Publications
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| in vivo evaluation of teicoplanin- and calcium sulfate-loaded pmma bone cement in preventing implant-related osteomyelitis in rats. | the objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of teicoplanin- and calcium sulphate-loaded polymethylmethacrylate (pmma) bone cements in preventing experimental implant-related osteomyelitis in rats. four groups of antibiotic-loaded rods were prepared and were implanted into the lateral condylus of the rat femur after inoculation of staphylococcus aureus. the effectiveness of these were assessed microbiologically, radiographically, and histopathologically. radiographic evaluation revea ... | 2006 | 17267341 |
| a new antibacterial compound produced by an indigenous marine bacteria--fermentation, isolation, and biological activity. | the use of microorganisms for biological purpose has become an effective alternative to control pathogens. a marine bacterium pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated from eal fish of baluchistan coast of pakistan. this strain produced a bactericidal antibiotic against environmental and clinical isolates. in this study, we purified bactericidal antibiotic from the ethyl acetate extract of the cells of p. aeruginosa and analyzed its chemical structure. based on spectrometric analysis, this compound 1 ... | 2006 | 17393659 |
| calcium sulphate delivery system with tobramycin for the treatment of chronic calcaneal osteomyelitis. | the case of a 24-year-old woman with pseudomonas aeruginosa and proteus mirabilis chronic calcaneal osteomyelitis is presented. extensive debridement of the necrotic bone and application of tobramycin-loaded polymethylmethacrylate beads was performed and ciprofloxacin was given post-operatively. three months later, laboratory tests, including complete blood cell count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and c-reactive protein, were normal. at this time, extensive surgical debridement and filling of ... | 2006 | 17295005 |
| pattern and multiple drug resistance of bacterial pathogens isolated from wound infection at university of gondar teaching hospital, northwest ethiopia. | antibiotics resistance among bacteria is a worldwide problem. the situation in developing countries like ethiopia is particularly serious. since the presence of drug resistant bacteria in the environment are threat for public health, up-to-date information on local pathogens and drug sensitivity pattern is very crucial to treat patients. the aim of this study is to assess the pattern of bacterial pathogens from wound infection and their susceptibility to common antibiotics. | 2006 | 17447374 |
| an in vitro assessment of the antibacterial effect of garlic (allium sativum) on bacterial isolates from wound infections. | garlic (allium sativum) has come to be seen as an all rounded treatment for preventing wound infection, common cold, malaria, cough and lung tuberculosis, hypertension, sexually transmitted diseases, mental illness, kidney diseases, liver diseases, asthma, diabetes. | 2006 | 17370439 |
| [evaluation of vitek 2 performance for identifying extended spectrum beta-lactamases in enterobacteriaceae "other than escherichia coli, proteus mirabilis and klebsiella spp"]. | production of beta-lactamases is the main resistance mechanism of gram-negative bacteria against beta-lactam antibiotics. extended spectrum beta-lactamases (esbls) have the ability to hydrolyze a broader spectrum of beta-lactam drugs. hence rapid, accurate detection of this resistance mechanism is extremely important to guide proper patient antimicrobial therapy. these enzymes are most commonly produced by klebsiella spp. and escherichia coli, but may also occur widely in other gram-negative bac ... | 2006 | 17380089 |
| more than just a bump: the hamartoma syndromes. | the hamartoma syndromes detailed in this review are just a few examples of the many genodermatoses now known to be associated with uncontrolled tumor proliferation secondary to mutations in tumor suppressor genes. knowledge gained through the study of these syndromes has not only improved our understanding of patients afflicted with such conditions, but has also led to significant insight into the important role tumor suppressor genes play in preventing tumor formation and in carcinogenesis. as ... | 2006 | 17249301 |
| [bacteriological evaluation in chronic otitis media]. | in chronic otitis media bacterial infection is often a cause of exacerbation in the clinical course and failure in treatment. the aim of the study was to investigate the incidence and profile of the aerobic bacterial flora in chronic otitis media and to determine the drug susceptibility of selected isolated bacteria. | 2006 | 17263251 |
| microbiologic profile of flexible endoscope disinfection in two brazilian hospitals. | [corrected] endoscopes are routinely used in hospitals and clinics of the world and they can be potential sources of cross-infection when the decontamination process is unsuitable | 2006 | 17406750 |
| spontaneous bacterial peritonitis causing serratia marcescens and proteus mirabilis ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection. case report. | the authors report their experience treating a polymicrobial ventriculoperitoneal (vp) shunt infection in a developmentally delayed 21-year-old woman. cerebrospinal fluid (csf) cultures grew serratia marcescens and proteus mirabilis. on admission and throughout her hospitalization, results of physical examination of her abdomen were normal, and radiographic studies showed no evidence of bowel perforation or pseudocyst formation. contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the abdomen revealed a sma ... | 2006 | 17219841 |
| pathogenic colonization of the stomach in enterally fed elderly patients: comparing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy with nasogastric tube. | to compare the gastric juice microbiota of older people fed through a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube (peg) with that of those fed through a nasogastric tube (ngt). | 2006 | 17198497 |
| increased resistance to first-line agents among bacterial pathogens isolated from urinary tract infections in latin america: time for local guidelines? | emerging resistance phenotypes and antimicrobial resistance rates among pathogens recovered from community-acquired urinary tract infections (ca-uti) is an increasing problem in specific regions, limiting therapeutic options. as part of the sentry antimicrobial surveillance program, a total of 611 isolates were collected in 2003 from patients with ca-uti presenting at latin american medical centers. each strain was tested in a central laboratory using clinical laboratory standard institute (clsi ... | 2006 | 17160281 |
