| typhus-like fever of proteus vulgaris oxx type in northwest china; report of six cases. | | 1948 | 18873686 |
| proteus ox19 agglutination in pregnancy. | | 1948 | 18874405 |
| proteus group organisms infecting dogs. | | 1948 | 18876809 |
| frequency, concentration and behavior of proteus vulgaris ox19 agglutinin and complement fixing antibody for rickettsia prowazeki in typhus and non-typhus febrile patients and in normal and vaccinated persons. | | 1948 | 18879180 |
| [not available]. | | 1948 | 18880586 |
| [not available]. | | 1948 | 18883978 |
| [not available]. | | 1948 | 18885563 |
| a case of otogenous cerebellar abscess due to proteus vulgaris. | | 1948 | 18886556 |
| [not available]. | | 1947 | 18898485 |
| the treatment of bacillus coli and bacillus proteus infections of the urinary tract with a new sulfonamide (nu-445). | | 1948 | 18898752 |
| septicemia due to proteus vulgaris; review of the literature and report of a case cured by streptomycin. | | 1948 | 18899232 |
| [not available]. | | 1947 | 18900199 |
| [not available]. | | 1947 | 18900634 |
| bacillus proteus meningitis. | | 1948 | 18902965 |
| attempts to infect amoeba proteus with poliomyelitis virus. | | 1948 | 18903378 |
| [not available]. | | 1947 | 18903928 |
| chloral hydrate plates for the inhibition of swarming of proteus. | | 1948 | 18905760 |
| the mechanism of swarming of proteus. | | 1947 | 18907580 |
| some studies on amino acid metabolism by the genus proteus. | | 1947 | 18908616 |
| neonatal arthritis due to proteus vulgaris. | | 1948 | 18908800 |
| morphological appearances of various stages in b. proteus and coli. | | 1947 | 18910324 |
| the role of pantothenic acid in the metabolism of pyruvate by proteus morganii. | | 1948 | 18910738 |
| effect of penicillin sodium on coliform bacilli and proteus in vitro. | | 1948 | 18916210 |
| [not available]. | | 1948 | 18916922 |
| [interrelations between x-proteus and rickettsia prowazeki; pathogenicity of g-form x-proteus in experimental infection of mice]. | | 1947 | 18918681 |
| [purple urine bag syndrome]. | | 2008 | 18922671 |
| 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 |
| prevalence and beta-lactamase producing bacterial isolates in a teaching hospital in peshawar, pakistan: a four year study. | prevalence of microorganisms was studies in clinical samples of various body fluids (n=12,259), collected from patients at post graduate medical institute hayatabad medical complex (pgmi, hmc) peshawar. only 34.90% of samples exhibited growth, 36.25% of these isolates were gram positive and 63.75% were gram negative bacteria. e. coli was the most prevalent organism (39.45%) followed by s. aureus (32.23%), proteus spp. (9.23%), pseudomonas spp. (6.54%), streptococuss spp. (3.51%), acinetobacter s ... | 2008 | 18930859 |
| determination of pathogenic bacteria by cze with surface-modified capillaries. | the importance of electromigration techniques in molecular biology and medicine is increasing rapidly, especially in systematic studies on proteomes and metabolomes. staphylococcus aureus and escherichia coli are bacterial species most frequently encountered in human infections, and many serious illnesses can be observed in the hospital environment. in this contribution we proposed a ce method with different modification of internal capillary surface and with monolithic beds as a selective mater ... | 2008 | 18942676 |
| detection of protozoan and bacterial pathogens of public health importance in faeces of corvus spp. (large-billed crow). | parasites and bacteria are reported in the faeces of birds in the current study. fresh faecal samples of the large-billed crow (corvus spp.) were collected from the study site at bangsar, an urban setting in kuala lumpur, malaysia. these samples were transported to laboratory and analysed for parasites and bacteria. pre-prepared xld agar plates were used for culturing the bacteria in the laboratory. using the api 20etm test strips, 9 different species of bacteria were identified belonging to the ... | 2008 | 18948884 |
| purple like a glove. | | 2008 | 18951389 |
| characterization of a cryptic plasmid from an alpha-proteobacterial endosymbiont of amoeba proteus. | a new cryptic plasmid pap3.9 was discovered in symbiotic alpha-proteobacteria present in the cytoplasm of amoeba proteus. the plasmid is 3869bp with a gc content of 34.66% and contains replication origins for both double-strand (dso) and single-strand (sso). it has three putative orfs encoding mob, rep and phosphoglycolate phosphatase (pgpase). the pap3.9 plasmid appears to propagate by the conjugative rolling-circle replication (rcr), since it contains all required factors such as rep, sso and ... | 2009 | 18951917 |
| evaluation of screening methods to detect plasmid-mediated ampc in escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, and proteus mirabilis. | there are currently no standardized phenotypic methods for the screening and detection of ampc enzymes. this study aimed to evaluate different methods to detect ampc enzymes in escherichia coli, klebsiella spp., and proteus spp., comparing the results from two disk-based methods and an agar dilution method. ampc activity was determined for 255 clinical isolates by use of a three-dimensional enzyme assay combined with a multiplex pcr assay for plasmid-borne ampc genes. these results were compared ... | 2009 | 18955528 |
