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| hyperammonemic encephalopathy caused by urinary tract infection with urinary retention. | 2008 | 19046708 | |
| emphysematous cystitis. | 2008 | 19033516 | |
| frequency of renal stone disease in patients with urinary tract infection. | to determine incidence of renal stone disease in patients with urinary tract infection, this cross sectional study was conducted at surgical unit of district head quarters hospital, charsadda over a period of one year from january to december 2005. | 2008 | 19024188 |
| antibacterial activity of acalypha indica l. | hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts from the leaves of acalypha indica were tested against gram-positive (staphylococcus aureus, staphylococcus epidermidis, bacillus cereus, streptococcus faecalis) and gram-negative (klebsiella pneumoniae, escherichia coli, proteus vulgaris, pseudomonas aeruginosa) bacteria. all the extracts exhibited antibacterial activity against gram-positive organisms with minimum inhibitory concentrations (mic) between 0.156 to 2.5 mg/ml. among the gram- ... | 2008 | 19024213 |
| prevalence and characterization of verotocytoxin producing escherichia coli o157 from diarrhoea patients in morogoro, tanzania. | escherichia coli o157:h7 is an important agent of haemorrhagic colitis and haemolytic uraemic syndrome in children less than five years old and elderly people. the objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of verotocytoxin producing e. coli 0157 (vtec o157) among human patients with diarrhoea in morogoro, tanzania. faecal samples originating from 275 human patients with diarrhoea were screened for presence of e. coli o157:h7. a total of 96 e. coli isolate were identified. of thes ... | 2008 | 19024340 |
| [nationwide susceptibility surveillance of ciprofloxacin and various parenteral antimicrobials against bacteria isolated from patients with severe infections--third ciproxan injection special survey (2005)]. | we conducted 3 nationwide surveillance studies between 2001 and 2005 at 39 participating institutions throughout japan according to the special survey plan to investigate susceptibility to ciprofloxacin (cpfx) and various parenteral antimicrobials using clinical isolates from patients with severe infection during the reexamination period of parenteral cpfx. results of the first special survey (2001) were already reported in this journal. the current third special survey (2005) was conducted at 3 ... | 2008 | 19024645 |
| nationwide surveillance in taiwan of the in-vitro activity of tigecycline against clinical isolates of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae. | tigecycline in-vitro surveillance in taiwan (tist), initiated in 2006, is a nationwide surveillance programme designed to monitor longitudinally the in-vitro activity of tigecycline against commonly encountered resistant bacteria. this study compared the in-vitro activity of tigecycline against clinical isolates of resistant gram-negative bacteria determined by the broth microdilution and etest methods. a total of 622 isolates were collected from patients treated at 20 teaching hospitals. tigecy ... | 2008 | 19013351 |
| incomplete renal tubular acidosis as a predisposing factor for calcium phosphate stones in neuropathic bladder: a case report. | abstract: we present a male tetraplegic patient, who developed stones in neuropathic bladder six times within a span of three years. unusual features of this case are: (1) this patient started developing stones in urinary bladder thirteen years after sustaining spinal cord injury. (2) he was performing intermittent catheterisation and did not have an indwelling catheter. (3) the presenting symptom of vesical lithiasis was abdominal spasms and not urine infection. (4) the major component of the s ... | 2008 | 19014688 |
| bacteriology of non-surgical wound infections in ibadan, nigeria. | previous studies done on wound infections in this environment had been mostly on the surgical variety rather than the non-surgical. however,few studies available on the non-surgical type have indicated that changes do occur in the pattern and antibiogram of the bacterial isolates of these non-surgical wound infections. this study was therefore designed to investigate the bacteriology of non-surgical wound infections in this environment. a retrospective review of seven hundred and fifty four case ... | 2008 | 18982819 |
| ascomycones a-c, heptaketide metabolites from an unidentified ascomycete. | the ascomycones a-c (1-3), three novel heptaketide-derived secondary metabolites, have been isolated from cultures of an unknown ascomycete. while 1 and 2 are closely related pyranonaphthoquinones, 3 has a bicyclic dihydronaphthoquinone core. compounds 2 and 3 exhibited significant activity against several phytopathogenic fungi. | 2008 | 18989977 |
| comparison of pcr-based molecular markers for the characterization of proteus mirabilis clinical isolates. | proteus mirabilis is one of the most important pathogens associated with complicated urinary tract infections (acute pyelonephritis, bladder infections, kidney stones) and bacteremia, affecting patients with anatomical abnormalities, immunodeficiency, and long-term urinary catheterization. for epidemiological purposes, various molecular typing methods, such as pulse-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) or ribotyping, have been developed for this pathogen. however, these methods are labor intensive a ... | 2008 | 19219283 |
| [occupational exposure to mesophilic microorganisms associated with commercial processing of compost for mushroom production]. | the aim of the study was to assess the occupational exposure to mesophilic microorganisms associated with commercial processing of compost for mushroom production. | 2008 | 19227882 |
| antimicrobial activity of some macrophytes from lake manzalah (egypt). | the antimicrobial activities of aqueous and organic solvents (chloroform, ethanol and methanol) extracts of four plants ceratophyllum demersum l., eichhornia crassipes, potamogeton crispus and potamogeton pectinatus were tested in vitro against seventeen different microorganisms including gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and fungi. nine of these identified organisms were obtained from different sources, bacillus subtilis 1020, bacillus cereus 1080, staphylococcus aureus, erwinia carotovo ... | 2008 | 19205264 |