| comparison of pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic indices of efficacy for 5 fluoroquinolones toward pathogens of dogs and cats. | fluoroquinolones are often used interchangeably in dogs and cats. | 2006 | 17186841 |
| [using antibiotics in urinary tract infection in a first level of attention health care unit in bogotá, colombia]. | describing using antibiotics for urinary tract infection in a first level of attention health care unit. | 2006 | 17191601 |
| perinephric abscess secondary to a staghorn calculus presenting as a subcutaneous abscess. | perinephric abscesses often present with flank pain and signs of sepsis, and are known to discharge to the skin. we report a case of a young patient presenting with a 48-hour history of painful swelling in her right renal angle following a urinary tract infection and no overt signs or symptoms of sepsis. plain abdominal films showed a perinephric abscess secondary to a staghorn calculus in the upper pole of the right kidney. on incision and drainage, 700 ml of pus was drained freely. the patient ... | 2006 | 17324312 |
| [biological hazards in air at municipal waste landfills]. | the aim of the study was to assess the microbiological air quality at the selected municipal waste landfills. | 2006 | 17533990 |
| antimicrobial activity against gram negative bacilli from yaounde central hospital, cameroon. | antimicrobial resistance among bacteria pathogens is a world-wide issue. the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of common pathogenic bacteria are essential to guide empirical and pathogen-specific therapy; unfortunately, these data are scarse in cameroon. | 2006 | 17604512 |
| mini-tn7 insertion in bacteria with secondary, non-glms-linked atttn7 sites: example proteus mirabilis hi4320. | we previously constructed a series of mini-tn7 chromosome integration vectors that, when provided only with the site-specific transposition machinery, generally transpose to a naturally evolved, neutral atttn7 site that is located 25-bp downstream of the glms gene. here we provide a protocol for application of the mini-tn7 system in proteus mirabilis as an example of a bacterium with a secondary atttn7 site that is not linked to glms but, in this case, located in the carab operon. the procedure ... | 2006 | 17406229 |
| hyperoxaluria, hypocitraturia, hypomagnesiuria, and lack of intestinal colonization by oxalobacter formigenes in a cervical spinal cord injury patient with suprapubic cystostomy, short bowel, and nephrolithiasis. | although urolithiasis is common in spinal cord injury patients, it is presumed that the predisposing factors for urinary stones in spinal cord injury patients are immobilization-induced hypercalciuria in the initial period after spinal injury and, in later stages, urine infection by urease-producing micro-organisms, e.g., proteus sp., which cause struvite stones. we describe a patient who sustained c-7 complete tetraplegia in a road traffic accident in 1970, when he was 16 years old. left ureter ... | 2006 | 17619709 |
| etiology of chronic prostatitis syndrome in patients treated at the university hospital for infectious diseases "dr. fran mihaljević" from 2003 to 2005. | a total of 835 patients with symptoms of chronic prostatitis syndrome and no evidence of structural or functional lower genitourinary tract abnormalities were examined in a three year period at the outpatient department for urogenital infections, university hospital for infectious diseases "dr. fran mihaljević" zagreb, croatia. disease etiology was determined in 482 (57.72%) patients. chlamydia trachomatis was proved to be the causative pathogen in 161 patients, trichomonas vaginalis in 85, esch ... | 2006 | 17508488 |
| phytochemisty and spermatogenic potentials of aqueous extract of cissus populnea (guill. and per) stem bark. | in vivo clinical trials involving the administration of crude extracts of cissus populnea to male subjects (normospermic, oligospermic, and azoopermic) in a 72-day study revealed that continuous exposure of the subjects to the extracts over this period did not significantly (p < or = 0.05) alter sperm count, morphology, motility, or volume. antimicrobial screening of the extract against some selected microbial isolates secondarily implicated in male infertility revealed total inactivity against ... | 2006 | 17370009 |
| survival of proteus mirabilis o3 (s1959), o9 and o18 strains in normal human serum (nhs) correlates with the diversity of their outer membrane proteins (omps). | urinary tract infections are frequently caused by proteus mirabilis strains. in the previous studies there were defined the complete structures of o-polysaccharide parts of lipopolysaccharides from strains: p. mirabilis o3 (s1959), p. mirabilis o9 and p. mirabilis o18. in the present study it was investigated bactericidal effect of normal human serum (nhs) to p. mirabilis strains. we also focused on the diversity of outer membrane proteins (omps) being separated on a gel isolated from tested str ... | 2006 | 17419294 |
| plasmid determined resistance to quinolones in clinical isolates of gram-negative bacilli. | a total of 166 strains of gram-negative bacilli comprising 65 klebsiella species, 22 escherichia coli, 39 pseudomonas aeruginosa, 20 proteus species, 18 other pseudomonas species and 2 salmonella typhi, were isolated from clinical specimens in the university college hospital, ibadan. antimicrobial susceptibility testing and plasmid profiling of the strains were done. ceftazidine had the highest antibacterial activity of 83.1% compared to the fluoroquinolones followed by ciprofloxacin (78.3%), pe ... | 2006 | 17722809 |
| the establishment of resistance phenotypes for bacteria isolated from outpatients in urine cultures. | from 1911 outpatients, who addressed a timişoara private clinical laboratory, from january to december 2005, we collected 1,889 urine cultures, 431 being positive. bacteria identification was generally done using morphological, cultural, biochemical characters and pathogenicity tests. sensitivity testing to antimicrobial medical drugs was done by using the classical diffusion kirby-bauer method and the automatic analyzer osiris, also. the main bacteria involved in the etiology of these infection ... | 2006 | 18389723 |
