Publications
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| clinicopathologic conference: persistent empyema, bacteremia and death. | 1978 | 341702 | |
| [problems in the determination of pathogens in prostatovesiculitis]. | in patients with prostatovesiculitis the qualitative proof of microorganisms from experiment or ejaculate has only an insignificant diagnostic value on account of the lacking possibility of the recognition of contamination germs, it may be concluded to a prostatitis caused by bacteria, when the number of germs established in the exprimate is unequivocally larger than this one in the middle stream urine. in order to use successfully also the differences of the number of germs of ejaculate and mid ... | 1977 | 341592 |
| [significance of suprapubic puncture of the bladder as a diagnostic method]. | in 650 cases for the purpose of a methodical comparison was examined urine got by paracentesis of the bladder and midstream urine. the most important results were: 1. urine got by paracentesis of the bladder was infected in 30.9%, midstream urine in 51.7%. 2. further 39.4% of the samples of midstream urine were poor in germs; in 2.3% these findings corresponded to an infection. 3. only 69.7% of the kinds of germs and 38.8% of the numbers of germs were identical. 4. 28.4% of the samples of midstr ... | 1977 | 341545 |
| in vitro susceptibility of selected bacteria to cefaclor. | 1977 | 341537 | |
| [lysogeny of k1. pneumoniae]. | 1977 | 341494 | |
| percutaneous drainage in the treatment of klebsiella pneumoniae lung abscess. | seven cases of lung abscess involving klebsiella pneumoniae with or without other pathogens presented with gross expansion of the involved lobes or segments and severe clinical illness despite medical treatment. operative management by rib resection and tube drainage was successful in each case, one of which was found to be an infected cryptococcoma. postoperative bronchograms were made in six cases. | 1977 | 341405 |
| skin protothecosis in a patient with renal allograft. | the case history of a 30-year-old male kidney transplant patient who developed cutaneous protothecosis is presented. the lesions, initially located over the forearm and around the site of previous av shunt, consisted of maculopapular areas which opened spontaneously and drained purulent sanguineous material. culutre of drainage grew prototheca wickerhamii. other virulent organisms, ie. klebsiella pneumoniae and pseudomonas aeruginosa, were also grown. the patient died of klebsiella septicemia an ... | 1978 | 341343 |
| linkage map of the nitrogen fixation (nif) genes in klebsiella pneumoniae. | the nif cistrons indentified by complementation analysis in the preceding paper (dixon et al., 1977) were mapped with respect to hisd and to each other other by p1 cotransduction and three-factor reciprocal crosses. the order obrained was hisd nifb nifa (nifl) niff nife nifk nifd nifh. analysis of hisd2-nif cotransduction data by the wu equation (wu, 1966) suggested that the nif genes are divided into two clusters: a his-proximal cluster comprising nifba(l)f and a his-distal group of nifekdh. | 1977 | 340924 |
| complementation analysis of klebsiella pneumoniae mutants defective in nitrogen fixation. | a series of mutants defective in nitrogen fixation (nif) were isolated in klebsiella pneumoniae strain m5a1. the nif mutations were either located on plasmid prd1 or on the k. pneumoniae chromosome. a total of 37 plasmid mutants and 28 chromosomal mutants were employed in complementation tests using the acetylene reduction technique. most mutants could be assigned to one of seven nif cistrons: nifa, nifb, nifd, nife, niff, nifh, and nifk. complementation analysis of two nif deletion mutants conf ... | 1977 | 340923 |
| the use of a fluorescence typing method in an epidemiological study of klebsiella infection in a london hospital. | the fluorescent antibody technique was used to investigate an epidemic of klebsiella infection in a urological ward and to trace the probable source to a contaminated sink in the treatment room. it was also shown that cross infections by particular capsular types were very common within each ward. certain types of klebsiella occurred in cut flower water but could not be associated with the types infecting the patients. antibiotic resistance patterns within one capsular type were found to vary wh ... | 1978 | 340582 |
| a hospital epidemic caused by gentamicin-resistant klebsiella aerogenes. | in the 15 months, february 1976 to april 1977, more than 241 patients became colonized with a strain of klebsiella aerogenes, capsular serotype k2, resistant to most antibiotics. urinary tract infection was the most common clinical manifestation but bacteraemia and, occasionally, infections of other sites were encountered. the main reservoir of the epidemic klebsiella was the gut, urine and skin of colonized patients. gut carriage among staff was very uncommon. the most susceptible patients were ... | 1978 | 340580 |
| aminoglycoside inactivating enzymes produced by r plasmids of escherichia coli, citrobacter freundii, klebsiella pneumoniae, proteus vulgaris, providencia stuartii and serratia marcescens. | 1977 | 340445 | |
| syntheses and properties of kanamycin c derivatives active against resistant bacteria. | 1977 | 340436 | |
| correlation of minimum inhibitory concentration and beta-lactamase activity. | the beta-lactamase activity of 510 recently isolated enterobacteriaceae was investigated with a quantitative photometric test. beta-lactamase could be detected in 55 percent of the enterobacteriaceae. at the same time minimal inhibition concentration (mic) of beta-lactam antibiotics was determined. there was no correlation between mic values and lactamase activity. for correct antibacterial therapy the clinician requires information on the lactamase activity of isolated bacteria in addition to t ... | 1977 | 340386 |