| the aac(6')ib gene in proteus mirabilis strains resistant to aminoglycosides. | the aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of aac(6')-ib gene conferring resistance to aminoglycosides in proteus mirabilis strains. five isolates had aac(6')-ib gene. in one case the gene was no-expressed. three isolates were resistant to all aminoglycosides and minimum inhibitory concentrations were > or = 256 microg/ml. additionally, all positive strains were resistant to tetracycline and ciprofloxacin. | 2008 | 19141409 |
| [antimicrobial activity of soft and purified propolis extracts]. | to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of soft and purified propolis extracts. study object and methods: antimicrobial activity of soft and purified propolis extracts was determined with reference cultures of staphylococcus aureus atcc 25923, enterococcus faecalis atcc 29212, escherichia coli atcc 25922, klebsiella pneumoniae atcc 33499, pseudomonas aeruginosa atcc 27853, proteus mirabilis atcc 12459, bacillus subtilis atcc 6633, bacillus cereus atcc 8035, and fungus candida albicans atcc 60193. ... | 2008 | 19142056 |
| laboratory detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase by an automated system. | this study aims to evaluate the positive predictive value (ppv) and the negative predictive value (npv) of vitek2 in detecting extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (esbl) phenotypes when compared to a manual confirmatory test as gold standard. a sample of escherichia coli, klebsiella spp and proteus mirabilis isolates were collected by 5 laboratories in the emilia-romagna region (italy). vitek2 appears to be an accurate tool to detect esbl phenotypes of e. coli isolates; some concern remains about i ... | 2008 | 19123314 |
| susceptibility pattern of some clinical bacterial isolates to selected antibiotics and disinfectants. | the antibacterial activities of five antibiotics, three brands of ofloxacins (obenasin, floxavid and drovid) and two brands of ciprofloxacins (uroxin and siprosan), and five commonly used disinfectants (lysol, dettol, purit, roberts and wex-cide) against staphylococcus aureus, escherichia coli, proteus spp., pseudomonas aeruginosa, streptococcus spp. and bacillus spp. were investigated. the growth inhibitory effect of both the antibiotics and disinfectants were determined using paper disk diffus ... | 2008 | 19004240 |
| antimicrobial resistance among uropathogens responsible for community-acquired urinary tract infections in an italian community. | this study aimed to establish the pattern of the antimicrobial resistance among the leading uropathogens causing community-acquired utis in an area of the region of apulia, southern italy. twenty-one thousand and two hundred outpatients, 6,893 males and 14,307 females, were enrolled. urinary isolates were identified by conventional methods and the susceptibility to 18 antimicrobials determined. recognized uropathogens escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae and proteus mirabilis were isolated fr ... | 2008 | 19129070 |
| [characteristic of resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics of nosocomial strains of proteus mirabilis]. | antibiotic resistance of bacterium proteus mirabilis isolated from inpatients was assessed in 30 medical centres from 15 regions of russia. the most active antibacterial preparations remained carbapenems (imipenem and meropenem). between 3rd generation cephalosporins, the lowest minimal inhibitory concentration (mic) was observed in inhibition-protected preparations (ceftazidime/clavulanate: mic50 < 0.125 mcg/ml, mic90 128 mcg/ml; cefoperazone/sulbactam: mic50 2 mcg/ml, mic90 64 mcg/ml). detecti ... | 2008 | 19189465 |
| [etiology of urinary tract infections and antimicrobial susceptibility: a study conducted on a population of children hospitalized in the department of pediatrics at warsaw bielany hospital; 2004-2006]. | the basis of urinary tract infection (uti) diagnosis in children is based on positive results of microbiological tests. the selection of an antimicrobial drug for empirical treatment and prophylaxis of uti is determined by the susceptibility of bacterial strains isolated from urine cultures. | 2008 | 19418948 |
| antibacterial profile of fermented seed extracts of ricinus communis: findings from a preliminary analysis. | the study was carried out to ascertain the antibacterial properties inherent in fermented seed extracts of ricinus communis. dry seeds of r. communis (castor oil plant) were deshelled, grounded to powder, fermented, and then extracted both with alcohol and water using soxhlet machine. different concentrations of the extracts were tested against selected bacteria using diffusion method of susceptibility testing on sensitivity testing agar medium. klebsiella pneumoniae, escherichia coli, proteus v ... | 2008 | 19434215 |
| [preliminary data on the utilization of monural to treat pregnant women with asymptomatic bacteriuria]. | 2008 | 19452625 | |
| [clinical analysis of otogenic intracranial complications]. | to analyze the clinical features and treatment protocols of otogenic intracranial complications in peking union medical college hospital. | 2008 | 19267967 |
| epidemiological and bacteriological profile of burn patients at nepal medical college teaching hospital. | this study was conducted to know the epidemiological and bacteriological profile of burn patients at nepal medical college teaching hospital. the charts of 50 burn patients admitted in department of surgery were reviewed retrospectively. all the epidemiological characteristics, mode of injury, time taken to reach hospital and involved body surface areas were noted. the charts were also reviewed for bacterial isolates from burn wounds and its sensitivity pattern for various antibiotics. data was ... | 2008 | 19558060 |
| [epidemiology of bacterial intrahospital infections in newborns]. | nosocomial infections are important problem for the modern medicine. especially sensitive category, susceptible to nosocomial infections, are the infants. the aim of the research was to establish an active monitoring over the breaking out of the nosocomial infections in the neonatology department of the gynecology and obstetrics clinic of the university clinical center tuzla (ukc) and to determine the kind of bacteria that causes the nosocomial infections as well as the type of infection accordi ... | 2008 | 19469274 |
| selected bacterial recovery in trinidadian children with chronic tonsillar disease. | pharyngotonsillitis in children is widely treated with antibiotics. | 2008 | 19582348 |