| microbial degradation of palm (elaeis guineensis) biodiesel. | the kinetics of biodegradation of palm-derived fatty methyl and ethyl esters (elaeis guineensis biodiesel) by a wild-type aerobic bacterial population was measured at 20 degrees c, as the rate of oxygen uptake by a manometric technique. the methyl and ethyl biodiesels were obtained by potassium-hydroxide catalysed trans-esterification of palm oil, respectively. the bacterial flora included the genera bacillus, proteus, pseudomonas, citrobacter and enterobacter. the rate of oxygen uptake for palm ... | 2006 | 18457175 |
| common pathogens isolated in diabetic foot infection in bir hospital. | foot ulcers are a frequent complication of patients suffering with diabetes mellitus, accounting for up to 20% of diabetes-related hospital admission . secondary infection of these ulcers is by far the leading cause of amputation of feet and legs and the polymicrobial nature of diabetic foot infection has been well documented in the literature. the present study sought to reveal the bacterial etiology of diabetic foot ulcer in patients presenting to bir hospital. | 2006 | 18603922 |
| antifungal and antibacterial activities of mexican tarragon (tagetes lucida). | mexican tarragon (tagetes lucida cv. asteraceae: campanulatae) is an important, nutritious plant and an effective herbal medicine. seven coumarins, 7,8-dihydroxycoumarin (4), umbelliferone (7-hydroxycoumarin) (5), scoparone (6,7-dimethoxycoumarin) (7), esculetin (6,7-dihydroxycoumarin) (11), 6-hydroxy-7-methoxycoumarin (12), herniarin (7-methoxycoumarin) (13), and scopoletin (6-methoxy-7-hydroxycoumarin) (14), and three flavonoids, patuletin (18), quercetin (19), and quercetagetin (20), were iso ... | 2006 | 19127719 |
| 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 |
| evaluation of antimicrobial activity of the stem bark of cylicodiscus gabunensis (mimosaceae). | ethyl acetate (ea) extract of the stem bark of cylicodiscus gabunensis (cg) was analysed phytochemically and evaluated for its antimicrobial activity against 17 pathogenic species isolated from patient: escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, shigella dysenteriae, shigella flexneri, morganella morganii, proteus vulgaris, proteus mirabilis, salmonella typhi, citrobacter freundii, enterobacter cloacae, enterobacter agglomerans, staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus feacalis, pseudomonas aeruginosa ... | 2006 | 20162076 |
| production and characterisation of monoclonal antibodies specific for escherichia coli o157:h7. | seven monoclonal antibodies (mabs) specific for escherichia coli o157:h7, one of the major causes of haemorrhagic colitis in humans, were produced by immunising balb/c mice with the strain e. coli o157:h7. these monoclonal antibodies do not cross-react with other bacteria such as salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium, e. coli o14, e. coli jm109, s. enterica serovar enteritidis, s. panama, s. saintpaul, s. derby, s. muenchen, s. bredeney, s. hadar, yersinia enterocolitica, proteus vulgaris, shi ... | 2006 | 20429059 |
| intra-pericardial rupture of bacterial hepatic abscess: an unusual cause of 'cardiac' chest pain. | we report a rare case of bacterial pericarditis secondary to rupture of liver abscess into the pericardium. the patient presented with cardiac-sounding chest pain and with normal ecg, cxr and troponin-i assay. the initial echocardiogram showed minimal pericardial fluid but, when he later developed overt clinical signs of cardiac tamponade, a ct scan of chest and abdomen revealed a pronounced pericardial effusion. it also revealed an abscess located in the left lobe of liver and this had apparent ... | 2006 | 21611623 |
| the therapeutic alliance--a proteus in disguise. | the therapeutic alliance is a vital component of not only the psychoanalytic relation but of all therapeutic encounters between psychotherapist and patient. despite the universal application and realization of the alliance concept in therapeutic endeavors, it is often ignored as an operative concept in the therapeutic theoretical armamentarium or is formulated in alternative terms. it also comes into play implicitly, even when the concept is formally dismissed as irrelevant. this discussion addr ... | 2006 | 22122095 |
| studies on antimicrobial activity of perionyx excavatus. | the antimicrobial activity of vermiextract was assessed against four human pathogenic microorganisms. especially strains of proteus species are a prominent cause of urinary tract infection in children. the present investigation deals with particular urinary tract pathogenic organisms like e. coli, proteus, providencia, morganella species. screening was performed by disc diffusion method. the zone of inhibition range from 17 to 19 mm against 1.0x10(8) cells of each culture at 1 mg concentration o ... | 2007 | 19090177 |
| antibacterial activity of some plant extracts used in folk medicine. | in the present work, selected plants were screened for their potential antibacterial activity. for evaluating antibacterial activity, both aqueous and organic solvent methanol was used. the plants screened were ocimum sanctum, jatropha gossypifolia, boerhavia diffusa, azadirachta indica, solidago virgaurea, and commelina benghalensis. the antibacterial activity was assessed against six bacterial strains--pseudomonas testosteroni, staphylococcus epidermidis, klebsiella pneumoniae, bacillus subtil ... | 2007 | 18928141 |
| bacteriology of wound infections in the surgical wards of a teaching hospital in enugu, nigeria. | during a 24-month period, january 2001 - december 2002, 404 wound swabs from 390 patients made up of 280 from surgical wounds, 92 from ulcers and 32 from other wounds like lacerations and discharging sinuses were studied. the prevalence of bacterial organisms and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern was analyzed, using standard bacteriologic techniques. two hundred and sixty four organisms (69.8%) were isolated from surgical wounds, 82 (21.7%) from ulcers and 32 (8.5%) from other wounds. coli ... | 2007 | 18564650 |
| confirmation of presumptive salmonella colonies contaminated with proteus swarming using the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) method. | in mexico, zero tolerance regulation is practiced regarding salmonella in food products. the presence of which is verified by the procedure described in nom 114-ssa-1994. during the period between august 2002 and march 2003, 245 food samples were tested using this procedure in the central laboratories of the department of health for the state of jalisco (ceeslab). of these 245 samples, 35 showed presumptive colonies contaminated with proteus swarm cells even after selective isolation. these swar ... | 2007 | 18693548 |
