| [early diagnosis of pregnancy and heterogenetic proteus ox19 reactions]. | | 1951 | 14850020 |
| oxygen uptake of nucleated and non-nucleated halves of amoeba proteus. | | 1951 | 14875048 |
| [survival of bacteria of enteric group and proteus in preparation and preservation of egg powder]. | | 1951 | 14879949 |
| amine production in the genus proteus. | | 1951 | 14908031 |
| [cured otogenous subdural abscess with meningitis, caused by proteus vulgaris]. | | 1951 | 14899459 |
| function of pyridoxal phosphate in desulfhydrase systems of proteus morganii. | | 1951 | 14917685 |
| chloromycetin and streptomycin in the treatment of meningitis due to b. proteus. | | 1952 | 14899597 |
| a case of sepsis caused by proteus vulgaris. | | 1951 | 14902473 |
| penicillin and chloramphenicol in the treatment of infections due to proteus organisms. | | 1952 | 14914751 |
| development of proteus and pseudomonas infections during antibiotic therapy. | | 1952 | 14938137 |
| fractionation of the pyruvate oxidase of proteus vulgaris. | | 1952 | 14938389 |
| [studies on nicotinic acid metabolism. ii. metabolic relations between nicotinic acid, amide of nicotinic acid and their methyl derivatives in-vitro experiments with guinea pig and rat liver and proteus vulgaris]. | | 1952 | 14953920 |
| the effect of terramycin on the antagonism of certain bacteria against species of proteus. | | 1952 | 14955509 |
| polymyxin b in pseudomonas and proteus enteritis. | | 1952 | 14955742 |
| effect of ultraviolet radiation on production of urease by proteus vulgaris and proteus mirabilis. | | 1952 | 14946100 |
| intermediary metabolism of cysteinesulfinic acid in cell-free extracts of proteus vulgaris. | | 1952 | 14944602 |
| [the submicroscopic structure of the nuclear membrane of ameba proteus]. | | 1952 | 14945403 |
| d- and l-aspartic acids: new non-sugar components of bacterial polysaccharides. | for the first time in bacterial polysaccharides, residues of d- and l-aspartic acids were identified as n-acyl substituents of 4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-d-glucose in the o-antigens of enterobacteria of the genera providencia and proteus. | 2004 | 14972025 |
| isolation and characterization of integron-containing bacteria without antibiotic selection. | the emergence of antibiotic resistance among pathogenic and commensal bacteria has become a serious problem worldwide. the use and overuse of antibiotics in a number of settings are contributing to the development of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms. the class 1 and 2 integrase genes (inti1 and inti2, respectively) were identified in mixed bacterial cultures enriched from bovine feces by growth in buffered peptone water (bpw) followed by integrase-specific pcr. integrase-positive bacterial co ... | 2004 | 14982773 |
| the incidence of oral gram-negative bacteria in patients with parkinson's disease. | background: parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disorder that affects an increasing number of older people every year. dysphagia is not only a common feature, but one that results in poor nutrition and an increased risk of bronchopneumonia. previous work has suggested that the oral flora is altered in patients with oral pathology. methods: fifty patients were assessed to quantify the incidence of oral gram-negative bacteria. results: sixteen of the patients with parkinson's disease ... | 2003 | 14962700 |
| different susceptibilities of staphylococcus and gram-negative rods to epigallocatechin gallate. | we examined the antibacterial effects of epigallocatechin gallate (egcg, the main constituent of tea catechins) against various strains of staphylococcus and gram-negative rods. compared to the minimum inhibitory concentrations (mics) of egcg against s. aureus, s. epidermidis, s. hominis, and s. haemolyticus (50-100 micro g/ml), higher mics (>or=800 micro g/ml) were observed against gram-negative rods, including escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, salmonella typhi, proteus mirabilis, pseudo ... | 2004 | 14991521 |
| endophthalmitis after penetrating keratoplasty: microbiologic spectrum and susceptibility of isolates. | to present the microbial spectrum and susceptibilities of isolates in endophthalmitis following penetrating keratoplasty. | 2004 | 14962427 |
| histamine-related hygienic qualities and bacteria found in popular commercial scombroid fish fillets in taiwan. | to determine the histamine-related hygienic qualities and bacteria of scombroid fish fillets sold in traditional retail markets, 61 samples were collected from northern and southern taiwan. it was found that the content of volatile base nitrogen in most samples was below 25 mg/100 g, which is the regulatory level in taiwan. the ratio of unacceptable samples/total samples for aerobic plate count and escherichia coli was 100% and 15% in northern samples and 100% and 20% in southern samples, respec ... | 2004 | 14968980 |
| [surveillance of susceptibility of clinical isolates to cefmetazole between 2000 and 2002]. | the antibacterial activity of cefmetazole (cmz) against clinical isolates from 15 medical institutions all over japan was evaluated yearly for two years from june 2000 to march 2002 and compared with that of other parenteral beta-lactams, cefazolin (cez), cefotiam (ctm), sulbactam/cefoperazone (sbt/cpz), and flomoxef (fmox). in the first surveillance from june 2000 to march 2001, 575 isolates of 13 species were tested, and 548 isolates of the same 13 species were tested in the second surveillanc ... | 2003 | 15007873 |
| structure of the neutral o-polysaccharide and biological activities of the lipopolysaccharide of proteus mirabilis o20. | mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide (lps) of proteus mirabilis o20 resulted in depolymerisation of the o-polysaccharide to give a repeating-unit pentasaccharide. a polysaccharide was obtained by o-deacylation of the lps followed by nitrous acid deamination. the derived pentasaccharide and polysaccharide were studied by nmr spectroscopy, including 2d 1h,1h cosy, tocsy, roesy, 1h,13c hmqc and hmqc-toscy experiments, along with chemical methods, and the following structure of the repeat ... | 2004 | 15013399 |
