Publications
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| comparative activity of eighteen antimicrobial agents against anaerobic bacteria isolated in south africa. | the in vitro activity of 18 antimicrobial agents was determined against 378 anaerobic bacteria isolated in bloemfontein, south africa, during 1996/97. against the gram-positive isolates, mics of penicillin and cefoxitin were >0.5 microg/ml and >16 microg/ml, respectively, for five and three strains of non-perfringens clostridium spp. seventeen peptostreptococcus anaerobius strains were resistant to penicillin (mic > or = 2 microg/ml). all gram-positive anaerobes tested except one peptostreptococ ... | 1999 | 10192714 |
| in vitro antibacterial properties of pexiganan, an analog of magainin. | pexiganan, a 22-amino-acid antimicrobial peptide, is an analog of the magainin peptides isolated from the skin of the african clawed frog. pexiganan exhibited in vitro broad-spectrum antibacterial activity when it was tested against 3,109 clinical isolates of gram-positive and gram-negative, anaerobic and aerobic bacteria. the pexiganan mic at which 90% of isolates are inhibited (mic90) was 32 micrograms/ml or less for staphylococcus spp., streptococcus spp., enterococcus faecium, corynebacteriu ... | 1999 | 10103181 |
| microbiota of successful osseointegrated dental implants. | the long-term survival of dental implants depends, in part, on control of bacterial infection in the peri-implant region. periodontal pathogens colonized implants symptomatic through infection, whereas the microbiota of successful implants was similar to that of periodontal health. this study examined the impact on the peri-implant microbiota of crown restorations; implant type; length of time of loading; history of implant or periodontal infections; and whether implants replaced single or multi ... | 1999 | 10102550 |
| the microbiota of periodontal pockets with different depths in therapy-resistant periodontitis. | this study presents the composition of the cultivable microbiota colonising periodontal pockets of different depths among 2 patient-groups classified as non-responsive (nr-group; 11 participants) or responsive (r-group; 10 participants) to periodontal treatment. microbiological samples from three types of pocket (< 4 mm deep a-samples; 4-5 mm b-samples; > 5 mm c-samples) were analysed by cultural methods for putative periodontitis pathogens, microbial groups constituting > or = 5% of the total c ... | 1999 | 10100039 |
| clinical and microbiological characteristics of smokers with early onset periodontitis. | cigarette smoking is a potential risk factor which has recently been associated with periodontal disease progression. the objective of this study was to compare the microbial profile of smokers and non-smokers in a group of patients with early onset periodontitis. the study population consisted of 60 healthy individuals, 40 males and 20 females aged 22 to 35 yr, exhibiting early onset periodontitis. thirty patients were smokers (30.9 cigarettes/d) and 30 non-smokers. smokers had a higher proport ... | 1999 | 10086883 |
| infection after rotator cuff repair. | sixteen patients (15 men and 1 woman) were treated for infection complicating rotator cuff repair during the period 1975 through 1994. eight of the 16 patients had their initial procedure performed elsewhere. the remaining 8 procedures were performed at our institution with the known incidence of this complication being 0.27%. in addition to intravenous antibiotic therapy, an average of 3.5 (range 2 to 8) operative procedures were required to eradicate the infections. micro-organisms cultured we ... | 1999 | 10077787 |
| infections associated with dental procedures in total hip arthroplasty. | dental procedures may lead to a transient bacteraemia lasting for up to 30 minutes. of the numerous cases of total hip arthroplasty (tha) reported which have been infected from haematogenous sources, dental procedures have been involved only infrequently. we reviewed the records of 2973 patients after tha. of the late infections identified in 52 patients, three (6%) were strongly associated with a dental procedure. infection was diagnosed by culture from the affected joint; streptococcus viridan ... | 1999 | 10068004 |
| relationship of the subgingival microbiota to a chairside test for aspartate aminotransferase in gingival crevicular fluid. | the aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between the occurrence of certain specific periodontal pathogens and aspartate aminotransferase (ast) levels in gingival crevicular fluid (gcf). | 1999 | 10052771 |
| comparative in vitro activities of amoxicillin-clavulanate against aerobic and anaerobic bacteria isolated from antral puncture specimens from patients with sinusitis. | by an agar dilution method, the antimicrobial susceptibilities of antral sinus puncture isolates were studied. pneumococci were generally susceptible to amoxicillin, azithromycin, and clarithromycin, but 17% of pneumococcal isolates were resistant to cefuroxime. haemophilus influenzae isolates were resistant to amoxicillin and clarithromycin. beta-lactamase production occurred in 69% of prevotella species. one-third of peptostreptococcus magnus isolates were resistant to azithromycin and clarith ... | 1999 | 10049296 |
