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| [anaerobic microflora of praepubertal children (author's transl)]. | bacteriologic cultures of the vagina and the cervix of 38 praepubertal children, aged 3 months to 16 years (average age 9 years) from the outpatient department for infants and juveniles of the 1st department of obstetrics and gynecology of the university of vienna were obtained vaginascopically using anaerobic transportmedia (port a cul) and were examined for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. an average of 5.3 species was also isolated per child (2.9 aerobic and 2.5 anaerobic species). the commone ... | 1982 | 6121080 |
| anaerobes: a new aetiology in cavitary pneumoconiosis. | the role of mycobacteria in the cavitation of large pneumoconiotic masses is well established. in other cases softness is attributed to an ischaemic or aseptic necrosis. five cases are described in which cavitation of the pulmonary masses was caused by anaerobic bacteria, confirmed by the growth of such bacterial in cultures after transtracheal or transpleural puncture. repeated cultures for mycobacteria gave negative results. two cases were acute, having serious complications such as bronchople ... | 1982 | 6128024 |
| [clinical bacteriological studies on cefotiam and cefsulodin in the field of otorhinolaryngology]. | clinical bacteriological studies on cefotiam and cefsulodin in the field of otorhinolaryngology were carried out and the following results were obtained. 1) aerobic and anaerobic gram-positive bacteria were dominantly isolated from the clinical materials sent to the center from the clinical institutes. 2) it was considered that streptococcus pneumoniae, haemophilus influenzae and beta-streptococcus played an important role in the primary infections in the field of otorhinolaryngology. staphyloco ... | 1982 | 6290705 |
| the fermentation of lactulose by colonic bacteria. | sixty-four strains of intestinal bacteria were cultured under anaerobic conditions in lactulose-containing media to assess their ability to ferment lactulose. some organisms were unable to metabolize the disaccharide, while others, e.g. clostridia and lactobacilli, metabolized lactulose extensively. quantitative analyses of the fermentation products indicated that the major non-gaseous metabolites were acetic, lactic and butyric acids. hydrogen and carbon dioxide were the only gases detected. fe ... | 1982 | 6804597 |
| leucine dissimilation to isovaleric and isocaproic acids by cell suspensions of amino acid fermenting anaerobes: the stickland reaction revisited. | freshly compared cell suspensions of clostridia (clostridium bifermentans, c. botulinum proteolytic type a, c. difficile, c. sordellii, and c. sporogenes) and peptostreptococcus anaerobius converted leucine to isovaleric (iv) and isocaproic (ic) acids in the absence of other amino acids. the optimal ph for conversion was between 8 and 9 at 37 degrees c. the stoichiometry of reaction was compatible with that expected for the stickland reaction, as the ratio of iv to ic was 1:2, the amount of co2 ... | 1982 | 6805929 |
| a note on fermentation reactions of anaerobic bacteria on a solid medium. | 1982 | 6749787 | |
| antibody reactive with peptostreptococcus micros in the sera of patients with periodontal disease. | subgingival plaque samples were cultured for the isolation of peptostreptococcus micros from individuals with and without chronic periodontitis. humoral antibody from each person reacted with p. micros in an indirect fluorescent-antibody test, but not all of the sera reacted in a passive hemolysis test. no correlations were observed between the presence of antibody reactive with p. micros and the isolation of p. micros or the gingival health of the individual. | 1982 | 6749898 |
| vaginal organisms in prepubertal children with and without vulvovaginitis. a vaginoscopic study. | in a prospective clinical and microbiological study covering 67 prepubertal children the vaginal flora of 31 asymptomatic children was compared to 36 children suffering from abnormal vaginal discharge and/or vulvovaginitis. vaginoscopy was employed to obtain bacteriological specimens without contamination. swabs were inoculated into prereduced transportmedia (port a cul, bbl) and cultured aerobically and anaerobically. the most prevalent aerobic organisms were staphylococcus epidermidis. enteroc ... | 1982 | 6751240 |
| the use of an anaerobic incubator for the isolation of anaerobes from clinical samples. | an anaerobic incubator was compared with a standard jar system for the isolation of anaerobes from clinical material. seventy specimens were selected as likely to yield anaerobes: 342 different anaerobes were isolated in the incubator and 347 in anaebrobic jars. these included bacteroides spp (43%), peptococcus spp (26%), peptostreptococcus spp (13%), veillonella spp (7%), fusobacterium spp (7%), clostridium spp (2%) and miscellaneous gram-positive nonsporing bacilli (2%). differences in isolati ... | 1982 | 6752210 |
| [evaluation of clinical efficacy of a cephem antibiotic, cefmetazole, in inflammatory infections of the upper respiratory tract]. | we had reported the fundamental study on the utility of a new cephem antibiotic, cefmetazole (cmz). on the basis of the results we administered cmz to patients to investigate its clinical utility in this study. 1. cmz was administered to 53 patients including 4 infants. they consisted of 30 cases of acute tonsillitis, 10 of peritonsillar abscess, 10 of laryngitis or pharyngitis, and 3 of sinusitis. 2. one of 2 g cmz was administered to an adult patient except for l case and 0.5 g to an infant pa ... | 1982 | 6752466 |
| isolation of anaerobic organisms from kidney in serious renal infections. | we have studied 45 patients who underwent nephrectomy owing to unilateral renal sepsis for anaerobic and aerobic bacterial growth in the urine and kidney. anaerobic organisms were recovered from 11 patients: 10 had positive kidney cultures, and only 1 had positive kidney and urine cultures. there was a distinct relationship between anaerobic infection of the kidney and urinary tract obstruction; 44 per cent of the obstructed kidneys yielded anaerobic organisms versus only 11 per cent of the unob ... | 1982 | 6755857 |
| bacteriologic and serologic investigation in diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis (dso) of the mandible. | an attempt was made to clarify the obscure origin of diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis (dso) of the mandible. bacteriologic investigations of specimens from diseased mandibles were performed with special attention to anaerobic culture technique. propionibacterium acnes and peptostreptococcus intermedius were in some patients found to be of etiologic importance. sampling techniques and associated problems are discussed. an examination was made for antibodies in the patients' sera against antigens ... | 1982 | 6757825 |