| [an investigation into the influence of human serum on the in-vitro activity of various cephalosporins (author's transl)]. | cephalosporins are being given more and more frequently empirically as initial therapy, until the bacteriological findings become available. the wide selection of cephalosporins available make the choice of the most suitable one difficult for the clinician. cephazolin, cephradine and cephacetrile were tested against three standard bacteria strains (escherichia coli, staphylococcus aureus, kelebsiella pneumoniae) in normal broth and with the addition of 30% inactivated human serum; the geometric ... | 1977 | 340385 |
| nitrogenase of klebsiella pneumoniae. distinction between proton-reducing and acetylene-reducing forms of the enzyme: effect of temperature and component protein ratio on substrate-reduction kinetics. | non-linear rates of acetylene reduction and concomitant h2 evolution were observed for the nitrogenase of klebsiella pneumoniae at 10 degrees c. a lag phase of 1-4 min, dependent on the ratio of mo-fe protein to fe protein present, occurred before linear rates of acetylene reduction were achieved. a complementary burst phase for concomitant h2 evolution in the presence of acetylene was also observed. when the proton was the only reducible substrate present, linear rates of h2 evolution were obse ... | 1977 | 339912 |
| hexokinase and glucose-phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase synthesis in klebsiella aerogenes strains growing in continuous culture. | considerable differences in steady-state hexokinase specific activity were found in 16 n.c.i.b. strains of klebsiella aerogenes grown in identical conditions in glucose-limited chemostats. strains of n.c.i.b. 8258 had no detectable activity, but its glucose-phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase specific activity and that of the other strains were closely similar, and it is concluded that this phosphotransferase activity regulates the overall utilization of glucose, in which hexokinase plays no ... | 1977 | 339911 |
| [urinary and serum o-antibodies in patients with chronic pyelonephritis (author's transl)]. | urine (24-hour-specimen, 100-fold concentrated) and serum samples from adults with chronic pyelonephritis have been investigated for o antibody against the strain isolated from the urine by means of the indirect hemagglutination and indirect immunofluorescence technique. using the hemagglutination technique about one third of the urine showed the presence of o antibody. the highest titer demonstrated was 1:16. o antibody determined by the immunofluorescence technique could be demonstrated in 54. ... | 1977 | 339606 |
| [bacteriological studies of the human amniotic fluid in repeated amniocenteses]. | the amniocentesis to gain increasing importance ought to be examined whether an alteration of the bacterial flora of the amniotic fluid was caused by repeated amniocentesis. 128 samples of amniotic fluid selected by abdominal amniocentesis were placed in microbiological cultures. bacteria was isolated in 30 cases, originated predominantly by pollution. under the circumstance of strong sterile conditions the amniocentesis proven even when repeated a diagnostical way of procedure which does not re ... | 1977 | 339605 |
| sensitivity of gram-negative bacilli to the serum bactericidal activity: a marker of the host-parasite relationship in acute and persisting infections. | 1977 | 339328 | |
| effect of capsular polysaccharide of klebsiella pneumoniae on the differentiation and functional capacity of macrophages cultured in vitro. | 1977 | 339038 | |
| a comparison of alternate metabolic strategies for the utilization of d-arabinose. | mutants of klebsiella aerogenes w70 that metabolize the uncommon pentose d-arabinose were isolated. these mutants were found to be either constitutive or indicible by d-arabinose for the synthesis of enzymes in the l-fucose pathway. such mutants could then utilize l-fucose isomerase to convert the structurally similar d-arabinose molecule to d-ribulose. d-ribulose is an intermediate and the inducer of an existing ribitol pathway and could thus be metabolized. in those d-arabinose-positive mutant ... | 1977 | 338926 |
| evaluation of amoxicillin therapy in ill children. | ampicillin and amoxicillin were evaluated in 37 ill children. detailed pharmacokinetic studies in 27 of these children demonstrated an advantage in oral absorption of amoxicillin over ampicillin at dosages of both 12.5 and 25 mg/kg per dose. individual variation was great for both drugs. no sequence effect was noted for patients receiving ampicillin before either ampicillin or amoxicillin. amoxicillin was tolerated well by the majority of patients, and the drug was not discontinued because of si ... | 1978 | 338647 |
| klebsiella: taxonomy, nomenclature, and communication. | differences in the delineation of klebsiella spp. in the united kingdom from that in the majority of other countries is discussed. an attempt is made to trace and interpret the reasons for these differences and suggestions are made for a rapid resolution of this problem which hazards communication. | 1977 | 338633 |
| interaction between the fumarate reductase system of escherichia coli and the nitrogen fixation genes of klebsiella pneumoniae. | for phenotypic expression of nif+kp genes in escherichia coli k-12, the anaerobic electron transport system to fumarate must be functional. the role of the fumarate reduction system is to energize the membrane and thus provide the energy necessary for nitrogen fixation. | 1978 | 338593 |
