Publications
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| antibiotic resistance of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli isolated from hog, beef, and chicken carcass samples from provincially inspected abattoirs in ontario. | campylobacterjejuni is one of the most common causes of bacterial foodborne infection in the united states, and there are reports of resistance of campylobacter spp. to antimicrobial agents used for the treatment of gastroenteritis. the purpose of this study was to determine the antimicrobial resistance patterns of campylobacter spp. isolated from hog, beef, and chicken carcasses from provincially inspected abattoirs in ontario. the agar dilution method was performed to measure antimicrobial res ... | 2006 | 16416896 |
| spatial analysis of campylobacter infection in the canadian province of manitoba. | the study describes population level variations in campylobacter incidence within the canadian province of manitoba, and the relationship to sociodemographic and landscape related characteristics. using data derived from the manitoba health public health branch communicable disease surveillance database, the study applied a number of spatial and ecological techniques to visualize, explore and model campylobacter incidence for the years 1996 to 2004. analytical techniques used in the study includ ... | 2006 | 16412246 |
| antimicrobial resistance in campylobacter jejuni from humans and broilers in norway. | in this study comprising isolates from 2001 to 2003, resistance was considerably more widespread among campylobacter jejuni from humans infected abroad than infected within norway. the discrepancy was particularly notable for fluoroquinolone resistance (67.4% vs. 6.5%). this is probably a reflection of a low resistance prevalence in norwegian broiler isolates (1.2% fluoroquinolone resistant). | 2006 | 16409659 |
| antimicrobial resistance in campylobacter jejuni from humans and broilers in norway. | in this study comprising isolates from 2001 to 2003, resistance was considerably more widespread among campylobacter jejuni from humans infected abroad than infected within norway. the discrepancy was particularly notable for fluoroquinolone resistance (67.4% vs. 6.5%). this is probably a reflection of a low resistance prevalence in norwegian broiler isolates (1.2% fluoroquinolone resistant). | 2006 | 16409659 |
| temperature dependence of reported campylobacter infection in england, 1989-1999. | campylobacter is the most common bacterial cause of gastroenteritis in england and wales, with 45000 cases reported annually. campylobacter incidence is highly seasonal; the consistent peak in late spring suggests a role for meteorological factors in the epidemiology of this organism. we investigated the relationship between ambient temperature and campylobacter enteritis using time-series analysis to study short-term associations between temperature and number of campylobacter reports adjusted ... | 2006 | 16409658 |
| temperature dependence of reported campylobacter infection in england, 1989-1999. | campylobacter is the most common bacterial cause of gastroenteritis in england and wales, with 45000 cases reported annually. campylobacter incidence is highly seasonal; the consistent peak in late spring suggests a role for meteorological factors in the epidemiology of this organism. we investigated the relationship between ambient temperature and campylobacter enteritis using time-series analysis to study short-term associations between temperature and number of campylobacter reports adjusted ... | 2006 | 16409658 |
| genetic characterization and antibiotic resistance of campylobacter spp. isolated from poultry and humans in senegal. | the main objectives of this study were to investigate the diversity of campylobacter genotypes circulating in senegal and to determine the frequency of antibiotic resistance. | 2006 | 16405702 |
| comparison of campylobacter isolated from humans and food-producing animals in japan. | to compare the antimicrobial resistance, serotypes and flagellin gene types of campylobacter isolated from humans and food-producing animals and thereby facilitate elucidation of the origin of campylobacter causing human infection in japan. | 2006 | 16405695 |
| neither hippurate-negative brachyspira pilosicoli nor brachyspira pilosicoli type strain caused diarrhoea in early-weaned pigs by experimental infection. | a hippurate-negative biovariant of brachyspira pilosicoli (b. pilosicolihipp-) is occasionally isolated in diarrhoeic pigs in finland, often concomitantly with hippurate-positive b. pilosicoli or lawsonia intracellularis. we studied pathogenicity of b. pilosicolihipp- with special attention paid to avoiding co-infection with other enteric pathogens. pigs were weaned and moved to barrier facilities at the age of 11 days. at 46 days, 8 pigs were inoculated with b. pilosicolihipp- strain br1622, 8 ... | 2005 | 16398337 |
| presence of salmonella and campylobacter spp. in wild small mammals on organic farms. | the presence of salmonella and campylobacter spp. in rodents and insectivores (n = 282) was investigated on organic farms. infections were encountered in house mice (8 of 83 campylobacter positive and 1 of 83 salmonella sp. strain livingstone positive) and brown rats (1 of 8 campylobacter positive) but not in other species. no shared campylobacter genotypes were found between rodent and pig manure isolates. effective on-farm rodent management is recommended. | 2006 | 16391145 |
| heat resistance and mechanism of heat inactivation in thermophilic campylobacters. | the heat resistance of campylobacter jejuni strains ar6 and l51 and the heat resistance of campylobacter coli strains dr4 and l6 were measured over the temperature range from 50 to 60 degrees c by two methods. isothermal measurements yielded d55 values in the range from 4.6 to 6.6 min and z values in the range from 5.5 to 6.3 degrees c. dynamic measurements using differential scanning calorimetry (dsc) during heating at a rate of 10 degrees c/min yielded d55 values of 2.5 min and 3.4 min and z v ... | 2006 | 16391133 |
| stable concentrated emulsions of the 1-monoglyceride of capric acid (monocaprin) with microbicidal activities against the food-borne bacteria campylobacter jejuni, salmonella spp., and escherichia coli. | of 11 fatty acids and monoglycerides tested against campylobacter jejuni, the 1-monoglyceride of capric acid (monocaprin) was the most active in killing the bacterium. various monocaprin-in-water emulsions were prepared which were stable after storage at room temperature for many months and which retained their microbicidal activity. a procedure was developed to manufacture up to 500 ml of 200 mm preconcentrated emulsions of monocaprin in tap water. the concentrates were clear and remained stabl ... | 2006 | 16391087 |
| identification of host-associated alleles by multilocus sequence typing of campylobacter coli strains from food animals. | campylobacter coli is a food-borne pathogen associated increasingly with human gastroenteritis. c. coli has a high prevalence in swine, but is isolated also from cattle and poultry. multilocus sequence typing (mlst) systems have been developed to differentiate c. coli strains. although substantial allelic diversity was identified across all seven c. coli mlst loci, no correlations were made in two previous studies between allele or sequence type (st) and the source of the organism. however, this ... | 2006 | 16385134 |