| achromopeptidase for lysis of anaerobic gram-positive cocci. | achromopeptidase, which has potent bacteriolytic activity for most of the gram-positive aerobic bacteria, was for the first time used for the lysis of anaerobic cocci. most of the lysozyme-resistant gram-positive anaerobic cocci were lysed with this new enzyme. peptococcus magnus was the only organism tested resistant to achromopeptidase. p. saccharolyticus was quite unusual because it was very sensitive to both achromopeptidase and lysozyme. | 1982 | 6759529 |
| antibiotic resistance in anaerobic bacteria: molecular biology and clinical aspects. | the patterns of antibiotic susceptibility among anaerobes isolated in the united states during the past 14 years were reviewed. resistance to the tetracyclines, the penicillins, clindamycin, and other antibiotics has emerged among strains of bacteroides, clostridium, and anaerobic cocci. genetic transfer of antibiotic resistance has been documented in anaerobic environments. inter- and intrageneric transfer by conjugation and transformation has been described. plasmids have been identified in an ... | 1982 | 6760336 |
| n-formimidoyl thienamycin (mk0787): in vitro activity against anaerobic bacteria. | the in vitro activity of n-formimidoyl thienamycin (mk0787) was tested against 239 anaerobic bacteria clinical isolates: 70 of bacteroides fragilis, 18 of b. distasonis, 16 of b. thetaiotaomicron, 10 of b. vulgatus, 24 of bacteroides spp., 22 of b. melaninogenicus (all three subspecies), 26 of fusobacterium spp., 10 of peptococcus spp., 15 of peptostreptococcus spp., 15 of clostridium perfringens, and 13 of clostridium spp. ninety-five percent of the isolates were inhibited by less than or equal ... | 1982 | 6952818 |
| characterization of nadp-dependent 7 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases from peptostreptococcus productus and eubacterium aerofaciens. | peptostreptococcus productus strain b-52 (a human fecal isolate) and eubacterium aerofaciens atcc 25986 were found to contain nadp-dependent 7 beta-hydroxysteriod dehydrogenase activity. the enzyme was synthesized constitutively by both organisms, and the enzyme yields were suppressed by the addition of 0.5 mm 7 beta-hydroxy bile acid to the growth medium. purification of the enzyme by chromatography resulted in preparations with 3.5 (p. productus b-52, on sephadex g-200) and 1.8 (e. aerofaciens ... | 1982 | 6954878 |
| circulating antibodies after experimental chronic infection in the root canal of teeth in monkeys. | root canals of 49 teeth with necrotic pulp tissue in five monkeys were infected with streptococcus faecalis ss liquefaciens, actinomyces bovis, fusobacterium nucleatum, peptostreptococcus anaerobius, and bacteroides oralis in various combinations. after 6 months the root canals and the periapical tissues were subjected to radiographic, bacteriologic, and histologic examinations. signs of periapical inflammation were radiographically registered in 41 teeth, most frequently in teeth inoculated wit ... | 1982 | 6960463 |
| [evaluation of humoral response to selected bacterial antigens in dental focal infections]. | 1982 | 6964085 | |
| [assessment of the leukocyte migration inhibition test in response to selected bacterial antigens from dental focal infections]. | 1982 | 6964137 | |
| evidence that the greening ligand in native butyryl-coa dehydrogenase is a coa persulfide. | yellow butyryl-coa dehydrogenase and general acyl-coa dehydrogenase are "greened" by a mixture of coenzyme a plus elemental sulfur. the resultant stable complex contains an identical ligand with that present in native green butyryl-coa dehydrogenase and has the same broad absorption band centered at 710 nm. evidence is presented that the greening ligand is a coa persulfide, possibly a mimic of the substrate carbanion thought to be generated early in the normal catalytic cycle. variation in the p ... | 1982 | 7068637 |
| intracranial complications of sinusitis in children. a sequela of periapical abscess. | the cases of two children with periapical abscess in the upper incisors, sinusitis, and intracranial abscess are described. the ethmoid and maxillary sinuses were involved in both patients. subdural empyema occurred in both, and one of the children had also cerebritis and brain abscess. anaerobic bacteria were isolated from the infected subdural empyemas. peptostreptococcus intermedius and microaerophilic streptococci were recovered in one patient and fusobacterium sp in the other. surgical drai ... | 1982 | 7073175 |
| streptococcus pneumoniae and three species of anaerobic bacteria in experimental otitis media in guniea pigs. | three species of anaerobic bacteria commonly isolated in upper respiratory tract infections in humans were studied in an animal model of otitis media. the ability of propionibacterium acnes to induce acute otitis media was comparable with that of streptococcus pneumoniae, the classic middle ear pathogen. the response to peptostreptococcus micros was weak and irregular, and no effects of bacteroides asaccharolyticus were observed despite the use of high doses (10(8) colony-forming unite per ear). ... | 1982 | 7086197 |
| factors determining the occurrence of serum agglutinins to eubacterium and peptostreptococcus species in patients with crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. | recently, the demonstration of serum agglutinins to eubacterium and peptostreptococcus strains has been found to be useful as a diagnostic test for crohn's disease. therefore, conditions determining the occurrence of these antibodies were studied in patients with crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. localization of crohn's disease in the colon, the presence of fistulae and serum levels of immunoglobulins were found to be contributory determinants for the occurrence of the agglutinins. | 1982 | 7095311 |
| anaerobic bacterial populations on normal and diseased human biopsy tissue obtained at colonoscopy. | human epithelium was cultured to characterize differences in microbial populations between regions of normal colon and between polyps, inflammatory bowel disease, and cancer and their respective adjacent normal mucosa. twenty-one patients (12 polyps, 5 inflammatory bowel disease, 4 cancer) underwent colonoscopy with anaerobic culture of mucosal biopsies from normal and diseased ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid colon. no differences for total number of organisms and recovery of spec ... | 1982 | 7103479 |