| primary structure of the escherichia coli serotype k42 capsular polysaccharide and its serological identity with the klebsiella k63 polysaccharide. | the escherichia coli k42 capsular polysaccharide consists of leads to 3)-alpha-d-galp-(1 leads to 3)-alpha-d-galuap-(1 leads to 3)-alpha-l-fucp-(1 leads to repeating units. the e. coli k42 and klebsiella k63 antigens are serologically identical. | 1978 | 338590 |
| bladder response to klebsiella infection: a scanning electron microscopy study. | the early response of rat bladder epithelium to klebsiella pneumoniae was examined using scanning electron microscopy. increased bacterial adherence with time after challenge paralleled the occurrence of strand formation and ulceration on the bladder epithelium. the early bladder response to the bacteria consisted of altered epithelial membrane structure, strand formation, and exfoliation of some epithelial cells. these observations indicate that k. pneumoniae causes alterations in the bladder e ... | 1977 | 338544 |
| gentamicin in the treatment of staphylococcal infections. | the aminoglycoside antibiotic, gentamicin, was used to treat staphylococcal infections in eighty-six patients in an open multicentre trial. most of the infections involved the skin and soft tissue and the lower respiratory tract. staphylococcus aureus was the only organism isolated in seventy-four patients; mixed flora were found in twelve. gentamicin was administered, intramuscularly or intravenously, for 7 to 12 days (mean, 10 days) in a mean dose of 3-27 mg/kg per day. clinical and bacteriolo ... | 1977 | 338394 |
| bladder instillations with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in the treatment of urinary infection. | 205 paraplegic inpatients with urinary infections were treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (tmp-smz) bladder instillations (160 mg tmp 800 mg smz daily for 2 consecutive weeks). 89.3% out of 84 patients with recent vertebral trauma and no history of previous urinary infection (group a), and 68.6% out of 121 patients with paraplegia since more than 2 years, severe chronic infection and various pathological conditions of the urinary tract (group b) were found to be sterile at the end of the ... | 1978 | 338266 |
| colonization of the botanical environment by klebsiella isolates of pathogenic origin. | growth, survival, and pathogenicity of klebsiella growing in and on environmental foci were examined. total coliforms present in raw wastes from pulp mills were in excess of 10(5)/ml, and 60 to 80% were klebsiella. fecal coliform counts ranged from 10(1) to 10(5)/ml. klebsiella isolates from industrial effluents and a variety of human and bovine mastitis origins multiplied in pulp waste and commonly exceeded 10(6) cells per ml. pathogenic isolates also multiplied in dilute aqueous extracts of sa ... | 1977 | 337900 |
| penicillins activate autolysins extracted from both escherichia coli and klebsiella pneumoniae envelopes. | ampicillin at a 50-mug/ml concentration effects a doubling of the autolysis rate of cell envelopes isolated from klebsiella pneumoniae mir a12. this antibiotic increases also by two- to threefold the depolymerizing activity of both k. pneumoniae and escherichia coli crude extracts on a labeled peptidoglycan-lipoprotein complex. several other penicillins also activate autolysins. | 1977 | 337892 |
| [development of a new testmethod for surface disinfection procedures. vi. the influence of testmethods on the effect of disinfectants (author's transl)]. | 1977 | 337738 | |
| adjuvant action of capsular polysaccharide of klebsiella pneumoniae on antibody response. vi. site of its action. | 1977 | 337706 | |
| [is congenital hour-glass bladder always a malformation? (author's transl)]. | hour-glass bladder was detected by x-ray investigation in a newborn female infant with delayed postpartum micturition. no signs of difficulty in micturition or urinary tract infection were subsequently detected. control x-ray investigation at the age of 5 1/2 months showed a completely normal-shaped urinary bladder. this finding contrasts with the general opinion that hour-glass bladder is caused by a congenital malformation. | 1977 | 337685 |
| [modification of the vaginal flora in nonspecific bacterial fluor using the topical aminoglycoside antibiotic framycetin sulfate]. | 1977 | 337560 | |
| gram-negative bacillary septic arthritis: clinical, radiographic, therapeutic, and prognostic features. | 1977 | 337494 | |
| a study of antibiotic therapy in fever of unknown origin in neutropenic cancer patients. | neutropenic cancer patients were given carbenicillin, cephalothin, and gentamicin (ccg) during 51 evaluable episodes of fever of unknown origin. patients in whom fever persisted despite these antibiotics and in whom infection had not been documented were randomized after 3 days either to discontinue antibiotics or to add chloramphenicol or clindamycin to ccg. during 19 episodes (37%) an infection was documented during the first 3 days, and during an additional 12 episodes (24%) there was a respo ... | 1977 | 337094 |
| [biochemical typing of klebsiella strains isolated from clinical cases]. | 228 klebsiella strains were isolated from 300 klebsiella suspected materials obtained from hacettepe children's hospital using biochemical methods. 122 strains out of 228 klebsiella isolations were identified as k. aerogenes, 39 as k. ozaenae, 39 as k. edwardsii, 17 as k. pneumoniae, 9 as k. atlanta and 2 strains as k. rhinoscleromatis. we believe that these biochemical typing methods may be used routinely with certainty. | 1977 | 337057 |
