| emergence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase per-1 in proteus vulgaris and providencia stuartii isolates from algiers, algeria. | | 2009 | 19546365 |
| investigating nanoscale cellular dynamics with cross-sectional spectral domain phase microscopy. | we report on cross-sectional imaging of dynamic biological specimens using a spectral domain phase microscopy (sdpm) system capable of operating at a line rate of 19 khz. this system combines the time-sensitive capabilities of sdpm with the multi-point acquisition features of related phase-sensitive techniques. the presented phase portraits and b-scan phase images of spontaneously beating embryonic cardiomyocytes and cytoplasmic flow in a. proteus offer insight into the nature and timing of the ... | 2007 | 19547138 |
| harmonically matched grating-based full-field quantitative high-resolution phase microscope for observing dynamics of transparent biological samples. | we have developed a full-field high resolution quantitative phase imaging technique for observing dynamics of transparent biological samples. by using a harmonically matched diffraction grating pair (600 and 1200 lines/mm), we were able to obtain non-trivial phase difference (other than 0 degrees or 180 degrees) between the output ports of the gratings. improving upon our previous design, our current system mitigates astigmatism artifacts and is capable of high resolution imaging. this system al ... | 2007 | 19551112 |
| evaluation of antibacterial activity, phenol and flavonoid contents of thespesia populnea flower extracts. | flavonoids which were reported as having many pharmacological activities, antimicrobial, antioxidant, cytotoxic, chemoprevention activities and they possess strong antiproliferative effects related to inhibition of cell cycle progression and apoptosis induction. on the basis of this thespesia populnea (l.) sol. ex correa (family-malvaceae) was selected and it is having the major composition of flavonoids and the antibacterial activity of methanolic extract of thespesia populnea flowers was inves ... | 2009 | 19553175 |
| crystalline bacterial biofilm formation on urinary catheters by urease-producing urinary tract pathogens: a simple method of control. | the problem of catheter encrustation stems from infection by urease-producing bacteria. these organisms generate ammonia from urea, elevate the ph of urine and cause crystals of calcium and magnesium phosphates to form in the urine and the biofilm that develops on the catheter. in this study, a laboratory model was used to compare the ability of 12 urease-positive species of urinary tract pathogens to encrust and block catheters. proteus mirabilis, proteus vulgaris and providencia rettgeri were ... | 2009 | 19556373 |
| epidemiological and bacteriological profile of burn patients at nepal medical college teaching hospital. | this study was conducted to know the epidemiological and bacteriological profile of burn patients at nepal medical college teaching hospital. the charts of 50 burn patients admitted in department of surgery were reviewed retrospectively. all the epidemiological characteristics, mode of injury, time taken to reach hospital and involved body surface areas were noted. the charts were also reviewed for bacterial isolates from burn wounds and its sensitivity pattern for various antibiotics. data was ... | 2008 | 19558060 |
| epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance among gram-negative organisms recovered from patients in a multistate network of long-term care facilities. | we identified 1,805 gram-negative organisms in cultures of urine samples obtained over a 10-month period from residents of 63 long-term care facilities. the prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistance in escherichia coli was 51% (446 of 874 isolates), whereas the prevalences of ceftazidime and imipenem resistance in klebsiella species were 26% and 6% (84 and 19 of 323 isolates), respectively. the prevalence of resistance varied significantly by facility type, size, and geographic location. | 2009 | 19566445 |
| antibiotic susceptibility profiles of uncommon bacterial species causing severe infections in italy. | this study presents the results of the italian "severe infections project" involving bacteria that can be considered rare causes of disease. we isolated 30 uncommon human pathogens from a total of 60 strains (1.2% of all the isolates). the most frequent sources of uncommon human pathogens were primary bloodstream infections (48.3%) and pneumonia (20%). species such as comamonas testosteroni, enterococcus hirae, kluyvera ascorbata, kluyvera cryocrescens, leclercia adecarboxylata and ochrobactrum ... | 2009 | 19567344 |
| pediatric chest wall and breast deformities. | pediatric chest wall and breast deformities present as a wide spectrum of anomalies, and often occur coincidentally. chest wall abnormalities fall into two categories, congenital (which are largely hypoplastic) and deformational (including both chest wall malignancies and postoperative abnormalities). breast abnormalities can be categorized into three groups, including hypoplastic, hyperplastic, and deformational anomalies. hypoplastic breast anomalies require reconstruction with augmentation te ... | 2009 | 19568138 |
| encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis. | encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis (eccl) is a sporadically occurring neurocutaneous disorder of unknown aetiology. it has repeatedly been discussed as a localised form of proteus syndrome. in 2006, the first large series of patients was reported, and diagnostic criteria were proposed. | 2009 | 19574261 |
| foot or hand malformations related to deep venous system anomalies of the lower limb in klippel-trénaunay syndrome. | klippel-trénaunay syndrome (kts) is a capillary-lymphatic-venous malformation associated with soft tissue and skeletal hypertrophy of one or more limbs. deep venous system (dvs) anomalies are reported to be present in 8% to 18% of patients with kts; approximately 25% of patients with kts have hand or foot malformations. | 2009 | 19577333 |
| serological characterization of the core region of lipopolysaccharides of rough proteus sp. strains. | both smooth and rough proteus sp. strains can be found. the latter are characterized by their lack of an o-polysaccharide chain in the lipopolysaccharide (lps) molecule, which makes them suitable for obtaining anti-core sera. using this kind of material enables identifying fragments of the proteus lps core region that might be involved in cross-reactions. to date only a few similar epitopes have been established for the genus proteus. | 2009 | 19578814 |