| antibiotic resistance in pathogens causing community-acquired urinary tract infections in india: a multicenter study. | empiric treatment of community-acquired urinary tract infections (ca-uti) is determined by the antibiotic sensitivity patterns of uropathogens in a population. this study was conducted to determine patterns of resistance amongst ca-uropathogens in india, to help establish local guidelines on treatment of ca-uti. | 2008 | 19745502 |
| the sensitivities to first-line antibiotic therapy of the common urinary tract bacterial infections detected in urine samples at a hospital in metropolitan kampala (uganda). | urinary tract infections (utis) are among the most common human infections. many urinary tract bacteria are capable of expressing drug resistance. resistant bacteria may be present from the commencement of the infection or may develop during treatment. this study focused on the problem of antibiotic resistance to the first-line drugs that were used to treat patients presenting with urinary tract infections at rubaga hospital in kampala, uganda. | 2007 | 21499486 |
| the elephant man. | 2007 | 21991688 | |
| hormonal regulation of the contractile vacuole in amoeba proteus: the role of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases. | 2007 | 17668613 | |
| an urgent problem of aerobic gram-negative pathogen infection in complicated parapneumonic effusions or empyemas. | complicated parapneumonic effusion or empyema is a troublesome disease with a high mortality. the most common involved microorganisms seem to have changed over recent decades, influenced by the introduction of new antibiotics, and the increase of immunocompromised hosts, and the elderly population. more epidemiological studies on the current bacteriology are needed to help us to empirically select adequate antibiotics. | 2007 | 17675765 |
| profile of community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia cases admitted to basra general hospital, iraq. | over an 18-month period 485 throat swabs and sputum samples were taken from patients admitted to basra general hospital, iraq, with a clinical diagnosis of pneumonia. most patients (94.0%) had community-acquired pneumonia; 29 (6.0%) had hospital-acquired pneumonia. patients aged < or = 15 years and males had the highest incidence of pneumonia. cases were analysed by type of pneumonia: bronchial (76.3%) versus lobar (23.7%), and primary (81.0%) versus secondary (19.0%). the most common pathogen w ... | 2007 | 17684843 |
| [ecthyma gangrenosum in a patient with non-hodgkin lymphoma]. | ecthymagangrenosum is a rare disease of the skin that causes the localized necrosis of the skin and subcutaneous fat tissue, leading to the multiple ulcerations surrounded by local hyperaemia. the ulcerations are usually localized in groins, and perianal area. in the majority of cases ecthyma is caused by a pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis. the disease usually appears in immunocompromized, most frequently hematological patients. | 2007 | 17687947 |
| synthesis and antibacterial activity of some novel chiral fluorophoric biscyclic macrocycles. | synthesis of chiral permanent fluorophoric biscyclic macrocycles incorporating anthraquinone and (s)-binol core is described. interestingly, the biscyclic macrocycle 1 exhibited remarkable antibacterial activity against most of the pathogenic bacteria in the tested concentrations as compared to the other three compounds 2, 14 and 17 as well as the test control, tetracycline. further biscyclophanes 1 and 2 exhibited permanent fluorescence sensing property even under highly acidic conditions. | 2007 | 17689076 |
| comparison of real-time polymerase chain reaction and conventional polymerase chain reaction methods for the rapid identification of bacillus anthracis. | bacillus anthracis spores have been shown to be one of the most effective biological weapons. for the rapid detection of b. anthracis spores, several genetic markers, including chromosomal and plasmid-based sequences, were studied with polymerase chain reaction (pcr) methods. in the present study, a method using a primer/probe set based on the pxo1-encoded pag gene for the detection of b. anthracis was tested in addition to culture. eight pathological samples (four blood-immersed cotton specimen ... | 2007 | 17691694 |
| apnoea-hypopnoea and mandibular retrusion as uncommon findings associated with proteus syndrome. | the aetiology of proteus syndrome (ps) is yet unclear. this disease includes partial gigantism of the hands and/or feet, nevi, hemihypertrophy due to overgrowth of long bones, subcutaneous tumours, macrocephaly, cranial hyperostosis, and pulmonary and renal abnormalities. this case report is about a 17-year-old boy with two uncommon findings associated with ps: apnoea-hypopnoea and mandibular retrusion. a multidisciplinary team was important to provide professional care for this patient. dentist ... | 2007 | 17699709 |
| images in emergency medicine. infected urachal cyst. | 2007 | 17643855 | |
| occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from diagnostic samples from dogs. | to study the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance among common bacterial pathogens from dogs and relate resistance patterns to data on consumption of antimicrobials. | 2007 | 17644533 |
| [proteus syndrome with a giant hemangiomas in the spleen associated with chronic dic--two case report and literature review]. | to investigate the clinical manifestations, pathologic features and laboratory findings in two proteus syndrome patients with giant hemangiomas in the spleen and chronic dic. | 2007 | 17649705 |
| use of hp selective medium to detect helicobacter pylori associated with other enteric bacteria in seawater and marine molluscs. | this project investigated the utility of hp selective medium to isolate h. pylori cells from seawater and from marine molluscs. | 2007 | 17651221 |
| proteus syndrome with syringohydromyelia and arachnoid cyst. | introduction: proteus syndrome (ps) is a rarely seen, sporadic disorder with a wide range of abnormalities including asymmetrical overgrowth, skin lesions, dysregulated adipose tissue, and vascular malformations. brain and spinal malformations are extremely rare; syringohydromyelia and arachnoid cyst have not been reported previously. materials and methods: we present a 5-year-old girl with ps having severe central nervous system (cns) abnormalities demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging (mr ... | 2007 | 17593376 |