| a thin liquid film thickness shear mode bulk acoustic wave sensor for determination of proteus mirabilis. | a thickness shear mode bulk acoustic wave sensor coated with a thin liquid culture medium film was developed and applied to determine the concentration of proteus mirabilis (p. mirabilis). experiments demonstrated that there was a good linear relationship between the turning point time and the logarithm of the p. mirabilis concentration in the range 2.0 x 10(2)-2.0 x 10(6) cells ml(-1). the detection was fast and accurate because of the sharp turning point of the response due to the thin culture ... | 1996 | 18966534 |
| a rapid method for determining mycobacterium tuberculosis based on a bulk acoustic wave impedance biosensor. | the bulk acoustic wave impedance biosensor was set up and used to monitor the growth of mycobacterium tuberculosis (m.tb). this sensor is rapid, simple, sensitive (lower limit is 2 x 10(3) cells ml(-1)) and cheap (easy to generalize). the typical response curve was different from other bacteria's, such as escherichia coli, staphylococcus aureus, proteus mirabilis. the frequency detection time was used to quantitatively determine m.tb. it was proportional to logarithm of the initial concentration ... | 2003 | 18968982 |
| a survey on species and prevalence rate of bacterial agents isolated from cockroaches in three hospitals. | the presence of cockroaches has health implications, such as nosocomial infection, as the insects move freely from areas within and around hospitals that may harbor pathogenic organisms. the goals of the present study were to determine species of bacteria isolated from cockroaches found in three tehran hospitals, and to determine distribution of potential vectors by species and sex. the study is descriptive laboratory research. a total of 305 cockroaches from three species were trapped and ident ... | 2009 | 18973441 |
| highly resistant microorganisms in a teaching hospital: the role of horizontal spread in a setting of endemicity. | to determine the incidence density of highly resistant organisms (hros) and the relative contribution of horizontal spread in a setting of endemicity. | 2008 | 18973456 |
| dna adenine methylation of sams1 gene in symbiont-bearing amoeba proteus. | the expression of amoeba sams genes is switched from sams1 to sams2 when amoebae are infected with legionella jeonii. to elucidate the mechanism for the inactivation of host sams1 gene by endosymbiotic bacteria, methylation states of the sams1 gene of d and xd amoebae was compared in this study. the sams1 gene of amoebae was methylated at an internal adenine residue of gatc site in symbiont-bearing xd amoebae but not in symbiont-free d amoebae, suggesting that the modification might have caused ... | 2008 | 18974959 |
| in vitro study to compare sensitivity of amoxicillin+clavulanic acid and cefpodoxime+clavulanic acid among beta-lactamase positive clinical isolates of gram-positive and gram-negative pathogens. | the present study was carried out to compare the in vitro sensitivity of cefpodoxime + clavulanic acid and amoxicillin + clavulanic acid against 55 gram-positive and 123 gram-negative beta-lactamase positive clinical isolates. micro-organisms isolated from different clinical specimens were tested for beta-lactamase/esbl by using nitrocefin disc test and for metallo beta-lactamase by using double disc synergy test. a total of 299 (93 gram-positive and 206 gram-negative) clinical isolates were tes ... | 2008 | 18975519 |
| utility of reflexive semen cultures for detecting bacterial infections in patients with infertility and leukocytospermia. | this study evaluated the benefit of reflexive semen cultures in peroxidase-positive samples drawn from 17,142 consecutive samples analyzed, in which 4.7% (807/17,142) had leukocytospermia and 12.7% of those (103/807) grew significant bacterial colonies on culture. considering the potential ramifications of the use of samples with bacteriospermia, we conclude that reflexive culture results are cost-effective and prudent. | 2009 | 18980764 |
| bacteriology of non-surgical wound infections in ibadan, nigeria. | previous studies done on wound infections in this environment had been mostly on the surgical variety rather than the non-surgical. however,few studies available on the non-surgical type have indicated that changes do occur in the pattern and antibiogram of the bacterial isolates of these non-surgical wound infections. this study was therefore designed to investigate the bacteriology of non-surgical wound infections in this environment. a retrospective review of seven hundred and fifty four case ... | 2008 | 18982819 |
| ascomycones a-c, heptaketide metabolites from an unidentified ascomycete. | the ascomycones a-c (1-3), three novel heptaketide-derived secondary metabolites, have been isolated from cultures of an unknown ascomycete. while 1 and 2 are closely related pyranonaphthoquinones, 3 has a bicyclic dihydronaphthoquinone core. compounds 2 and 3 exhibited significant activity against several phytopathogenic fungi. | 2008 | 18989977 |
| liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry to study chondroitin lyase action pattern. | liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry was applied to determine the action pattern of different chondroitin lyases. two commercial enzymes, chondroitinase abc (proteus vulgaris) and chondroitinase acii (arthrobacter aurescens), having action patterns previously determined by viscosimetry and gel electrophoresis were first examined. next, the action patterns of recombinant lyases, chondroitinase abc from bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (expressed in escherichia coli) and chondroitinase ac from flav ... | 2009 | 18992215 |
| evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of the acetone extract of the lichen ramalina farinacea and its (+)-usnic acid, norstictic acid, and protocetraric acid constituents. | the acetone extract of the lichen ramalina farinacea and its (+)-usnic acid constituent showed antimicrobial activity against bacillus subtilis, listeria monocytogenes, proteus vulgaris, staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus faecalis, yersinia enterocolitica, candida albicans, and candida glabrata. norstictic acid was active against aeromonas hydrophila as well as the above microorganisms except yersinia enterocolitica. protocetraric acid showed activity only against the tested yeasts candida alb ... | 2004 | 18998406 |
| susceptibility pattern of some clinical bacterial isolates to selected antibiotics and disinfectants. | the antibacterial activities of five antibiotics, three brands of ofloxacins (obenasin, floxavid and drovid) and two brands of ciprofloxacins (uroxin and siprosan), and five commonly used disinfectants (lysol, dettol, purit, roberts and wex-cide) against staphylococcus aureus, escherichia coli, proteus spp., pseudomonas aeruginosa, streptococcus spp. and bacillus spp. were investigated. the growth inhibitory effect of both the antibiotics and disinfectants were determined using paper disk diffus ... | 2008 | 19004240 |
| development of recombinant escherichia coli whole-cell biocatalyst expressing a novel alkaline lipase-coding gene from proteus sp. for biodiesel production. | a lipase-producing bacterium k107 was isolated from soil samples of china and identified to be a strain of proteus sp. with genome-walking method, the open reading frame of lipase gene lipk107, encoding 287 amino acids, was cloned and expressed in a heterologous host, escherichia coli bl21 (de3). the recombinant lipase was purified and characterized, and the optimum ph of the purified lipk107 was 9, at 35 degrees c. the recombinant e. coli expressing lipk107 was applied in biodiesel production i ... | 2009 | 19007827 |
| an explanatory model to validate the way water activity rules periodic terrace generation in proteus mirabilis swarm. | this paper explains the biophysical principles which, according to us, govern the proteus mirabilis swarm phenomenon. then, this explanation is translated into a mathematical model, essentially based on partial differential equations. this model is then implemented using numerical methods of the finite volume type in order to make simulations. the simulations show most of the characteristics which are observed in situ and in particular the terrace generation. | 2009 | 19009295 |
| nationwide surveillance in taiwan of the in-vitro activity of tigecycline against clinical isolates of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae. | tigecycline in-vitro surveillance in taiwan (tist), initiated in 2006, is a nationwide surveillance programme designed to monitor longitudinally the in-vitro activity of tigecycline against commonly encountered resistant bacteria. this study compared the in-vitro activity of tigecycline against clinical isolates of resistant gram-negative bacteria determined by the broth microdilution and etest methods. a total of 622 isolates were collected from patients treated at 20 teaching hospitals. tigecy ... | 2008 | 19013351 |
| incomplete renal tubular acidosis as a predisposing factor for calcium phosphate stones in neuropathic bladder: a case report. | abstract: we present a male tetraplegic patient, who developed stones in neuropathic bladder six times within a span of three years. unusual features of this case are: (1) this patient started developing stones in urinary bladder thirteen years after sustaining spinal cord injury. (2) he was performing intermittent catheterisation and did not have an indwelling catheter. (3) the presenting symptom of vesical lithiasis was abdominal spasms and not urine infection. (4) the major component of the s ... | 2008 | 19014688 |
| chitosan acetate bandage as a topical antimicrobial dressing for infected burns. | an engineered chitosan acetate bandage preparation (hemcon) is used as a hemostatic dressing, and its chemical structure suggests that it should also be antimicrobial. we previously showed that when a chitosan acetate bandage was applied to full-thickness excisional wounds in mice that had been infected with pathogenic bioluminescent bacteria (pseudomonas aeruginosa, proteus mirabilis, and staphylococcus aureus), it was able to rapidly kill the bacteria and save the mice from developing fatal in ... | 2009 | 19015341 |
