%) developed 402 episodes of proven or presumed infection. of these patients, 78 developed 102 superinfections. overall, superinfections responded less satisfactorily to antibiotic ... | 1985 | 4055041 |
| clinical experience of cefotaxime in infections caused by gram-positive pathogens. | we studied the activity of cefotaxime both microbiologically and clinically. 138 blood cultures positive for gram-positive cocci were evaluated (90 strains of staphylococcus aureus, 25 of streptococcus faecalis, 13 of streptococcus alpha and ten of streptococcus mutans). cefotaxime showed good activity against all strains with the exception of s. mutans, of which only 30% were sensitive. ten cases of gram-positive infections were studied clinically: six sepsis cases and one endocarditis case due ... | 1985 | 4055040 |
| clinical superinfection and its attendant symptomatic changes in pediatrics. | studies were conducted on the effects of antibiotics on intestinal bacterial flora and symptomatic changes associated with possible superinfection following antibiotic treatment. following the administration of oral antibiotics, there were no marked changes in the intestinal flora. after second and third-generation cephems were injected, most bacteria, excluding streptococcus faecalis which is resistant to them, decreased and fungi increased. the incidences of diarrhea after administering oral a ... | 1985 | 4055039 |
| cefotaxime for the treatment of gram-positive urinary tract infection. | urinary tract infections (uti) due to gram-positive bacteria are fairly uncommon. in order to investigate the efficacy of treatment for uti secondary to gram-positive rods, we performed a non-comparative study on the effect of cefotaxime in 64 patients with gram-positive uti. patients with a history of hypersensitivity to cephalosporins and penicillin as well as patients who had received antibiotic treatment within 48 hours after the administration of cefotaxime, patients with hepatic disease an ... | 1985 | 4055038 |
| culture of the surfaces of urinary catheters to sample urethral flora and study the effect of antimicrobial therapy. | at the time indwelling urinary catheters were removed, the urethral flora was sampled by rolling the catheters onto culture plates. cultures were obtained from 398 patients with sterile urine. catheter surfaces were colonized less often in males than in females (16.8 and 67.0%, respectively) and yielded correspondingly fewer bacterial species per catheter. in both sexes, gram-positive species were isolated more frequently than gram-negative species (428 and 131 isolates, respectively). the bacte ... | 1985 | 4008620 |
| a note on antibiotic resistance in the bacterial flora of raw sewage and sewage-polluted river tigris in mosul, iraq. | polluted water samples collected from the river tigris in the vicinity of a raw sewage outfall were examined for the incidence of antibiotic resistance among coliform bacteria on three occasions during 1983. eighty percent or more of the coliform bacteria were resistant to one or more antibiotics. at the same time, raw sewage samples were examined for the incidence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and escherichia coli, pseudomonas spp. and staphylococcus spp. were selected for sensitivity testi ... | 1985 | 3997692 |
| in vitro activity and mechanism of action of a21978c1, a novel cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic. | the in vitro activity of a21978c1, a novel cyclic polypeptide antibiotic, was compared with those of vancomycin, teichomycin, and several beta-lactam antibiotics against gram-positive bacteria. the new drug was at least as active as vancomycin against all species of streptococci and staphylococci tested, including methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus and penicillin-resistant pneumococci. activity of the drug was found to be strongly correlated with the calcium concentration in test media. ... | 1985 | 3994349 |
| beta-casomorphin immunoreactive materials in cows' milk incubated with various bacterial species. | to obtain information about the possible release of beta-casomorphins from beta-casein under in vitro conditions, cows' milk was incubated with 13 strains of gram-negative or gram-positive bacterial species isolated from bovine milk. after incubation periods of 1-24 d, milk samples were assayed for beta-casomorphin-4, -5, -6 or -7 immunoreactive materials. in general, no beta-casomorphin immunoreactive material was found in samples incubated with non-caseolytic strains, e.g. pseudomonas putida o ... | 1985 | 3989066 |
