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| bacterial isolates of blood cultures in patients with suspected septicaemia in ilorin, nigeria. | periodic bacteriologic surveillance of blood cultures is a necessity. to determine currently prevalent bacterial pathogens of blood cultures in patients with suspected septicaemia in ilorin. nigeria. three thousand and fifty-seven patients from all age and sex groups with clinical suspicion of septicaemia underwent bacteriologic screening of their blood specimen over a 13 month period starting from january. 2003. twenty point three percent were positive for bacterial growth. an incidence of 41.7 ... | 2006 | 17209308 |
| skull base osteomyelitis presenting as villaret's syndrome. | this report documents a 47-year-old male who developed acute deficits of the ix, x, xi, xii cranial nerves and horner's symptoms, consistent with villaret's syndrome. neuroimaging studies demonstrated an osteolytic lesion in the skull base involving the clivus and jugular foramen. the patient recovered after the antibiotic treatment for proteus mirabilis infection. we suggest that villaret's syndrome can be a rare presentation of skull base osteomyelitis. | 2006 | 17214089 |
| [murine typhus - rare cause of fever return from egypt]. | authors present a case report of 42-year male who spent 14 days in august of 2003 in egyptian seaside summer town hurghada and later he was admitted to the infectious disease department prague with the fever lasting 4 days. his symptoms were as follows: strong headache and dry cough. on the 7th and 8th day appeared transient maculopapular rash, laboratory test revealed a slightly elevated c reactive protein and elevation of amino transferases up to 5 times higher than range values, chest x-ray s ... | 2006 | 17230380 |
| [bacteriological evaluation in chronic otitis media]. | in chronic otitis media bacterial infection is often a cause of exacerbation in the clinical course and failure in treatment. the aim of the study was to investigate the incidence and profile of the aerobic bacterial flora in chronic otitis media and to determine the drug susceptibility of selected isolated bacteria. | 2006 | 17263251 |
| in vivo evaluation of teicoplanin- and calcium sulfate-loaded pmma bone cement in preventing implant-related osteomyelitis in rats. | the objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of teicoplanin- and calcium sulphate-loaded polymethylmethacrylate (pmma) bone cements in preventing experimental implant-related osteomyelitis in rats. four groups of antibiotic-loaded rods were prepared and were implanted into the lateral condylus of the rat femur after inoculation of staphylococcus aureus. the effectiveness of these were assessed microbiologically, radiographically, and histopathologically. radiographic evaluation revea ... | 2006 | 17267341 |
| identification and quantitation of usnic acid from the lichen usnea species of anatolia and antimicrobial activity. | six species of lichens, such as usnea florida, usnea barbata, usnea longissima, usnea rigida, usnea hirta and usnea subflorida, were collected from different areas of anatolia (district of antalya, karabük, qankiri, giresun and trabzon) in turkey. their usnic acid amounts in acetone extracts were determined by hplc. in addition, antimicrobial activities of these extracts were determined against escherichia coli (atcc 35218), enterococcus faecalis (rskk 508), proteus mirabilis (pasteur ens. 235), ... | 2006 | 17294685 |
| calcium sulphate delivery system with tobramycin for the treatment of chronic calcaneal osteomyelitis. | the case of a 24-year-old woman with pseudomonas aeruginosa and proteus mirabilis chronic calcaneal osteomyelitis is presented. extensive debridement of the necrotic bone and application of tobramycin-loaded polymethylmethacrylate beads was performed and ciprofloxacin was given post-operatively. three months later, laboratory tests, including complete blood cell count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and c-reactive protein, were normal. at this time, extensive surgical debridement and filling of ... | 2006 | 17295005 |
| [antagonistic effect of bacteriocinogenic lactobacillus acidophilus on klebsiella pneumoniae, citrobacter freundii and proteus mirabilis cells]. | data of the ultrastructural cellular changes of conditionally pathogenic enterobacteria, including k. pneumoniae, c. freundii and p. mirabilis cells impacts to bacteriocin-producing l. acidophilus are presented. enterobacteria in response to the bacteriocinogenic effect of lactobacilli are manifestated by expressive destructions of sensitive to pore formation bacteriocin cells. various morphological types of enterobacteria cells with increase of involution, lysing and resting forms are revealed. ... | 2006 | 17297872 |
| [pyrazinamidase activity of bacteria from enterobacteriaceae family as characteristic for taxonomy]. | pyrazinamidase activity in 330 strains of bacteria from enterobacteriaceae family (14 genus, 27 species) has been assessed. pyrazinamidase activity detected in species from following genuses: citrobacter, escherichia, klebsiella, kluyvera, morganella, providencia, raourtella, salmonella, shigella, and also in proteus mirabilis, and nonpathogenic serovars of yersinia enterocolitica, y. frederiksenii. pirasinamidase was absent in serratia (s. marcescens, s. liguefaciens), hafnia alvei, p. vulgaris ... | 2006 | 17297889 |
| perinephric abscess secondary to a staghorn calculus presenting as a subcutaneous abscess. | perinephric abscesses often present with flank pain and signs of sepsis, and are known to discharge to the skin. we report a case of a young patient presenting with a 48-hour history of painful swelling in her right renal angle following a urinary tract infection and no overt signs or symptoms of sepsis. plain abdominal films showed a perinephric abscess secondary to a staghorn calculus in the upper pole of the right kidney. on incision and drainage, 700 ml of pus was drained freely. the patient ... | 2006 | 17324312 |
| pattern and multiple drug resistance of bacterial pathogens isolated from wound infection at university of gondar teaching hospital, northwest ethiopia. | antibiotics resistance among bacteria is a worldwide problem. the situation in developing countries like ethiopia is particularly serious. since the presence of drug resistant bacteria in the environment are threat for public health, up-to-date information on local pathogens and drug sensitivity pattern is very crucial to treat patients. the aim of this study is to assess the pattern of bacterial pathogens from wound infection and their susceptibility to common antibiotics. | 2006 | 17447374 |
