Publications
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| synthesis and antimicrobial activity of some novel nucleoside analogues of adenosine and 1,3-dideazaadenosine. | a number of nucleoside analogues have been synthesized and evaluated for their antibacterial and antifungal activities against staphylococcus aureus, group d streptococcus, pseudomonas aeruginosa, proteus spp., salmonella spp., aspergillus fumigatus, penicillium marneffei, candida albicans, cryptococcus neoformans, and mucor spp. the compounds 1, 4, and 6 emerged as potent antibacterial agents with mic values of 0.75, 0.38, and 0.19 microm, respectively, against group d streptococcus. further, t ... | 2007 | 17890082 |
| frequency of urinary tract infection in catheterized dogs and comparison of bacterial culture and susceptibility testing results for catheterized and noncatheterized dogs with urinary tract infections. | to determine frequency of urinary tract infections (utis) in catheterized dogs that had intervertebral disk disease (ivdd) or disease other than ivdd and compare bacterial culture and susceptibility testing results for catheterized and noncatheterized dogs with utis. | 2007 | 17867973 |
| [the antibacterial activity of fluoroquinolones against gram-negative bacteria isolated from gifu prefecture (2005)]. | we investigated the susceptibility to 6 fluoroquinolones against 433 strains of gram-negative bacteria isolated from 6 medical facilities in gifu prefecture between january and september in 2005, determined by the agar dilution methods in according with the japan society of chemotherapy. we also investigated the correlation between the degree of resistance to fluoroquinolones and the amino acid substitutions in the quinolone resistance-determining region (qrdr). the tested clinical isolates were ... | 2007 | 17867488 |
| viii. the identity of proteus infection and hospital gangrene: a case of mixed infection with aerogenes capsulatus and proteus vulgaris. | 1902 | 17861211 | |
| xv. the rôle of the bacillus proteus vulgaris in surgery. | 1902 | 17861144 | |
| mannose-resistant proteus-like and p. mirabilis fimbriae have specific and additive roles in p. mirabilis urinary tract infections. | proteus mirabilis is an important uropathogen that can cause complicated urinary tract infections (uti). it produces several types of fimbriae, including mannose-resistant proteus-like (mr/p) fimbriae and p. mirabilis fimbriae (pmf). previously, we determined that these fimbriae affect the ability of p. mirabilis to colonize the urinary tract. the objective of this study was to analyse the effect of the simultaneous lack of p. mirabilis mr/p and pmf fimbriae in uti pathogenesis. a double mutant ... | 2007 | 17854474 |
| bacteriology of chronic suppurative otitis media--a multicenter study. | bacterial predominance and antibiotic sensitivity have changed over time, making continuous and periodic surveillance necessary in guiding appropriate antibacterial therapy. | 2007 | 17851935 |
| clinical epidemiology of ciprofloxacin-resistant proteus mirabilis isolated from urine samples of hospitalised patients. | this study investigated the clinical characteristics of ciprofloxacin-resistant proteus mirabilis isolates from urine samples associated with nosocomial infection or colonisation, and identified the risk-factors for ciprofloxacin resistance. data for patients with ciprofloxacin-resistant p. mirabilis isolates (n=13) were compared with those for randomly selected patients with ciprofloxacin-susceptible p. mirabilis isolates (n=40) who were matched by temporal occurrence as control patients. the m ... | 2007 | 17850340 |
| microbial keratitis in a case of lamellar ichthyosis. | we report a case of microbial keratitis in a patient with lamellar ichthyosis. an 11-year-old boy, a known case of lamellar ichthyosis, presented with microbial keratitis. microbiological evaluation of corneal scraping revealed a mixed infection caused by gram-negative bacilli and gram-positive cocci. he was treated with topical ciprofloxacin and fortified cefazolin eyedrops. microbial keratitis in patients with lamellar ichthyosis has a poor prognosis. | 2008 | 17828596 |
| polymerase chain reaction for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. | polymerase chain reaction (pcr) based on the amplification of a 169 bp dna fragment specific for the mycobacterium tuberculosis complex was evaluated for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (tbm). a total of 105 csf specimens from clinically suspected cases of tbm were studied. clinical details of the cases and cytochemical parameters of the csf specimens were recorded. for pcr 10 csf specimens from cases other than tbm, 4 non-mycobacterial culture isolates (one strain of e coli, one s ... | 2007 | 17802972 |