| etiologic factors in acute suppurative thyroiditis. | 1982 | 7108286 | |
| complete amino acid sequence of the 4fe-4s, thermostable ferredoxin from clostridium thermoaceticum. | the complete amino acid sequence of the 4fe-4s ferredoxin from the thermophilic bacterium clostridium thermoaceticum has been determined. the protein is extremely thermostable and is the only known clostridial ferredoxin to contain a single [4fe-4s] cluster. the sequence totals 63 residues and includes the first tryptophan (trp-26) reported for a clostridial ferredoxin, and other amino acids not commonly found in clostridial or clostridial-like ferredoxins: methionine (met-1), histidine (his-33) ... | 1982 | 7115670 |
| analysis of short-chain acids from anaerobic bacteria by high-performance liquid chromatography. | a standard mixture of 25 short-chain fatty acids was resolved by high-performance liquid chromatography, using an aminex hpx-87 column. the acids produced in culture media by anaerobic bacteria were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography after extraction with ether and reextraction into a small volume of 0.1 n naoh. the presence of fumaric acid in culture extracts of peptostreptococcus anaerobius was confirmed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of the trapped eluent fra ... | 1982 | 7119103 |
| evaluation of a metronidazole disk test for the presumptive identification of anaerobes. | a total of 632 bacterial strains recovered under anaerobic conditions from clinical specimens were tested from their susceptibility to metronidazole by a disk diffusion test using 5 micrograms metronidazole disks. three-hundred-fifty-five of the 632 bacterial strains exhibited susceptibility the metronidazole, and each was determined to be an obligate anaerobe. the remaining 277 isolates showed resistance to the 5 micrograms disk. of these resistant strains, 257 were determined to be facultative ... | 1982 | 7124785 |
| a bacteriological and/or immunological study of anaerobic streptococcal infection in chronic tonsillitis, paratonsillitis and periodontitis patients. | anaerobic streptococci were isolated from 100% of tonsil tissue samples obtained from 36 chronic tonsillitis patients. the strains displayed antigenic and other differences. sera of chronic tonsillitis, paratonsillitis and periodontitis patients exhibited significantly more often, and in significantly higher titres, antibodies to the anaerobic streptococci isolated from tonsils than did sera of normal persons. | 1982 | 7142691 |
| direct quantitative determination of acidic end products in clinical specimens for presumptive diagnosis of anaerobic infections. | acidic metabolic products determined directly in clinical specimens of 51 anaerobic and 12 aerobic infections by quantitative gas-liquid chromatography (glc) were correlated with the bacteriologic findings. the presence of appreciable amounts of succinic acid, more than 1 microm per ml, propionic and isovaleric acid, at concentrations not exceeding 3 microm per ml, was strong evidence for bacteroides fragilis infections. when isobutyric acid was also detected, a b. melaninogenicus infection coul ... | 1982 | 7149527 |
| endometrial bacteriology in patients with endometrial cancer before and after primary intracavitary irradiation using ir-192 and an afterloading technique. | in a prospective clinical and bacteriological study the endocervical and endometrial flora of 38 patients with biopsy proven cancer of the endometrium was studied before and after intrauterine irradiation with 10 gy (ir-192, afterloading device, buchler, braunschweig). bacteriological swabs were taken transcervically. anaerobic transport media were used and cultures were done aerobically and anaerobically. the mean number of aerobic organisms per patient increased from 2.13 to 2.49 (not signific ... | 1982 | 7149781 |
| isolation and characterisation of bacteria from pyothorax (empyaemia) in cats. | 1982 | 7164339 | |
| biotransformation of 1-nitropyrene in intestinal anaerobic bacteria. | mutagenic nitroaromatic compounds have recently been found in photocopies, urban atmosphere, automobile exhaust and wastewater. 1-nitropyrene (1-np) is readily formed when pyrene, ubiquitous in the environment, is exposed to nitrogen dioxide in the urban atmosphere or in automobile exhaust, and is highly mutagenic, inducing 449 his+ revertants/plate/nmol from salmonella typhimurium strain ta98 in the absence of s9 fraction in the salmonella-microsome test. it is possible to swallow sputum or som ... | 1982 | 7167066 |
| [the effect of tinidazole on the anaerobic bacterial flora in patients undergoing gynecological surgery]. | the various effects have been examined against the anaerobes by administering tinidazole when the operations of gynecology and obstetrics and the following results were obtained. 1. the serum concentrations after the single administration of 1,000 mg of tdz showed 56.6 micrograms/ml of the peak value (3 hours) and 27.7 micrograms/ml of 24 hours value, and the antibacterial potency was maintained for a long duration. the concentration in the vaginal secretions was 21.8 micrograms/tampon within 24 ... | 1982 | 7176070 |
| response of mice to transtracheal pulmonary inoculation of anaerobic bacteria. | the transtracheal inoculation of a mixture of anaerobic bacteria, with or without hydrochloric acid, into the lungs of mice caused nonlethal pneumonia and abscesses in a minority of challenged animals. all animals cleared organisms and recovered by 30 days. secondary infection with escherichia coli was common but did not affect the response to challenge with the anaerobes. | 1982 | 7176528 |
| [clinico-microbiologic bases for the use of new cephalosporins]. | 1982 | 6979006 | |
| [studies on in vitro susceptibility of various anaerobic bacteria and antimicrobial resistance of anaerobes (author's transl)]. | 1982 | 6979640 | |
| identification of attached bacteria in the nasopharynx of the child. | bacteria attached to epithelial cells in mucus and cell scrapings obtained from the nasopharynx in children undergoing adenoidectomy appear rather monomorphic under the microscope, and for this reason it is not possible to identify different species. to overcome this difficulty, a micromanipulation method has been devised which allows the isolation of single squamous epithelial cells seen to carry bacteria. the cells are transferred to culture media for bacteriological analysis. ciliated epithel ... | 1982 | 6980192 |