| antimicrobial activity against gram negative bacilli from yaounde central hospital, cameroon. | antimicrobial resistance among bacteria pathogens is a world-wide issue. the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of common pathogenic bacteria are essential to guide empirical and pathogen-specific therapy; unfortunately, these data are scarse in cameroon. | 2006 | 17604512 |
| etiology of chronic prostatitis syndrome in patients treated at the university hospital for infectious diseases "dr. fran mihaljević" from 2003 to 2005. | a total of 835 patients with symptoms of chronic prostatitis syndrome and no evidence of structural or functional lower genitourinary tract abnormalities were examined in a three year period at the outpatient department for urogenital infections, university hospital for infectious diseases "dr. fran mihaljević" zagreb, croatia. disease etiology was determined in 482 (57.72%) patients. chlamydia trachomatis was proved to be the causative pathogen in 161 patients, trichomonas vaginalis in 85, esch ... | 2006 | 17508488 |
| [biological hazards in air at municipal waste landfills]. | the aim of the study was to assess the microbiological air quality at the selected municipal waste landfills. | 2006 | 17533990 |
| phytochemisty and spermatogenic potentials of aqueous extract of cissus populnea (guill. and per) stem bark. | in vivo clinical trials involving the administration of crude extracts of cissus populnea to male subjects (normospermic, oligospermic, and azoopermic) in a 72-day study revealed that continuous exposure of the subjects to the extracts over this period did not significantly (p < or = 0.05) alter sperm count, morphology, motility, or volume. antimicrobial screening of the extract against some selected microbial isolates secondarily implicated in male infertility revealed total inactivity against ... | 2006 | 17370009 |
| an in vitro assessment of the antibacterial effect of garlic (allium sativum) on bacterial isolates from wound infections. | garlic (allium sativum) has come to be seen as an all rounded treatment for preventing wound infection, common cold, malaria, cough and lung tuberculosis, hypertension, sexually transmitted diseases, mental illness, kidney diseases, liver diseases, asthma, diabetes. | 2006 | 17370439 |
| [evaluation of vitek 2 performance for identifying extended spectrum beta-lactamases in enterobacteriaceae "other than escherichia coli, proteus mirabilis and klebsiella spp"]. | production of beta-lactamases is the main resistance mechanism of gram-negative bacteria against beta-lactam antibiotics. extended spectrum beta-lactamases (esbls) have the ability to hydrolyze a broader spectrum of beta-lactam drugs. hence rapid, accurate detection of this resistance mechanism is extremely important to guide proper patient antimicrobial therapy. these enzymes are most commonly produced by klebsiella spp. and escherichia coli, but may also occur widely in other gram-negative bac ... | 2006 | 17380089 |
| mini-tn7 insertion in bacteria with secondary, non-glms-linked atttn7 sites: example proteus mirabilis hi4320. | we previously constructed a series of mini-tn7 chromosome integration vectors that, when provided only with the site-specific transposition machinery, generally transpose to a naturally evolved, neutral atttn7 site that is located 25-bp downstream of the glms gene. here we provide a protocol for application of the mini-tn7 system in proteus mirabilis as an example of a bacterium with a secondary atttn7 site that is not linked to glms but, in this case, located in the carab operon. the procedure ... | 2006 | 17406229 |
| microbiologic profile of flexible endoscope disinfection in two brazilian hospitals. | [corrected] endoscopes are routinely used in hospitals and clinics of the world and they can be potential sources of cross-infection when the decontamination process is unsuitable | 2006 | 17406750 |
| survival of proteus mirabilis o3 (s1959), o9 and o18 strains in normal human serum (nhs) correlates with the diversity of their outer membrane proteins (omps). | urinary tract infections are frequently caused by proteus mirabilis strains. in the previous studies there were defined the complete structures of o-polysaccharide parts of lipopolysaccharides from strains: p. mirabilis o3 (s1959), p. mirabilis o9 and p. mirabilis o18. in the present study it was investigated bactericidal effect of normal human serum (nhs) to p. mirabilis strains. we also focused on the diversity of outer membrane proteins (omps) being separated on a gel isolated from tested str ... | 2006 | 17419294 |
| a new antibacterial compound produced by an indigenous marine bacteria--fermentation, isolation, and biological activity. | the use of microorganisms for biological purpose has become an effective alternative to control pathogens. a marine bacterium pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated from eal fish of baluchistan coast of pakistan. this strain produced a bactericidal antibiotic against environmental and clinical isolates. in this study, we purified bactericidal antibiotic from the ethyl acetate extract of the cells of p. aeruginosa and analyzed its chemical structure. based on spectrometric analysis, this compound 1 ... | 2006 | 17393659 |
| composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oil from the fruits of amomum cannicarpum. | essential oil from the fruits of amomum cannicarpum (wight) bentham ex baker (zingiberaceae) was hydrodistilled and characterized by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (gc-ms). major constituents of the oil were beta-pinene (14.00%), elemol (10.45%) and alpha-cadinol (8.50%). thirty-three (91.48%) out of forty-one constituents were identified by gc-ms and subsequent data analysis. antimicrobial activity of the oil against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and some fungi, was determined ... | 2006 | 19839139 |
| evaluation of antimicrobial activity of the stem bark of cylicodiscus gabunensis (mimosaceae). | ethyl acetate (ea) extract of the stem bark of cylicodiscus gabunensis (cg) was analysed phytochemically and evaluated for its antimicrobial activity against 17 pathogenic species isolated from patient: escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, shigella dysenteriae, shigella flexneri, morganella morganii, proteus vulgaris, proteus mirabilis, salmonella typhi, citrobacter freundii, enterobacter cloacae, enterobacter agglomerans, staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus feacalis, pseudomonas aeruginosa ... | 2006 | 20162076 |