| molecular epidemiology of esbetal producing p. mirabilis strains from a long-term care and rehabilitation facility in italy. | we report the detection of multidrug resistant esbetal producing proteus mirabilis isolates from a long-term care and rehabilitation facility (ltcrf) in northern italy. 53% of the collected p. mirabilis strains were esbetal producers. pcr and sequencing techniques confirmed the presence of the bla(tem-92) and bla(cmy-16) resistance genes in 23/26 (88.5%) and 3/26 (11.5%) of the esbetal producers respectively. pfge showed that the tem-92 beta-lactamase producing isolates were not clonally related ... | 2007 | 17802927 |
| acquired ampc type beta-lactamases: an emerging problem in italian long-term care and rehabilitation facilities. | we report the multiple detection of proteus mirabilis isolates, from 4 different long-term care and rehabilitation facilities (ltcrfs) of northern italy, resistant to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins and cephamycins and producing an acquired ampc-like beta-lactamase, named cmy-16. genotyping by pfge showed that isolates were clonally related to each other, although not identical. in all isolates the bla(cmy16) gene was not transferable by conjugation and was found to be carried on the chromosome ... | 2007 | 17802913 |
| a modification of the urease test for proteus. | 1945 | 17799005 | |
| concerning the species amoeligba proteus. | 1916 | 17795980 | |
| amoeba proteus: studying the contractile vacuole by micropuncture. | direct measurements of the freezing point depression of the protoplasm and of the fluid from the contractile vacuole of fresh-water amoebae showed that the fluid in the vacuole is distinctly hypoosmotic to the protoplasm. fourteen samples of protoplasm from amoebae, placed in a medium with a milliosmolality of 7, had an average osmolality of 101 milliosmoles with a range of 73 to 116. eleven samples of vacuolar fluid had an average osmolality of 32 milliosmoles, with a range of 24 to 38. it is s ... | 1963 | 17788304 |
| action of hydrogen sulfide on the protoplasm of amoeba proteus. | 1929 | 17773751 | |
| charles proteus steinmetz. | 1923 | 17770636 | |
| is it a proteus syndrome? | 2007 | 17762684 | |
| a case of proteus syndrome with lateral embryonal vein and frontal intraosseous lipoma. | a patient with proteus syndrome is reported with heretofore unreported features including a frontal intraosseous lipoma and a lateral embryonal leg vein (servelle) associated with a venous malformation. these associated anomalies further broaden the phenotypic variability of proteus syndrome. | 2007 | 17760489 |
| temperature sensitivity: a cell character determined by obligate endosymbionts in amoebas. | a strain of amoeba proteus has lost its ability to survive at temperatures above 26 degrees c as a result of becoming dependent on endosymbiotic bacteria that are psychrophile-like. the observed temperature sensitivity develops in fewer than 200 host cell generations (18 months of culture) after the host cells are experimentally infected with the symbionts. | 1978 | 17754039 |
| proteus henricensis nov. spec. | 1927 | 17752626 | |
| the observation of mitosis in the living cell in amoeba proteus. | 1934 | 17747194 | |
| charles proteus steinmetz and the american institute of electrical engineers. | 1934 | 17745747 | |
| the contractile vacuole granules in amoeba proteus. | 1926 | 17739269 | |
| first report of the emergence of ctx-m-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (esbls) as the predominant esbl isolated in a u.s. health care system. | ctx-m-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (esbls) have become increasingly common worldwide, with the notable exception of the united states, where tem- and shv-type esbls have appeared to predominate. we have noted the emergence of esbls in our health care system (the university health system in san antonio, tx), especially in escherichia coli isolates, that preferentially hydrolyze cefotaxime rather than ceftazidime, suggesting the possibility of ctx-m-type enzymes. microbiology laboratory ... | 2007 | 17724160 |
| plasmid determined resistance to quinolones in clinical isolates of gram-negative bacilli. | a total of 166 strains of gram-negative bacilli comprising 65 klebsiella species, 22 escherichia coli, 39 pseudomonas aeruginosa, 20 proteus species, 18 other pseudomonas species and 2 salmonella typhi, were isolated from clinical specimens in the university college hospital, ibadan. antimicrobial susceptibility testing and plasmid profiling of the strains were done. ceftazidine had the highest antibacterial activity of 83.1% compared to the fluoroquinolones followed by ciprofloxacin (78.3%), pe ... | 2006 | 17722809 |