| selected bacterial recovery in trinidadian children with chronic tonsillar disease. | pharyngotonsillitis in children is widely treated with antibiotics. | 2008 | 19582348 |
| endophthalmitis caused by proteus species: antibiotic sensitivities and visual acuity outcomes. | the purpose of this study was to report the clinical presentation, causative organisms, antibiotic sensitivities, management, and visual acuity outcomes in patients with endophthalmitis caused by proteus species at a university teaching hospital over a 24-year period. | 2009 | 19584659 |
| prevalence of ctx-m beta-lactamases in philadelphia, pennsylvania. | ctx-m beta-lactamases were thought to be rare in the united states, but a recent study in texas showed that up to 70% of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (esbl)-containing members of the enterobacteriaceae family were ctx-m positive (j. s. lewis, m. herrera, b. wickes, j. e. patterson, and j. h. jorgensen, antimicrob. agents chemother. 51:4015-4021, 2007). we used pcr to detect ctx-m in all 291 extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant gram-negative bacteria isolated in our laboratory during 200 ... | 2009 | 19587301 |
| [early use of vacuum sealing drainage to repair the wound of the injured in wenchuan earthquake]. | to investigate the method of using vacuum sealing drainage (vsd) technique to repair the wound of the injured in wenchuan earthquake and its therapeutic effect. | 2009 | 19594008 |
| excision of a large abdominal wall lipoma improved bowel passage in a proteus syndrome patient. | proteus syndrome is an extremely rare congenital disorder that produces multifocal overgrowth of tissue. this report presents a surgical case of a large lipoma in the abdominal wall of a patient with proteus syndrome. she was diagnosed with proteus syndrome based on certain diagnostic criteria. the neoplasm increased in size gradually, producing hemihypertrophy of her left lower extremity and trunk, and spread to her retroperitoneum and her left abdominal wall. she experienced gradually progress ... | 2009 | 19598310 |
| antimicrobial therapy for water-associated wound infections in a disaster setting: gram-negative bacilli in an aquatic environment and lessons from banda aceh. | as members of the japan disaster relief (jdr) team in banda aceh, three of the authors treated 1,891 patients following the tsunami of 2004. of the 367 cases with traumatic injuries, 216 cases required antimicrobial therapy. the medical services were continued by the japan self-defense (jsd) medical team until mid-march 2005. of the 216 cases initially treated by jdr, 54 required prolonged antimicrobial therapy for persistent symptoms despite repeated debridement. the aim of this study is to rec ... | 2009 | 19618353 |
| use of quorum sensing antagonists to deter the formation of crystalline proteus mirabilis biofilms. | proteus mirabilis biofilms are a major cause of urinary catheter blockage. antibiotic-impregnated catheters used to prevent catheter blockage have achieved limited success. research has examined the efficacy of quorum sensing inhibitors against pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms, but there are few reports of the effects of these compounds against crystalline p. mirabilis biofilms. this study examined the effect of two quorum sensing antagonists, p-nitrophenyl glycerol (pnpg) and tannic acid, agains ... | 2009 | 19619987 |
| [multicenter study on the monitoring of in vitro susceptibility to tigeeyeline in santiago, chile]. | the objective of this multicenter study was to determine tigecycline susceptibility rates, measured by agar diffusion, in nine hospitals in santiago and to compare these rates with other antimicrobials. each center studied 20 strains per month. all intermediate and fully resistant strains as well as 10% of susceptibile strains were also studied by the broth microdilution method. overall, 2301 strains were studied displaying the following susceptibility rates for tigecycline: 100% for streptococc ... | 2009 | 19621154 |
| a multinational survey of risk factors for infection with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae in nonhospitalized patients. | infections caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (esbl)-producing enterobacteriaceae are increasing in frequency and are associated with high mortality rates. circulation of ctx-m-type esbls in the community is of particular concern, because it may confound standard infection-control measures. | 2009 | 19622043 |
| pattern of aerobic bacteria with antimicrobial susceptibility causing community acquired urinary tract infection. | since antibiotic resistance among uropathogens have gradually been rising, so it is important to have knowledge about the pattern and antimicrobial susceptibility to choose the correct treatment regimen. a cross sectional study was carried out in the department of microbiology, mymensingh medical college between july 2007 to june 2008 to determine the prevalence, relationship between pyuria and urine culture and antibiotic resistance pattern among the bacterial isolates of community acquired uti ... | 2009 | 19623138 |
| [isolation and study of perspective probiotic strain of spore-forming bacteria from bacillus genus]. | to study physiologic, biochemical as well as antagonistic characteristics of isolated strain of bacillus pumilus in comparison with known spore-forming bacteria from b. subtilis species. | 2009 | 19623717 |
| [etiology of acute enteric infection in children with arid zone and effect of probiotics]. | to study etiologic structure of acute enteric infections (aei) with isolation of hemolytic and enteropathogenic escherichia and to assess the efficacy of probiotic therapy during infections caused by e. coli. | 2009 | 19623719 |
| [rapid detection of salmonella in food by using fluorescently labeled phage o-i]. | to develop a rapid detection method for salmonella in food by using specific salmonella-phage o-i. | 2009 | 19623962 |
| prolonged bacteraemia caused by vim-1 metallo-beta-lactamase-producing proteus mirabilis: first report from italy. | persistent bacteraemia arising from a case of post-operative mediastinitis as a result of a proteus mirabilis isolate, possessing two class 1 integrons carrying bla(vim-1) and aada2 gene cassettes located on chromosomal and plasmidic dna, respectively, is reported. despite the in vitro susceptibility to carbapenems, meropenem therapy failed, whereas the patient responded to treatment with cefepime plus amikacin. to our knowledge, this is the first report of metallo-beta-lactamase production in a ... | 2010 | 19624511 |
| 980-nm laser diode and treatment of subcutaneous mass in proteus-like syndrome. | | 2010 | 19627404 |