| microorganisms isolated from peritonsillar abscess and indicated chemotherapy. | a bacteriologic study was made of 30 patients with peritonsillar abscesses with the use of both aerobic and anaerobic culture procedures. the abscess was punctured and the pus was aspirated by a syringe with an 18-gauge needle. aerobes and anaerobes were detected in a frequency rate of approximately 1:2. peptostreptococcus (30.2%), group a streptococci (27.9%), peptococcus (16.3%), and fusobacterium (9.3%) were preponderant pathogens. anaerobic organisms were isolated in 75% of 30 cases. aside f ... | 1982 | 6982036 |
| anaerobic bacteria in uterine infection following first trimester abortion. | samples of uterine fluid and cervical mucus for bacterial culture were obtained from 23 patients with endometritis following first trimester abortion. uterine samples were obtained via a sheathed system which minimizes contamination by the cervical flora. a mean of 3.4 isolates were identified in cervical samples as compared to 1.8 in uterine samples. anaerobic bacteria were found in 57% of the uterine samples and dominated in both uterine and cervical samples. peptostreptococcus species dominat ... | 1982 | 6890898 |
| heparin degradation by eubacterium and peptostreptococcus species from bovine endometritis. | 1982 | 6890997 | |
| gardnerella vaginalis and anaerobic bacteria in genital disease. | in a study of gardnerella vaginalis and anaerobic bacteria in non-specific vaginitis (nsv) and other genital disease 89 patients attending a genital medicine clinic had vaginal samples examined for conventional pathogens and for quantitative analysis of g vaginalis and aerobic and anaerobic bacterial flora. the overall incidence of g vaginalis was 20%; g vaginalis (mean concentration 7.0 log10/g of secretion) occurred predominantly in patients with nsv (57%) but also in sexual contacts of non-sp ... | 1983 | 6600955 |
| effect of glucose concentration in the growth medium upon neutral and acidic fermentation end-products of clostridium bifermentans, clostridium sporogenes and peptostreptococcus anaerobius. | clostridium bifermentans, c. sporogenes and peptostreptococcus anaerobius were grown in fastidious anaerobe broth with glucose concentrations from 0-1.5% (w/v). gas chromatographic (glc) analysis of fermentation end-products revealed that a change in glucose concentration markedly affected fermentation patterns of each microorganism. increased glucose concentration resulted in stimulation of ethanol production by all strains, and of butanol and butyric acid by c. sporogenes. with c. bifermentans ... | 1983 | 6822993 |
| anaerobic pyogenic sacroiliitis. | 1983 | 6844970 | |
| perineal crohn's disease complicated by pyogenic liver abscess during metronidazole therapy. | a patient with ileal and perineal crohn's disease developed a pyogenic liver abscess caused by streptococcus milleri. the perineal process had been treated with high-dose metronidazole for the preceding 6 mo, and culture of a perianal abscess 2 mo before admission revealed heavy growth of streptococcus milleri (which was misidentified as an anaerobic peptostreptococcus). this case illustrates the difficulty in correctly identifying streptococcus milleri, the most frequent isolate from pyogenic l ... | 1983 | 6852451 |
| anaerobic bacteria associated with osteomyelitis in domestic animals. | specimens of bony tissue or adjacent soft tissue from 19 animals with osteomyelitis were cultured aerobically and anaerobically. fourteen specimens (74%) yielded anaerobic bacteria in pure culture or mixed with aerobic or facultative anaerobic bacteria. the most predominant genus encountered was an obligate anaerobe, bacteroides. the most frequently isolated bacteroides species was bacteroides asaccharolyticus, which was isolated 5 times. the most frequently isolated anaerobe was peptostreptococ ... | 1983 | 6853311 |
| effect of eight growth media upon fermentation profiles of ten anaerobic bacteria. | a study was made of the influence of eight growth media upon the fermentation end-product patterns obtained with ten species of anaerobes. acidic and neutral end-products of fermentation were analysed by gas chromatography and the results were examined statistically by computer. differences in end-product profile were at least as great between different media used to grow a single anaerobic species, as between different anaerobes grown in a single type of medium. when individual fermentation end ... | 1983 | 6853401 |
| aspiration and lung abscess in cystic fibrosis. | large abscess cavities are not commonly encountered in patients with cystic fibrosis (cf). one such patient is reported in whom an abscess developed secondary to aspiration of sand and salt water. material obtained at bronchoscopy revealed anaerobes as well as the aerobic organisms previously cultured from her sputum. rapid improvement occurred after institution of antibiotic therapy specifically directed against the anaerobic organisms. | 1983 | 6859663 |
| [nonclostridial anaerobic soft tissue infections]. | fourteen cases of nonclostridial anaerobic infections of soft tissues caused by peptococci, peptostreptococci, bacteroids or their combinations with e. coli, proteus, and staphylococcus aureus were studied. they are characterized by a rapid spread of serous-suppurative inflammation and the causative agents in loose fibrous connective tissue of subcutaneous adipose tissue (cellutitis), surface fascia (fasciitis), or skeletal muscles (myositis). dissolution of intercellular structures of the conne ... | 1983 | 6860161 |
| ct in the diagnosis and follow-up of multiple abscesses in the liver. | computed tomography (ct) in the diagnosis of liver abscesses is discussed. the accuracy of ct scan in differentiating hepatic masses is reviewed. two ct control scans were performed during the follow-up period. | 1983 | 6872821 |
| [serodiagnosis of crohn's disease]. | three serological tests, recommended as being of diagnostic value for crohn's disease, were evaluated in 39 patients with crohn's disease and--as controls--in 27 patients with ulcerative colitis, 45 healthy persons and 65 patients with inflammatory diseases other than crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. the tests were the determination of (1) serum antibodies to pseudomonas-like organisms (plo) by means of indirect immunofluorescence; (2) agglutinating serum antibodies to 4 strains of anaerob ... | 1983 | 6872878 |