| involvement of opioid peptides and arginine-vasopressin in the regulation of water-electrolyte exchange in the amoeba amoeba proteus. | | 2003 | 14994529 |
| four-year survey of urinary tract infections in calves in israel. | the prevalence of urinary tract infections in calves aged seven days to three months in three dairy cattle herds ranged from 0.5 to 1.6 per cent, with an average of 1.1 per cent. the mortality rate reached 16.1 per cent. the morbidity rate of the female calves was 1.4 per cent and that of the male calves 0.8 per cent. the bacteria isolated from urine, and from vaginal and preputial swabs were escherichia coli (35 per cent), corynebacterium renale (14 per cent), plasma coagulase-negative staphylo ... | 2004 | 14994858 |
| longitudinal trends in fluoroquinolone resistance among enterobacteriaceae isolates from inpatients and outpatients, 1989-2000: differences in the emergence and epidemiology of resistance across organisms. | we conducted a 12-year study to identify and compare trends in annual prevalence of fluoroquinolone (fq) resistance among enterobacteriaceae isolates obtained from inpatients and outpatients in our health care system. a total of 46,070 clinical enterobacteriaceae isolates underwent susceptibility testing. although there were significant increases in inpatient fq resistance for all enterobacteriaceae, fq resistance trends differed significantly across enterobacteriaceae (p<.001). for isolates obt ... | 2004 | 14986249 |
| the status of antimicrobial resistance in taiwan among gram-negative pathogens: the taiwan surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (tsar) program, 2000. | in a nationwide surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (taiwan surveillance of antimicrobial resistance, tsar), isolates were collected from 21 medical centers and regional hospitals throughout taiwan over a three-month period in 2000 (tsar ii). this report summarizes susceptibility data of 7 common gram-negative bacilli (escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, serratia marcescens, proteus mirabilis, enterobacter cloacae, pseudomonas aeruginosa, and acinetobacter baumannii) in the tsar ii col ... | 2004 | 15023432 |
| detection of anti-proteus antibodies in sera of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. | this study was carried out to determine increased level of antibodies to certain bacteria in rheumatoid arthritis (ra) patients. fifty ra patients and 25 each of those suffering from osteoarthritis (oa) and healthy controls were tested for antibodies to somatic ('o) and flagellar ('h') antigens of proteus mirabilis, escherichia coli, and for antibodies to 'o' antigen of klebsiella pneumoniae by standard tube agglutination method. anti-proteus antibodies against 'o' and 'h' antigens could be demo ... | 2003 | 15027757 |
| chemical structure, surface properties and biological activities of the biosurfactant produced by pseudomonas aeruginosa lbi from soapstock. | pseudomonas aeruginosa lbi isolated from petroleum-contaminated soil produced rhamnolipids (rl(lbi)) when cultivated on soapstock as the sole carbon source. hplc-ms analysis of the purified culture supernatant identified 6 rl homologues (%): r(2) c(10) c(10) 28.9; r(2) c(10) c(12:1) 23.0; r(1) c(10) c(10) 23.4; r(2) c(10) c(12) 11.3; r(2) c(10) c(12) 7.9; r(2) c(10) c(12) 5.5. to assess the potential antimicrobial activity of the new rhamnolipid product, rl(lbi), its physicochemical properties w ... | 2004 | 15028876 |
| [bacterial colonization of chronic wounds. studies on outpatients in a university dermatology clinic with special consideration of orsa]. | in this retrospective investigation, we documented the bacterial colonization of 79 patients with chronic wounds, who had been treated between january 2002 and may 2003 in an outpatient wound healing clinic of a university dermatology program. we isolated 106 facultative pathogenic bacterial strains of which 56 were staphylococcus aureus, 19 pseudomonas aeruginosa, 11 escherichia coli, 4 proteus mirabilis, 4 enterobacter cloacae, 2 serratia marcescens, 2 streptococcus group g und 8 further speci ... | 2004 | 15029435 |
| widespread antibiotic resistance in savannah nigeria. | there is minimal data on antibiotic resistance from savannah northern nigeria. a retrospective study of 438 patients seen in 12 months (2000) with microbial pathogens from urinary and respiratory tracts was undertaken. antibiotic susceptibilities were determined using stokes disc diffusion technique. resistance in escherichia coli (e. coli) reached 91-96% to cotrimoxazole, tetracycline and ampicillin but was 11%, 17% and 28% to colistin, nitrofurantoin and nalidixic acid. resistance of other uro ... | 2003 | 15030093 |
| ultra-violet resonance raman spectroscopy for the rapid discrimination of urinary tract infection bacteria. | the ability to identify pathogenic organisms rapidly provides significant benefits to clinicians; in particular, with respect to best prescription practices and tracking of recurrent infections. conventional bioassays require 3-5 days before identification of an organism can be made, thus compromising the effectiveness with which patients can be treated for bacterial infections. we analysed 20 clinical isolates of urinary tract infections (uti) by ultra-violet resonance raman (uvrr) spectroscopy ... | 2004 | 15033230 |
| composition and the in vitro antimicrobial activities of the essential oils of some thymus species. | the genus thymus (lamiaceae) is represented by 38 species (64 taxa) in turkey, and 24 of which are endemic to turkey. aerial parts of thymus longicaulis subsp. chaubardii var. chaubardii, t. zygioides var. lycaonicus, t. longicaulis subsp. longicaulis var. subisophyllus and t. pulvinatus collected from three different localities in balikesir province were subjected to hydrodistillation to yield essential oils which were subsequently analysed by gc and gc/ms. the main constituents of the oils wer ... | 2004 | 15018057 |