| characterization and sequence analysis of extended-spectrum-{beta}-lactamase-encoding genes from escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, and proteus mirabilis isolates collected during tigecycline phase 3 clinical trials. | in concert with the development of novel beta-lactams and broad-spectrum cephalosporins, bacterially encoded beta-lactamases have evolved to accommodate the new agents. this study was designed to identify, at the sequence level, the genes responsible for the extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase (esbl) phenotypes of escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, and proteus mirabilis isolates collected during the global tigecycline phase 3 clinical trials. pcr assays were developed to identify and clone th ... | 2009 | 19015360 |
| bacterial contamination in drinking water: a case study in rural areas of northern rajasthan, india. | the objective of this study was to determine the bacterial contaminations in drinking water samples collected form some rural habitations of northern rajasthan, india. a total of ten bacterial species: escherichia coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, enterobacter aerogenes, klebsiella sp, proteus vulgaris, alcaligenes faecalis, bacillus cereus, staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus lactis and micrococcus luteum were identified form drinking water samples. the bacteria belonging to the family enterobacte ... | 2009 | 19023670 |
| frequency of renal stone disease in patients with urinary tract infection. | to determine incidence of renal stone disease in patients with urinary tract infection, this cross sectional study was conducted at surgical unit of district head quarters hospital, charsadda over a period of one year from january to december 2005. | 2008 | 19024188 |
| antibacterial activity of acalypha indica l. | hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts from the leaves of acalypha indica were tested against gram-positive (staphylococcus aureus, staphylococcus epidermidis, bacillus cereus, streptococcus faecalis) and gram-negative (klebsiella pneumoniae, escherichia coli, proteus vulgaris, pseudomonas aeruginosa) bacteria. all the extracts exhibited antibacterial activity against gram-positive organisms with minimum inhibitory concentrations (mic) between 0.156 to 2.5 mg/ml. among the gram- ... | 2008 | 19024213 |
| prevalence and characterization of verotocytoxin producing escherichia coli o157 from diarrhoea patients in morogoro, tanzania. | escherichia coli o157:h7 is an important agent of haemorrhagic colitis and haemolytic uraemic syndrome in children less than five years old and elderly people. the objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of verotocytoxin producing e. coli 0157 (vtec o157) among human patients with diarrhoea in morogoro, tanzania. faecal samples originating from 275 human patients with diarrhoea were screened for presence of e. coli o157:h7. a total of 96 e. coli isolate were identified. of thes ... | 2008 | 19024340 |
| [nationwide susceptibility surveillance of ciprofloxacin and various parenteral antimicrobials against bacteria isolated from patients with severe infections--third ciproxan injection special survey (2005)]. | we conducted 3 nationwide surveillance studies between 2001 and 2005 at 39 participating institutions throughout japan according to the special survey plan to investigate susceptibility to ciprofloxacin (cpfx) and various parenteral antimicrobials using clinical isolates from patients with severe infection during the reexamination period of parenteral cpfx. results of the first special survey (2001) were already reported in this journal. the current third special survey (2005) was conducted at 3 ... | 2008 | 19024645 |
| vaccination with proteus toxic agglutinin, a hemolysin-independent cytotoxin in vivo, protects against proteus mirabilis urinary tract infection. | complicated urinary tract infections (uti) caused by proteus mirabilis are associated with severe pathology in the bladder and kidney. to investigate the roles of two established cytotoxins, the hpma hemolysin, a secreted cytotoxin, and proteus toxic agglutinin (pta), a surface-associated cytotoxin, mutant analysis was used in conjunction with a mouse model of ascending uti. inactivation of pta, but not inactivation of hpma, resulted in significant decreases in the bacterial loads of the mutant ... | 2009 | 19029299 |
| emphysematous cystitis. | | 2008 | 19033516 |
| identification of plasmid-mediated ampc beta-lactamases in escherichia coli, klebsiella spp., and proteus species can potentially improve reporting of cephalosporin susceptibility testing results. | the goal of this study was to determine if the interpretations of extended-spectrum and advanced-spectrum cephalosporins (escs and ascs, respectively) for isolates of enterobacteriaceae would be impacted by the results of aminophenylboronic acid (apba) testing. fifty-three isolates of escherichia coli, 21 klebsiella species, and 6 proteus species that were resistant to at least one esc were tested by disk diffusion with ceftazidime and cefotetan disks with and without apba. ceftazidime disks wit ... | 2009 | 19036936 |