| purification and characterization of nadp-dependent 7 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase from peptostreptococcus productus strain b-52. | an nadp-dependent 7 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase was purified 11.5-fold over the activity in crude cell extracts prepared from peptostreptococcus productus strain b-52, by using sephadex g-200 and deae-cellulose column chromatography. 7 beta-dehydrogenation was the sole transformation of bile acids catalyzed by the partially purified enzyme. the enzyme preparation (spec. act. 2.781 iu per mg protein) had an optimum ph of 9.8. lineweaver-burk plots showed a michaelis constant (km) value of 0 ... | 1983 | 6572075 |
| phase variation of hyaluronidase-producing peptostreptococci associated with periodontal disease. | peptostreptococci isolated from diseased periodontal pockets produced large amounts of extracellular hyaluronidase throughout their growth cycle. phase variants, obtained by re-streaking aged colonies of the wild types, had different colonial morphology and shorter generation times. these variants produced less hyaluronidase, and enzyme production occurred only during the early stationary phase. | 1983 | 6575993 |
| cecal microflora of turkeys fed low or high fiber diets: enumeration, identification, and determination of cellulolytic activity. | examination of cecal contents or bacterial cultures thereof from turkeys fed either a high fiber (hf) or low fiber (lf) ration indicated that direct microscopic counts of microbes were significantly higher in hf-fed than in lf-fed birds. there was no significant difference in mean colony counts between the two groups of turkeys. in both lf and hf-fed birds, 77% of the microbes were gram-positive rods, 14% gram-negative rods, and 9% gram-positive cocci. the predominant microorganism was eubacteri ... | 1983 | 6306633 |
| inactivation of the polyanionic detergent sodium polyanetholsulfonate by hemoglobin. | sodium polyanetholsulfonate (sps) has been added to blood culture media for many years. its incorporation results in a higher yield of positive blood cultures due to its inactivation of antimicrobial cationic compounds. the most active of these cations include complement components, aminoglycoside-aminocyclitol antibiotics, and receptors on polymorphonuclear leukocytes. there have been reports from studies conducted outside patient blood culture bottles that sps itself may possess antibacterial ... | 1983 | 6315765 |
| [clinical experience with cefotiam in otorhinolaryngologic infections]. | clinical studies of cefotiam (ctm), a new cephalosporin derivative, in otorhinolaryngological field were performed, and the results were summarized as follows. ctm was intravenously injected to 31 cases of otorhinolaryngological infections in daily dose of 1--4 g. clinical efficacy was 33.3% in acute otitis media and chronic otitis media (acute exacerbation) (6 cases), 90% in acute tonsillitis (including peritonsillitis, peritonsillar abscess) (20 cases), 50% in acute pharyngitis (2 cases), 100% ... | 1983 | 6325742 |
| [cefotiam passage into the maxillary sinus tissues]. | clinical study was made on cefotiam (ctm) and the following results were obtained. tissue concentrations of ctm were determined 1 hour after intravenous injection (ctm 1 g) in chronic sinusitis and maxillary cyst. concentrations of ctm were 16.53 micrograms/g, 13.26 micrograms/g in mucosa of the maxillary sinus, maxillary cyst, respectively. antibacterial activity of ctm was measured on escherichia coli, staphylococcus epidermidis, aerococcus, acidaminococcus fermentans, peptostreptococcus anaer ... | 1983 | 6325743 |
| an international study of agglutinins to eubacterium, peptostreptococcus and coprococcus species in crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and control subjects. | the world-wide occurrence of agglutinating antibodies to four coccoid anaerobes belonging to eubacterium, peptostreptococcus and coprococcus spp. was investigated in 937 coded sera from patients suffering from crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, various other diseases and from healthy controls. positive results were found in 59% of patients with crohn's disease, 29% of patients with ulcerative colitis, and 8% of both diseased and healthy control subjects. patients with crohn's disease of the co ... | 1983 | 6628839 |
| bacteriology of dental abscesses of endodontic origin. | aspirates have been cultured from 10 dental abscesses of endodontic origin, all of which had penetrated beyond the bony alveolus to produce fluctuant swelling. sampling was by syringe aspiration. strict anaerobic techniques, including the use of an anaerobic chamber, were used for serial dilution and plating. randomly selected colonies (100) from each culture were purified, characterized, and identified. seventy percent of the bacterial isolates were either strict anaerobes or microaerophilic. o ... | 1983 | 6630460 |
| tubo-ovarian abscess: contemporary approach to management. | two hundred and thirty-two patients with tubo-ovarian abscesses (toas) were evaluated. ruptured toas were documented in seven (3%) of the patients. one hundred and seventy-five patients with toas were treated with antibiotics alone; for 15 of these patients, toas were confirmed by laparoscopy. the remaining 57 patients required surgical intervention: drainage (five patients), unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (19) and total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (33). a unilat ... | 1983 | 6635426 |
| death of an african elephant from probable toxemia attributed to chronic pulpitis. | a 31-year-old captive male african elephant (loxodonta africana) of 5,000-kg body weight died suddenly in ventral recumbency. lesions seen at necropsy were bilateral purulent pulpitis and periodontitis of both tusks, serous atrophy of coronary groove fat, grammocephalus cholangitis, myocardial and skeletal lipofuscinosis, and scattered segmental necrosis in the pectoral muscles. nonhemolytic streptococci, corynebacterium sp, peptostreptococcus anaerobius, fusobacterium nucleatum, and bacteroides ... | 1983 | 6643242 |
| [experimental and clinical evaluation of cefroxadine in the field of obstetrics and gynecology]. | cefroxadine (cxd) was studied in the field of obstetrics and gynecology and the following results were obtained. mic values of cxd against 55 clinical isolates were investigated, from 6.25 to 12.5 micrograms/ml for 8 strains of e. coli, 6.25 micrograms/ml for 3 strains of k. pneumoniae and from 0.39 to 3.13 micrograms/ml for 9 strains of anaerobes such as peptostreptococcus and peptococcus in 10(6) cells/ml. transfer of cxd into intrapelvic organ such as uterus, uterine tube and ovary after the ... | 1983 | 6655868 |