| xbase, a collection of online databases for bacterial comparative genomics. | the schema of the previously described escherischia coli database colibase has been applied to a number of other bacterial taxa, under the collective name xbase. the new databases include campydb for campylobacter, helicobacter and wolinella; pseudodb for pseudomonads; clostridb for clostridia; rhizodb for rhizobium and sinorhizobium; and mycodb, for mycobacterium, streptomyces and related organisms. the databases provide user friendly access to annotation and genome comparisons through a web-ba ... | 2006 | 16381881 |
| xbase, a collection of online databases for bacterial comparative genomics. | the schema of the previously described escherischia coli database colibase has been applied to a number of other bacterial taxa, under the collective name xbase. the new databases include campydb for campylobacter, helicobacter and wolinella; pseudodb for pseudomonads; clostridb for clostridia; rhizodb for rhizobium and sinorhizobium; and mycodb, for mycobacterium, streptomyces and related organisms. the databases provide user friendly access to annotation and genome comparisons through a web-ba ... | 2006 | 16381881 |
| new world monkey aotus nancymae as a model for campylobacter jejuni infection and immunity. | three groups of six monkeys (aotus nancymae) each were inoculated intragastrically with increasing doses of campylobacter jejuni. infection resulted in fecal colonization (100% of monkeys), dose-related diarrhea, and robust immune responses. colonization duration and diarrhea rate were reduced upon secondary challenge. a. nancymae may be useful for studying anti-campylobacter vaccine efficacy. | 2006 | 16369042 |
| iron and ph homeostasis intersect at the level of fur regulation in the gastric pathogen helicobacter pylori. | helicobacter pylori persistently colonizes the stomach of the majority of the world's population and is a tremendous medical burden due to its causal role in diverse gastric maladies. since the stomach is a constantly changing environment, successful colonization of h. pylori within this niche requires regulation of bacterial gene expression to cope with the environmental fluctuations. in h. pylori, the ferric uptake regulator (fur) has been shown to play an intricate role in adaptation of the b ... | 2006 | 16369017 |
| characterization of a cmeabc operon in a quinolone-resistant campylobacter coli isolate of irish origin. | in this study, a tripartite-operon-encoding efflux system together with its regulatory gene was characterized in an irish campylobacter coli isolate cit-382 showing high-level resistance to nalidixic acid and ciprofloxacin. sequence comparisons revealed significant homology between c. coli and the cmeabc operon of campylobacter jejuni. conservation of functional sequence domains and motifs were noted among c. coli and similar operons in unrelated organisms. a transcriptional regulatory gene cmer ... | 2005 | 16359189 |
| campylobacter in food animals and humans in northern thailand. | cross-sectional, longitudinal, and case-control studies were conducted to describe the epidemiology of campylobacter in chickens, swine, dairy cows, farm workers, nonfarm residents, and children with diarrhea. samples were collected in chiang mai and lamphung provinces of northern thailand from 2000 through 2003. a total of 2,360 samples were processed. results from the cross-sectional study indicated that the prevalences of campylobacter in chickens at the farm, slaughterhouse, and market were ... | 2005 | 16355821 |
| direct polymerase chain reaction detection of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli in raw milk and dairy products. | [this corrects the article on p. 2161 in vol. 59.]. | 1993 | 16349140 |
| occurrence of campylobacter species in poultry forms in lagos area of nigeria. | samples of poultry droppings were collected from fifty poultry farms in lagos area of nigeria. campylobacter species were isolated from serially diluted samples using bolton selective enrichment medium under microaerophilic condition at 42 degrees c. samples of water, both treated and untreated used in the farms were also analysed in the same manner. fifteen campylobacter strains were isolated from the droppings. all the strains were identified using biochemical characteristics differentiating c ... | 2005 | 16334275 |
| an investigation of the molecular mechanisms contributing to high-level erythromycin resistance in campylobacter. | the molecular mechanisms contributing to high-level erythromycin resistance in campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli isolates were investigated. the a2075g mutation in the 23s rrna target genes was identified in all high-level erythromycin-resistant isolates. a number of amino acid substitutions together with insertions and deletions were identified in the corresponding genes encoding l4 and l22 ribosomal proteins both of resistant and susceptible isolates. amino acid substitutions identif ... | 2006 | 16318913 |
| most campylobacter subtypes from sporadic infections can be found in retail poultry products and food animals. | the subtypes of campylobacter isolates from human infections in two danish counties were compared to isolates from retail food samples and faecal samples from chickens, pigs and cattle. during a 1-year period, 1285 campylobacter isolates from these sources were typed by two methods: 'penner' heat-stable serotyping and automated ribotyping (riboprinting). c. jejuni was the dominating species, but c. coli was more prevalent among food and chicken isolates (16%) compared to human isolates (4%). in ... | 2006 | 16316490 |
| prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of campylobacter in antimicrobial-free and conventional pig production systems. | the objectives of this study were to determine and compare the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of campylobacter species in swine reared in conventional and antimicrobial-free (abf) production systems. campylobacter coli was the predominant species, with 1,459 isolates (99%) in the study. we found significantly higher prevalence of c. coli on the abf farms (77.3%) than on the conventional farms (27.6%) among pigs at the nursery stage (p < 0.001). at slaughter, we found significantly highe ... | 2005 | 16300080 |
| genetic diversity in fluoroquinolone and macrolide-resistant campylobacter coli from pigs. | the genetic diversity of 115 campylobacter coli strains, isolated from pigs of 59 geographical distant farms in switzerland, were characterized on the basis of their dna fingerprints and resistance to macrolides and fluoroquinolones. sequence analysis showed that the macrolide-resistant isolates had a point mutation in the 23s ribosomal rna (rrna) genes (a2075g) and that the fluoroquinolone-resistant isolates had a point mutation in the gyrase gene gyra (c257t). one fluoroquinolone-resistant str ... | 2006 | 16289952 |
| the importance of campylobacter coli in human campylobacteriosis: prevalence and genetic characterization. | the primary aim of this study was to detect and genotype campylobacter coli strains from humans over a period of one year from november 2002 to october 2003. campylobacter spp. were isolated from patients with symptoms of enteric infection. amplified fragment length polymorphism (aflp) analysis was used to identify the genetic diversity of c. coli strains by cluster analysis. a total of 18.6% of all campylobacter isolates were identified as c. coli. these data show, that c. coli is indeed of imp ... | 2005 | 16274505 |