| current issues in the management of urinary tract infections: extended-release ciprofloxacin as a novel treatment option. | symptomatic urinary tract infections (utis) are a major public health concern in the developed world, accounting for almost 8 million annual outpatient and emergency department visits in the us alone, while also representing one of the most common hospital-acquired infections. the vast majority of uncomplicated utis are caused by the gram-negative bacillus escherichia coli, with other pathogens including enterococci, staphylococcus saprophyticus, klebsiella spp. and proteus mirabilis. effective ... | 2004 | 15018591 |
| synthesis of some new 6-methylimidazo[2,1-b]thiazole-5-carbohydrazide derivatives and their antimicrobial activities. | in this study, 14 new compounds having 6-methyl-n2-(alkylidene/cycloalkylidene)imidazo[2,1-b]thiazole-5-carbohydrazide (3a-g), 3-[[(6-methylimidazo[2,1-b]thiazole-5-yl)carbonyl]amino]-4-thiazolidinone (4a-d) and 4-[[(6-methylimidazo[2,1-b]thiazole-5-yl)carbonyl]amino]-1-thia-4-azaspiro[4.4]nonan/[4.5]decan-3-one (4e-g) structures were synthesized. the structures of the compounds were elucidated by uv, ir, 1h-nmr, 13c-nmr, 1h-13c-cosy, mass spectra and elemental analysis. all compounds synthesize ... | 2004 | 15038463 |
| molecular details of urease inhibition by boric acid: insights into the catalytic mechanism. | the structure of the complex of urease, a ni-containing metalloenzyme, with boric acid was determined at 2.10 a resolution. the complex shows the unprecedented binding mode of the competitive inhibitor to the dinuclear metal center, with the b(oh)3 molecule bridging the ni ions and leaving in place the bridging hydroxide. boric acid can be considered a substrate analogue of urea, and the structure supports the proposal that the ni-bridging hydroxide acts as the nucleophile in the enzymatic proce ... | 2004 | 15038715 |
| antibacterial effects of carica papaya fruit on common wound organisms. | the purpose of the study was to investigate antibacterial activity of ripe and unripe carica papaya on selected micro-organisms. cultures of micro-organisms were routinely maintained in nutrient agar slants at 4 degrees c. extracts of immature, mature and ripe carica papaya fruit were obtained by separately grinding factions of the epicarp, endocarp and seeds and filtering them through gauze. sensitivity tests were conducted by adding 0.06 ml of extract to agar wells (6 mm diameter) prepared fro ... | 2003 | 15040064 |
| ascending to a uti vaccine? | | 2004 | 15040255 |
| the possible influence of micro-organisms and putrefaction in the production of ghb in post-mortem biological fluid. | in recent years, the post-mortem production of the drug of abuse gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (ghb) in biological fluids (e.g. blood and urine) has caused various interpretative problems for toxicologists. previously, other researchers have shown certain microbial species (pseudomonas spp. and clostridium aminobutyricum) possess the necessary enzymes to convert gaba to ghb. a preliminary investigation involving putrefied post-mortem blood indicated there was no observed relationship between "endoge ... | 2004 | 15040914 |
| [comparative study on antibacterial effects of huangqin-tang and its metabolites produced by intestinal flora]. | to compare the antibacterial effects of huangqin-tang with its metabolites produced by intestinal flora. | 2003 | 15015311 |
| antibacterial and antipeptide antibodies in japanese and finnish patients with rheumatoid arthritis. | it has been suggested that proteus infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (ra). bacterial and peptide immune responses in patients with ra and other control subjects were investigated in two geographically different populations. serum samples from finnish patients with early ( n=72) and advanced ( n=27) ra and 30 finnish healthy controls, as well as from japanese ra patients from two different locations: tokyo ( n=30) and otsu ( n=30), 18 patients with systemic lup ... | 2004 | 15045628 |
| assay method for antitumor l-methionine gamma-lyase: comprehensive kinetic analysis of the complex reaction with l-methionine. | l-methionine gamma-lyase (ec 4.4.1.11) is a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent multifunctional enzyme. measuring the initial velocity of alpha-ketobutyrate production by alpha,gamma-elimination of l-methionine catalyzed by l-methionine gamma-lyase is not very feasible, because the enzyme simultaneously catalyzes both gamma-replacement and alpha,gamma-elimination. to develop an accurate enzyme assay, the comprehensive enzyme kinetics needed to be elucidated by progress curve analysis on the basis o ... | 2004 | 15051540 |
| urinary bactericidal activity, urinary excretion and plasma concentrations of gatifloxacin (400 mg) versus ciprofloxacin (500 mg) in healthy volunteers after a single oral dose. | in an open randomised double-crossover study 12 volunteers (six men, six women) received a single oral dose of gatifloxacin (400 mg) or ciprofloxacin (500 mg) to assess urinary bactericidal activity (in eight intervals up to 120 h) and pharmacokinetic (pk) parameters (up to 36 h). plasma concentrations and urinary excretion were determined by hplc with fluorescence detection, and urinary bactericidal titers (ubt) by microdilution-method, using antibiotic-free urine of each volunteer. the mean ma ... | 2004 | 15037323 |