| production and characterisation of monoclonal antibodies specific for escherichia coli o157:h7. | seven monoclonal antibodies (mabs) specific for escherichia coli o157:h7, one of the major causes of haemorrhagic colitis in humans, were produced by immunising balb/c mice with the strain e. coli o157:h7. these monoclonal antibodies do not cross-react with other bacteria such as salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium, e. coli o14, e. coli jm109, s. enterica serovar enteritidis, s. panama, s. saintpaul, s. derby, s. muenchen, s. bredeney, s. hadar, yersinia enterocolitica, proteus vulgaris, shi ... | 2006 | 20429059 |
| intra-pericardial rupture of bacterial hepatic abscess: an unusual cause of 'cardiac' chest pain. | we report a rare case of bacterial pericarditis secondary to rupture of liver abscess into the pericardium. the patient presented with cardiac-sounding chest pain and with normal ecg, cxr and troponin-i assay. the initial echocardiogram showed minimal pericardial fluid but, when he later developed overt clinical signs of cardiac tamponade, a ct scan of chest and abdomen revealed a pronounced pericardial effusion. it also revealed an abscess located in the left lobe of liver and this had apparent ... | 2006 | 21611623 |
| plasmid determined resistance to quinolones in clinical isolates of gram-negative bacilli. | a total of 166 strains of gram-negative bacilli comprising 65 klebsiella species, 22 escherichia coli, 39 pseudomonas aeruginosa, 20 proteus species, 18 other pseudomonas species and 2 salmonella typhi, were isolated from clinical specimens in the university college hospital, ibadan. antimicrobial susceptibility testing and plasmid profiling of the strains were done. ceftazidine had the highest antibacterial activity of 83.1% compared to the fluoroquinolones followed by ciprofloxacin (78.3%), pe ... | 2006 | 17722809 |
| hyperoxaluria, hypocitraturia, hypomagnesiuria, and lack of intestinal colonization by oxalobacter formigenes in a cervical spinal cord injury patient with suprapubic cystostomy, short bowel, and nephrolithiasis. | although urolithiasis is common in spinal cord injury patients, it is presumed that the predisposing factors for urinary stones in spinal cord injury patients are immobilization-induced hypercalciuria in the initial period after spinal injury and, in later stages, urine infection by urease-producing micro-organisms, e.g., proteus sp., which cause struvite stones. we describe a patient who sustained c-7 complete tetraplegia in a road traffic accident in 1970, when he was 16 years old. left ureter ... | 2006 | 17619709 |
| microbial degradation of palm (elaeis guineensis) biodiesel. | the kinetics of biodegradation of palm-derived fatty methyl and ethyl esters (elaeis guineensis biodiesel) by a wild-type aerobic bacterial population was measured at 20 degrees c, as the rate of oxygen uptake by a manometric technique. the methyl and ethyl biodiesels were obtained by potassium-hydroxide catalysed trans-esterification of palm oil, respectively. the bacterial flora included the genera bacillus, proteus, pseudomonas, citrobacter and enterobacter. the rate of oxygen uptake for palm ... | 2006 | 18457175 |
| common pathogens isolated in diabetic foot infection in bir hospital. | foot ulcers are a frequent complication of patients suffering with diabetes mellitus, accounting for up to 20% of diabetes-related hospital admission . secondary infection of these ulcers is by far the leading cause of amputation of feet and legs and the polymicrobial nature of diabetic foot infection has been well documented in the literature. the present study sought to reveal the bacterial etiology of diabetic foot ulcer in patients presenting to bir hospital. | 2006 | 18603922 |
| the establishment of resistance phenotypes for bacteria isolated from outpatients in urine cultures. | from 1911 outpatients, who addressed a timişoara private clinical laboratory, from january to december 2005, we collected 1,889 urine cultures, 431 being positive. bacteria identification was generally done using morphological, cultural, biochemical characters and pathogenicity tests. sensitivity testing to antimicrobial medical drugs was done by using the classical diffusion kirby-bauer method and the automatic analyzer osiris, also. the main bacteria involved in the etiology of these infection ... | 2006 | 18389723 |
| antifungal and antibacterial activities of mexican tarragon (tagetes lucida). | mexican tarragon (tagetes lucida cv. asteraceae: campanulatae) is an important, nutritious plant and an effective herbal medicine. seven coumarins, 7,8-dihydroxycoumarin (4), umbelliferone (7-hydroxycoumarin) (5), scoparone (6,7-dimethoxycoumarin) (7), esculetin (6,7-dihydroxycoumarin) (11), 6-hydroxy-7-methoxycoumarin (12), herniarin (7-methoxycoumarin) (13), and scopoletin (6-methoxy-7-hydroxycoumarin) (14), and three flavonoids, patuletin (18), quercetin (19), and quercetagetin (20), were iso ... | 2006 | 19127719 |
| the therapeutic alliance--a proteus in disguise. | the therapeutic alliance is a vital component of not only the psychoanalytic relation but of all therapeutic encounters between psychotherapist and patient. despite the universal application and realization of the alliance concept in therapeutic endeavors, it is often ignored as an operative concept in the therapeutic theoretical armamentarium or is formulated in alternative terms. it also comes into play implicitly, even when the concept is formally dismissed as irrelevant. this discussion addr ... | 2006 | 22122095 |
| the elephant man. | 2007 | 21991688 | |
| studies on antimicrobial activity of perionyx excavatus. | the antimicrobial activity of vermiextract was assessed against four human pathogenic microorganisms. especially strains of proteus species are a prominent cause of urinary tract infection in children. the present investigation deals with particular urinary tract pathogenic organisms like e. coli, proteus, providencia, morganella species. screening was performed by disc diffusion method. the zone of inhibition range from 17 to 19 mm against 1.0x10(8) cells of each culture at 1 mg concentration o ... | 2007 | 19090177 |
| antibacterial activity of some plant extracts used in folk medicine. | in the present work, selected plants were screened for their potential antibacterial activity. for evaluating antibacterial activity, both aqueous and organic solvent methanol was used. the plants screened were ocimum sanctum, jatropha gossypifolia, boerhavia diffusa, azadirachta indica, solidago virgaurea, and commelina benghalensis. the antibacterial activity was assessed against six bacterial strains--pseudomonas testosteroni, staphylococcus epidermidis, klebsiella pneumoniae, bacillus subtil ... | 2007 | 18928141 |