| acetylene reduction (dinitrogen fixation) by clinical isolates of klebsiella pneumoniae. | freshly isolated clinical strains of klebsiella were tested for the ability to fix dinitrogen by the acetylene reduction assay. ability to detect this trait was markedly affected by cultural conditions. when the test was run at 37 degrees c in the presence of yeast extract (50 mg/liter), only 1.6% of the organisms were diazotrophs, whereas this temperature without yeast extract yielded 12.9% positive cultures. the optimum condition found was 28 degrees c without yeast extract (21.9% positive); t ... | 1977 | 336640 |
| characterization of the isolated transferase subunit of citrate lyase as a coa-transferase. evidence against a covalent enzyme-substrate intermediate. | 1977 | 336371 | |
| [studies on the pathogenicity of klebsiella for calves]. | 1977 | 336334 | |
| bacteriology of abscesses of the central nervous system: a multicentre prospective study. | pus from 46 patients with abscesses of the central nervous system (cns) was examined for bacteria; bacteria were found in all patients. streptococci were isolated from 36 patients and most isolates were streptococcus milleri, lancefield group f, ottens and winkler type o iii. staphylococci were isolated from nine patients, organisms of the bacteroides group from 11, proteus spp from seven, klebsiella aerogenes from one, and haemophilus aphrophilus from one. pure cultures predominated over mixed ... | 1977 | 336141 |
| kinetics of nitrogenase of klebsiella pneumoniae. heterotropic interactions between magnesium-adenosine 5'-diphosphate and magnesium-adenosine 5'-triphosphate. | the effects of mgadp and mgatp on the kinetics of a pre-steady-state electron-transfer reaction and on the steady-state kinetics of h2 evulution for nitrogenase proteins of k. pneumoniae were studied. mgadp was a competitive inhibitor of mgatp in the mgatp-induced electron transfer from the fe-protein to the mo-fe-protein. a dissociation constant k'i = 20 micron was determined for mgadp. the release of mgadp or a coupled conformation change in the fe-protein of k.pneumoniae occurred with a rate ... | 1977 | 336036 |
| nitrogen fixation (nif) regulatory mutants of klebsiella: determination of the energy cost of n2 fixation in vivo. | 1977 | 336030 | |
| the nitrogen fixation cistrons of klebsiella pneumoniae. | 1977 | 336029 | |
| use of rp4 plasmids carrying bacteriophage mu insertions in nitrogen fixing bacteria klebsiella pneumoniae and rhizobium meliloti. | 1977 | 336028 | |
| inhibition of acetylating activity in an enzymatic assay for aminoglycoside antibiotics. | the radioenzymatic technique using aminoglycoside-6'-acetyltransferase is suitable for determining serum concentrations of aminoglycoside antibiotics that have a 6'-amino group. standard curves constructed for each drug in normal human serum are generally satisfactory, but we encountered a pool of human serum (designated in pool) that inhibited the acetylating activity of the assay. standard curves for amikacin, kanamycin, gentamicin, and tobramycin in the acetylating assay were all abnormal wit ... | 1977 | 335965 |
| [study of the transmissibility of multiple drug resistance and the capacity to ferment lactose in a clinical strain of kl. pneumoniae]. | the donor properties of k. pneumoniae pi 220 with multiple drug resistance were studied. it was shown that the above strain carried 2 plasmids, i.e. r-plasmid ppi 220 controling resistance to ampicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, kanamycin and sulphanylamides and plasmid ppi 221 controlling lactose fermentation. both plasmids can be transfered on conjugation to strain e. coli p678 at a temperture of 28 degrees c at a rate of 10(-5) for ppi 220 and 10(-4) for ppi 221. the drug ... | 1977 | 335955 |
| leukocytic response to inhaled bacteria. | using histologic techniques, we have quantified the amount of infiltration of bronchi and alveoli by polymorphonuclear leukocytes during the 4 hours after an aerosol inoculation of mice with bacteria. although the lungs of animals challenged with staphylococcus aureus differed little from those of animals exposed only to a water aerosol, the lungs of animals exposed to klebsiella pneumoniae or to escherichia coli demonstrated significantly greater polymorphonuclear leukocyte infiltrations in bro ... | 1977 | 335934 |
| [study of the role of conditionally pathogenic enterobacteria in acute intestinal diseases]. | conditionally pathogenic enterobacteria were isolated in 34.2% of the patients with acute intestinal diseases (1559 cases examined in all). such representatives of enterobacteria as klebsiella, hafnia, citrobacter of 4, 8, and 22 serological groups. proteus mirabilis of 6, 10, 13, 26, and 28 serological groups, and proteus morganii mostly played the etiological role. in some of the patients conditionally pathogenic microbes only aggravated the main disease, taking part in the development of dysb ... | 1977 | 335739 |
| [methods of using the antibody neutralization test in intestinal coli-infections]. | specificity and sensitivity of the antibody neutralization test intended for detection of the o-antigen of enteropathogenic escherichia were checked under experimental conditions. only 3 strains of the klebsiella genus proved to neutralize the antibodies to the enteropathogenic escherichia of the serological group o20:k84. in the rest of the cases a positive result was obtained only in homologous combinations. in comparative study of the microbial cultures of the infected feces on hard nutrient ... | 1977 | 335737 |
| [chemotherapy of septicemia and endocarditis]. | 1977 | 335685 | |