| [antagonistic properties of enterococci isolated from gastrointestinal tract of long-livers]. | the strains with antagonistic activity against indicator strains pseudomonas aeruginosa, proteus vulgaris, staphylococcus aureus, staphylococcus epidermidis, escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumonia, salmonella enterica were revealed among 58 enterococcus strains isolated from gastrointestinal tract of long-livers. the influence of different components of mrs medium on the antagonistic effect was established. antagonistic activity remained on the medium without glucose in 36% of strains, on the me ... | 2008 | 19044009 |
| hyperammonemic encephalopathy caused by urinary tract infection with urinary retention. | | 2008 | 19046708 |
| microbiological and toxicological effects of perla black bean (phaseolus vulgaris l.) extracts: in vitro and in vivo studies. | we investigated the microbiological and toxicological effects of three perla black bean extracts on the growth and culture of selected pathogenic microorganisms, the toxicity over vero cell lines and an in vivo rat model. three different solvents were used to obtain perla black bean extracts. all three perla black bean extracts were tested for antibacterial and antiparasitic activity and further analysed for intrinsic cytotoxicity (ic(50)). methanol perla black bean extract was used for acute to ... | 2009 | 19053992 |
| hemihyperplasia-multiple lipomatosis syndrome (hhml): a challenge in spinal care. | a 15-year-old girl developed a progressive paraparesis over a period of six months, secondary to spinal cord compression by a lipomatous mass and anomalies of the vertebral column. clinically, a right hemihyperplasia affecting the trunk and lower limb was evident, as well as a right convex lumbar scoliosis. ct and mri demonstrated severe spinal cord compression resulting from intraspinal lipomatosis, overgrowth of right facet joints (t8 to l5), and kyphoscoliosis. surgical decompression was unde ... | 2008 | 19058713 |
| changing trend in antimicrobial resistance of pediatric uropathogens in taiwan. | there is growing concern regarding antimicrobial resistance worldwide, particularly of escherichia coli, and the first choice of an antimicrobial agent for empiric treatment of pediatric urinary tract infection (uti) is not well established. | 2008 | 19067894 |
| 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 |
| a fatty acid messenger is responsible for inducing dispersion in microbial biofilms. | it is well established that in nature, bacteria are found primarily as residents of surface-associated communities called biofilms. these structures form in a sequential process initiated by attachment of cells to a surface, followed by the formation of matrix-enmeshed microcolonies, and culminating in dispersion of the bacteria from the mature biofilm. in the present study, we have demonstrated that, during growth, pseudomonas aeruginosa produces an organic compound we have identified as cis-2- ... | 2009 | 19074399 |
| antimicrobial activities of pomegranate rind extracts: enhancement by addition of metal salts and vitamin c. | punica granatum l. or pomegranates, have been reported to have antimicrobial activity against a range of gram positive and negative bacteria. pomegranate formulations containing ferrous salts have enhanced although short-term, antibacteriophage activities which are rapidly diminished owing to instability of the ferrous combination. the aim of this study was to determine the antimicrobial activities of combinations of pomegranate rind extracts (pre) with a range of metals salts with the added sta ... | 2008 | 19077299 |
| the effect of monoterpenes on swarming differentiation and haemolysin activity in proteus mirabilis. | urinary tract infection by proteus mirabilis depends on several virulence properties that are coordinately regulated with swarming differentiation. here we report the antibacterial and anti-swarming effect of seventeen terpenoids, and the effect of subinhibitory concentrations of five selected terpenoids on swarming, biofilm formation and haemolysin activity. the results showed that all the terpenes evaluated, particularly oxygenated terpenoids, inhibited p. mirabilis with mic values ranging bet ... | 2008 | 19078852 |
| periodontal findings and other oral manifestations in proteus syndrome: a case report. | proteus syndrome is an extremely rare congenital disorder with progressive asymmetric overgrowth of multiple tissues. the etiology is unknown to date. the aim of this article was to describe the clinical and radiographic periodontal findings and other oral manifestations in a patient with proteus syndrome. a 13-year-old caucasian brazilian girl with proteus syndrome was evaluated by means of clinical examination and full-mouth intraoral radiographic analysis. the patient showed skeletal malforma ... | 2008 | 19081899 |
| growth and aroma contribution of microbacterium foliorum, proteus vulgaris and psychrobacter sp. during ripening in a cheese model medium. | the growth and aroma contribution of microbacterium foliorum, proteus vulgaris and psychrobacter sp., some common but rarely mentioned cheese bacteria, were investigated in a cheese model deacidified by debaryomyces hansenii during the ripening process. our results show that these bacteria had distinct growth and cheese flavour production patterns during the ripening process. p. vulgaris had the greatest capacity to produce not only the widest variety but also the highest quantities of volatile ... | 2009 | 19083231 |