| orbital cellulitis and endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to proteus mirabilis cholecystitis. | we report the first case of orbital cellulitis and endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to proteus mirabilis bacteremia that resulted from a calculus cholecystitis. despite resolution of the gallbladder infection with antimicrobial therapy, the patient required evisceration of the affected eye. the pathogenesis of hematogenous endophthalmitis due to gram-negative bacilli is discussed. | 2009 | 19631098 |
| synthesis and antibacterial activities of new metronidazole and imidazole derivatives. | new imidazole ring derivatives comprising 1,3-oxazoline, schiff's bases, thiadiazole, oxadiazole and 1,2,4-triazole moieties are reported. 3-aminobiimidazol-4-one compounds 7a-c were synthesized by the reaction of compounds 6a-c with hydrazine hydrate. biimidazole esters 9a-c were converted into biimidazole hydrazide esters 10a-c. compounds 7a-c and 10a-c were converted into a variety of derivatives. | 2009 | 19633614 |
| syndromes with focal overgrowth in infancy: diagnostic approach and surgical treatment. | abstract syndromes with focal overgrowth are sporadic diseases and comprise proteus syndrome and congenital lipomatous overgrowth, vascular malformations, and epidermal naevi (clove) syndrome, and isolated hemihyperplasia. we describe 3 children classified according to standard criteria with dysregulated growth of various tissues that was excised, together with excess toes, and tumours. correct classification facilitates diagnosis and operations. interdisciplinary treatment and follow-up are rec ... | 2010 | 19634071 |
| paracin 1.7, a bacteriocin produced by lactobacillus paracasei hd1.7 isolated from chinese cabbage sauerkraut, a traditional chinese fermented vegetable food. | to purify and characterize bacteriocin produced by l. paracasei hd1.7. | 2009 | 19637568 |
| a novel antimicrobial peptide from crotalaria pallida seeds with activity against human and phytopathogens. | an actual severe problem in agriculture consists of an expressive increase of economical losses caused by fungi and resistant bacteria toward antibiotics. in order to find a solution to this problem, several studies have been concentrating on the screening of novel plant defense peptides with antimicrobial activities. these peptides are commonly characterized by having low molecular masses and cationic charges. the present work reports the purification and characterization of a novel plant pepti ... | 2009 | 19641962 |
| depression, cortisol, and suppressed cell-mediated immunity in metastatic breast cancer. | cancer treatment is known to have significant immuno-suppressive/dysregulatory effects. psychological distress and depression, which often accompany cancer diagnosis and treatment, can also suppress or dysregulate endocrine and immune function. cell-mediated immunity (cmi) is critical for protection against a host of pathogens to which cancer patients may be particularly susceptible. cmi is also important for defense against some tumors. this study explored relationships among depressive symptom ... | 2009 | 19643176 |
| n-(1-carboxyethyl)alanine (alanopine), a new non-sugar component of lipopolysaccharides of providencia and proteus. | o-polysaccharides were released by mild acid degradation of lipopolysaccharides of providencia alcalifaciens o35 and proteus vulgaris o76 and were studied by 1d and 2d (1)h and (13)c nmr spectroscopies, including hmbc and noesy (roesy) experiments. both polysaccharides were found to contain n-(1-carboxyethyl)alanine (alanopine) that is n-linked to 4-amino-4,6-dideoxyglucose. analysis of published data [vinogradov, e.; perry, m. b. eur. j. biochem.2000, 267, 2439-2446] shows that alanopine is pre ... | 2009 | 19651402 |
| phenotypic characterization of human pathogenic bacteria in fish from the coastal waters of south west cameroon: public health implications. | increasing economic and recreational opportunities, attractive scenery and a perception of a better quality of life are luring people to the coast. unfortunately, these activities together with the commensurate increase in population in the area inevitably result in pollution of coastal waters with excessive microorganisms and other pollutants. microbial pollutants not only contaminate the coastal water but also aquatic food sources, thus posing a health risk to consumers. fish is a major source ... | 2009 | 19658320 |
| gram-negative bacteria associated with brewery yeasts: reclassification of obesumbacterium proteus biogroup 2 as shimwellia pseudoproteus gen. nov., sp. nov., and transfer of escherichia blattae to shimwellia blattae comb. nov. | phylogenetic analyses of type and reference strains of obesumbacterium proteus biogroups 1 and 2 plus a novel isolate of biogroup 2 were carried out based on 16s rrna gene sequences and partial sequences of four protein-coding genes (fusa, leus, pyrg and rpob). both approaches revealed that o. proteus biogroup 1 strains were closely related to hafnia alvei. biogroup 2 strains, however, formed a distinct monophyletic clade of generic status that included escherichia blattae. phenotypic tests were ... | 2010 | 19661513 |
| research of urinary tract infections in family medicine physicians' offices--empiric antimicrobial therapy of urinary tract infections--croatian experience. | in the period between october 1st and november 30th, 2006, we investigated a total of 3188 episodes of uti (802 among males; 2386 among females) recorded in 108 family medicine offices in 20 cities in croatia. the most common utis in women were acute uncomplicated cystitis (62%), complicated utis - cystitis and pyelonephritis (14%), urethritis (9%), acute uncomplicated pyelonephritis (6%), recurrent cystitis (5%), asymptomatic bacteriuria (3%) and recurrent pyelonephritis. the most common utis i ... | 2009 | 19662789 |
| pten hamartoma tumor syndrome: an overview. | pten hamartoma tumor syndrome (phts) encompasses four major clinically distinct syndromes associated with germline mutations in the tumor suppressor pten. these allelic disorders, cowden syndrome, bannayan-riley-ruvalcaba syndrome, proteus syndrome, and proteus-like syndrome are associated with unregulated cellular proliferation leading to the formation of hamartomas. thus far, an increased risk of malignancy has only been documented in cowden syndrome; however, current recommendations advise th ... | 2009 | 19668082 |
| frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility of gram-negative bacteria isolated from 2 hospitals in makkah, saudi arabia. | to estimate the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility of the gram-negative bacteria isolated from 2 hospitals in makkah. | 2009 | 19668881 |