| [chemotherapy of bile tract infections, with special reference to diffusion of sodium cephalothin into bile (author's transl)]. | 1977 | 335105 | |
| automated microbiological detection/identification system. | an automated, computerized system, the automicrobic system, has been developed for the detection, enumeration, and identification of bacteria and yeasts in clinical specimens. the biological basis for the system resides in lyophilized, highly selective and specific media enclosed in wells of a disposable plastic cuvette; introduction of a suitable specimen rehydrates and inoculates the media in the wells. an automated optical system monitors, and the computer interprets, changes in the media, wi ... | 1977 | 334798 |
| preprototype of an automated microbial detection and identification system: a developmental investigation. | the automicrobic system is an automated, computerized instrument that uses highly selective media and an optical system for detection, enumeration, and identification of bacteria and some yeasts in 13 h. a preprototype instrument (automicrobic system-1) and its urine culture kit (identi-pak), developed for the detection, enumeration, and identification of eight species or groups of bacteria and of candida species and torulopsis glabrata in urine specimens, was evaluated during its development. a ... | 1977 | 334797 |
| enzymatic degradation of polygalacturonic acid by yersinia and klebsiella species in relation to clinical laboratory procedures. | as scored by several specified plating procedures, clinical and environmental strains of yersinia enterocolitica, yersinia pseudotuberculosis, and klebsiella pneumoniae "oxytocum" showed detectable, albeit generally weak, ability to digest polygalacturonic (pectic) acid. none of these bacterial strains had the vigorous and rapid pectolytic activity on these polygalacturonic acid-containing media that is typical of soft-rot erwinia species, although some of the oxytocum strains came fairly close. ... | 1977 | 334794 |
| reactivity and inhibitor potential of hydroxycitrate isomers with citrate synthase, citrate lyase, and atp citrate lyase. | the four isomers of hydroxycitrate have been tested as substrates and inhibitors for citrate synthase, citrate lyase, and atp citrate lyase. none of the isomers served as a substrate for citrate synthase and they were moderate to weak inhibitors of this reaction. of the four isomers, only (pncit)-(2s)-2-hydroxycitrate did not serve as a substrate for citrate lyase while (pncit)-(4s)-4-hydroxycitrate was the only isomer which did not serve as a substrate for atp citrate lyase. no consistent patte ... | 1977 | 334761 |
| intramammary infections in a dairy herd with a low incidence of streptococcus agalactiae and staphylococcus aureus infections. | in a dairy herd with a low incidence of intrammary infections due to streptococcus agalactiae and staphylococcus aureus, clinical mastitis remained a serious problem despite good control of nonclinical mastitis through postmilking teat disinfection and antibiotic therapy of known infected quarters at the end of lactation. during the 2-year study, the incidence of clinical mastitis was 0.88 cases/cow-year; 32.2% were caused by streptococcal species other than str agalactiae and 33.5% by gram-nega ... | 1977 | 334713 |
| acriflavine violet red bile agar for the isolation of klebsiella. | a medium for the isolation and detection of klebsiella is described. it contains 0.06% acriflavine in violet red bile agar (difco). klebsiella appeared as 5 to 7 mm mucoid (24 h at 37 degrees c) golden-yellow colonies. pseudomonas aeruginosa and enterobacter spp. appeared as small, brown to dark brown colonies. escherichia coli as well as many other gram negative organisms and gram positive organisms did not grow on this medium. | 1977 | 334697 |
| health effects of short-term inhalation of nitrogen dioxide and ozone mixtures. | 1977 | 334528 | |
| affinity chromatography od klebsiella arylsulfatase on tyrosyl-hexamethylenediamine-beta-1,3-glucan and immunoadsorbent. | a simple and convenient method for preparation of a highly purified arylsulfatase (ec 3.1.6.1) from klebsiella aerogenes has been developed. specificity of purification was achieved by using affinity chromatography on a tyrosyl-hexamethylenediamino-beta-1,3-glucan or on a solid phase immunoadsorbent. by using affinity chromatography a homogeneous enzyme was obtained with high yield. it is also proposed that the beads of curdlan type polysaccharide consisting of beta-1,3-glucan can be used as a g ... | 1977 | 334267 |
| interaction between the nitrate respiratory system of escherichia coli k12 and the nitrogen fixation genes of klebsiella pneumoniae. | 1977 | 334174 | |
| [taxonomic study of enterobacteria belonging or related to the genus klebsiella (author's transl)]. | this work studies the classification, by numerical procedure, of 122 strains belonging or related to the genus klebsiella. four classes can be defined: j (= k. pneumoniae: 29 strains for the most isolated from human faeces), k (related to k. pneumoniae and to k. oxytoca: 24 strains isolated from water), l (related to k. pneumoniae although, tetrathionate-reductase+, m-hydrobenzoate+: 37 strains isolated from water or soil), m (= k. oxytoca: 22 strains for the most isolated from water). the impor ... | 1977 | 334015 |
| maternal septicaemia and death after circumcision. | 1977 | 333668 | |
| the role of plasma cells in scleroma. electron-microscopic study. | three cases of rhinoscleroma in the granulomatous stage were examined under the electrom microscope. the rough endoplasmic reticulum of plasma cells in scleroma displayed cisternal dilatations forming russell bodies and cytoplasmic vacuolations containing viable and degenerated bacilli forming mikulicz cells. thus, they play a double role, producing antibodies and providing protection for the intracellular bacilli. new ultrastructural findings of klebsiella rhinoscleromatic bacilli were describe ... | 1977 | 333340 |