| epidermal nevus syndromes. | the term "epidermal nevus syndrome" (ens) has been used to describe the association of epidermal hamartomas and extra-cutaneous abnormalities. epidermal nevi follow the lines of blaschko. the majority of the extra-cutaneous manifestations involve the brain, eye, and skeletal systems. several subsets with characteristic features have been delineated including the nevus sebaceous syndrome, proteus syndrome, child syndrome, becker nevus syndrome, nevus comedonicus syndrome, and phakomatosis pigment ... | 2007 | 18395670 |
| tigecycline in the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal and complicated skin and skin structure infections. | tigecycline, a glycylcycline related to the tetracycline class of antibiotics, represents a new option for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal and complicated skin and skin structure infections. it displays favorable activity in vitro against the most common causative gram-positive, gram-negative and anaerobic pathogens. in addition, tigecycline demonstrates activity against drug-resistant pathogens such as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, a ... | 2007 | 18516315 |
| serological and structural characterization of the o-antigens of the unclassified proteus mirabilis strains tg 83, tg 319, and ccug 10700 (oa). | lipopolysaccharide (endotoxin, lps) is an important potential virulence factor of proteus rods. the serological specificity of the bacteria is defined by the structure of the o-polysaccharide chain (o-antigen) of the lps. until now, 76 o-serogroups have been differentiated among proteus strains. | 2007 | 18219766 |
| [synthesis and antimicrobial activity of some new (sulfon-amidophenyl)-amide derivatives of n-(m-nitrobenzoyl)-d,l-methionine]. | in order to obtain new compounds with potential antimicrobial activity some new (sulfon-amidophenyl)-amide derivatives of n-(m-nitrobenzoil)-d,l-methionine have been synthesized. the compounds have been obtained by decyclization reaction of 2-(m-nitrophenyl)-4-(beta-p-methylthioethyl)- delta2-5-oxazolinone with various sulfonamides. the chemical structure of the new sulfonamides was confirmed by elemental analysis data and ir and 1nmr spectral measurements. the compounds were also investigated f ... | 2007 | 18293716 |
| antimicrobial resistance patterns of clinical bacterial isolates in southwestern ethiopia. | the aim of this study was to assess the pattern of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents in a hospital setting in southwest ethiopia. | 2007 | 18326346 |
| [new perspectives of the phage therapy]. | a solution to the problem of the increasing number of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains can be the use of rational phage therapy. in the past, bacteriophages (phages) were often used for the treatment and prevention of infections and unlike antibiotic therapy, phage therapy caused almost no serious side effects. while previously several preparations containing whole phage particles were available for phage therapy, currently, the isolation of well characterised and purified phage components ... | 2007 | 18320502 |
| characterization of antarctic psychrotrophic bacteria with antibacterial activities against terrestrial microorganisms. | five-hundreds and eighty bacterial strains, isolated from various antarctic marine sources and locations, were screened for antimicrobial activity against terrestrial microorganisms. twenty-two antarctic isolates (3.8%), mainly retrieved from the water column at terra nova bay (ross sea), expressed antagonistic activity against one to three indicator organisms. escherichia coli and proteus mirabilis resulted as the more susceptible, followed by micrococcus luteus and bacillus subtilis. none of t ... | 2007 | 18072250 |
| structure of a glucosyl phosphate-containing o-polysaccharide of proteus vulgaris o42. | an o-polysaccharide was isolated by mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide of proteus vulgaris o42 and studied by sugar and methylation analyses along with 1h, 13c and 31p nmr spectroscopy. the following structure of the polysaccharide having a linear pentasaccharide phosphate repeating unit was established: -->3)-alpha-l-fucpnac4ac-(1-->4)-alpha-d-glcp-1-p-(o-->4)-alpha-d-glcpnac-(1-->3)-alpha-l-fucpnac4ac-(1-->3))-alpha-d-glcpnac6ac-(1--> where the degree of o-acetylation is approxima ... | 2007 | 17936254 |
| detection of hiv-1 sequences in intestinal bacteria of hiv/aids patients. | bacterial dna isolated from the intestinal tract of 11 american and 30 slovak hiv/aids patients were analyzed by colony and dot blot hybridization assay for hiv-1 specific sequences. secondly, pcr using primers specific for the hiv-1 gag, pol and env genes for detection of hiv-1 sequences in these dna were performed. | 2007 | 17984947 |
| [integrons and their relationship with resistance phenotype in gram negative bacilli isolated in the hospital torres galdames, iquique, chile]. | the antimicrobial resistance is coded in genetic elements which generate a horizontal flow of information, particularly in conditions that are under strong selective pressure like the nosocomial environment. in that sense, in the last decades, gram negative bacilli have become important agents of nosocomial infection. in order to investigate the presence of integrons among clinical isolates of gram negative bacilli and their relationship with their resistance profile, we studied 88 strains isola ... | 2007 | 17989843 |
| hematozoa in endemic subspecies of common kestrel in the cape verde islands. | we examined 130 common kestrel (falco tinnunculus) representing two endemic subspecies and nine resident island populations on the cape verde archipelago between 1996 and 1999 to study diversity, prevalence, and intensity of hematozoa. hematozoan diversity was very low; we detected only plasmodium fallax, a species that is rarely found in falconoformes, and, possibly, haemoproteus brachiatus. moreover, prevalence of plasmodium fallax was low (1.5%) with a mean intensity of infection of 0.05 prot ... | 2007 | 17984275 |