| predictors of primary breast abscesses and recurrence. | we investigated the patients and microbiological risk factors that predispose to the development of primary breast abscesses and subsequent recurrence. | 2009 | 19669231 |
| isolation and characterization of new metschnikowia pulcherrima strains as producers of the antimicrobial pigment pulcherrimin. | metschnikowia pulcherrima is a highly effective biocontrol yeast due to its pigment pulcherrimin that accumulates in the cells and in the growth medium. three different strains of m. pulcherrima were isolated from local grapes. the yeast isolates were characterized on the basis of their biochemical, physiological and its1-5.8 s rdna-its2 region. based on the obtained results, the m. pulcherrima isolates were identified as new strains of m. pulcherrima. strong antagonistic activities of the m. pu ... | 2009 | 19678547 |
| significance of cytomorphological and microbiological examination of bile collected by endoscopic cannulation of the papilla of vater. | bile analysis yields important information such as "biliary microlithiasis" and biliary tract colonization by microorganisms like salmonella typhi or paratyphi, escherichia coli, etc., which may progresses to cholelithiasis and have been found to have a role in the development of gallbladder cancer in india. | 2009 | 19679953 |
| [evaluation of apoptosis expression in granulation tissue in chronic otitis media]. | there is a growing evidence that molecular and cellular mechanisms may play a role in pathogenesis in chronic otitis media. | 2009 | 19681486 |
| [a very extensive necrotizing fasciitis]. | necrotizing fasciitis is a severe skin infection. fluidized bed may be indicated to improve healing. we report a 36-year-old woman case, who developed an important skin emphysema on a fluidized bed that may have worsen the situation. | 2009 | 19682835 |
| identification of a modular pathogenicity island that is widespread among urease-producing uropathogens and shares features with a diverse group of mobile elements. | pathogenicity islands (pais) are a specific group of genomic islands that contribute to genomic variability and virulence of bacterial pathogens. using a strain-specific comparative genomic hybridization array, we report the identification of a 94-kb pai, designated icepm1, that is common to proteus mirabilis, providencia stuartii, and morganella morganii. these organisms are highly prevalent etiologic agents of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (cauti), the most common hospital acqui ... | 2009 | 19687197 |
| bacteria isolated from 25 hydatid cysts in sheep, cattle and goats. | bacteria were isolated from 12 of 25 hydatid cysts collected from the lungs and livers of cattle, sheep and goats slaughtered in the province of messina, sicily, italy. citrobacter freundii was isolated from seven of the cysts, aeromonas hydrophila from three, staphylococcus species from two, salmonella species from two and escherichia coli and proteus vulgaris from one. | 2009 | 19700784 |
| comparison study of membrane filtration direct count and an automated coliform and escherichia coli detection system for on-site water quality testing. | this study compared an automated escherichia coli and coliform detection system with the membrane filtration direct count technique for water testing. the automated instrument performed equal to or better than the membrane filtration test in analyzing e. coli-spiked samples and blind samples with interference from proteus vulgaris or aeromonas hydrophila. | 2009 | 19703500 |
| macrocephaly-capillary malformation: a report of three cases and review of the literature. | macrocephaly-cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita (m-cmtc) is a rare syndrome that was first delineated as distinct from cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita (cmtc) in 1997. since that time, there have been over 75 cases reported in the literature, though few are in the dermatology literature. the syndrome is characterized by macrocephaly, neonatal hypotonia, developmental delay, segmental overgrowth, syndactyly, asymmetry, connective tissue defects, and vascular stains. we report thre ... | 2009 | 19706101 |
| human complement activation by smooth and rough proteus mirabilis lipopolysaccharides. | proteus mirabilis bacilli play an important role in human urinary tract infections, bacteremia, and rheumatoid arthritis. the authors previously studied human complement c3 conversion by smooth-form p. mirabilis o10, o23, o30, and o43 lipopolysaccharides (lpss) and showed that smooth proteus lpss fragmented c3 in a dose- and time-dependent manner. in the present study, one smooth p. mirabilis s1959 and its two polysaccharide-truncated lpss isolated from an r mutant strain were used to study the ... | 2009 | 19707721 |
| a novel isoquinoline alkaloid, dd-carboxypeptidase inhibitor, with antibacterial activity isolated from streptomyces sp. 8812. part i: taxonomy, fermentation, isolation and biological activities. | a novel isoquinoline alkaloid of molecular formula c10h9no4, labeled js-1, was isolated from the culture broth of streptomyces sp. 8812. it was purified by acetone protein precipitation from the culture supernatant, followed by anion exchange and c18 rp hplc columns. js-1 is an inhibitor of exocellular dd-carboxypeptidases/transpeptidases (dd-peptidases) 64-575 ii from saccharopolyspora erythraea 64-575 ii, and r39 from actinomadura r39. js-1 exhibits activity against gram-negative bacteria, suc ... | 2009 | 19713994 |
| effects of the administration of cholera toxin as a mucosal adjuvant on the immune and protective response induced by proteus mirabilis mrpa fimbrial protein in the urinary tract. | proteus mirabilis is commonly associated with complicated uti and expresses several virulence factors, including mr/p fimbriae. in the present study mice were immunised nasally with mrpa, the structural subunit of mr/p, with or without ct as a mucosal adjuvant. the animals were then challenged with p. mirabilis and induction of specific serum and urine igg and iga, ifn-gamma production and bacterial kidney and bladder colonization were assessed. mrpa-immunised mice exhibited significant inductio ... | 2009 | 19714860 |
| monozygotic twins discordant for vascular malformations and dysregulated growth. | there is a large group of disorders characterized by non-cranial vascular malformations and a dysregulated growth, of which the prototype may be klippel-trenaunay syndrome (kts). the aetiology of kts and vascular malformations-dysregulated growth (vm-dg) syndromes resembling kts is obscure, but polygenic paradominant inheritance involving mutations or polymorphisms in two or more genes simultaneously, of which one (or more) are involved in (lymph)angiogenesis and the other(s) in growth regulatio ... | 2010 | 19716450 |