| microbial health risk posed by table eggs in trinidad. | a survey of the microbial quality of table eggs sold in trinidad was conducted. for 23 poultry layer farms each visited twice approximately 1 month apart, 25 pooled eggs constituted a composite sample, for 14 shopping malls each visited twice approximately 1 month apart, six pooled eggs made a composite sample and for a total of 102 other retailers across the country each visited once over a 4-month period, six pooled eggs constituted a composite sample. swabs of egg shells and egg content were ... | 2005 | 16274501 |
| campylobacter coli in swine production: antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and molecular epidemiology. | the aim of this study was to determine antimicrobial resistance, to evaluate and compare the use of two genotyping methods for molecular epidemiology purposes, and to determine the genotypic diversity of campylobacter coli of porcine origin. a total of 100 c. coli isolates from swine were tested for susceptibility to six antimicrobials using the agar dilution method and genotyped using two high-resolution fingerprinting approaches: multilocus sequence typing (mlst) and pulsed-field gel electroph ... | 2005 | 16272508 |
| dissimilatory metabolism of nitrogen oxides in bacteria: comparative reconstruction of transcriptional networks. | bacterial response to nitric oxide (no) is of major importance since no is an obligatory intermediate of the nitrogen cycle. transcriptional regulation of the dissimilatory nitric oxides metabolism in bacteria is diverse and involves fnr-like transcription factors hcpr, dnr, and nnrr; two-component systems narxl and narqp; no-responsive activator norr; and nitrite-sensitive repressor nsrr. using comparative genomics approaches, we predict dna-binding motifs for these transcriptional factors and ... | 2005 | 16261196 |
| the heterogeneity of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli strains isolated from healthy cattle. | to identify campylobacters isolated from clinically healthy cattle at species level by a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (m-pcr). the heterogeneity among campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli isolates was also investigated by using a restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflp) analysis of flagellin (flaa) gene. | 2005 | 16238642 |
| comparative phylogenomics of the food-borne pathogen campylobacter jejuni reveals genetic markers predictive of infection source. | campylobacter jejuni is the predominant cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide, but traditional typing methods are unable to discriminate strains from different sources that cause disease in humans. we report the use of genomotyping (whole-genome comparisons of microbes using dna microarrays) combined with bayesian-based algorithms to model the phylogeny of this major food-borne pathogen. in this study 111 c. jejuni strains were examined by genomotyping isolates from humans with a spectrum ... | 2005 | 16230626 |
| delineation of campylobacter concisus genomospecies by amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis and correlation of results with clinical data. | campylobacter concisus has been as frequently isolated from human diarrhea as the important enteropathogen campylobacter jejuni, but it also occurs in the feces of healthy individuals. the role of c. concisus in human disease has been difficult to determine, since the species comprises at least two phenotypically indistinguishable but genetically distinct taxa (i.e., genomospecies) that may vary in pathogenicity. we examined 62 c. concisus strains by amplified fragment length polymorphism (aflp) ... | 2005 | 16207968 |
| differentiation of campylobacter populations as demonstrated by flagellin short variable region sequences. | the dna sequence of the flaa short variable region (svr) was used to analyze a random population of campylobacter isolates to investigate the weakly clonal population structure of members of the genus. the svr sequence from 197 strains of c. jejuni and c. coli isolated from humans, bovine, swine, and chickens identified a group of 43 strains containing disparate short variable region sequences compared to the rest of the population. this group contains both c. jejuni and c. coli strains but disp ... | 2005 | 16204559 |
| speciation of campylobacter coli, c. jejuni, c. helveticus, c. lari, c. sputorum, and c. upsaliensis by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. | multiple strains of campylobacter coli, c. jejuni, c. helveticus, c. lari, c. sputorum, and c. upsaliensis isolated from animal, clinical, or food samples have been analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (maldi-tof ms). whole bacterial cells were harvested from colonies or confluent growth on agar and transferred directly into solvent and then to a spot of dried 3-methoxy-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (matrix). multiple ions in the 5,000- to 15,000-da m ... | 2005 | 16204551 |
| genomic diversity of campylobacter coli and campylobacter jejuni isolates recovered from free-range broiler farms and comparison with isolates of various origins. | in many industrialized countries, the incidence of campylobacteriosis exceeds that of salmonellosis. campylobacter bacteria are transmitted to humans mainly in food, especially poultry meat products. total prevention of campylobacter colonization in broiler flocks is the best way to reduce (or eliminate) the contamination of poultry products. the aim of this study was to establish the sources and routes of contamination of broilers at the farm level. molecular typing methods (dna macrorestrictio ... | 2005 | 16204541 |
| quantifying transmission of campylobacter spp. among broilers. | campylobacter species are frequently identified as a cause of human gastroenteritis, often from eating or mishandling contaminated poultry products. quantitative knowledge of transmission of campylobacter in broiler flocks is necessary, as this may help to determine the moment of introduction of campylobacter in broiler flocks more precisely. the aim of this study was to determine the transmission rate parameter in broiler flocks. four experiments were performed, each with four campylobacter-ino ... | 2005 | 16204486 |
| quantification of campylobacter spp. in chicken rinse samples by using flotation prior to real-time pcr. | real-time pcr is fast, sensitive, specific, and can deliver quantitative data; however, two disadvantages are that this technology is sensitive to inhibition by food and that it does not distinguish between dna originating from viable, viable nonculturable (vnc), and dead cells. for this reason, real-time pcr has been combined with a novel discontinuous buoyant density gradient method, called flotation, in order to allow detection of only viable and vnc cells of thermotolerant campylobacters in ... | 2005 | 16204485 |
| multiplex pcr for identification of campylobacter coli and campylobacter jejuni from pure cultures and directly on stool samples. | a multiplex-pcr method, specifically designed for application in routine diagnostic laboratories, was developed for the detection of campylobacter coli and campylobacter jejuni. primers were directed towards the following loci: the hippuricase gene (hipo) characteristic of c. jejuni, a sequence partly covering an aspartokinase gene characteristic of c. coli, and a universal 16s rdna gene sequence serving as an internal positive control for the pcr. the method was tested on 47 c. coli strains and ... | 2005 | 16192435 |
