| morganella morganii osteomyelitis complicated by secondary septic knee arthritis: a case report. | morganella morganii is a gram-negative, facultative anaerobic bacillus whose natural habitat is the gastrointestinal system. while it rarely causes infection alone, it is generally encountered in people with suppressed immunity and in cases of hospital infection. it may also manifest itself as a superinfection. morganella morganii often demonstrates a course characterized by slow-paced progression with occasional attacks and remissions. osteoarticular pathologies are not commonly observed in mor ... | 2012 | 23428772 |
| draft genome sequence of the opportunistic human pathogen morganella morganii sc01. | we report the 4.1-mb draft genome sequence of morganella morganii sc01, a gammaproteobacterium, isolated from an indian human fecal sample. | 2013 | 23405333 |
| capd-related peritonitis caused by morganella morganii. | | 2017 | 23349203 |
| orbital abscess from dacryocystitis caused by morganella morganii. | a 22-year-old female with multiple developmental abnormalities stemming from cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome presented with a recurrent orbital abscess 2 years after orbitotomy with drainage of an abscess of presumed hematogenous-origin. during careful intraoperative examination the abscess was seen to directly extend from the lacrimal sac. cultures were taken and grew morganella morganii, a gram negative rod uncommon in ocular and periocular infections. to the author's knowledge, this microorgani ... | 2013 | 23273045 |
| aqueous phase synthesis of copper nanoparticles: a link between heavy metal resistance and nanoparticle synthesis ability in bacterial systems. | we demonstrate aqueous phase biosynthesis of phase-pure metallic copper nanoparticles (cunps) using a silver resistant bacterium morganella morganii. this is particularly important considering that there has been no report that demonstrates biosynthesis and stabilization of pure copper nanoparticles in the aqueous phase. electrochemical analysis of bacterial cells exposed to cu(2+) ions provides new insights into the mechanistic aspect of cu(2+) ion reduction within the bacterial cell and indica ... | 2013 | 23223802 |
| a case of giant hepatic hydatid cyst infected with morganella morganii and the literature review. | hydatid cyst disease is a common worldwide zoonosis. most of the cysts are located in the liver. abscess formation due to infection of the cyst is an important complication. m. morganii, a gram-negative bacillus, is a quite rare cause of liver abscess. a 77-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with complaints of fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, and abdominal pain located in the right-upper quadrant. her history was positive for hepatic hydatid cyst disease ten years ago. phy ... | 2012 | 23198187 |
| morganella morganii, subspecies morganii, biogroup a: an unusual causative pathogen of brain abscess. | morganella morganii is a gram negative aerobe , found often as intestinal commensal. it is commonly implicated in urinary tract infections and pyogenic infections, but rarely causes cns infections especially brain abscess. there are very few published reports of morganella morganii as a causative pathogen in brain abscess. high index of suspicion of this pathogen is important in cases of brain abscess secondary to otogenic infections. this paper reports an unusual case of morganella morganii, su ... | 2012 | 23189003 |
| first characterisation of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance-qnrs1 co-expressed bla ctx-m-15 and bla dha-1 genes in clinical strain of morganella morganii recovered from a tunisian intensive care unit. | aim of this study was to show the emergence of the qnr genes among fluoroquinolone-resistant, ampc and esbl (extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase) co-producing morganella morganii isolate. | 2012 | 23183469 |
| evaluation of bacterial resistance to essential oils and antibiotics after exposure to oregano and cinnamon essential oils. | essential oils (eos) are excellent antimicrobial agents sometimes used in active food packaging. this work studies the susceptibility of 48 clinical isolates and 12 reference strains of gram-negative bacilli to oregano essential oil, cinnamon essential oil, and combinations of both. furthermore, the tendency of the clinical isolates to develop resistance to these eos and to different antibiotics after sequential oregano or cinnamon exposure was studied. for this purpose, antibiotic susceptibilit ... | 2012 | 22827568 |