| [the autoagglutination factor of plague pathogen--cross-reacting antigen]. | an antigen similar to the autoagglutination factor (af) of plague pathogen in immunochemical specificity was sought in 22 bacterial species. for this, an immunoglobulin anti-af diagnosticum that is the sheep erythrocytes sensitized with rabbit immune serum to the af preparation isolated from the plasmid-free variant of the yersinia pestis strain ev76. the bacteriological study applying a passive hemagglutination assay revealed af-like antigens not only in all study strains (n = 30) of y. pestis, ... | 2009 | 19718822 |
| complex combined vascular malformations and vascular malformation syndromes affecting the extremities in children. | complex combined vascular malformations affecting extremities are an interesting group of vascular malformations because, in addition to the vascular channel anomalies present, they can be associated with other tissue changes and sometimes altered limb growth. at present, magnetic resonance imaging is the gold standard imaging tool to evaluate such complex conditions in children because of its inherent tissue specificity and vascular capabilities that enables characterization of tissues and the ... | 2009 | 19724993 |
| proteomic analysis of a matrix stone: a case report. | matrix stones are radiolucent bodies that present as soft muco-proteinaceous material within the renal collecting system. following wide-angle x-ray diffraction (xrd) and scanning electron microscopy (sem), we homogenized a surgically removed matrix stone, extracted and purified protein, and analyzed samples using tandem mass spectrometry for proteomic composition. resulting spectra were searched using proteinpilot 2.0, and identified proteins were reported with >95% confidence. primary xrd mine ... | 2009 | 19730843 |
| coumestan glycosides from the stem bark of cylicodiscus gabunensis. | two new coumestan glycosides, coumestoside c (1) and coumestoside d (2), were isolated from the stem bark of cylicodiscus gabunensis harms. their structures were established by spectroscopic means and chemical transformations as 9-o-alpha-l-rhamnopyranosyl-3-hydroxy-4-(5'-hydroxy-3'-methylbut-2'e-enyl) coumestan (1) and 9-o-beta-d-galactopyranosyl-3-o- prenyl-4-hydroxycoumestan. coumestoside c exhibited antimicrobial activity against proteus vulgaris. | 2009 | 19731596 |
| sudden death and the forensic evaluation of neurocutaneous syndromes. | on occasion the forensic evaluation of individuals who have died suddenly and unexpectedly may reveal intracranial vascular abnormalities such as capillary, venous- and arteriovenous malformations. such vascular abnormalities may form part of a heterogeneous group of disorders called neurocutaneous syndromes and involve the skin, nervous system and other organ systems. these unusual conditions include sturge-weber, osler-weber-rendu, klippel-trenaunay, von hippel-lindau, proteus and wyburn-mason ... | 2009 | 19733322 |
| in vitro activity of nemonoxacin, a novel nonfluorinated quinolone, against 2,440 clinical isolates. | the in vitro activity of nemonoxacin (tg-873870), a novel nonfluorinated quinolone, was tested against 2,440 clinical isolates. nemonoxacin was at least fourfold more active than levofloxacin and moxifloxacin against most gram-positive cocci tested (shown by the following mic(90)/range [microg/ml] values; community-associated methicillin [meticillin]-resistant staphylococcus aureus, 0.5/0.015 to 2; staphylococcus epidermidis, 0.5/0.015 to 4 for methicillin-susceptible staphylococci and 2/0.12 to ... | 2009 | 19738018 |
| extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among enterobacteriaceae isolated in a public hospital in brazil. | extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (esbl) in enterobacteria are recognized worldwide as a great hospital problem. in this study, 127 esbl-producing enterobacteriaceae isolated in one year from inpatients and outpatients at a public teaching hospital at são paulo, brazil, were submitted to analysis by pcr with specific primers for bla shv, bla tem and bla ctx-m genes. from the 127 isolates, 96 (75.6%) klebsiella pneumoniae, 12 (9.3%) escherichia coli, 8 (6.2%) morganella morganii, 3 (2.3%) proteus ... | 2009 | 19739000 |
| antibiotic resistance in pathogens causing community-acquired urinary tract infections in india: a multicenter study. | empiric treatment of community-acquired urinary tract infections (ca-uti) is determined by the antibiotic sensitivity patterns of uropathogens in a population. this study was conducted to determine patterns of resistance amongst ca-uropathogens in india, to help establish local guidelines on treatment of ca-uti. | 2008 | 19745502 |
| health assessment of a spiny-tailed lizard (uromastyx spp.) population in abu dhabi, united arab emirates. | a study was conducted to determine the health status of the free-living spiny-tailed lizard (uromastyx spp.) population at wrsan, al ajban, abu dhabi, united arab emirates. a total of 90 spiny-tailed lizards, 61 males and 29 females, were examined from june to august 2006. mean body weights were 1,564.4 g and 809.4 g for males and females, respectively. mean body lengths were 62.1 cm and 49.4 cm for males and females, respectively. fourteen lizards were found with abnormalities including abscess ... | 2009 | 19746858 |
| effective strategies for prevention and control of gram-negative infections. | infections caused by gram-negative bacteria such as pseudomonas, klebsiella, proteus and acinetobacter have been a major problem in healthcare settings for many years. overlooked in government targets and unknown to patients, these infections present considerable challenges for effective infection prevention and control. key strategies for prevention and control focus on contact precautions, the management of invasive devices and maintaining a clean, dry environment to prevent the build-up of en ... | 2009 | 19753872 |
| isolation of salmonella and shigella from fish harvested from the winam gulf of lake victoria, kenya. | human infections caused by pathogens transmitted from fish are quite common. the aim of this study was to isolate enteric pathogenic bacteria from fish that might be transmitted to humans after the handling or consumption of such fish. | 2009 | 19755738 |
| the role of tyrosine kinases in water-electrolyte transport in amoeba a. proteus. | | 2009 | 19760870 |
| invasive bacteria isolates from children with severe infections in a nigerian hospital. | little information is available about the aetiology and epidemiology of serious bacterial infections in nigeria. this study determined bacterial isolates from blood and cerebrospinal fluid (csf) of children presenting in the emergency room of a teaching hospital in nigeria. | 2009 | 19762955 |