| gram-negative bacillary community acquired meningitis is not a rare entity in last two decades. | the aim of this short note is to assess gram-negative bacillary community acquired meningitis (cbm) and nosocomial meningitis (nm) within 17 years nationwide survey. all cases of gram-negative bacillary cbm within 1990-2007 were assessed in national database of 372 patients with bacterial meningitis: 69 of gram-negative cases were nosocomial and 24 of gram-negative meningitis cases were cbm. those 24 cases were compared with all cbm (201 cases) for risk factors and outcome. among nosocomial gram ... | 2007 | 18030268 |
| occurrence of proteus mirabilis associated with two species of venezuelan oysters. | the fecal contamination of raw seafood by indicators and opportunistic pathogenic microorganisms represents a public health concern. the objective of this study was to investigate the presence of enteric bacteria colonizing oysters collected from a venezuelan touristic area. oyster samples were collected at the northwestern coast of venezuela and local salinity, ph, temperature, and dissolved oxygen of seawater were recorded. total and fecal coliforms were measured for the assessment of the micr ... | 2007 | 18157401 |
| use of in vitro susceptibility and pathogen prevalence data to model the expected clinical success rates of tigecycline and other commonly used antimicrobials for empirical treatment of complicated skin and skin-structure infections. | the overall expected coverage for tigecycline and selected antimicrobial regimens based upon prevailing susceptibility rates was evaluated for the empirical therapy of complicated skin and skin-structure infections (csssis). consecutive, non-duplicate bacterial isolates collected from 2000-2005 from patients with documented csssi in 57 medical centres located in the usa (38 centres), france (6 centres), germany (7 centres), italy (3 centres) and spain (3 centres) were used to evaluate the freque ... | 2007 | 17959359 |
| the phakomatoses: dermatologic clues to neurologic anomalies. | the phakomatoses of particular interest to neurologists including sturge-weber syndrome, neurofibromatosis type 1, neurofibromatosis type 2, bannayan-riley-ruvalcaba syndrome, and proteus syndrome are presented. the physical manifestations required for clinical diagnosis, the neurologic features, and recommendations for management are given. the molecular etiology and genetic aspects of these disorders are briefly discussed as well as future implications of on-going research. | 2007 | 17980311 |
| congenital hand lesion. | 2007 | 18032962 | |
| an iron-regulated outer-membrane protein of proteus mirabilis is a haem receptor that plays an important role in urinary tract infection and in in vivo growth. | proteus mirabilis, a common cause of urinary tract infections, expresses iron-regulated outer-membrane proteins (omps) in response to iron restriction. it has been suggested that a 64 kda omp is involved in haemoprotein uptake and that this might have a role in pathogenesis. in order to confirm this hypothesis, this study generated a p. mirabilis mutant strain (p7) that did not express the 64 kda omp, by insertion of the tnphoa transposon. the nucleotide sequence of the interrupted gene revealed ... | 2007 | 18033826 |
| preliminary report of nad+-dependent amino acid dehydrogenase producing bacteria isolated from soil. | amino acid dehydrogenases (l-amino acid: oxidoreductase deaminating; ec 1.4.1.x) are members of the wider superfamily of oxidoreductases that catalyze the reversible oxidative deamination of an amino acid to its keto acid and ammonia with the concomitant reduction of either nad+, nadp+ or fad. these enzymes have been received much attention as biocatalysts for use in biosensors or diagnostic kits to screen amino acid metabolism disorders such as phenylketonuria (pku), maple syrup urine disease ( ... | 2007 | 18051956 |
| the clinical development and launch of amoxicillin/clavulanate for the treatment of a range of community-acquired infections. | by the 1960s and 1970s, problems in the antibacterial treatment of infections had begun to emerge. previously active antibacterials were being compromised by the development of resistance. beta-lactamase production was identified in isolates of staphylococci, and, amongst others, in escherichia coli, proteus mirabilis, haemophilus influenzae and moraxella catarrhalis. the discovery of the potent beta-lactamase inhibitor clavulanic acid, and its protective effect on amoxicillin, a semi-synthetic ... | 2007 | 17997283 |
| [fundamental study on the selection of antimicrobial prophylactic agents in abdominal surgery]. | most infections after abdominal operations are endogenous and occur by disseminating bacteria present in the intestinal tract during operation. the risk of developing surgical site infection after abdominal operations is related to the extent of intestinal contamination during operation and to the density and type of bacteria in the intestinal tract. although antimicrobial prophylactic agents must be active against contaminating bacteria during operation, it should not cover all contaminating ba ... | 2007 | 18018416 |
| an unusual case of a ureteric hernia into the sciatic foramen causing urinary sepsis: successfully treated laparoscopically. | we present the rare case of a ureteric hernia into the sciatic foramen. the presentation was that of a 59-year-old woman with urinary tract sepsis associated with an acute deterioration of renal function. the hernia was successfully repaired laparoscopically. | 2007 | 17958996 |
| [prevalence and bacterial susceptibility of community acquired urinary tract infection in university hospital of brasília, 2001 to 2005]. | urinary tract infection is among the most common infectious diseases in clinical medicine, and knowledge of its epidemiology and the sensitivity profile of the etiological agents is mandatory. the aim of this study was to identify the most frequent etiological agents and the profile of sensitivity to antimicrobial agents of the bacteria isolated from urine cultures from outpatients at the university hospital of brasília between 2001 and 2005. from analyses at the hospitals microbiology laborator ... | 2007 | 18200417 |
| antimicrobial activity of extracts of the lichen parmelia sulcata and its salazinic acid constituent. | the antimicrobial activity of the acetone, chloroform, diethyl ether, methanol, and petroleum ether extracts of the lichen parmelia sulcata and its salazinic acid constituent have been screened against twenty eight food-borne bacteria and fungi. all of the extracts with the exception of the petroleum ether extract showed antimicrobial activity against aeromonas hydrophila, bacillus cereus, bacillus subtilis, listeria monocytogenes, proteus vulgaris, yersinia enterocolitica, staphylococcus aureus ... | 2007 | 17913083 |