| [occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of morganella morganii strains isolated from clinical samples]. | the aim of this study was the evaluation of occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of m morganii rods isolated from clinical samples. this study included 201 strains isolated in the clinical microbiology department of dr. a. jurasz university hospital in 2008-2010. identification to species was carried out on the basis of the results of biochemical reactions included in the tests id 32e and vitek2 gn. antimicrobial susceptibility of m. morganii rods was determined by the disk-diffusion meth ... | 2012 | 22708292 |
| chromosomal blactx-m-₁₅ associated with isecp1 in proteus mirabilis and morganella morganii isolated at the military hospital of tunis, tunisia. | this study investigated the genetic environment of bla(ctx-m) genes and associated resistance genes in seven proteus mirabilis and six morganella morganii extended spectrum β-lactamase (esbl)-positive isolates. the isolates were recovered from hospitalized patients with respiratory or urinary tract infections at the military hospital of tunis, tunisia. twenty-one of the 200 strains exhibited non-susceptibility to third generation cephalosporins and, among these strains, the double-disk synergy t ... | 2012 | 22683657 |
| clinical significance of infections caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae blood isolates with inducible ampc β-lactamase. | few studies have investigated the clinical features and outcomes for extended-spectrum β-lactamase (esbl)-producing enterobacter spp., citrobacter spp., serratia spp., and morganella morganii (ecsm) bloodstream infections. this study was performed to investigate the clinical features and outcomes for esbl-producing ecsm bloodstream infections. patients with ecsm bloodstream infection were enrolled from october 2006 to march 2008. of 124 patients with ecsm bacteremia, 30 cases (24.2%) were esbl-p ... | 2012 | 22409779 |
| [morganella morganii: an unusual bacterium in joint effusions]. | | 2012 | 22341776 |
| neonatal meningitis due to morganella morganii. | | 2013 | 22267858 |
| early and late endophthalmitis following trabeculectomy in a chinese population. | to investigate the rate of bleb-related endophthalmitis over 5 years in a chinese population. | 2017 | 28221505 |
| [antibiotic and sulfonamide sensitivity of proteus morganii]. | | 2014 | 24545240 |
| gut microbiota species can provoke both inflammatory and tolerogenic immune responses in human dendritic cells mediated by retinoic acid receptor alpha ligation. | dendritic cells are considered as the main coordinators of both mucosal and systemic immune responses, thus playing a determining role in shaping the outcome of effector cell responses. however, it is still uncovered how primary human monocyte-derived dc (modc) populations drive the polarization of helper t (th) cells in the presence of commensal bacteria harboring unique immunomodulatory properties. furthermore, the individual members of the gut microbiota have the potential to modulate the out ... | 2017 | 28458670 |
| heat resistance of histidine decarboxylase from gram-negative histamine-producing bacteria in seafood. | precooking of tuna is a potential critical control point (ccp) in the commercial manufacturing of canned tuna. to assess the efficacy of precooking as a ccp, an understanding of the thermal properties of histamine-producing bacteria (hpb) and their histidine decarboxylase (hdc) enzymes is required. the thermal properties of many hpb have been determined, but the thermal resistances of the hdc enzymes are unknown. the purpose of this study was to determine the d- and z-values of selected hdc enzy ... | 2017 | 28696146 |
| development of silver nanoparticles loaded chitosan-alginate constructs with biomedical potentialities. | herein, a facile biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles (agnps) and agnps-loaded chitosan-alginate constructs with biomedical potentialities is reported. the uv-vis spectroscopic profile confirmed the synthesis of agnps using methanolic leaves extract of euphorbia helioscopia. the newly developed agnps were characterized using various analytical and imaging techniques including uv-vis and ft-ir spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction (xrd), scanning electron microscopy (sem), energy dispersive spectroscop ... | 2017 | 28705499 |
| bacterial genus is a risk factor for major amputation in patients with diabetic foot. | to evaluate whether bacterial genus is a risk factor for major amputation in patients with diabetic foot and infected ulcer. | 2017 | 28658333 |