| tryptophan inhibits proteus vulgaris tnac leader peptide elongation, activating tna operon expression. | expression of the tna operon of escherichia coli and of proteus vulgaris is induced by l-tryptophan. in e. coli, tryptophan action is dependent on the presence of several critical residues (underlined) in the newly synthesized tnac leader peptide, wfnidxxl/ixxxxp. these residues are conserved in tnac of p. vulgaris and of other bacterial species. tnac of p. vulgaris has one additional feature, distinguishing it from tnac of e. coli; it contains two c-terminal lysine residues following the conser ... | 2009 | 19767424 |
| characterization and flocculation mechanism of high efficiency microbial flocculant tj-f1 from proteus mirabilis. | the characterization and the flocculation mechanism of microbial flocculant tj-f1 with high flocculating activity, produced by proteus mirabilis from a mixed activated sludge, was investigated. mainly consisting of protein and acid polysaccharide, tj-f1 owns a molecular weight of 1.2 x 10(5)da, which brings strong van der waals forces and ample binding-sites. it contains carboxyl, hydroxyl, amino groups and hydrogen bonds preferred for the flocculation process. the key parameters influencing the ... | 2010 | 19773148 |
| proteus syndrome: a case report. | proteus syndrome is a rare, sporadically occurring hamartomatous disorder with complex multisystem involvement and wide clinical variability. clinical characteristics include craniofacial abnormalities; asymmetrical overgrowth of the trunk, limbs, and digits; lipomas; and vascular malformations. cystic lung disease is noted in approximately 10 per cent of patients. these cystic malformations may lead to cystic pulmonary emphysema, which may cause significant morbidity for the patient. we describ ... | 2009 | 19774961 |
| bactericidal activity in filtrated supernatant of streptococcus sanguinis against multidrug-resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa. | in the past decade, multidrug-resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa (mdrp) infection has become a serious clinical problem, due to the limitation of drug choices to fight against the bacteria. here we explored the bactericidal activity in the filtrated supernatant of streptococcus (s.) sanguinis against pseudomonas (p.) aeruginosa. s. sanguinis is one of the alpha-hemolytic streptococci that commonly reside in the human oral cavity. a strain of s. sanguinis, isolated from the sputum of a pulmonary-di ... | 2009 | 19776523 |
| bacteriology of external ocular infections in aba, south eastern nigeria. | bacteria are microbial agents that frequently cause infections of the eye and possible loss of vision. | 2009 | 19780761 |
| molecular analysis of intestinal microbiota of rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss). | the aim of this study was to evaluate different molecular tools based on the 16s rrna gene, internal transcribed spacer, and the rpob gene to examine the bacterial populations present in juvenile rainbow trout intestines. dna was extracted from both pooled intestinal samples and bacterial strains. genes were pcr-amplified and analysed using both temporal temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (ttge) and restriction fragment length polymorphism methods. because of the high cultivability of the ... | 2010 | 19780831 |
| antimicrobial activities of the volatile oils of ocimum bacilicum l. and ocimum gratissimum l. (lamiaceae) against some aerobic dental isolates. | essential or volatile oils of plants have been variously reported to have many medicinal applications. their probable uses against oral microbes have received little attention. oral swabs obtained from eighteen dental patients at the university of benin teaching hospital, benin city, nigeria, led to the isolation of twenty nine bacteria. using standard methods, the microorganisms were identified as streptococcus viridians (16; representing 55.17%), staphylococcus albus (9; 31.04%), klebisiella p ... | 2009 | 19783520 |
| justification for the use of ocimum gratissimum l in herbal medicine and its interaction with disc antibiotics. | the ethanolic extract of the leaves of ocimium gratisimum l. (lamiaceae), used in traditional medicine for the treatment of several ailments such as urinary tract, wound, skin and gastrointestinal infections, was evaluated for its antibacterial properties against four clinical bacteria isolates namely: escherichia coli, proteus mirabilis, staphylococcus aureus and pseudomonas aeruginosa and the antifungal properties using a clinical isolate of candida albicans. a typed bacterium of escherichia c ... | 2009 | 19785729 |
| [lumbar panniculitis with subcutaneous abscess revealing pyonephrosis]. | a clinical picture of hypodermitis in the lumbar region may reveal an abscess arising from infection due to pyonephrosis. we report a case below. | 2009 | 19801259 |
| the susceptibility of nosocomial pathogens to ceftazidime. | the activities in vitro of ceftazidime and of cefuroxime have been compared against 201 strains of bacteria which had been isolated either from outbreaks of nosocomial infection or were typical of strains causing such outbreaks. ceftazidime was found to be about 1000 times more active against pseudomonas spp. and proteus vulgaris, and between 10 and 100 times more active against klebsiella pneumoniae, enterobacter spp., citrobacter freundii, serratia marcescens, proteus rettgeri, proteus morgani ... | 1981 | 19802966 |
| ceftazidime: in-vitro antibacterial activity and susceptibility to beta-lactamases compared with that of cefotaxime, moxalactam and other beta-lactam antibiotics. | the in-vitro antibacterial activity of ceftazidime was assessed against recent clinical isolates of common bacteria and also against reference strains that produced known beta-lactamases. the compound was active, though less so than cephaloridine against staphylococci and streptococci with mics mostly 0.12-2 mg/l for streptococci and 8 mg/l for staphylococci, but enterococci (mics > or =64 mg/l) and methicillin-resistant staphylococci (mics 16-32 mg/l) were resistant. penicillin-resistant pneumo ... | 1981 | 19802967 |
| the in-vitro activity of ceftazidime compared with that of other cephalosporins. | the in-vitro activity of ceftazidime was compared with the activities of cefoperazone, cefotaxime, cefsulodin, cefuroxime, cephalothin and cefatriaxon against 331 clinical bacterial isolates. against escherichia coli, salmonella, enterobacter, proteus mirabilis and indole-positive proteus ceftazidime, with mic90 of < or = 0.25 mg/l, was more active than cephalothin, cefoperazone and cefuroxime but less active than cefotaxime and ceftriaxone klebsiella pneumoniae, serratia, acinetobacter and citr ... | 1981 | 19802968 |