| acid-induced activation of the urease promoters is mediated directly by the arsrs two-component system of helicobacter pylori. | the nickel-containing enzyme urease is an essential colonization factor of the human gastric pathogen helicobacter pylori which enables the bacteria to survive the low-ph conditions of the stomach. transcription of the urease genes is positively controlled in response to increasing concentrations of nickel ions and acidic ph. here we demonstrate that acid-induced transcription of the urease genes is mediated directly by the arsrs two-component system. footprint analyses identify binding sites of ... | 2005 | 16177315 |
| mortality following campylobacter infection: a registry-based linkage study. | campylobacteriosis is one of the most commonly identified causes of bacterial diarrheal disease and a common cause of gastroenteritis in travellers from developed nations. despite the widespread occurrence, there is little information on campylobacter mortality. | 2005 | 16162289 |
| factors affecting the pressure resistance of some campylobacter species. | to compare pressure resistance between strains of campylobacter jejuni, campylobacter coli, campylobacter lari and campylobacter fetus, and to investigate the effect of suspending medium on pressure resistance of sensitive and more resistant strains. | 2005 | 16162138 |
| involvement of the cmeabc efflux pump in the macrolide resistance of campylobacter coli. | this study was conducted to examine the role of the cmeabc efflux pump in decreasing the susceptibility of campylobacter coli to macrolides and ketolides in the context of absence or presence of mutations in the 23s rrna genes. | 2005 | 16157618 |
| campylobacter coli: prevalence and antimicrobial resistance in antimicrobial-free (abf) swine production systems. | to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of campylobacter species in swine reared in the intensive and extensive antimicrobial-free (abf) production systems at farm and slaughter. in the abf system, antimicrobials are neither used for growth promotion nor therapeutic purposes. | 2005 | 16120624 |
| identification and characterization of neub3 from campylobacter jejuni as a pseudaminic acid synthase. | campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli are the main causes of bacterial diarrhea worldwide, and helicobacter pylori is known to cause duodenal ulcers. in all of these pathogenic organisms, the flagellin proteins are heavily glycosylated with a 2-keto-3-deoxy acid, pseudaminic acid (5,7-diacetamido-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-l-glycero-l-manno-nonulosonic acid). the presence of pseudaminic acid is required for the proper development of the flagella and is thereby necessary for motility in, and invasi ... | 2005 | 16120604 |
| sequence analysis of two cryptic plasmids from an agricultural isolate of campylobacter coli. | as part of a study identifying plasmids in campylobacter, we isolated and sequenced two novel cryptic plasmids from an agricultural isolate of campylobacter coli. the larger of the two plasmids, p3384, is 3316 bp in length and has a g+c content of 31.18%. a typical origin of replication consisting of five iterons was observed directly upstream of the first of three putative orfs. the smaller plasmid, p3386, is 2426 bp in length and has a g+c content of 26.22%. of the three putative orfs detected ... | 2006 | 16120460 |
| does age acquired immunity confer selective protection to common serotypes of campylobacter jejuni? | campylobacter infection is a major cause of bacterial gastrointestinal disease. exposure to campylobacter is known to produce an immune response in humans that can prevent future symptomatic infections. further, studies of the general population have shown that seroprevalence to campylobacter increases with age. | 2005 | 16117832 |
| identification of a new family of enzymes with potential o-acetylpeptidoglycan esterase activity in both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. | the metabolism of the rigid bacterial cell wall heteropolymer peptidoglycan is a dynamic process requiring continuous biosynthesis and maintenance involving the coordination of both lytic and synthetic enzymes. the o-acetylation of peptidoglycan has been proposed to provide one level of control on these activities as this modification inhibits the action of the major endogenous lytic enzymes, the lytic transglycosylases. the o-acetylation of peptidoglycan also inhibits the activity of the lysozy ... | 2005 | 16111493 |
| campylobacter spp., salmonella spp., verocytotoxic escherichia coli, and antibiotic resistance in indicator organisms in wild cervids. | faecal samples were collected, as part of the national health surveillance program for cervids (hop) in norway, from wild red deer, roe deer, moose and reindeer during ordinary hunting seasons from 2001 to 2003. samples from a total of 618 animals were examined for verocytotoxic e. coli (vtec); 611 animals for salmonella and 324 animals for campylobacter. a total of 50 samples were cultivated from each cervid species in order to isolate the indicator bacterial species e. coli and enterococcus fa ... | 2005 | 16108210 |
| a newly constructed primer pair for the pcr amplification, cloning and sequencing of the flagellin (flaa) gene from isolatesof urease-negative campylobacter lari. | a newly constructed primer pair (lari-af/lari-ar) designed to generate a product of the flagellin (flaa) gene for urease-negative campylobacter lari produced a pcr amplicon of about 1700 bp for 16 isolates from 7 seagulls, 5 humans, 3 food animals and one mussel in japan and northern ireland. nucleotide sequencing and alignments of the flaa amplicons from these isolates demonstrated that the deduced amino acid sequences of the possible open reading frame were 564-572 amino acid residues in lengt ... | 2005 | 16096687 |
| news and notes: an atypical campylobacter coli exhibiting unusual morphology. | campylobacter coli cells are characterized by a comma, or spiral shape, and a single polar flagellum. here we report stable spontaneous changes in morphology to an aflagellated straight rod. the ability to colonize the chick cecum was lost. the atypical cells were compared with the original c. coli 67 culture from which they were derived, with pcr, riboprinting, and pfge. | 2005 | 16091850 |
| discrimination of enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus pcr types of campylobacter coli and campylobacter jejuni by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. | fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ft-ir) has been used together with pattern recognition methodology to study isolates belonging to the species campylobacter coli and campylobacter jejuni and to compare ft-ir typing schemes with established genomic profiles based on enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus pcr (eric-pcr). seventeen isolates were cultivated under standardized conditions for 2, 3, and 4 days to study variability and improve reproducibility. eric-pcr profiles and ft-i ... | 2005 | 16085819 |