| assessment of cultivable oral bacterial flora from important venomous snakes of india and their antibiotic susceptibilities. | snakebite is a common, frequently devastating, occupational, socio-economic hazard, and it has a great impact on the rural population of india. snakebite is a major cause of the human morbidity and mortality since ancient times, as it not only affects the victim by systemic envenomation but also by wound infections originating from deadly pathogenic microorganisms from the oral cavity of the offending snake. the pathogens from the oral cavity of the snake tend to initiate an infection, resulting ... | 2017 | 28733908 |
| high prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae in wild fish from the mediterranean sea in algeria. | we investigated the prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (esbl)-producing enterobacteriaceae among wild fish from the coast of bejaia (algeria) in the mediterranean sea. | 2017 | 28805537 |
| honeybee (apis mellifera)-associated bacterial community affected by american foulbrood: detection of paenibacillus larvae via microbiome analysis. | honeybee (apis mellifera l.) workers act as passive vectors of paenibacillus larvae spores, which cause the quarantine disease american foulbrood (afb). we assessed the relative proportions of p. larvae within the honeybee microbiome using metabarcoding analysis of the 16 s rrna gene. the microbiome was analyzed in workers outside of the afb zone (control - afb0), in workers from asymptomatic colonies in an afb apiary (afb1), and in workers from colonies exhibiting clinical afb symptoms (afb2). ... | 2017 | 28698604 |
| prophylactic use of intraoperative vancomycin powder and postoperative infection: an analysis of microbiological patterns in 1200 consecutive surgical cases. | objective wound infections following spinal surgery for deformity place a high toll on patients, providers, and the health care system. the prophylactic application of intraoperative vancomycin powder has been shown to lower the infection risk after thoracolumbar decompression and fusion for deformity correction. the purpose of this study was to assess the microbiological patterns of postoperative surgical site infections (ssis) after prophylactic use of vancomycin powder in adult patients under ... | 2017 | 28665245 |
| dissemination of bla oxa-370 gene among several enterobacteriaceae species in brazil. | oxa-370 is a recently described oxa-48 variant that has only been described in a few enterobacter spp. and klebsiella pneumoniae isolates. the purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of oxa-370-producing isolates in carbapenem-nonsusceptible enterobacteriaceae recovered from 28 hospitals from brazil. real-time pcr was used to determine the presence of bla ndm-1, bla kpc-2, bla vim-type, bla ges-type, bla oxa-48-like, and bla imp-type genes. a total of 4,451 enterobacteriaceae were scre ... | 2017 | 28555403 |
| igm-mediated autoimmune responses to oxidative specific epitopes, but not nitrosylated adducts, are significantly decreased in pregnancy: association with bacterial translocation, perinatal and lifetime major depression and the tryptophan catabolite (trycat) pathway. | immunoglubulin (ig)m responses directed to oxidative specific epitopes (oses) and nitric oxide (no)-adducts are significantly associated with major depression and physio-somatic symptoms. end of term serum igm responses to oses and no-adducts were assayed in pregnant women with (n = 24) and without prenatal depression (n = 25) as well as in 24 non-pregnant women. associations of igm/iga responses to gram-negative gut commensal bacteria (leaky gut index) and iga/igm responses to tryptophan catabo ... | 2017 | 28600633 |
| wound infection secondary to snakebite. | snakebites can produce severe local and systemic septic complications as well as being associated with significant overall morbidity and even mortality. | 2017 | 28395682 |
| [adequate antibiotic prophylaxis and therapy of periprosthetic infections of the breast - review of 468 consecutive implant removals]. | background periprosthetic infections are feared complications in aesthetic as well as in reconstructive breast surgery. the purpose of our study was to evaluate our institution's specific culture data and to identify most common organisms and suitable antibiotics for prophylaxis and first line treatment in implant-based breast surgery. patients and methods we analyzed all patients with a change or removal of breast implants in the period from 01.01.2012 to 31.12.2015 retrospectively. based on th ... | 2017 | 28561169 |
| the susceptibility to fosfomycin of gram-negative bacteria isolates from urinary tract infection in the czech republic: data from a unicentric study. | against a background of rapid increase of β-lactamase-producing or multi-resistant pathogenic bacteria and the resulting lack of effective antibiotic treatment, some older antibiotics have been tested for new therapeutic uses. one of these is fosfomycin, to which according to studies these resistant bacteria are very sensitive. our study was designed because there is no data on the fosfomycin susceptibility rate in the czech republic. | 2017 | 28446177 |