| biotransformation of the marine sesquiterpene pacifenol by a facultative marine fungus. | continued investigation of the marine alga laurencia claviformis has led to the isolation of pacifenol, a halogenated sesquiterpene as the major metabolite. the microbial transformation of pacifenol is reported. it was cultivated with a marine strain of penicillium brevicompactum yielding a new compound. the structure was elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data. the anti-microbial activity of pacifenol derivatives is reported. | 2008 | 19085420 |
| involvement of myosin vi immunoanalog in pinocytosis and phagocytosis in amoeba proteus. | recently, we found a 130-kda myosin vi immunoanalog in amoeba, which bound to actin in an atp-sensitive manner and in migrating amoebae colocalized to filamentous actin and dynamin ii-containing vesicular structures. to further characterize this protein, we assessed its involvement in amoeba pinocytosis and phagocytosis. confocal immunofluorescence microscopy and electron microscopy of immunogold-stained cells revealed that, in pinocytotic and phagocytotic amoebae, the myosin vi immunoanalog was ... | 2008 | 19088799 |
| 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 |
| [brain abscess (80 cases)]. | cerebral abscesses are focal suppurations of infectious origin developed within the cerebral parenchyma. this is a rare pathology, with a relatively poor prognosis. therapy continues to be debated and the results are inconsistent. the objectives of this study were to define the factors influencing prognosis. | 2009 | 19095272 |
| spread of multidrug-resistant proteus mirabilis isolates producing an ampc-type beta-lactamase: epidemiology and clinical management. | a remarkable increase in proteus mirabilis strains producing acquired ampc-type beta-lactamases (cbls) has been observed at ospedale di circolo e fondazione macchi (varese, italy) over the last few years. the epidemiology and treatment outcome of infections associated with this unprecedented spread are reported. from 2004-2006, 2070 p. mirabilis isolates were investigated. extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (esbls) and cbl resistance determinants were identified by gene amplification and direct s ... | 2009 | 19095415 |
| oxygen-limiting conditions enrich for fimbriate cells of uropathogenic proteus mirabilis and escherichia coli. | mr/p fimbriae of uropathogenic proteus mirabilis undergo invertible element-mediated phase variation whereby an individual bacterium switches between expressing fimbriae (phase on) and not expressing fimbriae (phase off). under different conditions, the percentage of fimbriate bacteria within a population varies and could be dictated by either selection (growth advantage of one phase) or signaling (preferentially converting one phase to the other in response to external signals). expression of m ... | 2009 | 19114498 |
| antimicrobial resistance and prevalence of canine uropathogens at the western college of veterinary medicine veterinary teaching hospital, 2002-2007. | between january 2002 and june 2007, uropathogens were isolated from 473 of 1557 canine urine samples submitted to prairie diagnostic services from the western college of veterinary medicine veterinary teaching hospital. culture and susceptibility results were analyzed, retrospectively, to estimate the prevalence of common bacterial uropathogens in dogs with urinary tract infections and to identify changes in antimicrobial resistance. the most common pathogens identified were escherichia coli, st ... | 2008 | 19119366 |
| comparison of solid-phase cytometry and the plate count method for the evaluation of the survival of bacteria in pharmaceutical oils. | to compare the survival of four bacterial strains (escherichia coli, proteus mirabilis, staphylococcus aureus, pseudomonas aeruginosa) in pharmaceutical oils, including jojoba oil/tea tree oil, carbol oil, jojoba oil and sesame oil. | 2008 | 19120928 |
| large scale multiplex pcr improves pathogen detection by dna microarrays. | medium density dna microchips that carry a collection of probes for a broad spectrum of pathogens, have the potential to be powerful tools for simultaneous species identification, detection of virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance determinants. however, their widespread use in microbiological diagnostics is limited by the problem of low pathogen numbers in clinical specimens revealing relatively low amounts of pathogen dna. | 2009 | 19121223 |
| laboratory detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase by an automated system. | this study aims to evaluate the positive predictive value (ppv) and the negative predictive value (npv) of vitek2 in detecting extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (esbl) phenotypes when compared to a manual confirmatory test as gold standard. a sample of escherichia coli, klebsiella spp and proteus mirabilis isolates were collected by 5 laboratories in the emilia-romagna region (italy). vitek2 appears to be an accurate tool to detect esbl phenotypes of e. coli isolates; some concern remains about i ... | 2008 | 19123314 |