| in vitro comparison of aminoglycoside activities and their synergistic action with piperacillin. | the antimicrobial activity of six aminoglycosides against 927 clinical isolates was compared. gentamicin and netilmicin were most active against enterobacteriaceae, followed by tobramycin greater than dibekacin greater than amikacin greater than kanamycin. tobramycin was most active against pseudomonas aeruginosa, both mucoid and non-mucoid strains, followed by dibekacin greater than gentamicin greater than netilmicin greater than amikacin greater than kanamycin. piperacillin-aminoglycoside comb ... | 1985 | 3988352 |
| dynamics of resistance to cephalosporins. | bacterial susceptibility to various cephalosporins of nine of the most frequently isolated organisms were analyzed for the five-year period 1980 to 1984. the disk diffusion susceptibility to cephalosporins of 1,640,031 strains of bacteria isolated from 242 hospitals in the united states were compared. no significant change has occurred in the susceptibility of escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, proteus mirabilis, haemophilus influenzae, or streptococcus faecalis for this period; enterobact ... | 1985 | 3986942 |
| bacterial resistance to antibiotics in american hospitals. | a total of 5,825,243 strains of bacteria were isolated in 242 american hospitals during a period of twelve years (1971 to 1982). the susceptibility to antibiotics of escherichia coli, staphylococcus aureus, klebsiella sp. proteus mirabilis, haemophilus sp. and pseudomonas sp. did not change significantly during this period of time. the susceptibility to tetracycline for e. coli and s. aureus increased. streptococcus faecalis and staphylococcus epidermidis showed a decrease in susceptibility. | 1985 | 3986941 |
| immunological and structural relatedness of catabolic ornithine carbamoyltransferases and the anabolic enzymes of enterobacteria. | purified catabolic ornithine carbamoyltransferase of pseudomonas putida and anabolic ornithine carbamoyltransferase (argf product) of escherichia coli k-12 were used to prepare antisera. the two specific antisera gave heterologous cross-reactions of various intensities with bacterial catabolic ornithine carbamoyltransferases formed by pseudomonas and representative organisms of other bacterial genera. the immunological cross-reactivity observed only between the catabolic ornithine carbamoyltrans ... | 1985 | 3968036 |
| treatment of serious urological infections with cefotaxime compared to ampicillin plus netilmicin. | fifty-nine patients with severe urinary tract infections were treated with either cefotaxime or ampicillin plus netilmicin in a controlled, open randomised study of the clinical and bacteriological effects. the patients responded favourably in both groups. the minimum inhibitory concentrations of cefotaxime against the isolates from blood were low for all bacterial strains except one (streptococcus faecalis). time to normalisation of temperature was significantly shorter in the cefotaxime group. ... | 1986 | 3948539 |
| study of neonatal septicemia. | 1985 | 3938776 | |
| conjugal transfer of plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance from streptococci to clostridium acetobutylicum. | three broad host-range mls plasmids, pam beta 1 (em), pip501 (em, cm) and pjh4 (em, sm, km), were transferred by a conjugation-like process from streptococcus faecalis to clostridium acetobutylicum. the plasmids were stably maintained and antibiotic resistances were fully expressed in c. acetobutylicum, except for chloramphenicol resistance, which was poorly expressed, if at all. the c. acetobutylicum strains harbouring every plasmid could be used as donors in intraspecific matings with frequenc ... | 1985 | 3938632 |
| production of bacteriocin-like substances by group d streptococci of human origin. | from ninety enterococci of human origin thirty six strains were selected which produced bacteriocin-like substances. the antagonism between them and the resistance to chloroform, heat and pronase were studied. four types based on such characteristics were established. these groups were different from those described elsewhere in the literature. | 1985 | 3938512 |
| how bacteria grow and divide in spite of internal hydrostatic pressure. | 1985 | 3938340 | |
| [evaluation of rapid, simple species classification for group d streptococci and clinical significance of the isolates]. | 1985 | 3937873 | |