| in-vitro comparison of ceftazidime and nine other antimicrobial agents against hospital strains of gram-negative bacteria. | the agar dilution in-vitro susceptibility of 370 isolates of aerobic gram-negative bacteria isolated at ben taub general hospital in houston, texas were determined for five new and five currently available agents. ceftazidime, moxalactam, cefotaxime, ceftizoxime and cefoperazone, all of which are new beta-lactam compounds, were compared with two penicillins, piperacillin, ticarcillin, and three aminoglycosides, gentamicin, tobramycin and amikacin. ceftazidime inhibited 100% of pseudomonas strain ... | 1981 | 19802969 |
| antibacterial activity of ceftazidime (gr 20263) against routine hospital isolates and highly resistant strains of enterobacteriaceae and pseudomonas aeruginosa. | ceftazidime was found to be highly active against routine hospital isolates of strains of enterobacteriaceae such as escherichia coli, klebsiella aerogenes, enterobacter cloacae and proteus mirabilis, with the mean mics varying between 0.11 and 0.75 mg/l. it had marked activity against pseudomonas aeruginosa with a mean mic of 1.8 mg/l which was comparable to tobramycin (11 mg/l) and superior to other aminoglycosides, penicillins and cefotaxime. although ceftazidime was considerably more active ... | 1981 | 19802975 |
| the in-vivo antibacterial activity of ceftazidime (gr 20263)--a comparison with other new beta-lactam antibiotics and gentamicin. | ceftazidime was compared with cefotaxime, ceftizoxime, cefmenoxime, cefotiam, cefoperazone, moxalactam, piperacillin, carbenicillin, mezlocillin, cefsulodin and the aminoglycoside antibiotic gentamicin in a series of mouse protection tests. ceftazidime, together with the other cephalosporin antibiotics and moxalactam were equally effective against infections caused by staphylococcus aureus with ed50 values ranging from 3.5 to 25 mg/kg. gentamicin was the most active antibiotic with ed50 values o ... | 1981 | 19802994 |
| the penetration of ceftazidime into extravascular fluid. | ceftazidime achieved high concentrations in extravascular fluid following intravenal or intramuscular administration to healthy male volunteers. subcutaneous fluid was sampled using the implanted cotton thread technique. the concentration/time curves of ceftazidime in subcutaneous fluid, after a short distributive phase, were similar in profile to concurrent serum concentrations. the degree of penetration as determined by ratio of the area under curve for subcutaneous fluid levels to the area un ... | 1981 | 19802999 |
| use of ceftazidime in severe gram-negative infections--a preliminary study. | ceftazidime was used to treat ten patients with serious gram-negative bacillary infections. seven patients had bronchopulmonary infections and three had urinary tract infections. in addition three patients were bacteraemic. causative agents were: pseudomonas aeruginosa 4, escherichia coli 2, proteus species 2, and klebsiella pneumoniae 2. doses ranged between 2 and 6 g/day. nine out of ten patients responded favourably to ceftazidime (cure or improvement). colonization with ceftazidime-resistant ... | 1981 | 19803007 |
| in-vitro studies with ceftazidime against aerobic gram-negative bacilli and bacteroides fragilis group. | the in-vitro susceptibility of recent clinical isolates of gram-negative bacilli has been assessed for ceftazidime and compared to amikacin, gentamicin, carbenicillin, piperacillin, cefoperazone, moxalactam, ceftriaxone and ceftizoxime. using the ics-who agar dilution method, we found that ceftazidime was the most active beta-lactam agent tested against 147 isolates of pseudomonas aeruginosa, with a mode mic=2 mg/l and all but 2% of isolates inhibited at 32 mg/l. 100% of indole-positive and nega ... | 1981 | 19810170 |
| in-vitro activity of ceftazidime, a beta-lactamase stable cephalosporin. | the in-vitro activity and beta-lactamase stability of ceftazidime were evaluated against 700 gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. ceftazidime was less active than penicillins or older cephalosporins against staphylococcus spp. and streptococcus spp., and it did not inhibit streptococcusfaecalis. however, ceftazidime was as active as moxalactam and cefoperazone against escherichia coli, klebsiella and proteus mirabilis with mics less than 0.2 mg/l. ceftazidime also inhibited enterobacter, ci ... | 1981 | 19810175 |
| behaviour of ceftazidime towards beta-lactamases. | from escherichia coli, enterobacter cloacae, proteus morganii and pseudomonas aeruginosa, but the geometric mean of the inhibition constant ki used to measure this interaction was 120 and almost 700 times higher with ceftazidime than with cefotaxime and cefuroxime, respectively. two other beta-lactamases isolated from pr. vulgaris and klebsiella oxytoca also showed little or no interaction with ceftazidime. a complementary microbiological technique, the "double-disc" technique, indicated that ce ... | 1981 | 19810176 |
| brain abscess in children. | to find out the clinical presentation, radiological characteristics, various underlying predisposing conditions and causative organisms of brain abscess in children in our setup. | 2005 | 19810297 |
| mastoid subperiosteal abscess as a first sign of unnoticed cholesteatoma in children. | to present children who underwent mastoidectomy for congenital cholesteatoma presented as a subperiosteal abscess. | 2010 | 19814752 |
| chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the extracts of kefe cumin (laser trilobum l.) fruits from different regions. | structural properties (using gas chromatographic analyses: gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry) of some compounds (pure chemicals, essential oils, extracts, etc.) and systematic investigation of antimicrobial activities (with agar dilution and agar diffusion disc methods) were determined in the fruits of kefe cumin (laser trilobum l.) obtained from different regions (germany, india, and turkey). the main components were established as limonene (41.03-72.24%) and perillald ... | 2009 | 19817640 |
| [regulation of cortical cytoskeleton dynamics during migration of free-living amoebae]. | amoeba proteus and smaller by an order of magnitude (and evolutionary younger) acanthamoeba castellanii have been for many years model cells for studies of amoeboidal (crawling) type of movement, characteristic also for some of metazoan cells such as fibroblasts, granulocytes and macrophages. amoeboidal migration is indispensable of organization and dynamics of actin-based cytoskeleton. while there is a number of data on molecular mechanisms of motility of a. castellanii, there is very little kn ... | 2009 | 19824468 |