| 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 |
| antimicrobial resistance among uropathogens responsible for community-acquired urinary tract infections in an italian community. | this study aimed to establish the pattern of the antimicrobial resistance among the leading uropathogens causing community-acquired utis in an area of the region of apulia, southern italy. twenty-one thousand and two hundred outpatients, 6,893 males and 14,307 females, were enrolled. urinary isolates were identified by conventional methods and the susceptibility to 18 antimicrobials determined. recognized uropathogens escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae and proteus mirabilis were isolated fr ... | 2008 | 19129070 |
| discovery of novel 2',3',4'-trihydroxy-2-phenylacetophenone derivatives as anti-gram-positive antibacterial agents. | a number of 2',3',4'-trihydroxy-2-phenylacetophenone derivatives were synthesized and examined for growth inhibition of several kinds of bacteria. 2',3',4'-trihydroxy-2-phenylacetophenone itself exhibited no antibacterial activity, but some of its derivatives showed various antibacterial activities depending on functional groups introduced on the 2-phenyl ring. eighteen out of 24 compounds synthesized in this study appeared to possess antibacterial activities against at least two gram-positive s ... | 2009 | 19129641 |
| the impact of topical phenytoin on recalcitrant neuropathic diabetic foot ulceration. | to study the impact of topical phenytoin on the healing of recalcitrant neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers in patients with no clinical evidence of ischaemia or infection, and to evaluate its antibacterial effect. | 2009 | 19131916 |
| ampc beta-lactamases. | summary: ampc beta-lactamases are clinically important cephalosporinases encoded on the chromosomes of many of the enterobacteriaceae and a few other organisms, where they mediate resistance to cephalothin, cefazolin, cefoxitin, most penicillins, and beta-lactamase inhibitor-beta-lactam combinations. in many bacteria, ampc enzymes are inducible and can be expressed at high levels by mutation. overexpression confers resistance to broad-spectrum cephalosporins including cefotaxime, ceftazidime, an ... | 2009 | 19136439 |
| behavioral biology: inside the mind of proteus? | a new study of the escape behavior of the cockroach has found that its spatial variability is based on some underlying regularity. this constrained variability may maximise the effectiveness of the escape strategy. | 2009 | 19138587 |
| a blaveb-1 variant, blaveb-6, associated with repeated elements in a complex genetic structure. | bla(veb-6) was found on the proteus mirabilis chromosome in a context similar to those of bla(veb-1a) and bla(veb-1b), in a truncated gene cassette flanked by 135-bp elements and duplications of the 3'-conserved segment of class 1 integrons. a linked aaca4-aadb-dfra1-orfc cassette array includes components of tn1331, illustrating the complex mosaicism of multiresistance regions. | 2009 | 19139283 |
| the aac(6')ib gene in proteus mirabilis strains resistant to aminoglycosides. | the aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of aac(6')-ib gene conferring resistance to aminoglycosides in proteus mirabilis strains. five isolates had aac(6')-ib gene. in one case the gene was no-expressed. three isolates were resistant to all aminoglycosides and minimum inhibitory concentrations were > or = 256 microg/ml. additionally, all positive strains were resistant to tetracycline and ciprofloxacin. | 2008 | 19141409 |
| [antimicrobial activity of soft and purified propolis extracts]. | to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of soft and purified propolis extracts. study object and methods: antimicrobial activity of soft and purified propolis extracts was determined with reference cultures of staphylococcus aureus atcc 25923, enterococcus faecalis atcc 29212, escherichia coli atcc 25922, klebsiella pneumoniae atcc 33499, pseudomonas aeruginosa atcc 27853, proteus mirabilis atcc 12459, bacillus subtilis atcc 6633, bacillus cereus atcc 8035, and fungus candida albicans atcc 60193. ... | 2008 | 19142056 |
| repression of common bull sperm flora and in vitro impairment of sperm motility with pseudomonas aeruginosa introduced by contaminated lubricant. | semen collected from clinically healthy bulls at an artificial insemination centre was examined for bacterial diversity. while bacteria that are normally present in the common flora of bovine semen were absent, such as mycoplasma sp., proteus sp. and corynebacterium sp., all semen samples contained an unusually high number of pseudomonas aeruginosa strains. analysis via pulsed field gel electrophoresis demonstrated that one particular p. aeruginosa strain, present in a sealed bottle of lubricant ... | 2010 | 19144031 |
| antimicrobial activity of some water plants from the northeastern anatolian region of turkey. | the antimicrobial activity of methanol and acetone extracts of butomus umbellatus, polygonum amphibium, and two species of the genus sparganium (s. erectum and s. emersum)against three gram-positive, five gram-negative bacteria and one fungus was assessed by the disk diffusion method. the microorganisms used were staphylococcus aureusatcc-29740, escherichia coli atcc-25922, pseudomonas aeruginosa atcc-15442, salmonella typhi nctc-9394, klebsiella pneumoniae nctc-5046, proteus vulgaris atcc-7829, ... | 2009 | 19145212 |