| tyrosine phenol-lyase and tryptophan indole-lyase encapsulated in wet nanoporous silica gels: selective stabilization of tertiary conformations. | the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent enzymes tyrosine phenol-lyase and tryptophan indole-lyase were encapsulated in wet nanoporous silica gels, a powerful method to selectively stabilize tertiary and quaternary protein conformations and to develop bioreactors and biosensors. a comparison of the enzyme reactivity in silica gels and in solution was carried out by determining equilibrium and kinetic parameters, exploiting the distinct spectral properties of catalytic intermediates and reaction prod ... | 2004 | 15044726 |
| possible occurrence of a crabtree effect in the production of lactic and butyric acids by a floc-forming bacterial consortium. | lactic and butyric acid production by bacterial flocs in a continuous culture obeyed different physiological constraints. the butyric acid rate of production was constant and independent of the growth rate [0.012 +/- 0.001 gbut/(l.h)], whereas lactic fermentation occurred only beyond a critical growth rate (0.25 +/- 0.05 h(-1)) and was apparently associated with an abrupt drop in biomass. principles of modeling used to describe a crabtree effect in saccharomyces cerevisiae were found to apply to ... | 2004 | 15057470 |
| island nail transfer in the treatment of macrodactyly of the great toe: a case report. | macrodactyly involving the great toe is difficult to treat when both the functional and cosmetic problems are addressed simultaneously. partial resection of the distal phalanx is an easy way to reduce the length of the involved toe. however, there are cosmetic concerns with loss of the toenail. the authors report on a clinical case in which shortening and debulking of the toe was performed while preserving the hallux nail. the nail complex was transferred as an island flap to the dorsal aspect o ... | 2004 | 15057859 |
| effects of pnpg on cell growth cycle, motility machinery and quorum sensing in serratia marcescens. | p-nitrophenylglycerol (pnpg) effectively inhibits swarming of the enterobacterium proteus mirabilis. the underlying mechanism of inhibition is unclear. we have now found that both pnpg also inhibits motility and swarming in another enterobacterium, serratia marcescens. while the peak promoter activities of the flagellar master operon (flhdcsm), the flagellin structural gene (hagsm) and the nuclease gene (nucasm) in s. marcescens increased with increasing pnpg concentration, the expression of the ... | 2004 | 15060680 |
| etiology and susceptibility of urinary tract isolates in kosova. | urinary tract infections are amongst the most common pathogenic infections with an increasing resistance to antimicrobials. the objective of this study was to determine the etiology and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of urinary tract infection pathogens isolated in kosovo. a retrospective study was carried from urine samples of both inpatients and outpatients that were received in our laboratory throughout 2001. during the study period, 16500 urine samples were analysed, of which 4260 (25 ... | 2004 | 15037322 |
| comparative study of the in vitro activity of a new fluoroquinolone, abt-492. | the in vitro activity of a new fluoroquinolone, abt-492, was determined. | 2004 | 15056651 |
| temporary catheter infections in hemodialysis patients: results from a single center in turkey. | in this study, we aimed to determine the frequencies of catheter exit-site infection (cesi), catheter-related bloodstream infection (cr-bsi) and catheter colonization (cc); causative microorganisms; and resistance patterns in patients with temporary hemodialysis catheters. from march 1999 to march 2000, 67 hemodialysis patients (38 males, 29 females; median age: 52, range: 17-84) were evaluated. the cdc criteria were used to diagnose cesi, cr-bsi and cc. the tips of catheters were cultured by ma ... | 2003 | 15068127 |
| serological characterization of the o-specific polysaccharide of providencia alcalifaciens o23. | the genus providencia belongs to the enterobacteriaceae family and currently consists of five species: p. alcalifaciens, p. heimbachae, p. rettgerii, p. rustigianii and p. stuartii. the serological classification scheme of p. alcalifaciens, p. rustigianii and p. stuartii includes 63 o-serogroups and 30 h-serogroups. the o-antigenic specificity is defined by the structure of the o-antigen (o-specific polysaccharide--ops), a part of the lipopolysaccharide (lps, endotoxin), one of the major compone ... | 2004 | 15053232 |
| genotyping demonstrates that the strains of proteus mirabilis from bladder stones and catheter encrustations of patients undergoing long-term bladder catheterization are identical. | we established the incidence of bladder stones in patients who experienced recurrent encrustation and blockage of indwelling bladder catheters and examined the relationship between isolates of proteus mirabilis from the stones and from the crystalline biofilms on the catheters. | 2004 | 15076313 |
| maxillary sinus disease of odontogenic origin. | odontogenic sinusitis is a well-recognized condition and accounts for approximately 10% to 12% of cases of maxillary sinusitis. an odontogenic source should be considered in patients with symptoms of maxillary sinusitis who give a history positive for odontogenic infection or dentoalveolar surgery or who are resistant to standard sinusitis therapy. diagnosis usually requires a thorough dental and clinical evaluation with appropriate radiographs. common causes of odontogenic sinusitis include den ... | 2004 | 15064067 |
| [a case report of douglas abscess due to diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon associated with liver abscess]. | | 2004 | 15065348 |
| the effect of circumcision status on periurethral and glanular bacterial flora. | circumcision is a historical operation which is still performed for different purposes. the aim of this study is to investigate the changes in periurethral and glanular sulcus flora due to circumcision to determine the role of circumcision on urinary tract infections (utis). | 2004 | 15084764 |