| preliminary investigation on the phytochemistry and antimicrobial activity of senna alata l. flower. | preliminary studies on the phytochemistry and extracts of water, methanol, chloroform and petroleum ether, of senna alata flowers were examined for antimicrobial properties. extracts tested at a final concentration of 500 microg ml(-1) produced in vitro antimicrobial activities in assays against clinical isolates of staphylococus aureus, candida albicans, escherichia coli, proteus vulgaris, pseudomonans aureginosa and bacillus subtilis. the zones of inhibitions produced by the extracts in agar d ... | 2007 | 19069869 |
| confirmation of presumptive salmonella colonies contaminated with proteus swarming using the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) method. | in mexico, zero tolerance regulation is practiced regarding salmonella in food products. the presence of which is verified by the procedure described in nom 114-ssa-1994. during the period between august 2002 and march 2003, 245 food samples were tested using this procedure in the central laboratories of the department of health for the state of jalisco (ceeslab). of these 245 samples, 35 showed presumptive colonies contaminated with proteus swarm cells even after selective isolation. these swar ... | 2007 | 18693548 |
| resin-salve from norway spruce--a potential method to treat infected chronic skin ulcers? | the home-made resin salve from norway spruce is traditionally and widely used in folk medicine to heal various skin infections and wounds in northern finland. we have performed laboratory studies to solve the mechanism of resin salve. the resin salve exhibited a bacteriostatic effect against all tested gram-positive bacteria important in human medicine including methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (vre), but was not effective against gram-nega ... | 2007 | 19356034 |
| investigating nanoscale cellular dynamics with cross-sectional spectral domain phase microscopy. | we report on cross-sectional imaging of dynamic biological specimens using a spectral domain phase microscopy (sdpm) system capable of operating at a line rate of 19 khz. this system combines the time-sensitive capabilities of sdpm with the multi-point acquisition features of related phase-sensitive techniques. the presented phase portraits and b-scan phase images of spontaneously beating embryonic cardiomyocytes and cytoplasmic flow in a. proteus offer insight into the nature and timing of the ... | 2007 | 19547138 |
| harmonically matched grating-based full-field quantitative high-resolution phase microscope for observing dynamics of transparent biological samples. | we have developed a full-field high resolution quantitative phase imaging technique for observing dynamics of transparent biological samples. by using a harmonically matched diffraction grating pair (600 and 1200 lines/mm), we were able to obtain non-trivial phase difference (other than 0 degrees or 180 degrees) between the output ports of the gratings. improving upon our previous design, our current system mitigates astigmatism artifacts and is capable of high resolution imaging. this system al ... | 2007 | 19551112 |
| [new perspectives of the phage therapy]. | a solution to the problem of the increasing number of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains can be the use of rational phage therapy. in the past, bacteriophages (phages) were often used for the treatment and prevention of infections and unlike antibiotic therapy, phage therapy caused almost no serious side effects. while previously several preparations containing whole phage particles were available for phage therapy, currently, the isolation of well characterised and purified phage components ... | 2007 | 18320502 |
| antimicrobial resistance patterns of clinical bacterial isolates in southwestern ethiopia. | the aim of this study was to assess the pattern of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents in a hospital setting in southwest ethiopia. | 2007 | 18326346 |
| epidermal nevus syndromes. | the term "epidermal nevus syndrome" (ens) has been used to describe the association of epidermal hamartomas and extra-cutaneous abnormalities. epidermal nevi follow the lines of blaschko. the majority of the extra-cutaneous manifestations involve the brain, eye, and skeletal systems. several subsets with characteristic features have been delineated including the nevus sebaceous syndrome, proteus syndrome, child syndrome, becker nevus syndrome, nevus comedonicus syndrome, and phakomatosis pigment ... | 2007 | 18395670 |
| [prevalence and bacterial susceptibility of community acquired urinary tract infection in university hospital of brasília, 2001 to 2005]. | urinary tract infection is among the most common infectious diseases in clinical medicine, and knowledge of its epidemiology and the sensitivity profile of the etiological agents is mandatory. the aim of this study was to identify the most frequent etiological agents and the profile of sensitivity to antimicrobial agents of the bacteria isolated from urine cultures from outpatients at the university hospital of brasília between 2001 and 2005. from analyses at the hospitals microbiology laborator ... | 2007 | 18200417 |
| [synthesis and antimicrobial activity of some new (sulfon-amidophenyl)-amide derivatives of n-(m-nitrobenzoyl)-d,l-methionine]. | in order to obtain new compounds with potential antimicrobial activity some new (sulfon-amidophenyl)-amide derivatives of n-(m-nitrobenzoil)-d,l-methionine have been synthesized. the compounds have been obtained by decyclization reaction of 2-(m-nitrophenyl)-4-(beta-p-methylthioethyl)- delta2-5-oxazolinone with various sulfonamides. the chemical structure of the new sulfonamides was confirmed by elemental analysis data and ir and 1nmr spectral measurements. the compounds were also investigated f ... | 2007 | 18293716 |
| serological and structural characterization of the o-antigens of the unclassified proteus mirabilis strains tg 83, tg 319, and ccug 10700 (oa). | lipopolysaccharide (endotoxin, lps) is an important potential virulence factor of proteus rods. the serological specificity of the bacteria is defined by the structure of the o-polysaccharide chain (o-antigen) of the lps. until now, 76 o-serogroups have been differentiated among proteus strains. | 2007 | 18219766 |
| tigecycline in the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal and complicated skin and skin structure infections. | tigecycline, a glycylcycline related to the tetracycline class of antibiotics, represents a new option for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal and complicated skin and skin structure infections. it displays favorable activity in vitro against the most common causative gram-positive, gram-negative and anaerobic pathogens. in addition, tigecycline demonstrates activity against drug-resistant pathogens such as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, a ... | 2007 | 18516315 |