| bacteriological study of renal calculi. | the pre-operative urine, pelvic urine, removed calculi and calculus washings were examined bacteriologically in 24 patients undergoing removal of intrarenal calculi. four of seven patients with struvite calculi had an infected pre-operative midstream urine specimen and six of the seven removed calculi demonstrated significant bacterial growth. proteus mirabilis was the commonest organism isolated. of 17 patients with oxalate calculi only one had an infected pre-operative urine culture, but in fo ... | 1985 | 3937732 |
| antimicrobial cream susceptibility testing. | utilizing a recently described rapid needle extrusion method for determining the sensitivities of burn wound isolates, we have compiled data on the resistance patterns of over 250 isolates from our burn unit. major isolate groups were staphylococcus aureus, pseudomonas aeruginosa, various enterobacteriaceae and enterococci. excellent correlation was exhibited between the inhibitory zone sizes and the minimal inhibitory concentration for 120 organisms tested. utilizing the needle extrusion sensit ... | 1985 | 3937563 |
| antimicrobial activity of aridicins, novel glycopeptide antibiotics with high and prolonged levels in blood. | three new glycopeptide antibiotics, aridicins a, b, and c, produced by kibdelosporangium aridum have a spectrum of antimicrobial activity in vitro which is similar to that of vancomycin. the antimicrobial activities of these glycopeptides against clinical bacterial isolates were compared with those of vancomycin and other related glycopeptide antibiotics in vitro by agar dilution and microtiter broth dilution tests and in vivo in mouse protection studies. in vitro they were somewhat less effecti ... | 1985 | 3937489 |
| [influence of chlorhexidine on the flora of burns]. | the effect of chlorhexidine baths on surface and in-depth colonization of burns was studied in 12 severely burned patients. 202 swabs and 202 biopsy specimens were cultured. each patient was sampled before and after a daily chlorhexidine bath on several days. subsequent to bathing, 41% of swabs became sterile and a 1.41 log10 reduction in the number of germs in biopsy specimens was observed. however, deep flora was unchanged in almost half of cases (43.3%) and was reduced by only 1 to 2 log10 in ... | 1985 | 3937137 |
| [measure of the activity of a quaternary aldehyde-ammonia complex against reference bacteria strains and 50 hospital strains]. | concentrations of a disinfectant complex effective against hospital strains were determined using the dilution-neutralization method (afnor t72 150). results were compared to those obtained with reference bacterial strains. a 99.999% reduction in viable bacteria requires significantly higher concentrations for hospital isolates than for reference strains. | 1985 | 3937136 |
| [pefloxacin: clinical experience]. | pefloxacin was given as the single drug (except in one case) to twenty-seven patients with a variety of infections (bone and/or joint: 8; respiratory tract: 6; urinary tract: 5; bacteremia: 4; meninges: 3; other: 1). the following bacteria were isolated: p. aeruginosa: 11; enterobacteriaceae: 10; acinetobacter: 3; staphylococci: 3 (including 2 methicillin-resistant strains), and streptococcus faecalis: 2. pefloxacin was given in a daily dosage of 800 mg in 20 patients and 1 200 to 1 600 mg in 7. ... | 1985 | 3937133 |
| [computerized analysis of activity profiles of beta-lactams]. | this study was designed to compare the in vitro activities of recent cephalosporins and other beta-lactams. one of our objectives was to determine whether the microbiologist could use a single cephalosporin for routine antibiotic sensitivity testing. all the strains studied were recovered from outpatients. sensitivity and/or resistance were evaluated by mic determination, according to a program developed in our laboratory, using a personal computer. using special programs, patterns of activities ... | 1985 | 3937131 |
| [effect of an amoxicillin-clavulanic acid combination on the aerobic fecal flora in children]. | counts of aerobic fecal pathogens were done using serial dilutions of stools cultured on selective media with or without amoxicillin + clavulanic acid in 15 hospitalized pediatric patients under oral treatment with the association and in 12 non-hospitalized, non-treated controls. susceptibility was confirmed by disk antibiotic sensitivity testing. the following microorganisms were studied: enterobacteriaceae, pseudomonas, streptococci d, staphylococci and candida. in 8 of the 15 treated patients ... | 1985 | 3937129 |