| [ study of exo-enzymatic profile and cytotoxic effect of bacterial culture supernatants in different growth phase]. | bacterial quorum-sensing represents an ubiquitary regulating system in which the pheromones (small molecules with different chemical structures, i.e. homoserin-lactones, octapeptides, aminoacids) act as extracellular mediators of signaling and intercellular communication. this chemical system is implicated in the regulation of different physiological processes dependent on the cell density (i.e. biolumniscence, virulence factors expression, sporulation, conjugation, antibiotic secretion etc). it ... | 2002 | 15085600 |
| hepatitis c virus and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue: has proteus reached the stomach? | | 2004 | 15087688 |
| mortality in murine peritonitis correlates with increased escherichia coli adherence to the intestinal mucosa. | during peritonitis, bacterial adherence is the initial step in a series of events that include mucosal infection, bacterial translocation, organ dysfunction, and death. adherent escherichia coli levels increase in response to stress. this study was designed to assess the adherence of e. coli to the cecal mucosa after cecal ligation and puncture (clp) of increasing severity and to determine whether a relationship exists between adherence of bacteria and mortality. sham surgery, sterile peritoniti ... | 2004 | 15098788 |
| acetabular dysplasia associated with intra-articular lipomatous lesions in proteus syndrome. a case report. | | 2004 | 15069153 |
| [study of resistance mechanism on cefotaxime resistant proteus mirabilis isolated from clinical specimens and its clinical background]. | over a 6-year period (1997 to 2002), 56 strains of proteus mirabilis (12% of the total number of p. mirabilis isolates obtained) resistant to ampicillin, piperacillin, cefazolin and cefoperazone by routine antimicrobial testing method, were isolated in saitama medical school hospital. of the 56 strains resistant to 4 beta-lactams, 12 strains were studied and were found to produce extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, identified as ctx-m-10 group and toho-1 group in 8 and 2 strains, respectively. su ... | 2004 | 15103887 |
| cefotaximases (ctx-m-ases), an expanding family of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases. | among the extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, the cefotaximases (ctx-m-ases) constitute a rapidly growing cluster of enzymes that have disseminated geographically. the ctx-m-ases, which hydrolyze cefotaxime efficiently, are mostly encoded by transferable plasmids, and the enzymes have been found predominantly in enterobacteriaceae, most prevalently in escherichia coli, salmonella typhimurium, klebsiella pneumoniae, and proteus mirabilis. isolates of vibrio cholerae, acinetobacter baumannii, and a ... | 2004 | 15105882 |
| [bacterial pathogens, resistance patterns and treatment options in community acquired pediatric urinary tract infection]. | epidemiology and resistance patterns of bacterial pathogens in pediatric uti show large interregional variability and rates of bacterial resistances are changing due to different antibiotic treatment. we intended to evaluate data from northern germany. | 2004 | 15106080 |
| antimicrobial resistance of gram-negative bacilli isolates from inpatients and outpatients at yaounde central hospital, cameroon. | to determine and compare antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of pathogenic bacteria from inpatients and outpatients at a university teaching hospital in yaounde, cameroon. | 2004 | 15109589 |
| structure of a highly phosphorylated o-polysaccharide of proteus mirabilis o41. | a highly phosphorylated o-polysaccharide was obtained by mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide of proteus mirabilis o41 followed by gpc. the initial and dephosphorylated polysaccharides and phosphorylated products from two sequential smith degradations were studied by (1)h, (13)c and (31)p nmr spectroscopy and esi-ms. the o-polysaccharide was found to have a tetrasaccharide repeating unit containing one ribitol phosphate (presumably d-rib-ol-5-p) and two ethanolamine phosphate (etn-p) ... | 2004 | 15113673 |
| structure of the o-polysaccharide of proteus mirabilis ccug 10701 (ob) classified into a new proteus serogroup, o74. | an acidic o-polysaccharide was isolated by mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide of proteus mirabilis ccug 10701 (ob) and studied by chemical analyses and (1)h and (13)c nmr spectroscopy. the following structure of the tetrasaccharide repeating unit of the polysaccharide was established: --> 3)-beta-d-glcpnac6ac-(1 --> 2)-beta-d-galpa4ac-(1--> 3)-alpha-d-galpnac-(1 --> 4)-alpha-d-galpa-(1 -->, where the degree of o-acetylation at position 6 of glcnac is approximately 50% and at positio ... | 2004 | 15113681 |
| [resistance of ambulatory urinary infection pathogens according to the data of multicenter microbiological studies utiap-i and utiap-ii]. | to study causative agents and sensitivity of e-coli strains isolated from adult outpatients with uncomplicated urinary infection (ui) in different regions of russia. | 2004 | 15114744 |
| vascular anomalies in proteus syndrome. | proteus syndrome (ps) is a complex hamartomatous disorder defined by local overgrowth (macrodactyly or hemihypertrophy), subcutaneous tumours and various bone, cutaneous and/or vascular anomalies (va). va are manifold in ps, but their prevalence is unknown so far. in order to further characterize ps, we studied the prevalence of va in 22 ps patients presenting to our outpatient clinic and reviewed 100 ps patients previously reported between 1983 and 2001. the diagnosis of vascular abnormalities ... | 2004 | 15115498 |
| in vitro susceptibility of recent antibiotic-resistant urinary pathogens to ertapenem and 12 other antibiotics. | background: the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections may require the use of a parenteral antibiotic with potent activity against the most common urinary pathogens. ertapenem is a broad-spectrum 1beta-methyl carbapenem with a long plasma half-life that allows administration of a single daily dose. | 2004 | 15117925 |