| prevalence of hospital-acquired infection in a moroccan university hospital. | infection control and hospital-acquired infection (hai) prevalence reports from developing countries are often not well established because of the lack of staff and resources. the aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of hai in a moroccan hospital as well as to identify its predisposing factors. | 2007 | 17660013 |
| bacterial contaminations of informally marketed raw milk in ghana. | summary | 2007 | 17925843 |
| anti-amebic antibody activity in patients, determined with antigens prepared from virulent parasites (indirect hemagglutination assay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay). | the serology of amebiasis is affected by low sensitivity and specificity. | 2007 | 17939629 |
| effect of natural preservatives on the growth of histamine producing bacteria. | present study deals with the hampering of the growth of histamine producing bacteria (hpb), by using nacl and spices which are easily available and cheaper cost wise. for this experiment, four strains of hpb viz. vibrio parahaemolyticus, bacillus cereus, pseudomonas aeruginosa and proteus mirabilis were tested against 1 to 10% concentrations of nacl and 1 to 5% concentrations of natural preservatives (turmeric, ginger and garlic) in a basal medium. hpb showed different growth rates at different ... | 2007 | 17915763 |
| in vitro antimicrobial activity of a novel propolis formulation (actichelated propolis). | this study compared in vitro activities of actichelated propolis (a multicomposite material obtained with mechano-chemichal activation) and of a hydroalcoholic extract of propolis. | 2007 | 17953601 |
| cowden syndrome. | cowden syndrome (cs), due to germline mutations of the pten tumor-suppressor gene, is an often overlooked cancer predisposition syndrome associated with an increased risk of breast, thyroid, and endometrial cancers, as well as benign manifestations. germline pten mutations also are associated with syndromes that have not been historically connected to an increase in risk for malignancy. these disorders include bannayan-riley-ruvalcaba syndrome (brrs), proteus syndrome (ps), and proteus-like synd ... | 2007 | 17920899 |
| purification, crystallization, x-ray diffraction analysis and phasing of an engineered single-chain pvuii restriction endonuclease. | the restriction endonuclease pvuii from proteus vulgaris has been converted from its wild-type homodimeric form into the enzymatically active single-chain variant scpvuii by tandemly joining the two subunits through the peptide linker gly-ser-gly-gly. scpvuii, which is suitable for the development of programmed restriction endonucleases for highly specific dna cleavage, was purified and crystallized. the crystals diffract to a resolution of 2.35 a and belong to space group p4(2), with unit-cell ... | 2007 | 17909283 |
| septic postpartum uterine inversion. | puerperal uterine inversion is an uncommon but life threatening obstetrical emergency. a 26-year-old woman, para six, was referred from a peripheral hospital seven days after delivery, with a mass protruding per vaginum. complete uterine inversion had occurred after delivery of baby and placenta. she was resuscitated and her genital infection was treated. she had a vaginal hysterectomy upon request. her postoperative recovery was uneventful. poor management of the third stage of labour is a comm ... | 2007 | 17909681 |
| production of l-carnitine by secondary metabolism of bacteria. | abstract: the increasing commercial demand for l-carnitine has led to a multiplication of efforts to improve its production with bacteria. the use of different cell environments, such as growing, resting, permeabilized, dried, osmotically stressed, freely suspended and immobilized cells, to maintain enzymes sufficiently active for l-carnitine production is discussed in the text. the different cell states of enterobacteria, such as escherichia coli and proteus sp., which can be used to produce l- ... | 2007 | 17910757 |
| is it a proteus syndrome? | 2007 | 17762684 | |
| species interactions in mixed-community crystalline biofilms on urinary catheters. | previous experimental investigations of the crystalline biofilms that colonize and block urinary catheters have focussed on their formation by pure cultures of proteus mirabilis. in the urine of patients undergoing long-term catheterization, p. mirabilis is commonly found in mixed communities with other urinary tract pathogens. little is known about the effect that the other species have on the rate at which p. mirabilis encrusts catheters. in the present study, a set of data on the nature of th ... | 2007 | 17965358 |
| polyamines in bacteria: pleiotropic effects yet specific mechanisms. | extensive data in a wide range of organisms point to the importance of polyamine homeostasis for growth. the two most common polyamines found in bacteria are putrescine and spermidine. the investigation of polyamine function in bacteria has revealed that they are involved in a number of functions other than growth, which include incorporation into the cell wall and biosynthesis of siderophores. they are also important in acid resistance and can act as a free radical ion scavenger. more recently ... | 2007 | 17966408 |
| [epidemiology and treatment of acute prostatitis after prostatic biopsy]. | acute prostatitis is the main complication of prostatic biopsies (pb) and sometimes requires hospitalisation and appropriate antibiotic therapy. this study evaluated the pathogens responsible and proposes a statistically adapted empirical antibiotic therapy. | 2007 | 17969797 |
| acquired ampc type beta-lactamases: an emerging problem in italian long-term care and rehabilitation facilities. | we report the multiple detection of proteus mirabilis isolates, from 4 different long-term care and rehabilitation facilities (ltcrfs) of northern italy, resistant to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins and cephamycins and producing an acquired ampc-like beta-lactamase, named cmy-16. genotyping by pfge showed that isolates were clonally related to each other, although not identical. in all isolates the bla(cmy16) gene was not transferable by conjugation and was found to be carried on the chromosome ... | 2007 | 17802913 |