| antimicrobial activity of methanol extract of origanum majorana l. (sweet marjoram). | in-vitro microbicidal activity of the methanol extract of origanum majorana l. was tested against seven fungi (fusarium solani, candida albicans, aspergillus niger, a. parasiticus, rhizopus oryzae, rhizoctonia otyzae-sativae and altemaria brassicicola) and six bacteria (bacillus subtilis, b. megaterium, escherichia coil, proteus vulgaris, pseudomonas aeruginosa and staphylococcus aureus). the methanol extract of o. majorana can be used as an effective herbal protectant against different pathogen ... | 2007 | 17718003 |
| diversity of microflora in the gut and casts of tropical composting earthworms reared on different substrates. | the diversity of fungi, bacteria, yeast, actinomycetes and protozoa were analysed in the gut and casts of eudrilus eugeniae, lampito mauritii, eisenia fetida and perionyx excavatus, both qualitatively and quantitatively as influenced by different feed substrates like clay loam soil, cowdung and pressmud. while actinomycetes (streptomyces albus, s. somaliensis, nocardia asteroides, n. caviae and saccharomonosporia) were not digested by any of these species of worms, protozoa (amoeba proteus, a. t ... | 2007 | 17717992 |
| antimicrobial resistance among gram-negative bacilli causing infections in intensive care unit patients in the united states between 1993 and 2004. | during the 12-year period from 1993 to 2004, antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of 74,394 gram-negative bacillus isolates recovered from intensive care unit (icu) patients in united states hospitals were determined by participating hospitals and collected in a central location. mics for 12 different agents were determined using a standardized broth microdilution method. the 11 organisms most frequently isolated were pseudomonas aeruginosa (22.2%), escherichia coli (18.8%), klebsiella pneumoni ... | 2007 | 17715376 |
| aggregative adherence of uropathogenic proteus mirabilis to cultured epithelial cells. | proteus mirabilis is an important cause of urinary tract infection (uti) in patients with complicated urinary tracts. thirty-five strains of p. mirabilis isolated from uti were examined for the adherence capacity to epithelial cells. all isolates displayed the aggregative adherence (aa) to hep-2 cells, a phenotype similarly presented in llc-mk(2) cells. biofilm formation on polystyrene was also observed in all strains. the mannose-resistant proteus-like fimbriae (mr/p), type i fimbriae and aaf/i ... | 2007 | 17714491 |
| [first report of parasitism of the trichogramma bruni nagaraja (hymenoptera: trichogrammatidae) in eggs of urbanus proteus (l.) (lepidoptera: hesperiidae) in snap beans (phaseolus vulgaris) ( l.)]. | aiming to verify the presence of eggs parasitoids of the genus trichogramma, for using in the biological control of insects pests, were collected eggs from long tailed skipper butterfly, a lepidopteran defoliator of snap beans, which presented eggs with parasitism characteristics (dark eggs). the eggs were taken to the laboratory were 44.9% of parasitism was verified. viability was 96.3%, with an average of 6.6 individuals per egg and a sexual ratio of 0.93. male specimens were identified as tri ... | 2007 | 17710338 |
| [selective action of broad-spectrum antibiotics on intestinal flora in sepsis in rats]. | to investigate the selective effect of broad-spectrum antibiotics on the intestinal flora in sepsis in rats. | 2007 | 17708836 |
| [intracranial hypertension in proteus syndrome]. | proteus syndrome, described for the first time in 1979, is a sporadic congenital poly-malformation syndrome named for its highly variable manifestations. we report the case of a 36-year-old male patient with several malformations including skull hyperostosis and huge frontal sinus hypertrophy compressing the brain. he complained of increasing headache for 5 years. cerebrospinal fluid pressure monitoring revealed severe hypertension. the patient underwent frontoparietal craniectomy, which allowed ... | 2007 | 17706728 |
| the structure of apo tryptophanase from escherichia coli reveals a wide-open conformation. | the crystal structure of apo tryptophanase from escherichia coli (space group f222, unit-cell parameters a = 118.4, b = 120.1, c = 171.2 a) was determined at 1.9 a resolution using the molecular-replacement method and refined to an r factor of 20.3% (r(free) = 23.2%). the structure revealed a significant shift in the relative orientation of the domains compared with both the holo form of proteus vulgaris tryptophanase and with another crystal structure of apo e. coli tryptophanase, reflecting th ... | 2007 | 17704565 |
| parenting children with proteus syndrome: experiences with, and adaptation to, courtesy stigma. | courtesy stigma refers to the stigmatization an unaffected person experiences due to his or her relationship with a person who bears a stigma. parents of children with genetic conditions are particularly vulnerable to courtesy stigma, but little research has been done to explore this phenomenon. the purpose of this study was to investigate the courtesy stigma experiences of parents of children with proteus syndrome (ps) and related overgrowth conditions. thematic analysis of transcripts from 31 ... | 2007 | 17702022 |