| bilateral atticoantral chronic suppurative otitis media presenting as bilateral cutaneous mastoid fistulas. | postauricular cutaneous mastoid fistula secondary to chronic suppurative otitis media (csom) is an unusual complication. bilateral manifestation along with primary acquired cholesteatoma and atelectasis of the pars tensa as an end-stage complication in the natural course of atticoantral csom is rare. this kind of complication has a very morbid effect on the ear, and it poses a therapeutic challenge in terms of eradicating disease and restoring function. in this article, we describe the unusual c ... | 2009 | 19826984 |
| unilateral ovarian dermoid cyst accompanied by an ipsilateral paratubal cyst in a girl with proteus syndrome discovered by laparoscopic surgery. | proteus syndrome is a rare hamartomatous disorder characterized by the overgrowth of multiple tissues in a mosaic pattern. tumors of genitourinary tract in proteus syndrome are uncommon. | 2010 | 19833537 |
| [epidemiology of esbl-positive enterobacteriaceae in mantova hospital (italy)]. | in a retrospective study concerning the epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (esbl) positive enterobacteriaceae during 2007-2008 in the wards of the carlo poma hospital in mantova, mercurio surveillance software was used to detect alert microorganisms. our objective was to link the epidemiological data with the type of patient and ward, and to assess the risk factors for such infections in particular nosocomial environments. the study enabled the change in the relative epidemiologica ... | 2009 | 19838088 |
| composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oil from the fruits of amomum cannicarpum. | essential oil from the fruits of amomum cannicarpum (wight) bentham ex baker (zingiberaceae) was hydrodistilled and characterized by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (gc-ms). major constituents of the oil were beta-pinene (14.00%), elemol (10.45%) and alpha-cadinol (8.50%). thirty-three (91.48%) out of forty-one constituents were identified by gc-ms and subsequent data analysis. antimicrobial activity of the oil against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and some fungi, was determined ... | 2006 | 19839139 |
| antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral activities of some flavonoids. | antibacterial and antifungal activities of six plant-derived flavonoids representing two different structural groups were evaluated against standard strains of escherichia coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, proteus mirabilis, klebsiella pneumoniae, acinetobacter baumannii, staphylococcus aureus, enterococcus faecalis, bacillus subtilis and their drug-resistant isolates, as well as fungi (candida albicans, c. krusei) using the microdilution broth method. herpes simplex virus type-1 and parainfluenza-3 ... | 2010 | 19840899 |
| synthesis and characterization of new schiff bases derived from n (1)-substituted isatin with dithiooxamide and their co(ii), ni(ii), cu(ii), pd(ii), and pt(iv) complexes. | three new schiff bases of n-substituted isatin l(i), l(ii,) and l(iii) = schiff base of n-acetylisatin, n-benzylisatin, and n-benzoylisatin, respectively, and their metal complexes c(1a,b) = [co(2)(l(i))(2)cl(3)]cl, c(2) = [ni(l(i))(2)cl(2)]0.4buoh, c(3) = [cul(i)cl(h(2)o)]cl 0.5buoh, c(4) = [pd(l(i))(2)cl]cl, c(5) = [pt(l(1))(2)cl(2)]cl(2) 1.8etoh.h(2)o, c(6a) = [col(ii)cl]cl 0.4h(2)o 0.3dmso, c(6b) = [col(ii)cl]cl 0.3h(2)o 0.1buoh, c(7) = [nil(ii)cl(2)], c(8) = [cul(ii)]cl(2) h(2)o , c(9) = [p ... | 2009 | 19865487 |
| proteins in nucleocytoplasmic interactions : ii. turnover and changes in nuclear protein distribution with time and growth. | in previous studies, we showed that essentially all the proteins of the amoeba proteus nucleus could be classified either as rapidly migrating proteins (rmp), which shuttle between nucleus and cytoplasm continuously at a relatively rapid rate during interphase, or as slow turnover proteins (stp), which seem to move hardly at all during interphase. in this paper, we report on the kinetics and direction of the movement of both classes of protein, as well as on aspects of their localization, with a ... | 1968 | 19866726 |
| the rate of release of leukocyte pyrogen from rabbit blood incubated with endotoxin. | the time course of leukocyte pyrogen liberation from whole rabbit blood incubated at 37 degrees c with various concentrations of proteus endotoxin was studied. the kinetics of the process provide further evidence for the view that leukocyte pyrogen is an independent entity. it was shown that complete liberation of all available leukocyte pyrogen from blood is too slow a process to account for the fevers seen when rabbits are injected with endotoxin. however, very small quantities of leukocyte py ... | 1967 | 19867298 |
| the cultivation of amoebae in pure culture upon autolyzed tissues. | since the purpose of this paper is to record the cultivation of amoebae upon autolyzed tissue without bacterial association, the morphological characteristics, life cycle, means of differentiating species, and pathogenicity of the protozoa have been omitted. these subjects will be considered in later publications. the result of this study proves that some species of amoebae from liver abscesses and the human intestine can be cultivated upon various autolyzed tissues of man and some of the lower ... | 1913 | 19867701 |
| a study of the pathogenic properties of bacillus proteus. | some strains of bacillus proteus obtained from human lesions are pathogenic for rabbits, rats, and guinea pigs. there is good evidence that these strains are also pathogenic for man. all cultures obtained from sources other than human infections were non-pathogenic for the laboratory animals. a non-pathogenic culture may be made pathogenic by the use of aggressins or by inoculation into the anterior chamber of the eye. proteus cultures lose their virulence rapidly when grown on artificial media. ... | 1915 | 19867897 |
| chilomastix mesnili and a method for its culture. | 1. cases of flagellate infection of man by chilomastix mesnili have been reported from nearly every locality in the world. they are fairly abundant in the united states and are often confused with cases of infection by trichomonas intestinalis. 2. the shape of chilomastix is pyriform. the body contains the following structures: nucleus, centrosome, primary, secondary, and tertiary blepharoplasts, parabasal, parastyle, peristomal fiber, ventral cytostome, cytostomal flagellum, three anterior flag ... | 1921 | 19868485 |