| inhibition of clostridium perfringens by a novel strain of bacillus subtilis isolated from the gastrointestinal tracts of healthy chickens. | the objectives of this study were to isolate beneficial strains of microorganisms from the gastrointestinal tracts of healthy chickens and to screen them against clostridium perfringens, a causative agent of necrotic enteritis in poultry. one of the bacteria isolated, a strain of bacillus subtilis, was found to possess an anticlostridial factor that could inhibit the c. perfringens atcc 13124 used in this study. the anticlostridial factor produced by b. subtilis pb6 was found to be fully or part ... | 2005 | 16085801 |
| genetic diversity of campylobacter sp. isolates from retail chicken products and humans with gastroenteritis in central michigan. | multilocus sequencing was used to compare campylobacter sp. strains isolated from retail chicken products and humans with gastroenteritis in central michigan. sequence comparisons demonstrated overlapping diversity between chicken and human isolates. campylobacter jejuni isolates from clinical sources had a greater diversity of flagellin alleles and a higher rate of quinolone resistance than isolates from retail chicken products. | 2005 | 16081984 |
| etiology of diarrhea in young children in denmark: a case-control study. | infectious gastroenteritis is one of the most common diseases in young children. to clarify the infectious etiology of diarrhea in danish children less than 5 years of age, we conducted a 2-year prospective case-control study. stools from 424 children with diarrhea and 870 asymptomatic age-matched controls were examined, and their parents were interviewed concerning symptoms. rotavirus, adenovirus, and astrovirus were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and norovirus and sapovirus wer ... | 2005 | 16081890 |
| role of efflux pumps and topoisomerase mutations in fluoroquinolone resistance in campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli. | point mutations in the topoisomerase (dna gyrase a) gene are known to be associated with fluoroquinolone resistance in campylobacter. recent studies have shown that an efflux pump encoded by cmeabc is also involved in decreased susceptibilities to fluoroquinolones, as well as other antimicrobials. genome analysis suggests that campylobacter jejuni contains at least nine other putative efflux pumps. using insertional inactivation and site-directed mutagenesis, we investigated the potential contri ... | 2005 | 16048946 |
| real-time pcr screening for 16s rrna mutations associated with resistance to tetracycline in helicobacter pylori. | the effectiveness of recommended first-line therapies for helicobacter pylori infections is decreasing due to the occurrence of resistance to metronidazole and/or clarithromycin. quadruple therapies, which include tetracycline and a bismuth salt, are useful alternative regimens. however, resistance to tetracycline, mainly caused by mutations in the 16s rrna genes (rrna and rrnb) affecting nucleotides 926 to 928, are already emerging and can impair the efficacies of such second-line regimens. her ... | 2005 | 16048919 |
| development of real-time pcr and hybridization methods for detection and identification of thermophilic campylobacter spp. in pig faecal samples. | to develop a real-time (rt) pcr for species differentiation of thermophilic campylobacter and to develop a method for assessing co-colonization of pigs by campylobacter spp. | 2005 | 16033460 |
| antimicrobial resistance patterns of campylobacter from feedlot cattle*. | this study examined 448 campylobacter strains isolated in 1999 and 2000 from us feedlot cattle for resistance to 12 antimicrobials. | 2005 | 16033459 |
| identification of a d-glycero-d-manno-heptosyltransferase gene from helicobacter pylori. | we have identified a helicobacter pylori d-glycero-d-manno-heptosyltransferase gene, hp0479, which is involved in the biosynthesis of the outer core region of h. pylori lipopolysaccharide (lps). insertional inactivation of hp0479 resulted in formation of a truncated lps molecule lacking an alpha-1,6-glucan-, dd-heptose-containing outer core region and o-chain polysaccharide. detailed structural analysis of purified lps from hp0479 mutants of strains ss1, 26695, o:3, and pj1 by a combination of c ... | 2005 | 16030209 |
| origin and evolution of the archaeo-eukaryotic primase superfamily and related palm-domain proteins: structural insights and new members. | we report an in-depth computational study of the protein sequences and structures of the superfamily of archaeo-eukaryotic primases (aeps). this analysis greatly expands the range of diversity of the aeps and reveals the unique active site shared by all members of this superfamily. in particular, it is shown that eukaryotic nucleo-cytoplasmic large dna viruses, including poxviruses, asfarviruses, iridoviruses, phycodnaviruses and the mimivirus, encode aeps of a distinct family, which also includ ... | 2005 | 16027112 |
| resistance of human periodontal ligament fibroblasts to the cytolethal distending toxin of actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. | the cytolethal distending toxin (cdt) of actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is a typical member of this gram-negative bacterium holotoxin family that targets a wide spectrum of eukarytotic cells, typically causing cell cycle arrest at either the g(1) or g(2)/m phase of the cell cycle. in view of the possible role of the cdt as a prominent a. actinomycetemcomitans virulence factor in periodontal diseases, we have examined the effects of the toxin on primary cultures of human periodontal ligamen ... | 2005 | 16018764 |
| [establishment of immunomagnetic capture-fluorescent pcr detection method for campylobacter jejuni]. | in order to develop a rapid method which can check campylobacter jejuni in animal and poultry foods nicely, an immunomagnetic capture-fluorescent pcr (imc-fpcr) method was established in this paper. the reported method involves isolation of the target pathogen by immunocapture prior to the fluorescent pcr step, therefore the immunomagnetic-beads for campylobacter were developed, and two groups of primer/probe, which targeted for the species special sequence of flaa gene and hipo gene for campylo ... | 2005 | 16013502 |
| rapid decay of salmonella flagella antibodies during human gastroenteritis: a follow up study. | an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) based on salmonella re-polymerized flagella was employed to measure levels of immunoglobulin (ig) g, igm and iga antibodies in sera from 303 danish patients diagnosed with either salmonella enteritidis or salmonella typhimurium. the antibody-levels were assessed at one, three and six months after onset of salmonellosis, and sera from a control-group of 170 healthy blood donors were additionally analysed in order to establish cut-off values fo ... | 2005 | 16009280 |
| advantages of peptide nucleic acid oligonucleotides for sensitive site directed 16s rrna fluorescence in situ hybridization (fish) detection of campylobacter jejuni, campylobacter coli and campylobacter lari. | traditionally fluorescence in situ hybridization (fish) has been performed with labeled dna oligonucleotide probes. here we present for the first time a high affinity peptide nucleic acid (pna) oligonucleotide sequence for detecting thermotolerant campylobacter spp. using fish. thermotolerant campylobacter spp, including the species campylobacter coli, campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter lari, are important food and water borne pathogens. the designed pna probe (cje195) bound with higher affi ... | 2005 | 16009278 |
| prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of campylobacter spp. and salmonella serovars in organic chickens from maryland retail stores. | retail organic (n = 198) and conventional (n = 61) chickens were analyzed. most organic (76%) and conventional (74%) chickens were contaminated with campylobacters. salmonellae were recovered from 61% of organic and 44% of conventional chickens. all salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium isolates from conventional chickens were resistant to five or more antimicrobials, whereas most s. enterica serovar typhimurium isolates (79%) from organic chickens were susceptible to 17 antimicrobials tested. | 2005 | 16000828 |
| effects of subtherapeutic administration of antimicrobial agents to beef cattle on the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter hyointestinalis. | the influence of antimicrobial agents on the development of antimicrobial resistance (amr) in campylobacter isolates recovered from 300 beef cattle maintained in an experimental feedlot was monitored over a 315-day period (11 sample times). groups of calves were assigned to one of the following antimicrobial treatments: chlortetracycline and sulfamethazine (cs), chlortetracycline alone (ct), virginiamycin, monensin, tylosin phosphate, and no antimicrobial agent (i.e., control treatment). in tota ... | 2005 | 16000800 |
| further characterization of campylobacter isolated from u.s. dairy cows. | the objective of the present study was to compare polymerase chain reaction (pcr) identification with ribotype results and to use pulsed field electrophoresis (pfge) to correlate genotypic patterns with antibiotic resistance of campylobacter isolated from lactating dairy cows in the united states. thirty isolates were studied. twenty-seven of the isolates were identified by pcr as campylobacter jejuni and three were identified as campylobacter coli. genotypic patterns of 15 isolates were determi ... | 2005 | 15992313 |
| strain persistence and fluctuation of multiple-antibiotic resistant campylobacter coli colonizing turkeys over successive production cycles. | the dynamics of colonization of turkeys by thermophilic campylobacters that are resistant to multiple antibiotics is poorly understood. in this study, we monitored cecal colonization of turkeys by campylobacter over three successive production cycles at the same farm. campylobacter isolated from the ceca was predominantly c. coli in all three flocks. isolates with two distinct fla types that represented a single clonal group based on pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and that were resistant to mu ... | 2005 | 15992304 |
| agricultural antibiotics and human health. | 2005 | 15984910 | |
| macrolide resistance in campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli: molecular mechanism and stability of the resistance phenotype. | a collection of 23 macrolide-resistant campylobacter isolates from different geographic areas was investigated to determine the mechanism and stability of macrolide resistance. the isolates were identified as campylobacter jejuni or campylobacter coli based on the results of the hippurate biochemical test in addition to five pcr-based genotypic methods. three point mutations at two positions within the peptidyl transferase region in domain v of the 23s rrna gene were identified. about 78% of the ... | 2005 | 15980346 |
| [antimicrobial susceptibility of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli isolated from human diarrheic samples]. | one hundred forty-seven campylobacter were isolated using 3,204 samples taken from sporadic diarrheic patients from january 2001 to december 2003. the detection rate of campylobacter in 16 to 30 year old patients (12.9%, 83/641) was significantly higher than that in patients less than 16 years of age, 5%, (29/1,155) (p < 0.001) and more than 30 years of age, 2.5% (35/1,408) (p < 0.001), respectively. the highest detection rate was obtained from the stool of males in the 16 to 30 year old range d ... | 2005 | 15977557 |
| stable accumulation of sigma54 in helicobacter pylori requires the novel protein hp0958. | several flagellar genes in helicobacter pylori are dependent on sigma(54) (rpon) for their expression. these genes encode components of the basal body, the hook protein, and a minor flagellin, flab. a protein-protein interaction map for h. pylori constructed from a high-throughput screen of a yeast two-hybrid assay (http://pim.hybrigenics.com/pimriderext/common/) revealed interactions between sigma(54) and the conserved hypothetical protein hp0958. to see if hp0958 influences sigma(54) function, ... | 2005 | 15968056 |
| h-ns is a part of a thermally controlled mechanism for bacterial gene regulation. | temperature is a primary environmental stress to which micro-organisms must be able to adapt and respond rapidly. whereas some bacteria are restricted to specific niches and have limited abilities to survive changes in their environment, others, such as members of the enterobacteriaceae, can withstand wide fluctuations in temperature. in addition to regulating cellular physiology, pathogenic bacteria use temperature as a cue for activating virulence gene expression. this work confirms that the n ... | 2005 | 15966862 |
| prevalence of salmonella, campylobacter and vtec on pig farms. | four different pig farms were sampled for the prevalence of salmonella, campylobacter and verotoxigenic e. coli (vtec). pigs of different age groups and pigs of the same age were tested by taking rectal swabs. the farm environment was tested by examining overshoes, and the feed and drinking water in the pens. from a total of 215 rectal samples of individual pigs, 15 rectal samples taken from animals at the same farm were positive for salmonella. the salmonella status of the pigs at this farm dif ... | 2001 | 15954621 |
| prevalence of potential virulence markers in polish campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli isolates obtained from hospitalized children and from chicken carcasses. | the pathogenicity of thermotolerant campylobacter species, common food-borne pathogens, depends on certain factors unevenly distributed among strains of different origin. the prevalence of such markers has never been examined in a population of polish campylobacter strains of human and poultry origin. therefore, we analysed the presence of the cadf, cdta, cdtb and cdtc genes and the iam sequence in campylobacter jejuni (n = 115) and campylobacter coli (n = 57) isolates from children with diarrho ... | 2005 | 15947425 |
| evaluation of agar plates for direct enumeration of campylobacter spp. from poultry carcass rinses. | campy-cefex, a modification of campy-cefex, modified charcoal cefoperazone deoxycholate (mccda), karmali, campy, and campy-line agars were evaluated for their efficiency to isolate and enumerate campylobacter spp. from poultry carcass rinses. campy-cefex and its modification produced the best results but were statistically similar to campy, mccda, and karmali. | 2005 | 15933040 |
| genetic diversity and antibiotic resistance patterns in a campylobacter population isolated from poultry farms in switzerland. | the diversity and genetic interrelation of campylobacter jejuni and c. coli isolated from swiss poultry were assessed by three independent typing methods. samples were derived prior to slaughter from 100 randomly selected flocks (five birds per flock) raised on three different farm types. the observed flock prevalence was 54% in total, with 50% for conventional and 69% for free-range farms. birds held on farms with a confined roaming area had the lowest prevalence of 37%. campylobacter isolates ... | 2005 | 15932975 |