| [clinical study of cefroxadine in the field of obstetrics and gynecology]. | clinical study of cefroxadine (cxd), an orally active cephalosporin, for the treatment of infections in the field of obstetrics and gynecology was carried out and the following results were obtained. fifteen strains were isolated in present study. these isolates were mainly e. coli and anaerobes (peptococcus sp., peptostreptococcus sp.). the distribution of susceptibilities to cxd of e. coli was between 6.25 approximately 12.5 micrograms/ml and that of anaerobes was between 0.39 approximately 1. ... | 1983 | 6655870 |
| the effect of lincomycin-neomycin treatment on experimental anaerobic bacterial bovine mastitis. | three healthy lactating quarters of a friesland cow were each experimentally infected with a pure culture of a strain of either bacteroides fragilis, eubacterium lentum or a peptostreptococcus sp. respectively. the onset and progression to clinical mastitis was monitored 12 hourly by examination for clinical signs of inflammation, bacterial culture, somatic cell counts and with a strip cup. all infected quarters developed clinical mastitis within 24 hours. the 2 quarters infected with b. fragili ... | 1983 | 6668573 |
| selected bacterial antibodies in crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. | agglutinins to four strains of anaerobic gram-positive coccoid rods (species of eubacterium, peptostreptococcus and coprococcus) were found in significantly higher frequency in crohn's disease (cd) than in ulcerative colitis (uc) and in other diseased control subjects and were virtually absent in apparently healthy subjects. when the posterior probability of having cd was calculated on the basis of these agglutination reactions, 64% of patients with cd and 34% of patients with uc but only 10% of ... | 1983 | 6673050 |
| [clinical evaluation of tinidazole on anaerobic infections in the field of obstetrics and gynecology]. | the bacteriological and clinical effect of tinidazole (tdz) was evaluated in 16 cases of intrauterine, intrapelvic and vulvar infection caused by anaerobic organisms and the following results were obtained. anaerobes were detected in 16 cases, including 1 case with anaerobes alone and 15 cases with mixed anaerobes and aerobes. eight different species and 24 strains were detected. a single species was isolated from 9 cases, 2 species from 6 cases and 3 species from 1 case. the main species detect ... | 1983 | 6674545 |
| in vitro activity of u-57930e against anaerobic bacteria and its comparison with clindamycin, ampicillin, carbenicillin and tetracycline. | the in vitro activity of u-57930e, a pipecolic acid amide of clindamycin, was compared with those of clindamycin, ampicillin, carbenicillin and tetracycline against 321 anaerobic clinical isolates. the mic (micrograms/ml) of u-57930e that inhibited 95% bacteroides fragilis, peptococcus prevotii, b. melaninogenicus and p. asaccharolyticus was 0.0625; 0.03125 for peptostreptococcus anaerobius, b. vulgatus, propionibacterium and peptococcus species. clindamycin, on the other hand, gave mic values o ... | 1983 | 6678915 |
| [bacteriological and clinical studies in twenty patients with thoracic empyema--significance of anaerobic bacteria]. | 1983 | 6408199 | |
| susceptibility of brain to aerobic, anaerobic, and fungal organisms. | the utility of an experimental animal model is dependent on its ability to simulate the actual clinical situation. with a stereotaxic injection procedure, the susceptibility of rat brain to the spectrum of organisms commonly associated with human brain abscess was determined. two strains of escherichia coli were more infective than pseudomonas aeruginosa, staphylococcus aureus, and streptococcus pyogenes. even between the e. coli strains it was possible to document significant differences in deg ... | 1983 | 6409808 |
| cefamandole therapy in hand infections. | hand lacerations, especially when inadequately treated, may result in infections caused by aerobic or anaerobic bacteria. anaerobic infections most commonly result from human bite injuries in which there is contact between hand and mouth. the search continues for an ideal antibiotic to employ when anaerobic organisms are suspected. in this study cefamandole, a new cephalosporin antibiotic, was employed whenever anaerobic hand infections were suspected following trauma. in each patient quantitati ... | 1983 | 6415153 |
| [anaerobic sepsis]. | 1983 | 6141318 | |
| [bacterial flora isolated from the cervical secretions of patients with acute gonorrhea and their sensitivities to spectinomycin and ampicillin]. | subsequent to studies of clinical effects of spectinomycin (spcm) and ampicillin (abpc) given in combination on acute gonorrhea in female patients, sensitivity of n. gonorrhoeae to each of these antibiotics was determined. furthermore, cervical discharge of female patients was searched for other organisms. combined antimicrobial action of spcm and abpc were also examined. aerobic and anaerobic organisms were obtained from cervical discharge of 20 cases of acute gonorrhea. the predominant aerobe ... | 1983 | 6228677 |
| cefoperazone therapy for obstetric and gynecologic infections. | the safety and clinical efficacy of cefoperazone therapy for obstetric and gynecologic infections have been evaluated in clinical trials involving 107 women hospitalized at nine medical centers. the indications for cefoperazone therapy have included post-partum and postoperative uterine infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, postoperative pelvic infections, and miscellaneous pelvic infections. a variety of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, including members of the genera staphylococcus, streptoc ... | 1983 | 6221385 |
| [viability of anaerobic streptococci (peptostreptococci) stored in different ways]. | 1983 | 6196542 | |
| frequency of occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial isolates from the intestinal and female genital tracts. | in the selection of empiric therapy for infections of the female genital tract and intraabdominal infections in humans, the requisite information includes (1) the frequency of isolation of bacterial species dominant in the normal gastrointestinal and female genital tracts and in intraabdominal and female genital tract infections and (2) the in vitro susceptibilities of the dominant species to drugs that may be used against them (e.g., penicillin g, cefoperazone, cefoxitin, chloramphenicol, clind ... | 1983 | 6342102 |