| aerobic bacterial isolates from burn wound infections and their antibiograms--a five-year study. | a retrospective study of major aerobic bacterial isolates from pus/wound swabs taken from patients admitted to the burn unit at govt. medical college hospital, chandigarh, india, over a period of 5 years (june 1997-may 2002) was undertaken. the study was carried out to determine the bacterial profile and antimicrobial susceptibility of the isolates and to describe the change in trends over the study period. the pus/wound swabs yielded very high culture positivity (96%) for 665 total isolates. ps ... | 2004 | 15082351 |
| effect of moxifloxacin on bacterial pathogenicity factors in comparison with amoxicillin, clarithromycin and ceftriaxone. | moxifloxacin is a recent fluoroquinolone with an antibacterial spectrum encompassing both aerobic gram-negative and gram-positive strains, as well as anaerobic bacteria. in this study the activity of moxifloxacin against streptococcus pneumoniae, staphylococcus aureus, moraxella catarrhalis, haemophilus influenzae, escherichia coli, proteus mirabilis and pseudomonas aeruginosa, and effects of subinhibitory concentrations on bacterial morphology and adhesion properties were compared with those of ... | 2004 | 15077996 |
| design of novel analogues with potent antibiotic activity based on the antimicrobial peptide, hp(2-9)-me(1-12). | to develop novel antibiotic peptides useful as therapeutic drugs, a number of analogues were designed to increase the hydrophobic helix region either by trp-substitution or net positive charge increase by lys-substitution, from hp(2-9)-me(1-12). the antibiotic activities of these peptides were evaluated using bacterial (salmonella tryphimurium, proteus vulgaris, bacillus subtilis and staphylococcus aureus), fungi (saccharomyces cerevisiae, trichosporon beigelii and candida albicans), tumor and h ... | 2004 | 15127790 |
| enhanced motility of a proteus mirabilis strain expressing hybrid flaab flagella. | proteus mirabilis has two tandemly arranged flagellin-encoding genes, flaa and flab. flaa is transcribed from a sigma(28) promoter, while flab is silent. flaa and flab can undergo reversible rearrangement to produce a set of hybrid genes referred to as flaab. flagellins composed of flaab protein have a different amino acid sequence and are antigenically distinct from flagellin composed of flaa, implicating flagellin gene conversion as a putative virulence mechanism for p. mirabilis. the change i ... | 2004 | 15133092 |
| unique organization and regulation of the mrx fimbrial operon in xenorhabdus nematophila. | xenorhabdus nematophila, a gram-negative bacterium belonging to the proteus clade of the family enterobacteriaceae, forms a mutualistic association with the soil nematode steinernema carpocapsae. the nematode invades insects and releases xenorhabdus into the haemolymph, where it participates in insect killing. to begin to understand the role of fimbriae in the unique life cycle of xenorhabdus, the organization and expression of the mrx fimbrial operon was analysed. the mrx operon contained only ... | 2004 | 15133105 |
| structure of the o-polysaccharide and serological cross-reactivity of the providencia stuartii o33 lipopolysaccharide containing 4-(n-acetyl-d-aspart-4-yl)amino-4,6-dideoxy-d-glucose. | the o-polysaccharide of providencia stuartii o33 was obtained by mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide and the following structure of the tetrasaccharide repeating unit was established: -->6)-alpha-d-glcpnac-(1-->4)-alpha-d-galpa-(1-->3)-alpha-d-glcpnac-(1-->3)-beta-d-quip4n(ac-d-asp)-(1-->, where d-qui4n(ac-d-asp) is 4-(n-acetyl-d-aspart-4-yl)amino-4,6-dideoxy-d-glucose. structural studies were performed using sugar and methylation analyses and nmr spectroscopy, including conventional ... | 2004 | 15145457 |
| evaluation of a new cefepime-clavulanate esbl etest to detect extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in an enterobacteriaceae strain collection. | in this study, we evaluated the performance of a new esbl etest configuration based on clavulanate synergy with cefepime compared with cefotaxime-clavulanate and ceftazidime-clavulanate esbl etest strips for the detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (esbl) in an enterobacteriaceae strain collection, with special focus on enterobacter spp. | 2004 | 15150168 |
| unusual features in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1: multiple subcutaneous lipomas, a juvenile polyp in ascending colon, congenital intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt, and horseshoe kidney. | we report a case that draws attention to a hitherto undescribed association of neurofibromatosis type 1 (nf1) with juvenile polyp, congenital intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt, multiple subcutaneous lipomas, and horseshoe kidney. our patient has fulfilled the national institutes of health consensus conference criteria for nf1 by having neurofibromas, axillary freckling, lisch nodules, and café-au-lait spots. there is no family history of nf1 and his 7-year-old son has no stigmata of nf1. o ... | 2004 | 15150783 |
| [antibacterial activity of essential oils on microorganisms isolated from urinary tract infection]. | the antibacterial activity of essential oils extracted from medicinal plants (ocimum gratissimum, l., cybopogum citratus (dc) stapf., and salvia officinalis, l.) was assessed on bacterial strains derived from 100 urine samples. samples were taken from subjects diagnosed with urinary tract infection living in the community. microorganisms were plated on müller hinton agar. plant extracts were applied using a steers replicator and petri dishes were incubated at 37 degrees c for 24 hours. salvia of ... | 2004 | 15122392 |