| effect of preslaughter events on prevalence of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli in market-weight turkeys. | the effects of events which occur prior to slaughter, such as loading, transport, and holding at an abattoir, on the prevalence of campylobacter species, including campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli, were examined. cloacal swabs from market-weight turkeys in each of five flocks were obtained on a farm prior to loading (time 1; 120 swabs per flock) and after transport and holding at the abattoir (time 2; 120 swabs per flock). a statistically significant increase in the overall prevalence ... | 2005 | 15932973 |
| birds, migration and emerging zoonoses: west nile virus, lyme disease, influenza a and enteropathogens. | wild birds are important to public health because they carry emerging zoonotic pathogens, either as a reservoir host or by dispersing infected arthropod vectors. in addition, bird migration provides a mechanism for the establishment of new endemic foci of disease at great distances from where an infection was acquired. birds are central to the epidemiology of west nile virus (wnv) because they are the main amplifying host of the virus in nature. the initial spread of wnv in the u.s. along the ea ... | 2003 | 15931279 |
| mama-pcr assay for the detection of point mutations associated with high-level erythromycin resistance in campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli strains. | twenty campylobacter jejuni and 16 campylobacter coli strains isolated from humans and food/animals, including 17 isolates resistant to erythromycin, were analyzed. a combined mismatch amplification mutation assay-pcr technique was developed to detect the mutations a 2074 c and a 2075 g in the 23s rrna gene associated with erythromycin resistance. all high-level erythromycin-resistant strains examined by dna sequencing carried the transition mutation a 2075 g, whereas no isolate carried the a 20 ... | 2005 | 15927294 |
| a new approach for the analysis of bacterial microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization: insights from an empirical study. | microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (m-cgh) has been used to characterize the extensive intraspecies genetic diversity found in bacteria at the whole-genome level. although conventional microarray analytical procedures have proved adequate in handling m-cgh data, data interpretation using these methods is based on a continuous character model in which gene divergence and gene absence form a spectrum of decreasing gene conservation levels. however, whereas gene divergence may yet b ... | 2005 | 15918914 |
| [distribution and genetic characterization of porcine campylobacter coli isolates]. | the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the slaughter process on the campylobacter (c.) coli prevalence on pig carcasses and finally pork. to detect c. spp., faecal samples, organ samples and surfaces of slaughter pigs were sampled. additionally, various abattoir surfaces (n=208) and 227 pork and minced meat samples were included in our study. whereas a high c. spp. prevalence (64.0%) was detectable in the faeces of slaughter pigs (all isolates were identified as c. coli), low detect ... | 2005 | 15918485 |
| analysis of the prevalence of tetracycline resistance genes in clinical isolates of enterococcus faecalis and enterococcus faecium in a japanese hospital. | prevalence of seven tetracycline resistance (tc(r)) genes--tet(l), tet(m), tet(k), tet(o), tet(s), tet(t), and tet(u)--which are known to be distributed to gram-positive cocci was analyzed for 224 enterococcus faecalis and 46 enterococcus faecium clinical isolates obtained in a japanese hospital. any of the tc(r) genes was detected in 75.9% of all the enterococcal strains. the tet(m) was detected at highest rates in both e. faecalis (75.0%) and e. faecium (69.6%), followed by tet(l), which was h ... | 2005 | 15910229 |
| clinical herd health, farm management and antimicrobial resistance in campylobacter coli on finishing pig farms in switzerland. | the world-wide increase of antimicrobial resistance in micro-organisms complicates medical treatment of infected humans. we did a risk-factor analysis for the prevalence of antimicrobial resistant campylobacter coli on 64 swiss pig finishing farms. between may and november 2001, 20 faecal samples per farm were collected from the floor of pens holding finishing pigs shortly before slaughter. samples were pooled and cultured for campylobacter species. isolated campylobacter strains were tested for ... | 2005 | 15907569 |
| oral campylobacter species involved in extraoral abscess: a report of three cases. | oral campylobacter species are rarely reported to cause extraoral infections. here we present three cases of extraoral abscess caused by an oral campylobacter sp. and a streptococcus sp. the campylobacter species were all isolated anaerobically and identified by sequencing analysis of the 16s rrna gene. the cases included a breast abscess caused by campylobacter rectus and a non-group a beta-hemolytic streptococcus in a patient with lymphoma, a liver abscess caused by campylobacter curvus and an ... | 2005 | 15872299 |
| extended multilocus sequence typing system for campylobacter coli, c. lari, c. upsaliensis, and c. helveticus. | a multilocus sequence typing (mlst) system has been reported previously for campylobacter jejuni to both differentiate strains and identify clonal lineages. however, sequence variation at the mlst loci prevents its use for closely related campylobacter species. we describe herein an expanded mlst method to include three clinically relevant campylobacter species, c. coli, c. lari, and c. upsaliensis, and a fourth campylobacter species, c. helveticus. the c. coli and c. helveticus methods use the ... | 2005 | 15872261 |
| crga is an inducible lysr-type regulator of neisseria meningitidis, acting both as a repressor and as an activator of gene transcription. | the crga gene of neisseria meningitidis, which codes for a lysr-type regulator, is divergently oriented with respect to the mdab gene, which codes for a hypothetical nadph-quinone oxidoreductase. transcriptional studies of the intergenic region between crga and mdab showed that two overlapping and divergent promoters, p(crga) and p(mdab), control transcription of these genes. deletion of the crga gene led to a strong increase in transcription from the p(crga) promoter and a concomitant strong de ... | 2005 | 15866928 |
| evaluation of a pcr assay for the detection and identification of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli in retail poultry products. | a pcr-based method was applied to campylobacter detection in poultry samples at the retail level. in total, 73 retail poultry samples purchased from supermarkets in the basque country area in the north of spain were examined using both culture and molecular (alternative) methods. in our routine method, the worldwide iso 10272:1995 standard of preston broth incubated at 42 degrees c for conventional campylobacter detection was adopted. the molecular method was comprised of a dna extraction kit co ... | 2005 | 15862456 |