| [hr 810 (cefpirome). experimental evaluation of the in vitro and in vivo antibiotic activity of a new amino-2-thiazole methoxy- imino cephalosporin]. | hr 810 or cefpirome is a new amino thiazole cephalosporin whose specific characteristic is a cyclopentenopyridinium group in position 3 of the cephem nucleus. this structure is responsible for a broad spectrum of activity, covering enterobacteriaceae, including cephalosporinase-producing enterobacter spp. and citrobacter spp., staphylococcus aureus, pseudomonas aeruginosa and group d streptococci. | 1985 | 3937124 |
| [cefpirome (hr 810). a new broad spectrum cephalosporin]. | hr 810 or cefpirome is a new 2-amino-thiazol cephalosporin whose salient characteristic is a bicyclic nucleus, namely cyclopenteno-pyridinium, in position 3. this nucleus imparts a broad spectrum of activity that includes enterobacteriaceae, staphylococcus aureus, pseudomonas aeruginosa, neisseria, non-d streptococcus and haemophilus. cefpirome is also active, although to a lesser extent, against streptococcus faecalis and acinetobacter. | 1985 | 3937123 |
| bacteriology and ultrastructure of the bladder in patients with urinary tract infections. | tissue obtained by biopsy of the bladder from 33 patients with various urinary tract symptoms was studied by conventional bacteriological techniques and by scanning electron microscopy (sem). all the patients had recurrent urinary tract symptoms which had not completely responded to antibiotic therapy. eleven of the patients had greater than or equal to 10(8) colony-forming units (cfu) of bacteria/1 urine; six had between 10(6) and 10(7) cfu/1, and 16 were abacteruric. bacteria were isolated, ho ... | 1985 | 3936879 |
| [splenic abscess disclosing endocarditis]. | a 54 year old man, hospitalised for thoraco-abdominal pain resulting from a septicemia which gives positive hemocultures for streptococcus d bovis, is diagnosed to have a splenic abscess which will require splenectomy. at the same time, an endocarditis develops and gets worse, with auriculo-ventricular blockade and, especially, major aortic insufficiency, which is the cause of death by a brutal and massive pulmonary oedema. in the progression of an endocarditis, the occurrence of a splenic absce ... | 1985 | 3936391 |
| [typing of streptococcus faecalis and streptococcus faecium strains with bacteriophages]. | with a set of 17 bacteriophages specific for streptococcus faecalis and a set of 7 bacteriophages specific for streptococcus faecium 441 strains of s. faecalis and 53 strains of s. faecium were typed. the species identification was done by means of the api 20 strep system. for s. faecalis 22 and for s. faecium 12 lysotypes were found. among s. faecalis strains lysotype v6b was most common (27%), followed by the lysotypes xv (9,5%), xiii1 (7%), ii1 (5,7%), and i1 (4,3%). these 5 lysotypes compris ... | 1985 | 3936307 |
| [oligodynamic action of silver ions on micro-organisms]. | 1985 | 3936063 | |
| microbial adhesion to fibronectin in vitro correlates with production of endocarditis in rabbits. | microbial adhesion to the constituents of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (nbte) is an important early event in the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis. fibronectin is a ubiquitous mammalian glycoprotein with diverse functions which binds to certain bacteria but not to others. in this study, we determined that fibronectin is present on the surface of nbte (after catheter-induced aortic valve trauma) but not on normal rabbit cardiac valvular endothelium. the adhesion of various bacteria a ... | 1985 | 3936047 |
| induction of surface exclusion (entry exclusion) by streptococcus faecalis sex pheromones: use of monoclonal antibodies to identify an inducible surface antigen involved in the exclusion process. | the streptococcus faecalis plasmid pcf-10 is representative of a class of plasmids that enables its host cells to respond to sex pheromones produced by other s. faecalis cells. the pheromone response has been previously shown to result in increased conjugal plasmid transfer, cell clumping, and multiple cell-surface antigenic changes. to test for other effects of pheromone induction, cells carrying pcf-10 were used as recipients in matings with an isogenic donor strain carrying a derivative of pc ... | 1985 | 3936037 |