| frequency of extended spectrum beta lactamase producing gram negative bacilli among clinical isolates at clinical laboratories of army medical college, rawalpindi. | this study was carried out in microbiology department of army medical college, rawalpindi to find out the frequency of extended spectrum beta lactamase producing gram negative bacilli among clinical isolates recovered from clinical specimens received from military hospital, rawalpindi. | 2004 | 15125178 |
| images in clinical medicine. unusual cystitis. | | 2004 | 15163778 |
| [acid phosphatase of ameba: amoeba proteus]. | | 2004 | 15174335 |
| [bact-alert automatized system for blood cultures: 5 vs 7 days of incubation. first argentine multicentre study]. | bact-alert automatized system for blood cultures: 5 vs 7 days of incubation. first argentine multicentre study. between january and december 2001, we analyzed 80,141 blood cultures by the bact-alert system (14,960 fan aerobics, 3,855 fan anaerobic, 11,114 standards aerobics, 11,367 standards anaerobic, 12,054 pediatrics and 26,791 fan pediatrics bottles) and 44.235 series from 27.615 patients at eight hospitals of buenos aires city, one of la plata city and three of the buenos aires province. a ... | 2004 | 15174746 |
| proteus mirabilis genes that contribute to pathogenesis of urinary tract infection: identification of 25 signature-tagged mutants attenuated at least 100-fold. | proteus mirabilis, a common cause of urinary tract infections (uti) in individuals with functional or structural abnormalities or with long-term catheterization, forms bladder and kidney stones as a consequence of urease-mediated urea hydrolysis. known virulence factors, besides urease, are hemolysin, fimbriae, metalloproteases, and flagella. in this study we utilized the cba mouse model of ascending uti to evaluate the colonization of mutants of p. mirabilis hi4320 that were generated by signat ... | 2004 | 15102805 |
| characterization and serological classification of a collection of proteus penneri clinical strains. | bacteria of the genus proteus, which are a common cause of urinary tract infections, are divided into four species: p. mirabilis, p. vulgaris, p. penneri, and p. hauseri, and three unnamed genomospecies, proteus 4, 5, and 6 (single-strain species p. myxofaciens was isolated from the gypsy moth). establishing the serological classification of these species would aid in completing the classification scheme of the whole genus proteus and in applying serological methods in diagnostic procedures and ... | 2004 | 15179326 |
| screening of selected indigenous plants of lebanon for antimicrobial activity. | the objective of this study is to test in vitro the antimicrobial efficacy of 39 water and 39 methanol extracts derived from different parts of 27 indigenous wild plant species that have been commonly used in lebanese folk medicine. the antimicrobial efficacy was determined using the single disk diffusion method, with 10 and 20 microl load extract volume per disc. nine test microorganisms were used namely, escherichia coli, proteus sp., pseudomonas aeruginosa, shigella dysenteria, salmonella ent ... | 2004 | 15182897 |
| prosthesis culture 6 months after implantation and the effect of haematogenous seeding in a rat model. | the aim of this study was to investigate the role of haematogenous seeding in late prosthesis infection. in all, 45 male wistar albino rats were divided into three equal groups. a small piece of silicone prosthesis was implanted into the scrotum of all rats under sterile condition and antibiotic prophylaxis. in the first group, all silicones were removed after 6 months without any complication and were cultured for bacterial growth. in the second group, a disc, which was saturated with staphyloc ... | 2004 | 15184914 |
| interactions between high pressure homogenization and antimicrobial activity of lysozyme and lactoperoxidase. | it was the objective of this work to evaluate the effect of high pressure homogenization on the activity of antimicrobial enzymes such as lysozyme and lactoperoxidase against a selected group of gram positive and gram negative species inoculated in skim milk. lactobacillus helveticus, lactobacillus plantarum and listeria monocytogenes were the most pressure resistant species while bacillus subtilis, pseudomonas putida, salmonella typhimurium, staphylococcus aureus, proteus vulgaris and salmonell ... | 2004 | 15193800 |
| myocardial necrosis in a captive binturong (arctictis binturong). | an adult male binturong, arctictis binturong, which had been anorexic and lethargic for seven days became acutely dyspnoeic and died under anaesthesia. a postmortem examination revealed left ventricular hypertrophy with a thrombus occluding the left ventricular chamber. histological findings included moderate to severe multifocal, vasculocentric myocardial degeneration and necrosis with fibrosis replacing myocardiocytes. escherichia coli and proteus mirabilis were grown on cultures. the animal's ... | 2004 | 15160846 |
| artificial neural networks for prediction of antibacterial activity in series of imidazole derivatives. | artificial neural networks (anns) have been applied for the quantitative structure-activity relationships (qsar) studies of antibacterial activity against escherichia coli, serratia marcescens, proteus vulgaris, klebsiella pneumoniae and pseudomonas aeruginosa of a large series of new imidazole derivatives. antibacterial activity against individual bacteria, expressed as logarithm of reciprocal of the minimal inhibitory concentrations, log 1/mic, has been related to a number of physicochemical a ... | 2004 | 15200380 |
| synthesis, absolute stereochemistry and molecular design of the new antifungal and antibacterial antibiotic produced by streptomyces sp.201. | the absolute stereochemistry of the new antifungal and antibacterial antibiotic produced by streptomyces sp.201 has been established by achieving the total synthesis of the product. a series of analogues have also been synthesized by changing the side chain and their bioactivity assessed against different microbial strains. among them, 1e (r = c8h17) was found to be the most potent with mic of 8 microg/ml against mycobacterium tuberculosis, 12 microg/ml against escherichia coli and 16 microg/ml ... | 2004 | 15177476 |