| chronic granulomatous disease in pediatric patients: 25 years of experience. | chronic granulomatous disease (cgd) is an uncommon primary immune deficiency (affecting 1/200,000 newborn infants) caused by a defect in phagocyte production of oxygen metabolites, and resulting in bacterial infections produced by catalase-positive microorganisms and fungal diseases that occasionally may prove fatal. | 2007 | 17594870 |
| in vitro susceptibility of community-acquired urinary tract pathogens to commonly used antimicrobial agents in spain: a comparative multicenter study (2002-2004). | the susceptibility patterns of 2724 uropathogens isolated in 9 spanish regions during 2002, and 3013 obtained in 2004 were determined. the antibiotics tested were fosfomycin trometamol, amoxicillin, co-amoxiclav, cefixime, cefuroxime-axetil, pipemidic, ceprofloxacin, trimethoprim plus sulphamethoxazole and nitrofurantoin. escherichia coli was the main pathogen in both studies (73% vs. 68.3%) followed by proteus mirabilis 7.2% vs. 6.4%) and klebsiella pneumoniae (5.4% vs. 5.2%). enteroccocus spp. ... | 2007 | 17594920 |
| [incidence of nosocomial infections at the recovery clinic of iaşi hospital, in 2004-2005]. | the nosocomial infections remain a major public health problem. the descriptive study has been performed on a sample of 37541 patients hospitalized in the sanitary during 2004-2005. the aim of the study was to evaluate the declared and real incidence of nosocomial infections, to evaluate the risk factors and the etiological agents involved in their occurrence. | 2007 | 17595877 |
| convenient test using a combination of chelating agents for detection of metallo-beta-lactamases in the clinical laboratory. | although transmissible metallo-beta-lactamases (mbls) are a serious threat to beta-lactam antibiotic therapy, the clsi currently does not recommend testing methods for the detection of mbls. the aim of this study was to evaluate the capability of double-disk tests (ddts) by using disks containing a combination of the chelators 2-mercaptopropionic acid (mpa) and tris-edta (te) to detect mbls. sixteen isolates (4 acinetobacter baumannii isolates, 6 pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates, 1 serratia marce ... | 2007 | 17596358 |
| structure of a new ribitol teichoic acid-like o-polysaccharide of a serologically separate proteus vulgaris strain, tg 276-1, classified into a new proteus serogroup o53. | an unusual ribitol teichoic acid-like o-polysaccharide was isolated by mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide from a previously non-classified proteus vulgaris strain tg 276-1. structural studies using chemical analyses and 2d (1)h and (13)c nmr spectroscopy showed that the polysaccharide is a zwitterionic polymer with a repeating unit containing 2-acetamido-4-amino-2,4,6-trideoxy-d-galactose (d-fucnac4n) and two d-ribitol phosphate (d-rib-ol-5-p) residues and having the following struc ... | 2007 | 17601512 |
| new aspects of membrane dynamics of amoeba proteus contractile vacuole revealed by vital staining with fm 4-64. | the contractile vacuole (cv) cycle of amoeba proteus has been studied by phase contrast and electron microscopy. however, the understanding of membrane dynamics in this cycle is still poor. in this study, we used live imaging by fluorescence microscopy to obtain new insights. we succeeded in staining the cv with a styryl dye, fm 4-64 (n-(3-triethylammoniumpropyl)-4-(6-(4-(diethylamino)phenyl)hexatrienyl)pyridinium dibromide), and obtained the following results. (1) the cv membrane was directly s ... | 2007 | 17602276 |
| actin dynamics in amoeba proteus motility. | we studied the distribution of the endogenous arp2/3 complex in amoeba proteus and visualised the ratio of filamentous (f-actin) to total actin in living cells. the presented results show that in the highly motile amoeba proteus, arp2/3 complex-dependent actin polymerisation is involved in the formation of the branching network of the contractile layer, adhesive structures, and perinuclear cytoskeleton. the aggregation of the arp2/3 complex in the cortical network, with the exception of the uroi ... | 2007 | 17602277 |
| synthesis and structure of silver complexes with nicotinate-type ligands having antibacterial activities against clinically isolated antibiotic resistant pathogens. | the synthesis and low-temperature x-ray crystal structures of five new silver complexes, [ag(2)-mu-o,o'(2-aminonicotinium)(2)(no(3))(2)](n) (7), [ag(isonicotinamide)(2)-mu-o,o'(no(3))](2) (8), [ag(ethyl nicotinate)(2)](no(3)) (9), [ag(ethyl isonicotinate)(2)(no(3))] (10), and [ag(methyl isonicotinate)(2)(h(2)o)](no(3)) (11), are presented and fully characterized by spectral and elemental analysis. the antimicrobial activities of these complexes were screened using 12 different clinical isolates ... | 2007 | 17602550 |
| in vitro activity of cefadroxil, cephalexin, cefatrizine and cefpirome in presence of essential and trace elements. | evidences supporting the introduction of metallic elements in several biological processes are rapidly accumulating. likewise, many drugs possess modified toxicological and pharmacological properties when in the form of metal complexes. in order to ascertain the role of various essential and trace element complexation on the antibacterial activity of various cephalosporins, the synergistic or antagonistic behavior of cefadroxil, cephalexin, cefatrizine and cefpirome in presence of essential and ... | 2007 | 17604254 |
| severe anal bleeding in proteus syndrome: a case report. | proteus syndrome was originally described by cohen and hayden in 1979. the disorder was named proteus syndrome by wiedmann and colleagues in 1983 after proteus, the giant greek god of the sea. proteus syndrome is a rare, sporadic, congenital polymorphic condition. approximately 200 cases have been reported in the literature, but none has been associated with anal bleeding from hemorrhoids. we describe the case of a 21-year-old man with proteus syndrome with severe anal bleeding. a hemorrhoidecto ... | 2007 | 17510736 |
| antibacterial activity of quercus ilex bark's extracts. | the antibacterial activity of different extracts of quercus ilex bark (fagaceae) was studied in vitro against seven reference strains of bacteria by using a disc-diffusion method and agar-dilution method. the ethyl acetate extract (qe), n-butanol extract (qb) and final aqueous layer (qa) were effective against all bacterial strains tested at mics ranging from 128 to 512 microg/ml. the n-hexane extract (qh) and dichloromethane extract (qd) showed no activity. | 2007 | 17513077 |