| production of volatile aroma compounds by bacterial strains isolated from different surface-ripened french cheeses. | twelve bacterial strains belonging to eight taxonomic groups: brevibacterium linens, microbacterium foliorum, arthrobacter arilaitensis, staphylococcus cohnii, staphylococcus equorum, brachybacterium sp., proteus vulgaris and psychrobacter sp., isolated from different surface-ripened french cheeses, were investigated for their abilities to generate volatile aroma compounds. out of 104 volatile compounds, 54 volatile compounds (identified using dynamic headspace technique coupled with gas chromat ... | 2007 | 17701035 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| [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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| hormonal regulation of the contractile vacuole in amoeba proteus: the role of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases. | 2007 | 17668613 | |
| diverse tetracycline resistant bacteria and resistance genes from coastal waters of jiaozhou bay. | environmental microbiology investigation was carried out in jiaozhou bay to determine the source and distribution of tetracycline-resistant bacteria and their resistance mechanisms. at least 25 species or the equivalent molecular phylogenetic taxa in 16 genera of resistant bacteria could be identified based on 16s ribosomal deoxyribonucleic acid sequence analysis. enterobacteriaceae, pseudomonadaceae, and vibrionaceae constituted the majority of the typical resistant isolates. indigenous estuari ... | 2008 | 17668262 |
| haemagglutination, haemolysin production and serum resistance of proteus and related species isolated from clinical sources. | a total of 148 strains of proteus and related species comprising of proteus mirabilis (116), proteus vulgaris (24), providentia rettgeri (4), providentia alcalifaciens (2), providentia stuarti (1) and morganella morganii (1), isolated from various sources, were examined for haemagglutination (ha), haemolysin production (hl) and serum resistance (sr). maximum isolates were obtained from urine (47.30%) and pus (40.54%) and they were multidrug resistant. the sensitivity to ciprofloxacin was 78.38%, ... | 2001 | 17664798 |
| 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 |
| antibiotic resistance pattern in uropathogens. | uropathogenic strains from inpatient and outpatient departments were studied from april 1997 to march 1999 for their susceptibility profiles. the various isolates were escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, pseudomonas aeruginosa, proteus mirabilis, acinetobacter baumanii and enterococcus faecalis. antibiotic susceptibility pattern of these isolates revealed that for outpatients, first generation cephalosporins, nitrofurantoin, norfloxacin/ciprofloxacin were effective for treatment of urinary ... | 2002 | 17657041 |
| unilateral generalized hypertrichosis in proteus syndrome. | a young lady was found to have hemihypertrophy, scoliosis, subcutaneous swellings, patchy dermal hypoplasia, plantar hyperplasia and macrodactyly. these suggested a diagnosis of proteus syndrome. she was also having unilateral generalized hypertrichosis. the association of proteus syndrome and unilateral generalized hypertrichosis has not been reported in the literature. | 2002 | 17656984 |
| 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 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 |
| evaluation of colistin in the treatment of respiratory infections in dogs. | thirty cases of respiratory infections in adult dogs were treated with colistimethate sodium. e. coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, klebsiella pneumoniae, paracolobactrum sp., and aerobacter aerogenes responded to therapy, whereas proteus sp., streptococcus faecalis, streptococcus pyogenes, and staphylococcus aureus were resistant to treatment. | 1964 | 17649529 |
| suprapubic cystotomy in a stallion. | a five-year-old thoroughbred stallion had been showing urinary incontinence with staining of the hind legs for some time, and was in poor physical condition. on rectal examination a large calculus was palpated in the urinary bladder. urine culture revealed a proteus infection. the calculus, weighing 420 gm., was removed by laparo-cystotomy, using a left paramedian approach well anterior to the external inguinal ring. anaesthesia was maintained with halothane during the operation. aftercare inclu ... | 1964 | 17649501 |
| 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 |