| [use of cephalosporins as antibiotic prophylaxis in cesarean section]. | cefoxitin, a second-generation cephalosporin, was compared with cefazolin, a first-generation cephalosporin, and a placebo in a prospective, double-blind study of antibiotic prophylaxis in women undergoing nonelective cesarean section. in the groups that received cefazolin or the placebo there eas no statistically significant change in colonization of the cervix by aerobic bacteria by the fourth day after the operation, but there was a statistically significant increase in colonization by anaero ... | 1983 | 6344970 |
| the survival of anaerobic bacteria at 4 degrees c and 22 degrees c on swabs in three transport systems. statistical evaluation by application of a variance component model. | the survival of anaerobic bacteria on swabs in three transport systems at 4 degrees c and 22 degrees c was evaluated. the transport systems were a charcoal-impregnated cotton swab in modified stuart's transport medium (ms), a plain cotton swab in a dry aerobic tube (da) and a plain cotton swab in an aerobic agar tube (aa). the test strains were bacteroides fragilis, b. melaninogenicus ss. intermedius, fusobacterium necrophorum, peptostreptococcus anaerobius, eubacterium lentum and clostridium ra ... | 1983 | 6346789 |
| the recovery of anaerobic bacteria from swabs in three transport systems. statistical evaluation by application of a variance component model. | the recovery of six anaerobic species from swabs in three transport systems was quantitatively evaluated. the test strains were bacteroides fragilis, b. melaninogenicus ss. intermedius, fusobacterium necrophorum, peptostreptococcus anaerobius, eubacterium lentum, and clostridium ramosum. the transport systems were a charcoal-impregnated cotton swab in modified stuart's transport medium (ms), or a plain cotton swab in either a dry aerobic tube (da) or an aerobic agar tube (aa). swabs were charged ... | 1983 | 6346790 |
| production of histolytic enzymes by a combination of oral bacteria with known pathogenicity. | eight oral bacterial strains, isolated from an infected root canal, have been investigated for their capacity to produce histolytic enzymes. the determination was performed using methods espoused by two different principles. eleven out of 12 enzymes examined were demonstrated in the "eight-strain collection". in no single bacterial strain were all enzymes revealed. it was suggested that the pathogenicity of the bacterial strains, singly or in combination, was not solely dependent on the producti ... | 1983 | 6352755 |
| on the occurrence of enoate reductase and 2-oxo-carboxylate reductase in clostridia and some observations on the amino acid fermentation by peptostreptococcus anaerobius. | enoate reductase present in clostridium kluyveri and clostridium spec. la 1 could be detected in three strains of c. tyrobutyricum and ten clostridia belonging to the groups of proteolytic and saccharolytic or proteolytic species, respectively. in c. pasteurianum, c. butyricum and c. propionicum enoate reductase could not be found even after growth on (e)-2-butenoate. a 2-oxo-carboxylate reductase was present in rather low activities in the non-proteolytic clostridia which produce enoate reducta ... | 1983 | 6354130 |
| continuous opacity monitoring of the growth of bacteria under strict anaerobic conditions. | a newly designed instrument is described which generates continuous records of the opacities of six bacterial cultures growing under strict anaerobic conditions. additions (for example, of antibacterial agents) or withdrawal of culture (for example, for viable counting) can be made at any time without breach of anaerobiosis. use of the instrument is illustrated by growth curves obtained from small inocula of two strict anaerobes, bacteroides asaccharolyticus and peptostreptococcus anaerobius and ... | 1983 | 6355193 |
| the frequency and some characteristics of anaerobic bacteria isolated from various forms of bovine mastitis. | the prevalence of strictly anaerobic bacteria in the secretions from untreated cases of mastitis in lactating dairy cows was investigated. the study involved 147 friesland cows in 12 highveld herds. all herds yielded cows with anaerobic udder infections. no anaerobic bacteria were recovered from cows with normal quarters or those with latent aerobic infections. only anaerobes were present in 10% of so-called 'aseptic' mastitis cases. a variety of anaerobic organisms was isolated concurrently wit ... | 1983 | 6355474 |
| effects of atmosphere of incubation on recovery of bacteria and yeasts from blood cultures in tryptic soy broth. | a comparison was made of the results of blood cultures between 1974 and 1981 in unvented and transiently vented bottles of tryptic soy broth under vacuum with co2. a total of 14,646 isolates were available for statistical analysis. significantly more isolates of staphylococcus epidermidis, staphylococcus aureus, bacillus, escherichia, pseudomonas, klebsiella, serratia, acinetobacter, alcaligenes, neisseria, and candida were recovered from the vented bottle. significantly more isolates of coryneb ... | 1983 | 6370565 |
| anaerobic oral and dental infection. | anaerobes make up a significant part of the oral and dental indigenous and pathogenic flora. their role in periodontal disease, root canal infections, infections of the hard and soft oral tissue, as well as their importance as foci for disseminated infectious disease is well established. despite the ubiquitous involvement of bacteria, significant progress in our understanding of specific microbial etiologies has occurred only in the past decade. estimates of the number of species recovered from ... | 1984 | 6372018 |
| role of anaerobic bacteria in bite-wound infections. | the etiologic agents usually involved in wound infections due to human or animal bites are the aerobic skin flora of the victim, e.g., staphylococcus aureus, and/or the aerobic oral flora of the biter, e.g., pasteurella multocida. while anaerobic bacteria are predominant in the normal oral flora of humans and animals, their importance in the pathogenesis of bite-wound infections has not been stressed. most investigators in this field have either not cultured these wounds for anaerobic bacteria o ... | 1984 | 6372026 |
| anaerobes as normal oral flora. | the human mouth provides a suitable habitat for numerous bacterial genera. anaerobic genera or genera that include anaerobic members found in the oral cavity are actinomyces, arachnia, bacteroides, bifidobacterium, eubacterium, fusobacterium, lactobacillus, leptotrichia, peptococcus, peptostreptococcus, propionibacterium, selenomonas, treponema, and veillonella. the incidence of anaerobes varies with age of the individual and with specific sites sampled. in edentulous infants, the incidence of a ... | 1984 | 6372039 |