| bacteriology of wound infections in the surgical wards of a teaching hospital in enugu, nigeria. | during a 24-month period, january 2001 - december 2002, 404 wound swabs from 390 patients made up of 280 from surgical wounds, 92 from ulcers and 32 from other wounds like lacerations and discharging sinuses were studied. the prevalence of bacterial organisms and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern was analyzed, using standard bacteriologic techniques. two hundred and sixty four organisms (69.8%) were isolated from surgical wounds, 82 (21.7%) from ulcers and 32 (8.5%) from other wounds. coli ... | 2007 | 18564650 |
| investigation of essential oil extracts from four native jamaican species of bursera for antibacterial activity. | bacterial infection with organisms resistant to antibiotics have increased during the last few decades worldwide. because of this increase, the authors decided to subject the essential oils from the stem, leaves and fruits of the four native jamaica species of bursera to microbial studies. | 2007 | 17621840 |
| some aspects of epidemiology of filth flies: musca domestica, musca domestica vicina, drosophilia melanogaster and associated bacteria pathogens in ekpoma, nigeria. | between january 2005 and december 2005, including the wet and dry seasons, 1,358 filth flies (musca domestica, 737 [54.3%]; m. domestica vicina 556 [41%]; and drosophilia melanogaster 65 [5%]) were caught by quadrant samplings using nets twice each month (early and later) in each of the various sites with varying sanitary conditions in ekpoma, nigeria. these sites were markets, hospitals, houses/human habitations, pit latrines, stalls of local food vendors, abattoirs/slaughterhouses, and dairy f ... | 2007 | 17627427 |
| [the new mucosal adjuvant cry1ac increase the capacity of mononuclear cells to stop bacterial growth]. | 2007 | 17633805 | |
| fimbriae of uropathogenic proteus mirabilis. | proteus mirabilis is a common causative agent of cystitis and pyelonephritis in patients with urinary catheters or structural abnormalities of the urinary tract. several types of fimbriae, which are potentially involved in adhesion to the uroepithelium, can be expressed simultaneously by p. mirabilis: mannose-resistant/proteus-like (mr/p) fimbriae, p. mirabilis fimbriae (pmf), uroepithelial cell adhesin (uca), renamed by some authors nonagglutinating fimbriae (naf), and ambient-temperature fimbr ... | 2007 | 17640292 |
| [proteus syndrome with a giant hemangiomas in the spleen associated with chronic dic--two case report and literature review]. | to investigate the clinical manifestations, pathologic features and laboratory findings in two proteus syndrome patients with giant hemangiomas in the spleen and chronic dic. | 2007 | 17649705 |
| use of hp selective medium to detect helicobacter pylori associated with other enteric bacteria in seawater and marine molluscs. | this project investigated the utility of hp selective medium to isolate h. pylori cells from seawater and from marine molluscs. | 2007 | 17651221 |
| first report of the emergence of ctx-m-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (esbls) as the predominant esbl isolated in a u.s. health care system. | ctx-m-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (esbls) have become increasingly common worldwide, with the notable exception of the united states, where tem- and shv-type esbls have appeared to predominate. we have noted the emergence of esbls in our health care system (the university health system in san antonio, tx), especially in escherichia coli isolates, that preferentially hydrolyze cefotaxime rather than ceftazidime, suggesting the possibility of ctx-m-type enzymes. microbiology laboratory ... | 2007 | 17724160 |
| images in emergency medicine. infected urachal cyst. | 2007 | 17643855 | |
| occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from diagnostic samples from dogs. | to study the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance among common bacterial pathogens from dogs and relate resistance patterns to data on consumption of antimicrobials. | 2007 | 17644533 |
| prevalence of hospital-acquired infection in a moroccan university hospital. | infection control and hospital-acquired infection (hai) prevalence reports from developing countries are often not well established because of the lack of staff and resources. the aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of hai in a moroccan hospital as well as to identify its predisposing factors. | 2007 | 17660013 |
| hormonal regulation of the contractile vacuole in amoeba proteus: the role of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases. | 2007 | 17668613 | |
| an urgent problem of aerobic gram-negative pathogen infection in complicated parapneumonic effusions or empyemas. | complicated parapneumonic effusion or empyema is a troublesome disease with a high mortality. the most common involved microorganisms seem to have changed over recent decades, influenced by the introduction of new antibiotics, and the increase of immunocompromised hosts, and the elderly population. more epidemiological studies on the current bacteriology are needed to help us to empirically select adequate antibiotics. | 2007 | 17675765 |
| profile of community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia cases admitted to basra general hospital, iraq. | over an 18-month period 485 throat swabs and sputum samples were taken from patients admitted to basra general hospital, iraq, with a clinical diagnosis of pneumonia. most patients (94.0%) had community-acquired pneumonia; 29 (6.0%) had hospital-acquired pneumonia. patients aged < or = 15 years and males had the highest incidence of pneumonia. cases were analysed by type of pneumonia: bronchial (76.3%) versus lobar (23.7%), and primary (81.0%) versus secondary (19.0%). the most common pathogen w ... | 2007 | 17684843 |
| [ecthyma gangrenosum in a patient with non-hodgkin lymphoma]. | ecthymagangrenosum is a rare disease of the skin that causes the localized necrosis of the skin and subcutaneous fat tissue, leading to the multiple ulcerations surrounded by local hyperaemia. the ulcerations are usually localized in groins, and perianal area. in the majority of cases ecthyma is caused by a pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis. the disease usually appears in immunocompromized, most frequently hematological patients. | 2007 | 17687947 |