| elastase activity of anaerobes isolated from amniotic fluid with preterm premature rupture of membranes. | a total of 131 anaerobes isolated from amniotic fluid with preterm premature rupture of membranes and stored were examined for elastolytic activity by the method described by williams et al (lett appl microbiol 1988;7:173-6). | 1999 | 9988804 |
| isolation of fusobacterium necrophorum from cancrum oris (noma). | a study of the predominant microflora in active sites of noma (cancrum oris) lesions was carried out in eight noma patients 3-15 years of age in sokoto state in northwestern nigeria. paper point sampling and conventional anaerobic microbiologic techniques were used. fusobacterium necrophorum was recovered from 87.5% of the noma lesions. oral microorganisms included prevotella intermedia, alpha-hemolytic streptococci, and actinomyces spp. which were isolated from 75.0%, 50.0%, and 37.5% of the pa ... | 1999 | 9988340 |
| aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of surgical-site infection following spinal fusion. | the aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of surgical-site infections (ssi) following spinal fusion was retrospectively studied. this was done by reviewing the clinical and microbiological records at the naval hospital in bethesda, md., from 1980 to 1992. aspirates of pus from 25 infection sites showed bacterial growth. aerobic bacteria only were recovered from 9 (36%) specimens, anaerobic bacteria only were recovered from 4 (16%), and mixed aerobic and anaerobic bacteria were recovered from 12 (48 ... | 1999 | 9986872 |
| [bilateral tubo-ovarian actinomycosis and rheumatoid arthritis]. | 1998 | 9974016 | |
| coronal leakage: endotoxin penetration from mixed bacterial communities through obturated, post-prepared root canals. | coronal leakage has been considered as one of the major causes of failure in root canal treatment. bacteria have been shown to penetrate the root canal obturating materials and influence the periapical tissues. endotoxin, a component of gram-negative bacteria, is a potent inflammatory agent and may be able to penetrate obturating materials faster than bacteria. this in vitro study examined the possible penetration of post-prepared canals by endotoxin and bacterial cells derived from mixed bacter ... | 1998 | 9922745 |
| purification and properties of nadh-dependent 5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (metf) from escherichia coli. | a k-12 strain of escherichia coli that overproduces methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (metf) has been constructed, and the enzyme has been purified to apparent homogeneity. a plasmid specifying metf with six histidine residues added to the c terminus has been used to purify histidine-tagged metf to homogeneity in a single step by affinity chromatography on nickel-agarose, yielding a preparation with specific activity comparable to that of the unmodified enzyme. the native protein comprises fou ... | 1999 | 9922232 |
| aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of axillary hidradenitis suppurativa. | a retrospective review of the microbiological and clinical data of 17 specimens obtained from axillary hidradenitis suppurativa (hs) over a period of 6 years was undertaken to study the aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of this condition. a total of 42 bacterial isolates (2.5 per specimen) were obtained, 12 aerobic or facultative (0.7 per specimen) and 30 anaerobic or micro-aerophilic (1.8 per specimen). aerobic and facultative bacteria only were isolated in six (35%) cases, anaerobic bacteria ... | 1999 | 9920133 |
| comparative anti-anaerobic activity of men 10700, a penem antibiotic. | the in vitro activity of men 10700, a new penem, has been compared with that of metronidazole, clindamycin, ciprofloxacin, co-amoxiclav, imipenem and three third generation cephalosporins against 120 strains of anaerobes. the organisms tested comprised clostridium perfringens, clostridium difficile, bacteroides fragilis and speciated members of the genera fusobacterium, veillonella and peptostreptococcus. men 10700 showed activity similar to that of imipenem, and was more potent than metronidazo ... | 1998 | 9916909 |
| spondylitis caused by peptostreptococcus. | peptostreptococcus is an anaerobic gram-positive coccus that is encountered in dental and sinus infections, pelvic infections in women, osteomyelitis, arthritis, skin and soft-tissues infections, conjunctivitis and bacteraemia [1,2]. we report here, what is to our knowledge, the first cases of spondylitis with discitis caused by peptostreptococcus. | 1998 | 9890688 |