| pectinolytic enzymes of oral spirochetes from humans. | five strains of obligately anaerobic, pectin-fermenting spirochetes were isolated from the subgingival plaque of humans. the strains produced two extracellular enzymatic activities that functioned in pectin degradation. one of these enzymatic activities was pectin methylesterase (ec 3.1.1.11), and the other was pectate lyase (ec 4.2.2.2) of the endo type. the data indicate that the cumulative action of these two enzymatic activities brought about depolymerization of pectin in spirochete cultures ... | 1984 | 6383218 |
| clinical efficacy of cefoperazone in obstetric and gynecologic infections. | compared with second-generation cephalosporins, cefoperazone, a third-generation cephalosporin, has demonstrated an extended antibacterial spectrum. in addition, it has a long serum half-life and requires only twice-a-day administration. in this study, 66 patients with clinically diagnosed obstetric and gynecologic infections were treated with cefoperazone, and 61 were evaluated for efficacy. an overall cure rate of 93% (57 patients) was achieved. in view of the excellent clinical response and c ... | 1984 | 6383613 |
| [growth of anaerobes of the upper small intestine using the glovebox technic]. | with 80 patients a microecologic analysis of the duodenal flora has been performed. due to the optimal cultivation technique with the glove-box more frequently as supposed till now, anaerobes with partial high numbers could be detected, and classified to different types of dysbiosis. a striking role among the isolated and classified gram-positive roots play the genera eubacterium, propionibacterium, actinomyces, and bifidobacterium. peptococcus and peptostreptococcus are to be found frequently, ... | 1984 | 6387500 |
| isolation of obligate anaerobic bacteria from bovine abscesses in sites other than the liver. | a survey in japan showed that of 2036 slaughtered cattle 58(3%) had abscesses in sites other than the liver. in 21 of the affected animals the lesions were pulmonary and in 32 abdominal (excluding hepatic); in five animals the lesions were found elsewhere (muscle 2, skin 2, bone 1). nineteen (33%) of the 58 cattle also had abscesses in the liver. obligate anaerobes alone were isolated from 17(29%) of the affected animals (fusobacterium necrophorum 14, bacteroides spp. 2, peptostreptococcus anaer ... | 1984 | 6389873 |
| [anaerobic microflora of the contents of the upper maxillary sinuses in patients with chronic sinusitis]. | 1984 | 6401097 | |
| gas-producing brain abscess due to peptostreptococcus. | 1984 | 6204240 | |
| [bacterial flora of the urogenital tract in men with non-gonorrheal urethritis]. | 1984 | 6144143 | |
| clinical and microbiological characterization of patients with nonspecific vaginosis associated with motile, curved anaerobic rods. | the vaginal secretions of 20 normal control subjects and 21 patients with motile, curved anaerobic rods were cultured for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, chlamydia trachomatis, herpes simplex virus, and trichomonas vaginalis. extensive histories and physical examinations of the patients and microscopic appearance and gas-liquid chromatography patterns of vaginal secretions were compared between the two groups. the patients who had motile rods in their vaginal secretions more frequently presented ... | 1984 | 6144713 |
| a kinetic study of the oxidative deamination of l-glutamate by peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus glutamate dehydrogenase using a variety of coenzymes. | the nad+-specific glutamate dehydrogenase from peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus follows michaelis-menten kinetics in contrast to the enzyme from several other sources, and thus gives linear double-reciprocal plots of initial-rate data. the initial-rate parameters have been determined for this bacterial dehyrogenase in the direction of oxidative deamination. the use of alternative coenzymes leads to some conclusions about the order of substrate addition. an investigation of the ph dependence o ... | 1984 | 6148240 |
| peptostreptococcus productus strain that grows rapidly with co as the energy source. | anaerobic bacteria were enriched with a sewage digestor sludge inoculum and a mineral medium supplemented with b-vitamins and 0.05% yeast extract and with a 50% co-30% n2-20% co2 (2 atm [202 kpa]) gas phase. microscopic observation revealed an abundance of gram-positive cocci, 1.0 by 1.4 micron, which occurred in pairs or chains. the coccus, strain u-1, was isolated by using roll tubes with co as the energy source. based on morphology, sugars fermented, fermentation products from glucose (h2, ac ... | 1984 | 6430231 |
| [a case of septic pulmonary emboli due to peptostreptococcus associated with liver abscess]. | 1984 | 6434659 | |
| diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis of the mandible. | the medical care of patients with diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis (dso) of the mandible has been unsatisfactory. the main reasons for this have been insufficient knowledge of the disease and its natural history, difficulties in establishing the correct diagnosis, and the unknown etiology. the clinical features and natural history of the disease were studied by means of repeated radiographic and scintigraphic recordings. the biopsy technique was improved by using a slowly rotating coarse trepan ... | 1984 | 6437998 |
| surgical management of piriform sinus fistula. | four cases of acute cervical abscess resulting from infection through the left piriform sinus fistula are described. the fistula seems to be related to the cause of infection in many of previously reported cases of acute suppurative thyroiditis or "recurrent lateral cervical fistula." complete removal of the fistula is essential to a permanent cure, and the guide of a fogarty catheter through the fistula is useful at operation for patients with repeated infection. | 1984 | 6465693 |
| anaerobic bacteria isolated from foot infections in diabetic patients: in vitro susceptibility to nine antibiotics. | twenty-nine isolates of anaerobic bacteria from foot infections in diabetic patients were tested, using the agar dilution method, for in vitro susceptibility to nine antimicrobial agents. imipenem and metronidazole showed excellent activity; clindamycin and chloramphenicol were next in terms of efficacy. cefoxitin and moxalactam demonstrated good activity, although three isolates of the bacteroides fragilis group were resistant to moxalactam. penicillin g, cefotaxime, and cefoperazone showed poo ... | 1984 | 6467279 |