| synthesis and antibacterial activity of some novel chiral fluorophoric biscyclic macrocycles. | synthesis of chiral permanent fluorophoric biscyclic macrocycles incorporating anthraquinone and (s)-binol core is described. interestingly, the biscyclic macrocycle 1 exhibited remarkable antibacterial activity against most of the pathogenic bacteria in the tested concentrations as compared to the other three compounds 2, 14 and 17 as well as the test control, tetracycline. further biscyclophanes 1 and 2 exhibited permanent fluorescence sensing property even under highly acidic conditions. | 2007 | 17689076 |
| comparison of real-time polymerase chain reaction and conventional polymerase chain reaction methods for the rapid identification of bacillus anthracis. | bacillus anthracis spores have been shown to be one of the most effective biological weapons. for the rapid detection of b. anthracis spores, several genetic markers, including chromosomal and plasmid-based sequences, were studied with polymerase chain reaction (pcr) methods. in the present study, a method using a primer/probe set based on the pxo1-encoded pag gene for the detection of b. anthracis was tested in addition to culture. eight pathological samples (four blood-immersed cotton specimen ... | 2007 | 17691694 |
| apnoea-hypopnoea and mandibular retrusion as uncommon findings associated with proteus syndrome. | the aetiology of proteus syndrome (ps) is yet unclear. this disease includes partial gigantism of the hands and/or feet, nevi, hemihypertrophy due to overgrowth of long bones, subcutaneous tumours, macrocephaly, cranial hyperostosis, and pulmonary and renal abnormalities. this case report is about a 17-year-old boy with two uncommon findings associated with ps: apnoea-hypopnoea and mandibular retrusion. a multidisciplinary team was important to provide professional care for this patient. dentist ... | 2007 | 17699709 |
| production of volatile aroma compounds by bacterial strains isolated from different surface-ripened french cheeses. | twelve bacterial strains belonging to eight taxonomic groups: brevibacterium linens, microbacterium foliorum, arthrobacter arilaitensis, staphylococcus cohnii, staphylococcus equorum, brachybacterium sp., proteus vulgaris and psychrobacter sp., isolated from different surface-ripened french cheeses, were investigated for their abilities to generate volatile aroma compounds. out of 104 volatile compounds, 54 volatile compounds (identified using dynamic headspace technique coupled with gas chromat ... | 2007 | 17701035 |
| parenting children with proteus syndrome: experiences with, and adaptation to, courtesy stigma. | courtesy stigma refers to the stigmatization an unaffected person experiences due to his or her relationship with a person who bears a stigma. parents of children with genetic conditions are particularly vulnerable to courtesy stigma, but little research has been done to explore this phenomenon. the purpose of this study was to investigate the courtesy stigma experiences of parents of children with proteus syndrome (ps) and related overgrowth conditions. thematic analysis of transcripts from 31 ... | 2007 | 17702022 |
| the structure of apo tryptophanase from escherichia coli reveals a wide-open conformation. | the crystal structure of apo tryptophanase from escherichia coli (space group f222, unit-cell parameters a = 118.4, b = 120.1, c = 171.2 a) was determined at 1.9 a resolution using the molecular-replacement method and refined to an r factor of 20.3% (r(free) = 23.2%). the structure revealed a significant shift in the relative orientation of the domains compared with both the holo form of proteus vulgaris tryptophanase and with another crystal structure of apo e. coli tryptophanase, reflecting th ... | 2007 | 17704565 |
| [intracranial hypertension in proteus syndrome]. | proteus syndrome, described for the first time in 1979, is a sporadic congenital poly-malformation syndrome named for its highly variable manifestations. we report the case of a 36-year-old male patient with several malformations including skull hyperostosis and huge frontal sinus hypertrophy compressing the brain. he complained of increasing headache for 5 years. cerebrospinal fluid pressure monitoring revealed severe hypertension. the patient underwent frontoparietal craniectomy, which allowed ... | 2007 | 17706728 |
| [selective action of broad-spectrum antibiotics on intestinal flora in sepsis in rats]. | to investigate the selective effect of broad-spectrum antibiotics on the intestinal flora in sepsis in rats. | 2007 | 17708836 |
| [first report of parasitism of the trichogramma bruni nagaraja (hymenoptera: trichogrammatidae) in eggs of urbanus proteus (l.) (lepidoptera: hesperiidae) in snap beans (phaseolus vulgaris) ( l.)]. | aiming to verify the presence of eggs parasitoids of the genus trichogramma, for using in the biological control of insects pests, were collected eggs from long tailed skipper butterfly, a lepidopteran defoliator of snap beans, which presented eggs with parasitism characteristics (dark eggs). the eggs were taken to the laboratory were 44.9% of parasitism was verified. viability was 96.3%, with an average of 6.6 individuals per egg and a sexual ratio of 0.93. male specimens were identified as tri ... | 2007 | 17710338 |
| aggregative adherence of uropathogenic proteus mirabilis to cultured epithelial cells. | proteus mirabilis is an important cause of urinary tract infection (uti) in patients with complicated urinary tracts. thirty-five strains of p. mirabilis isolated from uti were examined for the adherence capacity to epithelial cells. all isolates displayed the aggregative adherence (aa) to hep-2 cells, a phenotype similarly presented in llc-mk(2) cells. biofilm formation on polystyrene was also observed in all strains. the mannose-resistant proteus-like fimbriae (mr/p), type i fimbriae and aaf/i ... | 2007 | 17714491 |
| antimicrobial resistance among gram-negative bacilli causing infections in intensive care unit patients in the united states between 1993 and 2004. | during the 12-year period from 1993 to 2004, antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of 74,394 gram-negative bacillus isolates recovered from intensive care unit (icu) patients in united states hospitals were determined by participating hospitals and collected in a central location. mics for 12 different agents were determined using a standardized broth microdilution method. the 11 organisms most frequently isolated were pseudomonas aeruginosa (22.2%), escherichia coli (18.8%), klebsiella pneumoni ... | 2007 | 17715376 |
| diversity of microflora in the gut and casts of tropical composting earthworms reared on different substrates. | the diversity of fungi, bacteria, yeast, actinomycetes and protozoa were analysed in the gut and casts of eudrilus eugeniae, lampito mauritii, eisenia fetida and perionyx excavatus, both qualitatively and quantitatively as influenced by different feed substrates like clay loam soil, cowdung and pressmud. while actinomycetes (streptomyces albus, s. somaliensis, nocardia asteroides, n. caviae and saccharomonosporia) were not digested by any of these species of worms, protozoa (amoeba proteus, a. t ... | 2007 | 17717992 |