| explusion of salibi-clamp from the internal carotied artery in the neck by infection. | a left infraclinoid carotid aneurysm (3 x 2-5 x 2 cm) in a 60-year old woman presented with total ophthalmoplegia and trigeminal symptoms. a staged internal carotied occlusion in the neck was performed using a salibi-clamp. a chronic infectious fistula developed (klebsiella aerogenes). when superficial debridement failed, operative removal of the salibi-clamp was planned seven months after its insertion. the clamp was found subcutaneously without any relation to the internal carotid artery and w ... | 1977 | 333303 |
| an empiric approach to pneumonia. | 1977 | 333220 | |
| synthesis and antibacterial activity of some derivatives of tolypomycinone. relationship between structure and activity in ansamycins. | 3-aminotolypomycinoes and 3,16-diamino-16,17-dihydrotolypomycinones are formed by the addition of primary and secondary amines to tolypomycinone, obtained by mild hydrolysis of the antibiotic tolypomycin y.3-amino-16,17-dihydrotolypomycinones are formed by the addition of primary and secondary amines to 16,17-dihydrotolypomycinone. in vitro microbiological tests showed high antibacterial activity in compounds obtained by the addition of primary amines, which must be unbranched in the alpha posit ... | 1977 | 333113 |
| rapid deoxyribonuclease test with methyl green. | a 4-h deoxyribonuclease test using methyl green to differentiate serratia from other enterobacteriaceae was developed. the tests agreed 100% with an overnight plate test for 100 serratia, 83 enterobacter, and 6 klebsiella species. | 1977 | 332714 |
| assessment of technique for rapid detection of escherichia coli and proteus species in urine by head-space gas-liquid chromatography. | a test depending on the production of ethanol by escherichia coli from lactose and dimethyl disulfide by proteus spp. from methionine in the early exponential phase of growth and the detection of these products by head-space gas-liquid chromatography has been applied to 75 specimens of urine selected to provide the most stringent trial of the test. the test was found to be rapid and reliable for the commonest findings in the microbiological examination of urine. in 3 to 4 h it detected "signific ... | 1977 | 332707 |
| experience with amikacin and colistin in an outbreak of infection by resistant klebsiella aerogenes. | 1977 | 332682 | |
| immunological interrelationships between cholera toxin and the heat-labile and heat-stable enterotoxins of coliform bacteria. | cholera toxin (ct) and the heat-labile (lt) toxin of escherichia coli are known to share antigenic properties. the present study examined the immunological relationship of ct and the lt and heat-stable (st) toxins of e. coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, and enterobacter cloacae. the neutralizing capacity of equine ct antiserum and of antiserum raised in rabbits to the lt toxin of the three species of coliform bacteria was evaluated by determining their capacity to inhibit the action of purified ct an ... | 1977 | 332637 |
| detection of bacterial infection of the pancreatic ducts in patients with pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer during endoscopic cannulation of the pancreatic duct. | bacterial infections of the pancreas and bacteremia may occur during episodes of pancreatitis. detection of bacterial infections of the pancreas in the past has required laparotomy. the present study was undertaken to determine whether bacterial infection of the pancreas occurred during nonsuppurative pancreatitis. during endoscopic cannulation of the main pancreatic duct, secretin was administered intravenously and pancreatic juice aspirated from within the duct was cultured. bacterial infectio ... | 1977 | 332575 |
| isolation of poly-alpha-l-guluronate lyase from klebsiella aerogenes. | the bacterium klebsiella aerogenes type 25 produces an extracellular alginolyase which has been partly purified. the enzyme is specific for the alpha-l-guluronosyl linkages in whole alginate and fractions therefrom. the end products of its action on polyguluronic acid blocks are mainly the unsaturated di- and tri-saccharides, with a smaller proportion of the homologous tetrasaccharide. some general properties of the enzyme are reported. | 1977 | 332364 |
| effect of dimethyl sulphoxide on the expression of nitrogen fixation in bacteria. | storage in dimethyl sulphoxide (dmso) of escherichia coli k12 hybrids carrying nif+ genes from klebsiella pneumoniae can result in selection of a defective nitrogen-fixing phenotype. similar results are obtained with e. coli k12 hybrids containing the nitrogen-fixing capacity from rhizobium trifolii. dmso appears to affect particular inner membrane proteins associated with energy metabolism in e. coli k12 and four chromosomal regions (chld, chlg, his and unc) are associated with resistance to dm ... | 1977 | 332135 |
| bacteriostatic inhibition of klebsiella pneumoniae by three human transferrins. | three human transferrin variants verified by rivanol precipitation were separated using vertical block polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by elution convection. a bacteriostatic inhibition measurement in vitro of the three transferrins was made. the data indicate that human transferrin variants exhibit different degrees of inhibition on klebsiella pneumoniae. | 1977 | 332055 |