| cytolethal distending toxin (cdt)-negative campylobacter jejuni strains and anti-cdt neutralizing antibodies are induced during human infection but not during colonization in chickens. | the cytolethal distending toxin (cdt) of campylobacter jejuni was detectable, using an in vitro assay, in most but not all of 24 strains tested. the reason for the absence of toxin activity in these naturally occurring cdt-negative c. jejuni strains was then investigated at the genetic level. cdt is encoded by three highly conserved genes, cdta, -b, and -c. in the cdt-negative strains, two types of mutation were identified. the cdt activities of c. jejuni strains possessing both types of mutatio ... | 2005 | 15845513 |
| phosphorylation-independent activity of atypical response regulators of helicobacter pylori. | the genome of the gastric pathogen helicobacter pylori harbors a remarkably low number of regulatory genes, including three and five open reading frames encoding two-component histidine kinases and response regulators, respectively, which are putatively involved in transcriptional regulation. two of the response regulator genes, hp1043 and hp166, proved to be essential for cell growth, and inactivation of the response regulator gene hp1021 resulted in a severe growth defect, as indicated by a sm ... | 2005 | 15838037 |
| prevalence and diversity of campylobacter jejuni in pig herds on farms with and without cattle or poultry. | the prevalence and diversity of campylobacter jejuni was investigated in pig herds on farms with and without cattle or poultry production. a bacteriological screening of pig cecal samples from 247 finisher herds was carried out at the slaughter-house. subsequently, a follow-up study was conducted in 24 herds (either with or without prior c. jejuni isolation from pigs) in which fecal samples were collected from pigs and, if present, cattle and poultry. samples were analyzed for presence of campyl ... | 2005 | 15830662 |
| differential detection of five mouse-infecting helicobacter species by multiplex pcr. | several species of helicobacter have been isolated from laboratory mice, including h. bilis, h. hepaticus, h. muridarum, h. rodentium, and h. typhlonius, which appear to be the most common. the most widely used published method for molecular detection of these agents is pcr amplification of a conserved region of 16s rrna, but differential speciation requires restriction enzyme digestion of the amplicons. this study was undertaken to determine pcr conditions that would simultaneously and specific ... | 2005 | 15817762 |
| identification and molecular epidemiology of campylobacter coli isolates from human gastroenteritis, food, and animal sources by amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis and penner serotyping. | campylobacter coli is an infrequently studied but important food-borne pathogen with a wide natural distribution. we investigated its molecular epidemiology by use of amplified fragment length polymorphism (aflp)-based genotyping and penner serotyping. serotype reference strains and 177 danish isolates of diverse origin identified by routine phenotyping as c. coli were examined. molecular tools identified some 12% of field isolates as campylobacter jejuni, emphasizing the need for improved ident ... | 2005 | 15812025 |
| prevalence and genetic diversity of campylobacter spp. in environmental water samples from a 100-square-kilometer predominantly dairy farming area. | water samples were taken systematically from a 100-km2 area of mainly dairy farmland in northwestern england and examined for campylobacter spp. pulsed-field gel electrophoresis-restriction fragment length polymorphism (pfge-rflp) and flaa strain typing of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli isolates were done. data on the water source and the adjacent environment were recorded and examined as explanatory variables. campylobacter spp. were isolated from 40.5% (n = 119) of the water sampl ... | 2005 | 15812015 |
| pcr identification of campylobacter coli and campylobacter jejuni by partial sequencing of virulence genes. | the objective of this study was to utilize a multiplex pcr assay for concurrent detection of campylobacter spp. and c. coli or c. jejuni, using probes derived from genes cadf and ceue and an undefined virulence gene. a total of 97 campylobacter strains, isolated from turkey litter (n=74), chicken livers (n=15) and clinical (n=8) samples, were speciated using the pcr-based assay. pcr amplification of the isolates identified a 400-bp cadf gene, conserved in campylobacter species, an 894-bp ceue ge ... | 2005 | 15797819 |
| function of neisserial outer membrane phospholipase a in autolysis and assessment of its vaccine potential. | outer membrane phospholipase a (ompla) is an outer membrane-localized enzyme, present in many gram-negative bacterial species. it is implicated in the virulence of several pathogens. here, we investigated the presence, function, and vaccine potential of ompla in the human pathogen neisseria meningitidis. immunoblot analysis showed the presence of ompla in 28 out of 33 meningococcal strains investigated. the ompla-negative strains all contained a plda gene, but these alleles contained premature s ... | 2005 | 15784566 |
| prevalence of campylobacter, salmonella, and escherichia coli on the external packaging of raw meat. | during september and october 2002, 3,662 prepackaged raw meat samples were collected to evaluate the extent and nature of microbiological contamination on external surfaces of the packaging, which could potentially cross-contaminate ready-to-eat foods during and after purchase. salmonella was detected on two (<1%) samples of external packaging (both from raw chicken), and campylobacter was detected on 41 (1.1%) samples of external packaging. the external packaging of game fowl exhibited the high ... | 2005 | 15771168 |
| one-year (2003) nationwide pork carcass microbiological baseline data survey in taiwan. | from january through december 2003, swab samples from 1,650 pork carcasses were collected from 39 slaughter plants in taiwan. these samples were analyzed for the prevalence of indicator microorganisms and specific pathogens. viable aerobic bacteria, total coliforms, and escherichia coli were recovered from 100, 95.3, and 87.5% of these carcasses, respectively. of those carcasses that harbored bacteria, the mean aerobic plate, total coliform, and escherichia coli counts were 4.0, 0.6, and 0.1 log ... | 2005 | 15771166 |
| detection of mutations associated with macrolide resistance in thermophilic campylobacter spp. by real-time pcr. | two point mutations (a2074c and a2075g) in the 23s rrna gene of campylobacter coli and c. jejuni are associated with erythromycin resistance. a real-time fluorescence resonance energy transfer pcr assay using a melting curve analysis was developed to identify these two point mutations and the wild-type genotype in thermophilic campylobacter species such as c. coli, c. jejuni, and c. lari. concerning these species, 141 strains were tested and a result obtained in 140 (99.3%). a single genotype wa ... | 2005 | 15770093 |
| mixed diarrhoeal infection caused by vibrio cholerae and several other enteric pathogens in a 4-year-old child returning to germany from pakistan. | we report a mixed enteric infection in a 4-y-old child who returned from pakistan with fever, vomiting and profuse diarrhoea leading to severe dehydration. vibrio cholerae o1, salmonella paratyphi a and campylobacter coli were cultured from stool. furthermore, giardia lamblia antigen and hepatitis a rna were detected. this is the first paediatric cholera case seen in frankfurt/main. | 2005 | 15764195 |