| [pathogenicity factors of opportunistic enterobacteria and its role in development of diarrhea]. | the data of pathogenicity factors of opportunistic enterobacteria, including klebsiella, enterobacter, citrobacter, proteus, providencia and hafnia species are submitted. the genetic control and a role of pathogenicity factors of opportunistic enterobacteria in development of diarrhea syndrome are presented. data about adhesins, hemolysins, cytotoxic necrotizing factors and bacterial modulins are described. the characteristic of cytotonic and cytotoxic enterotoxins, including lt, st, shiga-like ... | 2007 | 17523440 |
| [genetic markers of pathogenicity of conditionally pathogenic enterobacteria isolated from children with diarrheal diseases]. | in the process of examination of 89 children from different age groups with diarrheal disease caused by bacteria from enterobacteriaceae family 89 microorganisms were isolated including klebsiella spp. (37 isolates), citrobacter spp. (9 isolates), enterobacter spp. (17 isolates), hafnia alvei (1 isolate), morganella morganii (11 isolates), proteus spp. (14 isolates). presence of genes associated with pathogenicity islands (pais): hlya, hlyb (hemolysin), sfag (fimbria antigen type s), cnf1 (cytot ... | 2007 | 17523471 |
| the effect of substitution of the n-acetyl groups of n-acetylgalactosamine residues in chondroitin sulfate on its degradation by chondroitinase abc. | chondroitinase abc is a lyase that degrades chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate and hyaluronic acid into disaccharides. the purpose of this study was to determine the ability of chondroitinase abc to degrade chondroitin sulfate in which the n-acetyl groups are substituted with different acyl groups. the bovine tracheal chondroitin sulfate a (bcsa) was n-deacetylated by hydrazinolysis, and the free amino groups derivatized into n-formyl, n-propionyl, n-butyryl, n-hexanoyl or n-benzoyl amides. t ... | 2007 | 17533514 |
| investigation of essential oil extracts from four native jamaican species of bursera for antibacterial activity. | bacterial infection with organisms resistant to antibiotics have increased during the last few decades worldwide. because of this increase, the authors decided to subject the essential oils from the stem, leaves and fruits of the four native jamaica species of bursera to microbial studies. | 2007 | 17621840 |
| some aspects of epidemiology of filth flies: musca domestica, musca domestica vicina, drosophilia melanogaster and associated bacteria pathogens in ekpoma, nigeria. | between january 2005 and december 2005, including the wet and dry seasons, 1,358 filth flies (musca domestica, 737 [54.3%]; m. domestica vicina 556 [41%]; and drosophilia melanogaster 65 [5%]) were caught by quadrant samplings using nets twice each month (early and later) in each of the various sites with varying sanitary conditions in ekpoma, nigeria. these sites were markets, hospitals, houses/human habitations, pit latrines, stalls of local food vendors, abattoirs/slaughterhouses, and dairy f ... | 2007 | 17627427 |
| [the new mucosal adjuvant cry1ac increase the capacity of mononuclear cells to stop bacterial growth]. | 2007 | 17633805 | |
| fimbriae of uropathogenic proteus mirabilis. | proteus mirabilis is a common causative agent of cystitis and pyelonephritis in patients with urinary catheters or structural abnormalities of the urinary tract. several types of fimbriae, which are potentially involved in adhesion to the uroepithelium, can be expressed simultaneously by p. mirabilis: mannose-resistant/proteus-like (mr/p) fimbriae, p. mirabilis fimbriae (pmf), uroepithelial cell adhesin (uca), renamed by some authors nonagglutinating fimbriae (naf), and ambient-temperature fimbr ... | 2007 | 17640292 |
| identification of bacteria on the surface of clinically infected and non-infected prosthetic hip joints removed during revision arthroplasties by 16s rrna gene sequencing and by microbiological culture. | it has been postulated that bacteria attached to the surface of prosthetic hip joints can cause localised inflammation, resulting in failure of the replacement joint. however, diagnosis of infection is difficult with traditional microbiological culture methods, and evidence exists that highly fastidious or non-cultivable organisms have a role in implant infections. the purpose of this study was to use culture and culture-independent methods to detect the bacteria present on the surface of prosth ... | 2007 | 17501992 |
| antibacterial effects of home-made resin salve from norway spruce (picea abies). | resin salve made from norway spruce (picea abies) is traditionally used in folk medicine to heal skin ulcers and infected wounds. its antimicrobial properties were studied against certain human bacteria important in infected skin wounds. the sensitivity of the resin against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria was studied in vitro by methods that are routinely used in microbiology laboratories. the resin salve exhibited a bacteriostatic effect against all tested gram-positive bacteria but on ... | 2007 | 17504300 |
| [vascular malformations (i). concept, classification, pathogenesis and clinical features]. | vascular malformations are anomalies always present at birth that, contrary to hemangiomas, never regress and may grow during lifetime. clinical presentation of vascular malformations is extremely variable and ranges from asymptomatic spots of mere aesthetic concern to lesions with high blood flow or located in critical sites that may be life-threatening. given the low incidence of these disorders it is difficult to establish therapeutic guidelines. in addition to a correct classification of vas ... | 2007 | 17504698 |
| simvastatin improves the healing of infected skin wounds of rats. | this study explores the potential of the simvastatin to ameliorate inflammation and infection in open infected skin wounds of rats. | 2007 | 17505657 |
| [proteus bacilli: features and virulence factors]. | in this article, different aspects of virulence factors of proteus bacilii (p. mirabilis, p. vulgaris, p. penneri i p. hauseri) are presented. these are opportunistic pathogens that cause different kinds of infections, most frequently of the urinary tract. these bacteria have developed several virulence factors, such as adherence due to the presence of fimbriae or afimbrial adhesins, invasiveness, swarming phenomenon, hemolytic activity, urea hydrolysis, proteolysis, and endotoxicity. below we f ... | 2007 | 17507868 |