| the clinical usefulness of an ongoing bacteremia surveillance program. | surveillance of bacteremic patients within one week of the detection of a positive blood culture provides information of great clinical utility for relatively little effort. in this report one year's experience is reviewed to illustrate that an individual hospital's experience with bacteremia may diverge from national norms. such reviews may also detect recurring errors in medical judgment which may be corrected through proper education. | 1977 | 331951 |
| mercury resistance and r plasmids in clinical isolates of kebsiella pneumoniae. | the mercury and antibiotic resistance of 155 clinical isolates of klebsiella pneumoniae (k. pneumoniae) was determined. resistance to mercury tested was found in 64.5% of the total isolates. the frequencies of resistance to sm, tc, cp, km and gm were 65.8%, 49.0%, 48.4%, 37.4% and 3.9%, respectively. and we selected 94 mercury and drug resistant strains, and they were tested for their ability to transfer the resistance to the mercury and drug sensitive recipients of e. coli k12 ml 1410-nx and e. ... | 1977 | 331756 |
| [demonstration of antibody-coated bacteria in the urine of pregnant women]. | urinary sediments of 64 pregnant women with significant bacteriuria which has been demonstrated several times before, have been investigated for the presence of antibody coated bacteria. antibody titers were determined in the corresponding serum samples in addition and the results were compared with the clinical diagnosis. in 50% of pregnant women with pyelonephritis antibody coated bacteria could be demonstrated, while 60% of them had elevated serum titers. taking into account both results in 8 ... | 1977 | 331754 |
| in vitro synergy of cefamandole-tobramycin combinations. | 1977 | 331694 | |
| bacteremia after renal transplantation. | of 291 patients who received renal allotransplants in 1964-74, 94 patients developed 121 bacteremic episodes within the first 6 months after transplantation. the death rate was 38%. the bacteremic episodes occurred mainly during the first 2-3 months after transplantation. in 65% of the episodes bacteremia was secondary to urinary tract infections. the bacteria fourn were most often gram-negative rods such as escherichia coli, klebsiella and proteus. predisposing factors were ureteral complicatio ... | 1977 | 331458 |
| recombinant plasmid that carries part of the nitrogen fixation (nif) gene cluster of klebsiella pneumoniae. | we have cloned fragments of the klebsiella pneumoniae genome that carry part of the his operon and part of the nitrogen fixation (nif) gene cluster on the amplifiable plasmid pmb9. one particular plasmid, pcra37, complements mutations in the hisd, nifb, and niff loci. the physical map of pcra37 as determined by restriction enzyme analysis correlates with the genetic map of the his-nif region as determined previously by phage p1-mediated cotransductional analysis. | 1977 | 331321 |
| alkaloids of thalictrum. xxi. isolation and characterization of alkaloids from the roots of thalictrum podocarpum. | thirteen alkaloids, hernandezine, thalidezine, n-desmethylthalidezine, isothalidezine, thalistyline, thalistyline methodiiodide, n-desemethylthalistyline, berberine, columbamine, jatrorrhizine, palmatine, thalifendine, magnoflorine and the artifact, 8-trichloromethyldihydroberberine were isolated from the roots of thalictrum podocarpum humb. in addition, oxyberberine and thaliglucinone were obtained in very minor amounts and identified by tlc. of these compounds, n-desmethylthalidezine and isoth ... | 1977 | 331006 |
| cross-reactive antigens: their potential for immunization-induced immunity to gram-negative bacteria. | the involvement of multiple species and serologic types in gram-negative bacteremia prompted evaluation of immunization with shared, cross-reactive antigens of gram negative bacilli. active and passive immunization with re chemotype mutants of salmonella minnesota afforded significant protection against heterologous gram-negative bacilli and were considerably more effective than immunization with smooth s. minnesota or its ra, rb, rc, rd1 and rd2 mutants. since the lipopolysaccharide of the re m ... | 1977 | 330775 |
| epidemiology of nosocomial infection due to gram-negative bacilli: aspects relevant to development and use of vaccines. | 1977 | 330774 | |
| relative enterotoxigenicity of coliform bacteria. | the enterotoxigenicity of 12 strains of coliform bacteria (enterobacter cloacae, klebsiella pneumoniae, and escherichia coli) isolated from the gastrointestinal (gi) tract of persons with either acute diarrhea or tropical sprue and of 13 strains of the same species isolated from urine (gu) cultures was determined. fractions of heat-labile (lt) and heat-stable (st) toxins of each strain were separated by ultrafiltration, and the effect of graded concentrations (range, 100 microgram-10 pg/ml) on w ... | 1977 | 330767 |
| esculin hydrolysis by enterobacteriaceae. | literature reports disagree concerning esculin hydrolysis in the family enterobacteriaceae. a total of 2,490 strains of the family were investigated for esculin hydrolysis by two methods, the esculin spot test and the pathotec incubation strip, which measures constitutive enzyme, and five growth-supporting methods, which determine both constitutive and inducible enzymes. the five growth-supporting media studied were: vaughn-levine, the standard esculin hydrolysis medium (p. r. edwards and w. h. ... | 1977 | 330558 |
| state of the gal-transducing hybrid phage lambda ci857nin5h424gal+ genome in klebsiella pneumoniae m5a1. | 1977 | 330392 | |