| antimicrobial activity of methanol extract of origanum majorana l. (sweet marjoram). | in-vitro microbicidal activity of the methanol extract of origanum majorana l. was tested against seven fungi (fusarium solani, candida albicans, aspergillus niger, a. parasiticus, rhizopus oryzae, rhizoctonia otyzae-sativae and altemaria brassicicola) and six bacteria (bacillus subtilis, b. megaterium, escherichia coil, proteus vulgaris, pseudomonas aeruginosa and staphylococcus aureus). the methanol extract of o. majorana can be used as an effective herbal protectant against different pathogen ... | 2007 | 17718003 |
| a case of proteus syndrome with lateral embryonal vein and frontal intraosseous lipoma. | a patient with proteus syndrome is reported with heretofore unreported features including a frontal intraosseous lipoma and a lateral embryonal leg vein (servelle) associated with a venous malformation. these associated anomalies further broaden the phenotypic variability of proteus syndrome. | 2007 | 17760489 |
| is it a proteus syndrome? | 2007 | 17762684 | |
| [the antibacterial activity of fluoroquinolones against gram-negative bacteria isolated from gifu prefecture (2005)]. | we investigated the susceptibility to 6 fluoroquinolones against 433 strains of gram-negative bacteria isolated from 6 medical facilities in gifu prefecture between january and september in 2005, determined by the agar dilution methods in according with the japan society of chemotherapy. we also investigated the correlation between the degree of resistance to fluoroquinolones and the amino acid substitutions in the quinolone resistance-determining region (qrdr). the tested clinical isolates were ... | 2007 | 17867488 |
| frequency of urinary tract infection in catheterized dogs and comparison of bacterial culture and susceptibility testing results for catheterized and noncatheterized dogs with urinary tract infections. | to determine frequency of urinary tract infections (utis) in catheterized dogs that had intervertebral disk disease (ivdd) or disease other than ivdd and compare bacterial culture and susceptibility testing results for catheterized and noncatheterized dogs with utis. | 2007 | 17867973 |
| synthesis and antimicrobial activity of some novel nucleoside analogues of adenosine and 1,3-dideazaadenosine. | a number of nucleoside analogues have been synthesized and evaluated for their antibacterial and antifungal activities against staphylococcus aureus, group d streptococcus, pseudomonas aeruginosa, proteus spp., salmonella spp., aspergillus fumigatus, penicillium marneffei, candida albicans, cryptococcus neoformans, and mucor spp. the compounds 1, 4, and 6 emerged as potent antibacterial agents with mic values of 0.75, 0.38, and 0.19 microm, respectively, against group d streptococcus. further, t ... | 2007 | 17890082 |
| breast abscess bacteriologic features in the era of community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus epidemics. | increasing rates of community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) infections have also affected the microbial profile of breast abscesses. | 2007 | 17891866 |
| the type iii secretion system of proteus mirabilis hi4320 does not contribute to virulence in the mouse model of ascending urinary tract infection. | the gram-negative enteric bacterium proteus mirabilis is a frequent cause of urinary tract infections (utis) in individuals with long-term indwelling catheters or with complicated urinary tracts. the recent release of the p. mirabilis strain hi4320 genome sequence has facilitated identification of potential virulence factors in this organism. genes appearing to encode a type iii secretion system (ttss) were found in a low gc-content pathogenicity island in the p. mirabilis chromosome. this islan ... | 2007 | 17893161 |
| acquired ampc type beta-lactamases: an emerging problem in italian long-term care and rehabilitation facilities. | we report the multiple detection of proteus mirabilis isolates, from 4 different long-term care and rehabilitation facilities (ltcrfs) of northern italy, resistant to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins and cephamycins and producing an acquired ampc-like beta-lactamase, named cmy-16. genotyping by pfge showed that isolates were clonally related to each other, although not identical. in all isolates the bla(cmy16) gene was not transferable by conjugation and was found to be carried on the chromosome ... | 2007 | 17802913 |
| molecular epidemiology of esbetal producing p. mirabilis strains from a long-term care and rehabilitation facility in italy. | we report the detection of multidrug resistant esbetal producing proteus mirabilis isolates from a long-term care and rehabilitation facility (ltcrf) in northern italy. 53% of the collected p. mirabilis strains were esbetal producers. pcr and sequencing techniques confirmed the presence of the bla(tem-92) and bla(cmy-16) resistance genes in 23/26 (88.5%) and 3/26 (11.5%) of the esbetal producers respectively. pfge showed that the tem-92 beta-lactamase producing isolates were not clonally related ... | 2007 | 17802927 |
| polymerase chain reaction for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. | polymerase chain reaction (pcr) based on the amplification of a 169 bp dna fragment specific for the mycobacterium tuberculosis complex was evaluated for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (tbm). a total of 105 csf specimens from clinically suspected cases of tbm were studied. clinical details of the cases and cytochemical parameters of the csf specimens were recorded. for pcr 10 csf specimens from cases other than tbm, 4 non-mycobacterial culture isolates (one strain of e coli, one s ... | 2007 | 17802972 |
| bacterial defluorination of 4-fluoroglutamic acid. | fluorinated amino acids are used as enzyme inhibitors, mechanistic probes and in the production of pharmacologically active peptides. because enantiomerically pure 4-fluoroglutamate is difficult to prepare, the selective degradation of the l-isomer is a potentially convenient method of obtaining d-4-fluoroglutamate from the racemate. in this paper, we describe our investigations on the degradation of 4-fluoroglutamate by bacteria. fluoride ion was detected in resting-cell cultures of a number of ... | 2007 | 17901951 |
| pattern of pathogens in ear discharge of hiv-infected children in nnewi, southeast nigeria. | this is a descriptive, prospective, hospital-based study designed to determine the prevalent organisms in ear infections and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in hiv-infected children compared to age-and sex-matched hiv sero-negative patients. | 2007 | 17902505 |