| images in emergency medicine. infected urachal cyst. | 2007 | 17643855 | |
| bacteriology of diabetic foot lesions. | clinical grading and bacteriological study of 107 patients with diabetic foot lesions revealed polymicrobial aetiology in 69 (64.4%) and single aetiology in 21 (19.6%). among 107 patients 62 had ulcer. of these 31 had mixed aerobes. twenty six patients with cellulitis and 12 with gangrene had more than 5 types of aerobes and anaerobes such as e. coli, klebsiella spp., pseudomonas spp., proteus spp., enterobactor spp., enterococci spp., clostridium perfringens, bacteroides spp., prevotella spp. a ... | 2004 | 17642727 |
| 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 |
| [the new mucosal adjuvant cry1ac increase the capacity of mononuclear cells to stop bacterial growth]. | 2007 | 17633805 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| hyperoxaluria, hypocitraturia, hypomagnesiuria, and lack of intestinal colonization by oxalobacter formigenes in a cervical spinal cord injury patient with suprapubic cystostomy, short bowel, and nephrolithiasis. | although urolithiasis is common in spinal cord injury patients, it is presumed that the predisposing factors for urinary stones in spinal cord injury patients are immobilization-induced hypercalciuria in the initial period after spinal injury and, in later stages, urine infection by urease-producing micro-organisms, e.g., proteus sp., which cause struvite stones. we describe a patient who sustained c-7 complete tetraplegia in a road traffic accident in 1970, when he was 16 years old. left ureter ... | 2006 | 17619709 |
| 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 |
| [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 |
| antimicrobial activity against gram negative bacilli from yaounde central hospital, cameroon. | antimicrobial resistance among bacteria pathogens is a world-wide issue. the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of common pathogenic bacteria are essential to guide empirical and pathogen-specific therapy; unfortunately, these data are scarse in cameroon. | 2006 | 17604512 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| [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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| use of gas liquid chromatography as an adjunct to conventional bacteriological methods in the diagnosis of anaerobic cerebral abscess. | forty cases of cerebral abscesses were studied prospectively to establish the microbial agents implicated in these cases. chronic otitis media (14 patients, 35%), congenital heart disease (five patients, 12.5%),a and meningitis (five patients, 12.5%) were among the important predisposing factors. streptococcus (14 patients, 35%) was the most common causative pre-isolated, the predominant species being streptococcus milleri (11 patients, 27.5%). other organisms isolated included proteus mirabilis ... | 1991 | 17590760 |
| kohl - the traditional eyeliner: use and analysis. | kohl is a traditional powder-like mixture used as an eyeliner and to treat eye disease in many middle and far east countries. we studied kohl use among 360 individuals selected at random in riyadh, saudi arabia. kohl was used by 13% of males and 26% of females, especially the elderly and illiterate. forty percent of females with children applied kohl to the eyes of their children during the first postnatal month. analysis of five commercially available traditional kohl samples showed that some p ... | 1993 | 17587986 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| [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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| [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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| [biological hazards in air at municipal waste landfills]. | the aim of the study was to assess the microbiological air quality at the selected municipal waste landfills. | 2006 | 17533990 |
| 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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| etiology of chronic prostatitis syndrome in patients treated at the university hospital for infectious diseases "dr. fran mihaljević" from 2003 to 2005. | a total of 835 patients with symptoms of chronic prostatitis syndrome and no evidence of structural or functional lower genitourinary tract abnormalities were examined in a three year period at the outpatient department for urogenital infections, university hospital for infectious diseases "dr. fran mihaljević" zagreb, croatia. disease etiology was determined in 482 (57.72%) patients. chlamydia trachomatis was proved to be the causative pathogen in 161 patients, trichomonas vaginalis in 85, esch ... | 2006 | 17508488 |
| [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 |
| 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 |