| polymerase chain reaction for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. | polymerase chain reaction (pcr) based on the amplification of a 169 bp dna fragment specific for the mycobacterium tuberculosis complex was evaluated for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (tbm). a total of 105 csf specimens from clinically suspected cases of tbm were studied. clinical details of the cases and cytochemical parameters of the csf specimens were recorded. for pcr 10 csf specimens from cases other than tbm, 4 non-mycobacterial culture isolates (one strain of e coli, one s ... | 2007 | 17802972 |
| multiple antimicrobial resistance in enterobacteriaceae isolates from pristine freshwater. | a freshwater enterobacterial population (n = 111) was studied for antimicrobial and mercury resistance patterns, and for its possible association with biotic and abiotic factors in that environment. conventional biochemical tests identified klebsiella sp, morganella sp, serratia sp, escherichia sp, enterobacter sp, edwarsiella sp, proteus sp, citrobacter sp, providencia sp, and kluyvera sp. there was no correlation between antimicrobial resistance patterns of isolates and bacterial genera, but r ... | 2007 | 17985304 |
| preoperative diagnosis of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis. | the aim of this study was to evaluate the possibility of differentiating xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (xgpn) preoperatively from chronic pyelonephritis on the basis of demographic data, clinical parameters, and biochemical, microbiological, and radiological workups. | 2007 | 17987581 |
| brain abscess in infants and children: a retrospective study of 107 patients in northeast thailand. | to review the clinical manifestation, predisposing factor location of abscess, causative organism, treatment, and outcome of brain abscess. | 2007 | 17926990 |
| [phosphatase activity in amoeba proteus at ph 9.0]. | in the free-living amoeba amoeba proteus (strain b), after paag disk-electrophoresis of the homogenate supernatant, at using 1-naphthyl phosphate as a substrate and ph 9.0, three forms of phosphatase activity were revealed; they were arbitrarily called "fast", "intermediate", and "slow" phosphatases. the fast phosphatase has been established to be a fraction of lysosomal acid phosphatase that preserves some low activity at alkaline ph. the question as to which particular class the intermediate p ... | 2007 | 17933343 |
| regulatory circuit based on autogenous activation-repression: roles of c-boxes and spacer sequences in control of the pvuii restriction-modification system. | type ii restriction-modification (r-m) systems comprise a restriction endonuclease (rease) and a protective methyltransferase (mtase). after r-m genes enter a new cell, mtase must appear before rease or the chromosome will be cleaved. pvuii and some other r-m systems achieve this delay by cotranscribing the rease gene with the gene for an autogenous transcription activator (the controlling or 'c' protein c.pvuii). this study reveals, through in vivo titration, that c.pvuii is not only an activat ... | 2007 | 17933763 |
| brief assessment of motor function: content validity and reliability of the fine motor scale. | the brief assessment of motor function fine motor scale (fms) allows rapid assessment, independent of age. this study was done to establish content validity of the fms and to demonstrate fms reliability. | 2007 | 18004200 |
| clinical epidemiology of ciprofloxacin-resistant proteus mirabilis isolated from urine samples of hospitalised patients. | this study investigated the clinical characteristics of ciprofloxacin-resistant proteus mirabilis isolates from urine samples associated with nosocomial infection or colonisation, and identified the risk-factors for ciprofloxacin resistance. data for patients with ciprofloxacin-resistant p. mirabilis isolates (n=13) were compared with those for randomly selected patients with ciprofloxacin-susceptible p. mirabilis isolates (n=40) who were matched by temporal occurrence as control patients. the m ... | 2007 | 17850340 |
| newly delineated syndrome of congenital lipomatous overgrowth, vascular malformations, and epidermal nevi (clove syndrome) in seven patients. | we present a series of seven patients who were previously diagnosed with proteus syndrome, but who do not meet published diagnostic criteria for this disorder and whose natural history is distinct from that of proteus syndrome. this newly recognized phenotype comprises progressive, complex, and mixed truncal vascular malformations, dysregulated adipose tissue, varying degrees of scoliosis, and enlarged bony structures without progressive bony overgrowth. we have named this condition congenital l ... | 2007 | 17963221 |
| developing a strategy to reduce the high morbidity of patients with long-term urinary catheters: the biomed catheter research clinic. | to assess the idea of managing patients having problems with long-term catheterization (ltc, normally used when all other methods of bladder management have failed or are unsuitable) in a dedicated clinic, to present a prospective analysis of consecutive new patients attending between february 2002 and october 2006, and to establish the incidence of bladder stones in patients who have recurrent catheter encrustation and blockage. | 2007 | 17979927 |
| [attention-getting cross infections: extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacterial infections]. | 2007 | 18069300 | |
| antimicrobial susceptibility of klebsiella spp. and proteus spp. from various organ systems of horses, dogs and cats as determined in the bft-germvet monitoring program 2004-2006. | a total of 120 isolates of klebsiella spp. and proteus spp. collected from horses and small animals (dogs and cats) were screened for their susceptibility to 24 different antimicrobial agents. klebsiella spp. were included from infections of the genital tract (gt) of horses (36 isolates) and the urinary/genital tract (ugt) from dogs and cats (17 isolates), while proteus spp. were from small animal (dogs and cats) infections of the ugt (37 strains) and the skin (incl. ear/mouth) (30 isolates). in ... | 2007 | 17939455 |
| proteus syndrome in the aetiology of carpal tunnel syndrome. | 2007 | 17939492 | |
| fournier's gangrene: ten-year experience in a medical center in northern taiwan. | fournier's gangrene is a life-threatening infection. the mortality is still high despite the rapid advancement of modern intensive care and surgical technique. in this study, we present our institution's recent experience with a large series of patients with fournier's gangrene. | 2007 | 18087630 |