| purification, crystallization, x-ray diffraction analysis and phasing of an engineered single-chain pvuii restriction endonuclease. | the restriction endonuclease pvuii from proteus vulgaris has been converted from its wild-type homodimeric form into the enzymatically active single-chain variant scpvuii by tandemly joining the two subunits through the peptide linker gly-ser-gly-gly. scpvuii, which is suitable for the development of programmed restriction endonucleases for highly specific dna cleavage, was purified and crystallized. the crystals diffract to a resolution of 2.35 a and belong to space group p4(2), with unit-cell ... | 2007 | 17909283 |
| septic postpartum uterine inversion. | puerperal uterine inversion is an uncommon but life threatening obstetrical emergency. a 26-year-old woman, para six, was referred from a peripheral hospital seven days after delivery, with a mass protruding per vaginum. complete uterine inversion had occurred after delivery of baby and placenta. she was resuscitated and her genital infection was treated. she had a vaginal hysterectomy upon request. her postoperative recovery was uneventful. poor management of the third stage of labour is a comm ... | 2007 | 17909681 |
| production of l-carnitine by secondary metabolism of bacteria. | abstract: the increasing commercial demand for l-carnitine has led to a multiplication of efforts to improve its production with bacteria. the use of different cell environments, such as growing, resting, permeabilized, dried, osmotically stressed, freely suspended and immobilized cells, to maintain enzymes sufficiently active for l-carnitine production is discussed in the text. the different cell states of enterobacteria, such as escherichia coli and proteus sp., which can be used to produce l- ... | 2007 | 17910757 |
| antimicrobial activity of extracts of the lichen parmelia sulcata and its salazinic acid constituent. | the antimicrobial activity of the acetone, chloroform, diethyl ether, methanol, and petroleum ether extracts of the lichen parmelia sulcata and its salazinic acid constituent have been screened against twenty eight food-borne bacteria and fungi. all of the extracts with the exception of the petroleum ether extract showed antimicrobial activity against aeromonas hydrophila, bacillus cereus, bacillus subtilis, listeria monocytogenes, proteus vulgaris, yersinia enterocolitica, staphylococcus aureus ... | 2007 | 17913083 |
| effect of natural preservatives on the growth of histamine producing bacteria. | present study deals with the hampering of the growth of histamine producing bacteria (hpb), by using nacl and spices which are easily available and cheaper cost wise. for this experiment, four strains of hpb viz. vibrio parahaemolyticus, bacillus cereus, pseudomonas aeruginosa and proteus mirabilis were tested against 1 to 10% concentrations of nacl and 1 to 5% concentrations of natural preservatives (turmeric, ginger and garlic) in a basal medium. hpb showed different growth rates at different ... | 2007 | 17915763 |
| cowden syndrome. | cowden syndrome (cs), due to germline mutations of the pten tumor-suppressor gene, is an often overlooked cancer predisposition syndrome associated with an increased risk of breast, thyroid, and endometrial cancers, as well as benign manifestations. germline pten mutations also are associated with syndromes that have not been historically connected to an increase in risk for malignancy. these disorders include bannayan-riley-ruvalcaba syndrome (brrs), proteus syndrome (ps), and proteus-like synd ... | 2007 | 17920899 |
| bacterial contaminations of informally marketed raw milk in ghana. | summary | 2007 | 17925843 |
| brain abscess in infants and children: a retrospective study of 107 patients in northeast thailand. | to review the clinical manifestation, predisposing factor location of abscess, causative organism, treatment, and outcome of brain abscess. | 2007 | 17926990 |
| [phosphatase activity in amoeba proteus at ph 9.0]. | in the free-living amoeba amoeba proteus (strain b), after paag disk-electrophoresis of the homogenate supernatant, at using 1-naphthyl phosphate as a substrate and ph 9.0, three forms of phosphatase activity were revealed; they were arbitrarily called "fast", "intermediate", and "slow" phosphatases. the fast phosphatase has been established to be a fraction of lysosomal acid phosphatase that preserves some low activity at alkaline ph. the question as to which particular class the intermediate p ... | 2007 | 17933343 |
| regulatory circuit based on autogenous activation-repression: roles of c-boxes and spacer sequences in control of the pvuii restriction-modification system. | type ii restriction-modification (r-m) systems comprise a restriction endonuclease (rease) and a protective methyltransferase (mtase). after r-m genes enter a new cell, mtase must appear before rease or the chromosome will be cleaved. pvuii and some other r-m systems achieve this delay by cotranscribing the rease gene with the gene for an autogenous transcription activator (the controlling or 'c' protein c.pvuii). this study reveals, through in vivo titration, that c.pvuii is not only an activat ... | 2007 | 17933763 |
| structure of a glucosyl phosphate-containing o-polysaccharide of proteus vulgaris o42. | an o-polysaccharide was isolated by mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide of proteus vulgaris o42 and studied by sugar and methylation analyses along with 1h, 13c and 31p nmr spectroscopy. the following structure of the polysaccharide having a linear pentasaccharide phosphate repeating unit was established: -->3)-alpha-l-fucpnac4ac-(1-->4)-alpha-d-glcp-1-p-(o-->4)-alpha-d-glcpnac-(1-->3)-alpha-l-fucpnac4ac-(1-->3))-alpha-d-glcpnac6ac-(1--> where the degree of o-acetylation is approxima ... | 2007 | 17936254 |
| antimicrobial susceptibility of klebsiella spp. and proteus spp. from various organ systems of horses, dogs and cats as determined in the bft-germvet monitoring program 2004-2006. | a total of 120 isolates of klebsiella spp. and proteus spp. collected from horses and small animals (dogs and cats) were screened for their susceptibility to 24 different antimicrobial agents. klebsiella spp. were included from infections of the genital tract (gt) of horses (36 isolates) and the urinary/genital tract (ugt) from dogs and cats (17 isolates), while proteus spp. were from small animal (dogs and cats) infections of the ugt (37 strains) and the skin (incl. ear/mouth) (30 isolates). in ... | 2007 | 17939455 |
| proteus syndrome in the aetiology of carpal tunnel syndrome. | 2007 | 17939492 |