| [comparison between the bacterial flora airways and of the lung tissue]. | in 44 patients tracheotomized and under mechanical ventilation bacteriological studies were carried out, inmediately after death, in bronchial secretions and in a small piece of lung obtained by thoracotomy. the more frequently found bacterium in bronchial secretions or the lung was the pseudomona aeruginosa (table 1). in order of decreasing frequency: klebsiella, staphylococcus, proteus, etc. were found in the lung while in bronchial secretions the order was inverse by predominance of proteus. ... | 1965 | 15154229 |
| proteus syndrome and somatic mosaicism of the chromosome 16. | the authors describe clinical pathologic findings in a patient with a structural chromosome 16 anomaly in mosaic distribution with the phenotypic characteristics of the proteus syndrome. this is the 1st report showing that the proteus syndrome may be associated with a chromosome 16 anomaly; while previous findings suggested that this syndrome was associated with a modification of chromosome 1. as the pathologic hypothesis of this syndrome possibly involves lethal genes in somatic mosaicism, resp ... | 2003 | 15206168 |
| degradation of raw or film-incorporated beta-cyclodextrin by enzymes and colonic bacteria. | beta-cyclodextrin (beta-cd) is a suitable excipient for peroral use, which improves the solubility of lipophilic drugs, as well as for colon-specific drug release when it is mixed with coating polymers. the first aim of this work was to examine the suitability of various enzymes as a simple in vitro model for the glycolytic activity in the human colon. alpha-amylase (source aspergillus oryzae) and taka diastase (source a. oryzae) showed remarkable degradation capacity of free beta-cd, whereas ot ... | 2004 | 15207542 |
| ultrastructure of proteus mirabilis swarmer cell rafts and role of swarming in catheter-associated urinary tract infection. | proteus mirabilis is a common cause of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (c-uti). it blocks indwelling urethral catheters through the formation of extensive crystalline biofilms. the obstruction of urine flow can induce episodes of pyelonephritis, septicemia, and shock. p. mirabilis exhibits a type of motility referred to as swarming, in which multicellular rafts of elongated, hyperflagellated swarmer cells form and move rapidly in concert over solid surfaces. it has been suggested tha ... | 2004 | 15213138 |
| evolution of acquired resistance to third-generation cephalosporins in enterobacteriaceae in a tunisian hospital 1993-2001. | between january 1993 and december 2001, the overall frequency of resistance to third-generation cephalosporins in isolates of enterobacteriaceae from charles nicolle hospital, tunis, rose from 2.4% to 7.4%. klebsiella pneumoniae was the most prevalent species (56%), followed by escherichia coli (15%) and proteus mirabilis (9%). a rate of 49% was observed among isolates from paediatric patients in 1999, caused mostly by outbreaks in the neonatal intensive care unit of k. pneumoniae and p. mirabil ... | 2004 | 15214883 |
| evaluation of the uro-quick, a new rapid automated system, for the detection of well-characterized antibiotic-resistant bacteria. | the uro-quick system has been employed to detect antibiotic resistance in genotypically and/or phenotypically well-characterized bacterial species including those that might not be easily identified by routine procedure. in order to achieve full agreement between the antibiotic susceptibility results obtained by the reference method (nccls) and the uro-quick system, the optimal experimental conditions (inoculum size, time of incubation and antibiotic concentration) for each strain to be used by ... | 2004 | 15216942 |
| extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae in an italian intensive care unit: clinical and therapeutical remarks. | in this study we evaluated the prevalence of enterobacteriaceae and the epidemiology of esbl+ microorganisms in an icu of our institution over a 5-year period and analyzed the clinical features and outcomes of the infections caused by these microorganisms. the most frequent esbl+ isolate was proteus mirabilis (69 isolates, 58%); a high rate of positive results in the double-disk synergy test (dds) was also recognized for klebsiella pneumoniae (52 isolates, 51%), whereas this phenomenon was obser ... | 2004 | 15216948 |
| metalloantibiotics: synthesis and antibacterial activity of cobalt(ii), copper(ii), nickel(ii) and zinc(ii) complexes of kefzol. | kefzol (kzl), a beta-lactam antibiotic, possesses various donor sites for interaction with transition metal(ii) ions [co(ii), cu(ii), ni(ii) and zn(ii)] to form complexes of the type [m(kzl)2]cl2 and [m(kzl)cl], with molar ratio of metal: ligand (m:l) of 1:2 and 1:1 respectively. these complexes were prepared and characterized by physicochemical and spectroscopic methods. their ir and nmr spectra suggest that kefzol potentially acts as a bidentate, tridentate as well as monoanionic tetradentate ... | 2004 | 15202497 |
| antibiotic resistance of urinary tract pathogens and rationale for empirical intravenous therapy. | empirical antibiotic treatment in urinary tract infection (uti) in children must rely on surveillance data on the epidemiology and resistance patterns of common uropathogens. a retrospective analysis of bacteria isolated from children with uti irrespective of underlying disease or pre-treatment was performed at the university hospital of freiburg, germany, in 1997, and from 1999 to 2001. in the first study period, 261 positive urine samples and in the second period 684 positive samples were anal ... | 2004 | 15221429 |