| population-based laboratory surveillance for tribe proteeae isolates in a large canadian health region. | the tribe proteeae comprises the genera proteus, morganella and providencia. few studies have specifically investigated the epidemiology of infections caused by the proteeae, and none has been conducted in a large non-selected population. the present study was a population-based laboratory surveillance in the calgary health region (population 1.2 million), canada during 2000-2005 that aimed to define the incidence, demographical risk-factors for acquisition and antimicrobial susceptibilities of ... | 2007 | 17403132 |
| proteus mirabilis: a rare cause of infectious endocarditis. | native valve endocarditis resulting from proteus mirabilis is an exceptionally rare entity. to date, 10 cases have been reported. we present a case of a 58-y-old female with fevers, bacteremia, and embolic phenomenon. unlike previous cases, early antibiotic treatment precluded valvular repair or death, leading to a favorable outcome. | 2007 | 17454908 |
| albomycin is an effective antibiotic, as exemplified with yersinia enterocolitica and streptococcus pneumoniae. | albomycin belongs to the class of sideromycins, compounds composed of iron carriers linked to antibiotic moieties. albomycin was found to be active against bacteria that have a functional ferric hydroxamate transport system meaning that bacteria will actively transport albomycin until they die. we examined the activity spectrum of albomycin for bacterial pathogens and found that enterobacteriaceae except species of proteus and morganella were sensitive. resistance in the two genera was due to th ... | 2007 | 17459767 |
| canine cathelicidin (k9cath): gene cloning, expression, and biochemical activity of a novel pro-myeloid antimicrobial peptide. | cathelicidins, a group of cationic peptides found in leukocytes and epithelial cells, play a central role in the early innate immune defense against infection. although these host defense peptides have been reported in several mammalian species, including primates, no cathelicidins have been identified in carnivores. here we report the cloning, tissue expression and biological activity of a novel canine cathelicidin (k9cath). the full-length cdna sequence of k9cath encodes a predicted 172 amino ... | 2007 | 17462733 |
| a novel amoeba proteus 120 kda actin-binding protein with only 1 filamin repeat and a coiled-coil region. | a novel 120 kda actin-binding protein (apabp-f1) was found in amoeba proteus. it was distributed throughout the cytoplasm, mainly in the subplasma membrane and perinuclear-nuclear areas, enriched in actin. the full-length cdna of apabp consisted of 2672 nucleotides with an open reading frame of 878 amino acids, giving a ~95 kda protein with a theoretical pi value of 5.11. it had a novel domain organization pattern: the n terminus (residues 1-104) contained 1 calponin-homology (ch) domain, follow ... | 2007 | 17464342 |
| efficacy of a silicone urinary catheter impregnated with chlorhexidine and triclosan against colonization with proteus mirabilis and other uropathogens. | we sought to develop an infection-resistant urinary catheter. we evaluated 3 types of catheters for their efficacy against uropathogens in an in vitro model of the urinary tract. the catheter impregnated with chlorhexidine and triclosan suppressed the growth of uropathogens, including proteus mirabilis, for 20-30 days or longer. | 2007 | 17464922 |
| synthesis of isomeric, oxathiolone fused chalcones, and comparison of their activity toward various microorganisms and human cancer cells line. | isomeric oxathiolone fused chalcones were prepared by condensation of appropriate acetylbenzo[1,3]oxathiol-2-ones with benzaldehydes under acidic conditions. the synthesized compounds were screened for cytotoxic activity using hela cells, as well as for antibacterial activity against micrococcus luteus, staphylococcus aureus, salmonella typhimurium, escherichia coli, proteus vulgaris, antifungal activity against candida albicans, and tuberculostatic activity against mycobacterium tuberculosis h( ... | 2007 | 17473478 |
| bacteriological study of pyogenic meningitis with special reference to latex agglutination. | bacterial meningitis is an important and frequent devastating disease. the present study was carried out to determine the prevalence of pyogenic meningitis in our hospital in children and to find out the sensitivity of gram stain, crp and latex agglutination tests for the diagnosis of pyogenic meningitis from csf sample. out of 150 csf samples studied, 40 were diagnosed as pyogenic meningitis. h. influenzae was the commonest organism (22.5%), followed by streptococcus pneumoniae 15%, staphylococ ... | 2007 | 17474275 |
| psoas abscess ten years after ipsilateral nephrectomy for pyonephrosis. | pyogenic abscess of the psoas muscle is a rare disease. the authors report a recently observed case which developed 10 years after ipsilateral nephrectomy for pyonephrosis, reviewing the pertinent literature. the culture of the pus extracted only reproduced proteus mirabilis. the relation between psoas abscess and nephrectomy is unclear. to make diagnosis is important to consider this condition in differential diagnosis in presence of fever and flank tenderness in a nephrectomized patient. | 2007 | 17475114 |
| bacterial contamination of ophthalmic solutions used in an extended care facility. | to assess the frequency of contamination of ophthalmic solutions in a long-term care facility and to describe the characteristics of contaminated solutions. | 2007 | 17475711 |
| co-expression of cyclin d1 and phosphorylated ribosomal s6 proteins in hemimegalencephaly. | hemimegalencephaly (hmeg) is a developmental brain malformation highly associated with epilepsy. balloon cells (bcs) and cytomegalic neurons (cns) are frequently observed in hmeg specimens. cytomegaly in developmental brain malformations may reflect in aberrant activation of the mtor and beta-catenin signaling cascades, known regulators of cell size. we hypothesized that there is aberrant co-expression of phospho-ribosomal s6 (p-s6) protein, a downstream effector of the mtor cascade, as well as ... | 2007 | 17483958 |
| transmission in the community of clonal proteus mirabilis carrying vim-1 metallo-beta-lactamase. | several infections among patients attending our outpatient clinic were caused by imipenem-resistant proteus mirabilis that were phenotypically metallo-beta-lactamase (mbl)-positive. the aim of the study was to investigate this extrahospital dissemination and the mechanisms of resistance to carbapenems. | 2007 | 17491004 |