| enzyme release of antigen from streptococcus faecalis and listeria monocytogenes cross-reactive with lancefield group g typing reagents. | enzyme extraction methods are commonly used to release antigen for lancefield serogrouping of streptococci. recently, up to 47% of enterococci have been found to possess antigens cross-reactive with both the group d and the group g grouping reagents. we investigated whether the organisms had recently emerged or whether changes in extraction methods (enzyme extraction) have resulted in our awareness of their existence. we found that approximately 20% of our enterococcal isolates released material ... | 1985 | 3935666 |
| comparison of american microscan dry and frozen microdilution trays. | this study compared the american microscan frozen microdilution tray and dehydrated microdilution tray. a total of 153 gram-negative and 106 gram-positive isolates were tested concurrently on both tray types and read visually. very major and major antimicrobial susceptibility discrepancies amounted to 1.0% of all results, and minor discrepancies amounted to 0.4% of all results. the biochemical discrepancy rate for gram-negative organisms was 1.3%, resulting in no identification errors either at ... | 1985 | 3935659 |
| treatment of urinary tract infections with aztreonam. | 1985 | 3935640 | |
| trends in bacterial susceptibility to antimicrobial agents. | concern over the development of drug resistance by common pathogens has grown over recent years. in order to discover and describe possible trends at this institution, susceptibility data for 18 organisms and 21 antimicrobial agents for the years 1975 through 1982 at the veterans administration medical center in oklahoma city were reviewed. summaries of susceptibility data for 64 major combinations of drugs and organisms are presented. two gram-positive organisms (enterococcus group d and staphy ... | 1985 | 3935395 |
| reversal of the in vitro susceptibility of enterococci to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole by folinic acid. | the in vitro susceptibilities of 21 clinical isolates of streptococcus faecalis to trimethoprim (tmp) in combination with sulfamethoxazole (smx) was evaluated in mueller-hinton broth (mhb) in the presence and absence of folinic acid as well as in urine. the mean mic and mbc in mhb, expressed as the tmp concentration, was 0.13 and 0.32 micrograms of tmp-smx per ml, respectively. in mhb supplemented with folinic acid, the mean mic and mbc was 3.3 and 5.5 micrograms of tmp-smx per ml, respectively. ... | 1985 | 3935044 |
| [current aspects of infectious endocarditis. review of 101 cases]. | one hundred and one cases of infectious endocarditis were reviewed, from 1966 to 1982. the mean age of the patients was 56.3 +/- 15 years. there was a marked predominance of men (70.2 p. 100); the commonest portal of entry was dental (45.9 p. 100); the number of iatrogenic portals of entry and cases of endocarditis on prosthetic valves has been increasing in recent years. blood cultures were positive in 83 p. 100 of cases; the commonest responsible organism was the non-d streptococcus (31 p. 100 ... | 1985 | 3935024 |
| microbial preparation of l-[15n]tyrosine and [15n]tyramine and their gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric analyses. | the preparation of l-[15n]tyrosine and [15n]tyramine by microbial synthesis is described. immobilized erwinia herbicola cells were added to a reaction mixture containing phenol, pyruvic acid, and 15nh4cl. the reaction was driven by excess nonlabeled pyruvate and phenol. under these denaturing concentrations of phenol, immobilized cells were more effective than free ones. gram quantities of l-[15n]tyrosine were obtained without label dilution. the conversion of this l-[15n]tyrosine into [15n]tyra ... | 1985 | 3935008 |
| infection control during parenteral nutrition therapy. | parenteral nutrition therapy can achieve an anabolic state in patients who are unable to maintain normal nitrogen balance; however, it may be associated with infectious complications. infections may be related to contamination of the cannula and the cannula wound, of the infusate, or of other parts of the parenteral nutrition system. a variety of microorganisms has been associated with these infections. the exact mechanisms that initiate cannula-related infection are poorly understood. susceptib ... | 1985 | 3934408 |
| suppurative thrombosis of the superior vena cava: a lethal complication of central venous catheters. | a case is described, in which suppurative thrombosis of the superior vena cava, complicated central venous catheterization. persistent septicaemia resulted which was unresponsive to medical management and was ultimately fatal. | 1985 | 3934247 |