| isolation, identification and characterization of morganella morganii from naja naja atra in beijing, china. | morganella morganii is an important opportunistic human pathogen and belongs to the family of enterobacteriaceae. although it is widely distribution, it only be considered a rare cause of human infections. we report the isolate of m. morganii from naja naja atra following infections of heart, lung and liver. seven strains were confirmed using 16s rdna amplified and sequences. antimicrobial susceptibility testing of m. morganii isolates demonstrated ubiquitous resistance to ampicillin, amoxicilli ... | 2017 | 28838340 |
| necrotizing fasciitis following venomous snakebites in a tertiary hospital of southwest taiwan. | necrotizing fasciitis following venomous snakebites is uncommon. the purpose of this study was to describe the initial clinical features of necrotizing fasciitis after snakebites, and to identify the risk factors for patients with cellulitis who later developed necrotizing fasciitis. | 2017 | 28811229 |
| bilateral morganella morganii keratitis in a patient with facial topical corticosteroid-induced rosacea-like dermatitis: a case report. | bilateral keratitis rarely occurs in individuals without predisposing factors. here we describe the clinical course of a patient who developed a bilateral keratitis caused by morganella. morganii which might be associated with long term using of topical corticosteroids-containing preparations on the face. | 2017 | 28659135 |
| draft genome sequences of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing morganella morganii strains aa1 and av1, isolated from a freshwater lake and eicchorniacrassipes roots. | two strains of morganella morganii, aa1 and av1, were isolated from freshwater and eicchornia crassipes roots, respectively. here, we report their draft genome sequences, which are ~3.6 mb and have 51% g+c content. the predicted coding sequences (3,259 for strain aa1 and 3,345 for strain av1) encode beta-lactamases, transpeptidases, and penicillin-binding proteins. | 2017 | 28619802 |
| investigation of acid phosphatase variants for the synthesis of phosphate monoesters. | the major drawback of using phosphatases for transphosphorylation reactions lies in product depletion caused by the natural hydrolytic activity of the enzymes. variants of phoc-mm from morganella morganii and nsap-eb from escherichia blattae were studied for their ability to maintain a high product level in the transphosphorylation of various primary alcohols. a single amino acid exchange delivered phosphatase variant phoc-mm g92d, which was able to catalyze the phosphorylation of primary alcoho ... | 2017 | 28600898 |
| a cost-saving strategy for processing isolated uropathogens in community-acquired urinary tract infections. | outpatient urine samples are among the most commonly processed in a microbiology laboratory, which involves a high economic burden. the aim of this study was compare cost and efficiency to process uropathogens between microscan system (2010-2011) versus a chromogenic medium and the disk diffusion method (2013-2014). in the first period, a total 9918 bacterial populations were isolated from urine samples. annual estimated costs during 2010 and 2011 for processing were eur 53,818 and eur 57,306, r ... | 2017 | 28559163 |
| multidrug resistance salmonella genomic island 1 in a morganella morganii subsp. morganii human clinical isolate from france. | salmonella genomic island 1 (sgi1) is a multidrug resistance integrative mobilizable element that harbors a great diversity of antimicrobial resistance gene clusters described in numerous salmonella enterica serovars and also in proteus mirabilis. a serious threat to public health was revealed in the recent description in p. mirabilis of a sgi1-derivative multidrug resistance island named pgi1 (proteus genomic island 1) carrying extended-spectrum-β-lactamase (esbl) and metallo-β-lactamase resist ... | 2017 | 28435889 |
| giant iliopsoas abscess caused by morganella morganii. | background while uncommon, iliopsoas abscesses can become the underlying cause of a fever of unknown origin. even in such cases, it is considered rare for an iliopsoas abscess to extend into the subcutaneous space. case report a 74-year-old woman with a history of schizophrenia was referred to our hospital with a high-grade fever. the patient was unaware of her febrile status prior to admission. there was no previous hospital admission. examination revealed a non-tender mass in the lower right b ... | 2017 | 28404984 |