| high anoxia tolerance in the subterranean salamander proteus anguinus without oxidative stress nor activation of antioxidant defenses during reoxygenation. | the present study describes a high anoxia tolerance in an amphibian at high temperature. indeed, the subterranean salamander proteus anguinus survived 12 h under anoxia at 12 degrees c. surprisingly, such experimental conditions did not affect p. anguinus oxidative status while muscles and liver antioxidant enzymes activities decreased under 8 h anoxia and only return to basal level during reoxygenation. to test if such adaptation is common in urodels, equivalent experimentations have been condu ... | 2009 | 19148651 |
| enhanced decolorization and biodegradation of textile azo dye scarlet r by using developed microbial consortium-gr. | a developed consortium-gr, consisting of proteus vulgaris ncim-2027 (pv) and micrococcus glutamicus ncim-2168 (mg), completely decolorized an azo dye scarlet r under static anoxic condition with an average decolorization rate of 16,666 microg h(-1); which is much faster than that of the pure cultures (pv, 3571 microg h(-1); mg, 2500 microg h(-1)). consortium-gr gave best decolorization performance with nearly complete mineralization of scarlet r (over 90% toc and cod reduction) within 3h, much s ... | 2009 | 19157864 |
| tigecycline in combination with other antimicrobials: a review of in vitro, animal and case report studies. | tigecycline has been investigated in combination with other antibacterials against a wide range of susceptible and multiresistant gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. combinations have been analysed in vitro, in animal models and in human case reports. in vitro, tigecycline combined with other antimicrobials produces primarily an indifferent response (neither synergy nor antagonism). nevertheless, synergy occurred when tigecycline was combined with rifampicin against 64-100% of enterococcus ... | 2009 | 19162449 |
| changes in bacterial isolates from burn wounds and their antibiograms: a 20-year study (1986-2005). | our aim is to elucidate shifts in the bacterial spectrum colonising burn wounds and corresponding antibiotic susceptibilities during a 20-year study period. | 2009 | 19167827 |
| antimicrobial activity of some thiourea derivatives and their nickel and copper complexes. | five thiourea derivative ligands and their ni(2+) and cu(2+) complexes have been synthesized. the compounds were screened for their in vitro anti-bacterial activity using gram-positive bacteria (two different standard strains of staphylococcus aureus, staphylococcus epidermidis, enterococcus faecalis, streptococcus pyogenes, bacillus cereus) and gram-negative bacteria (esherichia coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, enterobacter cloacae, proteus vulgaris, enterobacter aerogenes) and in vitro anti-yeast ... | 2009 | 19169199 |
| infarction of middle third posterior cortex of kidney: a complication of extended pyelolithotomy, intra-operative electrohydraulic lithotripsy and extraction of calyceal stones under vision using stone basket and flexible cystoscope in a spinal cord injury patient - a case report. | abstract: | 2009 | 19175924 |
| a study of the structure of the crystalline bacterial biofilms that can encrust and block silver foley catheters. | the aim of this study was to examine the structure of the crystalline bacterial biofilms that encrust and block silver/hydrogel-coated latex catheters. scanning electron microscopy was used to examine the crystalline deposits that were found encrusting catheters obtained from six patients undergoing long-term catheterization in a community setting. large populations of bacilli and cocci were seen on all catheters developing on a basal foundation layer of crystalline material. these observations ... | 2009 | 19189089 |
| [characteristic of resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics of nosocomial strains of proteus mirabilis]. | antibiotic resistance of bacterium proteus mirabilis isolated from inpatients was assessed in 30 medical centres from 15 regions of russia. the most active antibacterial preparations remained carbapenems (imipenem and meropenem). between 3rd generation cephalosporins, the lowest minimal inhibitory concentration (mic) was observed in inhibition-protected preparations (ceftazidime/clavulanate: mic50 < 0.125 mcg/ml, mic90 128 mcg/ml; cefoperazone/sulbactam: mic50 2 mcg/ml, mic90 64 mcg/ml). detecti ... | 2008 | 19189465 |
| case study: chronic femoropopliteal prosthetic graft infection with exposed graft. | one of the most feared complications following vascular reconstruction is infection due to the attendant risks of limb loss, sepsis, or death. the reported incidence of infection following infrainguinal prosthetic graft infection is 2.5% with associated mortality rates and amputation rates of 18% and 41%, respectively. there are several options in treating infected prosthetic infrainguinal bypass grafts. some authors have advocated complete removal of the infected graft with concomitant in situ ... | 2009 | 19190040 |