| microbiological relevance and clinical potential of ampicillin-cloxacillin synergism. | recent demonstration "in vitro" that combinations of ampicillin and cloxacillin, using concentrations at which neither were previously effective, will kill certain resistant gram negative bacteria, has important clinical potential. we therefore studied 50 ampicillin resistant gram negative rods cultured from septicemic patients for synergism. 7 of 23 e. coli strains with a minimal bactericidal concentration (mbc) of 128 microgram/ml were killed by combinations containing 4-32 microgram/ml ampici ... | 1977 | 329905 |
| [cyclodextrin glucanotransferase from klebsiella pneumoniae. 2. significance of the enzyme for the metabolism of cyclodextrins by klebsiella pneumoniae m 5 al (author's transl)]. | 1977 | 329783 | |
| novel r-plasmid-mediated beta-lactamase from klebsiella aerogenes. | a novel beta-lactamase with a broad spectrum of activity against penicillins and cephalosporins has been detected in a strain of klebsiella aerogenes. its synthesis is mediated by an r-plasmid of molecular weight 64 x 10(6). | 1977 | 329756 |
| [the growth curves of enterobacteriaceae and the estimation of l-forms under the influence of cephalosporin antibiotics]. | the antibacterial effectiveness of cephalothin, cefazolin, cephacetrile and cephradine was investigated on growing cultures of klebsiella pneumoniae recording the growth curves with a biophotometer. thereby cefazolin has a greater antibacterial activity than the other cephalosporins. by raising the dose to 100 microgram/ml after initial bactericidal effect a second growth phase was observed. phase microscopic observation showed that this was caused by an increasing number of l-forms. this phenom ... | 1977 | 329618 |
| anaerobic and aerobic bacteriology in head and neck cancer surgery. | a prospective study of wound infections following major head and neck cancer surgery was undertaken to define a rational approach to trials of antibiotic prophylaxis and initial therapy of these infections. preoperative aerobic cultures were taken from the planned site of skin incision and from the oropharynx. both aerobic and anaerobic cultures were obtained from all wound infections. patients receiving prophylactic antibiotics were excluded from the study. the data indicate that preoperative c ... | 1977 | 329532 |
| [case of cerebrospinal meningitis caused by friedlaender's bacillus in a 4-month-old infant]. | 1977 | 329208 | |
| protection against experimental necrotizing enterocolitis by maternal milk. i. role of milk leukocytes. | a rat model of necrotizing enterocolitis of the neonate in which maternal milk had been protective was studied to determine what components of the milk afforded protection and by what mechanism. frozen and thrawed rat milk was not protective, but formula supplemented with rat milk cells was. it was concluded that the cells provided protection. the cells, which are principally mononuclear phagocytes, can phagocytize and kill the klebsiella pneumoniae strain used in the animal model. animals with ... | 1977 | 329204 |
| host factor for coliphage q beta rna replication: presence in procaryotes and association with the 30s ribosomal subunit in escherichia coli. | the host factor required for in vitro coliphage q beta rna replication, a heat-stable rna binding protein present in uninfected escherichia coli, has been detected by both immunological and functional tests in acinetobacter calcoaceticus, klebsiella pneumoniae, pseudomonas aeruginosa and pseudomonas putida. it was not detectable by these criteria in bacillus stearothermophilus, bacillus subtilis, caulobacter crescentus, micrococcus lysodeikticus, rhodopseudomonas capsulata or saccharomyces cerev ... | 1977 | 329101 |
| microbial adjuvant and autoimmunity. ii. production of lesions in mice immunized with syngeneic tissue extracts together with the capsular polysaccharide of klebsiella pneumoniae. | 1977 | 329062 | |
| nitrogenase of klebsiella pneumoniae. water proton nmr relaxation studies on the binding of divalent metal ions and nucleotides to the iron protein. | interactions between the iron protein, kp2, of nitrogenase manganese ions, magnesium ions, and the nucleotides atp or adp, have been studied in aqueous solution by monitoring the water proton nmr relaxation rate enhancement caused by mn2+. binding of mn2+ to a molecule of kp2 occurs at four sites, indistinguishable within experimental error, having a kd = 350 +/- 50 micron. the mn2+ - kp2 complex has a low characteristic enhancement (epsilonb = 6 +/- 0.5). all four sites can alternatively bind m ... | 1977 | 328053 |
| mercury resistance and r plasmids in escherichia coli isolated from clinical lesions in japan. | the mercury and antibiotic resistance of 338 strains of escherichia coli isolated from hospital patients was determined. resistance to mercury was found in 58.6% of the isolates. the frequencies of resistance to streptomycin (sm), tetracycline (tc), chloramphenicol (cm), kanamycin (kan), cephaloridine (cer), and gentamicin (gm) were 66.3, 60.3, 56.5, 42.9, 32.1, and 1.5%, respectively. among the above, 198 mercury- and antibiotic-resistant isolates were selected and tested for their ability to t ... | 1977 | 327927 |
| beta-lactamase-directed barrier for penicillins of escherichia coli carrying r plasmids. | strains of escherichia coli and salmonella typhimurium carrying r plasmids, which were obtained from ampicillin-resistant clinical isolates of e. coli and klebsiella spp. and specified either the type iiia (tem-type) or type va (oxacillin-hydrolyzing) beta-lactamase, are resistant not only to ampicillin but also to carbenicillin and sulbenicillin. the latter two derivatives, however, are poorly hydrolyzed in vitro by the beta-lactamases. although values of k(m) of the enzymes are lower for sulbe ... | 1977 | 327924 |