| [septic arthritis of the wrist]. | septic arthritis of the wrist is correlated with a high morbidity. to show diagnostic and therapeutic options we reviewed the patients treated with wrist infections at our institution for one year. | 2007 | 17497607 |
| a comparative assessment of the antimicrobial effects of garlic (allium sativum) and antibiotics on diarrheagenic organisms. | antimicrobial sensitivity tests were carried out on escherichia coli, shigella sp, salmonella sp, and proteus mirabilis using standard procedures. significant differences (p < 0.01) were seen in the effect of the antimicrobial agents (garlic, ciprofloxacin and ampicillin), and in the sensitivities of the microbial species (p < 0.01) to the antimicrobial agents were observed. the gram-negative diarrheagenic pathogens from the stool samples were highly sensitive to garlic, while ciprofloxacin (cpx ... | 2007 | 17539285 |
| intranasal immunisation with recombinant lactococcus lactis displaying either anchored or secreted forms of proteus mirabilis mrpa fimbrial protein confers specific immune response and induces a significant reduction of kidney bacterial colonisation in mice. | proteus mirabilis, a common cause of urinary tract infections in humans, can express different fimbriae. mr/p fimbriae may contribute to bacterial colonisation, and its structural protein mrpa represents a promising candidate antigen for mucosal vaccination. commercial complex vaccines have limited, short-lived protection and are incapable of eliciting mucosal responses against putative antigens related to virulence. the development of mucosal live vaccines using food-grade lactic acid bacterium ... | 2007 | 17540603 |
| efficacy of ertapenem in the treatment of early ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing organisms in an intensive care unit. | ventilator-associated pneumonia (vap) is a frequent complication of patients admitted to intensive care units (icus). ertapenem is a newer carbapenem with good in vitro activity against extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (esbl)-producing organisms. however, there are no clinical data to support the use of ertapenem in vap. our purpose is to evaluate the usefulness and safety of ertapenem in the treatment of vap caused by susceptible esbl strains. | 2007 | 17540673 |
| rheumatoid arthritis patients have elevated antibodies to cross-reactive and non cross-reactive antigens from proteus microbes. | although a large number of independent studies have shown a paramount role for proteus mirabilis in the aetiopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (ra), this hypothesis is still controversial among rheumatologists. the main obstacle to its acceptance is the impression that increased proteus antibodies in ra patients is a secondary phenomenon, occurring as the result of cross-reactivity between bacterial and self-antigens. to shed light on this problem, we examined the link between antibodies to v ... | 2007 | 17543151 |
| [sds-page analysis of the antibacterial activity of the hemolymph from housefly larva]. | to study the inducible antibacterial activity of the hemolymph from housefly larva and analyze the antibacterial molecules. | 2007 | 17545015 |
| in vitro availability studies of enoxacin in presence of h2 receptor antagonists. | enoxacin is a second-generation quinolone with increased antibacterial activity both in potency as well as in terms of broad spectrum against a wide range of clinically important pathogens over the first generation quinolones and produces its effect by inhibiting bacterial enzyme dna gyrase. there are a number of drug interactions reported for enoxacin. on the other hand h2-receptor antagonists block gastric acid secretion and some cardiovascular effects of histamine. as the later drugs are used ... | 2007 | 17545110 |
| serological classification and epitope specificity of proteus vulgaris tg 251 from proteus serogroup o65. | proteus rods are currently subdivided into five named species, i.e. proteus mirabilis, p. vulgaris, p. penneri, p. hauseri, and p. myxofaciens, and three unnamed proteus genomospecies 4 to 6. based on the serospecificity of the lipopolysaccharide (lps; o-antigen), strains of p. mirabilis and p. vulgaris were divided into 49 o-serogroups and 11 additional o-serogroups were proposed later. about 15 further o-serogroups have been proposed for the third medically important species, p. penneri. here ... | 2007 | 17557147 |
| nosocomial meningitis caused by enterobacteriaceae: risk factors and outcome in 18 cases in 1992-2007. | nosocomial neuroinfections due to enterobacteriaceae represented 9.5% in our cohort of 171 cases of paediatric meningitis within last 15 years. commonest etiologic agents was e. coli - 9 (50%) followed by klebsiella pneumoniae - 3 (16,7%) and enterobacter cloacae. citrobacter freundii, proteus mirabilis and salmonella enteritidis (1 each). commonest risk factors were neonatal age 13 - (72.2%), very low birth weight 5 (27.8%), craniocerebral trauma - 4 (22.2%) and neurosurgery - 5 (27.8%). all bu ... | 2007 | 17558373 |
| bone malformations in proteus syndrome: an analysis of bone structural changes and their evolution during growth. | the radiographic follow-up of a patient with proteus syndrome is presented. review of radiographs obtained at 3 years 10 months, 10 years, and 17 years 8 months indicated that the rate of growth in length of the oversized tubular bones of the hands was similar to that of the normal bones of the same hand. this observation supports the view that the primary lesion occurs in the early embryonic period, when the limb bud mesenchyme cells condense and cartilage differentiates producing oversized car ... | 2007 | 17569038 |
| susceptibility of human pathogenic bacteria to antimicrobial peptides from sesame kernels. | hospital infection caused by gram-negative bacteria is a serious and common problem, especially in developing countries. aiming to reduce these infections, this report focuses on the identification and characterization of novel antimicrobial peptides from sesame (sesamum indicum) kernel meals. thus, sesame flour was extracted and precipitated with ammonium sulfate (100%). after dialysis, a rich fraction was applied to affinity red-sepharose cl-6b chromatography, followed by reversed-phase high-p ... | 2007 | 17570014 |