| microorganisms present in discharging otitis media in a group of patients in kathmandu. | discharge from the ear is one of the commonest symptoms of infections of the ear. to study the major strains of bacteria encountered in ear discharges, this study was conducted from july 1999, to june 2001 in the microbiology laboratory of om hospital. a total of 115 patients, of 6-35 years of age clinically diagnosed as discharging otitis media were studied. in 60.9% single organism and in 26.08% two organisms were isolated. results revealed that, staphylococcus aureus (34.3%), klebsiella pneum ... | 2007 | 18092440 |
| bacteriology of chronic suppurative otitis media--a multicenter study. | bacterial predominance and antibiotic sensitivity have changed over time, making continuous and periodic surveillance necessary in guiding appropriate antibacterial therapy. | 2007 | 17851935 |
| mannose-resistant proteus-like and p. mirabilis fimbriae have specific and additive roles in p. mirabilis urinary tract infections. | proteus mirabilis is an important uropathogen that can cause complicated urinary tract infections (uti). it produces several types of fimbriae, including mannose-resistant proteus-like (mr/p) fimbriae and p. mirabilis fimbriae (pmf). previously, we determined that these fimbriae affect the ability of p. mirabilis to colonize the urinary tract. the objective of this study was to analyse the effect of the simultaneous lack of p. mirabilis mr/p and pmf fimbriae in uti pathogenesis. a double mutant ... | 2007 | 17854474 |
| antibiotic susceptibility and molecular characterisation of proteus mirabilis isolates in hospitals from the west pomeranian area of poland. | proteus mirabilis isolates (n = 177), collected between 1996 and 2000 in four hospitals in the west pomeranian area of poland, were characterized by antibiotype and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge). the selected isolates were collected from different wards (intensive care unit, surgery, internal medicine, and urology). the strains were cultured from various specimen types, mostly from urine, wound samples, bronchial exudates and sputa. the identification was done by biochemical test id 32 ... | 2007 | 18062650 |
| biological activity of phenylpropionic acid isolated from a terrestrial streptomycetes. | the strain anu 6277 was isolated from laterite soil and identified as streptomyces sp. closely related to streptomyces albidoflavus cluster by 16s rrna analysis. the cultural, morphological and physiological characters of the strain were recorded. the strain exhibited resistance to chloramphenicol, penicillin and streptomycin. it had the ability to produce enzymes such as amylase and chitinase. a bioactive compound was isolated from the strain at stationary phase of culture and identified as 3-p ... | 2007 | 18062653 |
| antimicrobial resistance in 11 hospitals in puerto rico: results of an antimicrobial resistance management (arm) program. | the antimicrobial resistance management program (armp) was established in 1997 at the university of florida as an ongoing project to document trends in antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in inpatient/outpatient isolates and track resistance that may occur with specific antibiotic use. | 2007 | 18035809 |
| a mild form of proteus syndrome. | proteus syndrome is a multisystem disorder and diagnosis has been difficult because of the variability of the syndrome's manifestations. dermatologists have an important role as cutaneous findings could provide clues for the early diagnosis of the disease. herein we report a case who had cerebriform connective tissue nevus and lipoma as the sole manifestations of the disease. | 2007 | 18035995 |
| proteus syndrome: 2 case reports and a review of the literature. | proteus syndrome is a rare condition that has a variable clinical presentation. the syndrome is characterized by asymmetric disproportionate enlargement of the limbs, skull, or vertebrae, associated with a number of cutaneous lesions. herein, the clinical findings of 2 patients with proteus syndrome are presented and the current clinical diagnostic criteria are reviewed. | 2007 | 18038691 |
| identification and antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria and yeasts isolated from healthy dogs and dogs with otitis externa. | the bacterial and fungal flora of the external ear canal of dogs with otitis externa and of healthy dogs were studied. the most frequently isolated microorganism from otitic ears was staphylococcus intermedius (58.8%), followed by malassezia pachydermatis (30.9%), streptococcus canis (29.9%), proteus spp. (14.4%) and escherichia coli (10.3%). a statistical analysis of our results showed that the prevalence of these microorganisms is significant in dogs with otitis externa. furthermore, the antim ... | 2007 | 18045339 |
| frequency of urinary tract infection in catheterized dogs and comparison of bacterial culture and susceptibility testing results for catheterized and noncatheterized dogs with urinary tract infections. | to determine frequency of urinary tract infections (utis) in catheterized dogs that had intervertebral disk disease (ivdd) or disease other than ivdd and compare bacterial culture and susceptibility testing results for catheterized and noncatheterized dogs with utis. | 2007 | 17867973 |
| drug sensitivity patterns of bacterial isolates from septic post-operative wounds in a regional referral hospital in uganda. | wound infections have been a problem in the field of surgery for a long time. advances in control of infections have not completely eradicated this problem because of development of drug resistance. antimicrobial resistance can increase complications and costs associated with procedures and treatment. | 2007 | 18052868 |
| breast abscess bacteriologic features in the era of community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus epidemics. | increasing rates of community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) infections have also affected the microbial profile of breast abscesses. | 2007 | 17891866 |
| [clinical strain of proteus mirabilis able to produce a plasmid mediated ceftazidimase.] | resistance to third generation cephalosporins due to the acquisition and expression of extended spectrum beta-lactamases (esbls) enzymes among gram negative bacteria continue to pose a challenge to infection management worldwide. the aim of this study was to determine the implication of the enzymatic mechanism and to describe the properties of esbls from a clinical strain of proteus mirabilis nc4150 isolated in the intensive care unit at the military hospital in tunisia during the period 2004. t ... | 2007 | 17574349 |