| antimicrobial activity of a series of thiosemicarbazones and their zn(ii) and pd(ii) complexes. | thirty-four thiosemicarbazones and s-alkyl thiosemicarbazones, and some of their zn(ii) and pd(ii) complexes were obtained and purified to investigate antimicrobial activity. mic values of the compounds were determined by the disc diffusion method against escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, proteus mirabilis, pseudomonas aeruginosa, salmonella typhi, shigella flexneri, staphylococcus aureus, s. epidermidis, and candida albicans. the thiosemicarbazones show antibacterial and antifungal effec ... | 2007 | 17571790 |
| [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 |
| some observations on the diffusion of antimicrobial agents through the retention balloons of foley catheters. | we examined the ability of antimicrobial agents to diffuse through the retention balloons of urinary catheters and inhibit their encrustation by proteus mirabilis. | 2007 | 17574612 |
| kasabach-merritt syndrome caused by giant hemangiomas of the spleen in patients with proteus syndrome. | proteus syndrome is a rare hamartomous disorder with highly variable manifestations of disproportionate overgrowth of body parts, epidermal nevi and vascular malformations. we describe two patients who had typical clinical and imaging proteus syndrome features. one of most characteristic findings in these two patients was that they had giant hemangiomas of the spleen that caused kasabach-merritt syndrome, demonstrating clinical bleeding and disseminated intravascular coagulation laboratory alter ... | 2007 | 17581327 |
| [encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis (haberland syndrome) with bilateral ocular damage]. | encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis, or haberland syndrome, is an unusual form of neurocutaneous syndrome. clinically, this syndrome is characterized by unilateral lipomatous hamartomas on the scalp and face, ocular damage and ipsilateral malformations of the central nervous system. first described by haberland and perou in 1970, only about 40 cases have been reported to date. the differential diagnoses with other neurocutaneous mosaicisms such as delleman, goltz, goldenhar or proteus syndrome ... | 2007 | 17583626 |
| [rocky mountain spotted fever in children: clinical and epidemiological features]. | to report the clinical features of the rocky mountain spotted fever (rmsf) in children of southern sonora, mexico. | 2007 | 17585701 |
| [comparison of susceptibilities for fosfomycin determined by various methods in clinical isolates in 2003 -2004]. | antimicrobial susceptibilities for fosfomycin (fom), cephalexin, cefpodoxime, cefdinir, cefditren, ampicillin, sulbactam/ampicillin, imipenem (ipm), panipenem, meropenem (mepm), biapenem, levofloxacin (lvfx), gatifloxacin, pazufloxacin, prulifloxacin and sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim were determined by an agar dilution method using mueller-hinton agar (mha) in escherichia coli, klebsiella spp., serratia marcescens, citrobacter spp., enterobacter spp. and proteus mirabilis, which were isolated fr ... | 2007 | 17612258 |
| a two-step procedure for automatic and accurate segmentation of volumetric clsm biofilm images. | this paper presents a robust two-step segmentation procedure for the study of biofilm structure. without user intervention, the procedure segments volumetric biofilm images generated by a confocal laser scanning microscopy (clsm). this automated procedure implements an anisotropic diffusion filter as a preprocessing step and a 3d extension of the otsu method for thresholding. applying the anisotropic diffusion filter to even low-contrast clsm images significantly improves the segmentation obtain ... | 2007 | 17618700 |
| 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 |
| biodegradation and decolourization of anaerobically treated distillery spent wash by a novel bacterial consortium. | the aim of this study was to isolate microorganisms capable of decolourizing and degrading anaerobically treated distillery spent wash. a bacterial consortium dmc comprising of three bacterial cultures was selected on the basis of rapid effluent decolourization and degradation, which exhibited 67 +/- 2% decolourization within 24 h and 51 +/- 2% chemical oxygen demand reduction within 72 h when incubated at 37 degrees c under static condition in effluent supplemented with 0.5% glucose, 0.1% kh(2) ... | 2007 | 16473005 |
| three cases of xanthogranulomatous epididymitis caused by e. coli. | xanthogranulomatous epididymitis is an uncommon but benign process, characterized by tissue destruction and the accumulation of abundant foamy macrophages mixed with lymphocytes and plasma cells. the pathogens generally found to cause xanthogranulomatous inflammation have been proteus and e. coli. we identified such a pathogen by sequencing divergent regions of 16s rrna, followed by pathogen-specific-pcr using alr, ipah, ial, and iuc primer pairs in dna microdissected from an h&e stained slide. ... | 2007 | 16762415 |
| in vitro activities of various piperacillin and sulbactam combinations against bacterial pathogens isolated from intensive care units in taiwan: smart 2004 programme data. | we investigated the in vitro activity of various piperacillin and sulbactam combinations against gram-negative bacterial isolates from intensive care units (icus) in taiwan. antimicrobial susceptibility testing of 1030 bacterial isolates recovered from icus of nine major teaching hospitals was performed using the agar dilution method. sulbactam was added to piperacillin either at a fixed sulbactam concentration of 4 mg/l and 8 mg/l or at a piperacillin:sulbactam ratio of 2:1 and 4:1. piperacilli ... | 2007 | 16815690 |
| increased serum iga and igm against lps of enterobacteria in chronic fatigue syndrome (cfs): indication for the involvement of gram-negative enterobacteria in the etiology of cfs and for the presence of an increased gut-intestinal permeability. | there is now evidence that chronic fatigue syndrome (cfs) is accompanied by immune disorders and by increased oxidative stress. the present study has been designed in order to examine the serum concentrations of iga and igm to lps of gram-negative enterobacteria, i.e. hafnia alvei; pseudomonas aeruginosa, morganella morganii, proteus mirabilis, pseudomonas putida, citrobacter koseri, and klebsiella pneumoniae in cfs patients, patients with partial cfs and normal controls. we found that the preva ... | 2007 | 17007934 |