| microbiology of perianal cellulitis in children: comparison of skin swabs and needle aspiration. | to establish the aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of perianal cellulitis in children, comparing skin swab and needle aspirate methodology. | 1998 | 9888333 |
| [clinical evaluation of lung abscess diagnosed by transtracheal aspiration]. | we have diagnosed lung abscess according to findings of infiltration with cavity formation on chest x-ray and/or ct-scan and pathogens isolated from transtracheal aspirates. we evaluated the clinical features of 20 patients with lung abscess (18 males and 2 females, mean age; 54.3 years). diabetus mellitus and periodontal diseases were prominent underlying diseases in patients with lung abscess. cough was complained in 13 patients, chest or back pain in 9, purulent sputum in 8 and hemosputum in ... | 1998 | 9884505 |
| pathogenicity of peptostreptococcus micros morphotypes and prevotella species in pure and mixed culture. | recently, an atypical rough colony morphotype of peptostreptococcus micros, a species which is found in ulcerating infections, including periodontitis, was isolated. the virulence of morphotypes alone and in combination with prevotella intermedia and p. nigrescens was investigated both in vivo and in vitro. all strains tested induced abscesses containing fluid pus in a mouse skin model, and lesions caused by monocultures of the rough morphotype strains of p. micros were statistically significant ... | 1998 | 9879956 |
| a commensal symbiosis between prevotella bivia and peptostreptococcus anaerobius involves amino acids: potential significance to the pathogenesis of bacterial vaginosis. | in both batch and continuous culture, peptostreptococcus anaerobius was able to grow in vaginal defined medium with prevotella bivia, but not in pure culture. growth of p. anaerobius was increased by 238% (p < 0.001) in peptone-supplemented vaginal defined medium conditioned by prior growth of p. bivia. analysis of p. bivia culture supernatants showed a net accumulation of amino acids and subsequent growth of p. anaerobius in the conditioned supernatants resulted generally in amino acid utilizat ... | 1998 | 9879923 |
| trichomonas tenax empyema in an immunocompromised patient with advanced cancer. | a 53-year-old male acromegalic patient with advanced rectal adenocarcinoma developed pleuritis in the course of cobalt irradiation, steroid treatment and chemotherapy. examination of drained pleural fluid demonstrated numerous motile organisms, which were identified as trichomonas tenax by giemsa staining. peptostreptococcus micros was also detected in the cultures of pleural fluid and blood. treatment with metronidazole successfully eliminated the protozoa and cured the pyothorax. | 1998 | 9879561 |
| oropharynx microbiota among alcoholics and non-alcoholics. | the oropharynx microbiota plays an important role in the origin of infections, especially among alcoholics whose airway defenses are impaired. | 1998 | 9876451 |
| protein la, a novel hybrid protein with unique single-chain fv antibody- and fab-binding properties. | existing ig-binding proteins all suffer from limitations in their binding spectrum. in the pursuit of the ultimate, non-restricted, ig-binding protein, we have constructed the hybrid protein la, by fusing four of the ig kappa light-chain-binding domains of peptostreptococcal protein l with four of the iggfc- and fab-binding regions of staphylococcal protein a. ligand-blot experiments demonstrated that the l and the a components were both functional in the hybrid, as the protein was shown to bind ... | 1998 | 9874260 |
| [a study of anaerobic infection in maxillofacial region]. | to analyse the anaerobic infection of maxillofacial surgery and estimate the efficacy of antianaerobic therapy, 45 patients were divided into two groups, tinidazole group and metronidazole group. bacterial culture was positive before treating in all cases. there were bacillus melaniogenicus, veillonella, peptococcus and peptostreptococus, etc. there was excellent efficacy in the treatment of maxillofacial anaerobic infection by tinidazole intravenously. after treatment, the result of bacterial e ... | 1997 | 9868121 |
| [a case of subacute bacterial endocarditis caused by anaerobic peptostreptococcus]. | 1997 | 9868074 | |
| microbiologic characteristics of persistent otitis media. | to identify the pathogens isolated from children with acute otitis media who did not respond to antimicrobial drug therapy. | 1998 | 9865757 |
| [bacterial flora in pharyngitis and tonsillitis]. | the aim of the study was a microbiological analysis of pharyngeal swabs obtained from 158 patients with the diagnosis of pharyngitis and purulent exudates from the tonsillar crypts of 10 patients treated for chronic purulent tonsillitis. beta haemolytic streptococci groups a, b, c and g were isolated from 30% of the patients. the most frequently isolated were streptococcus pyogenes--12% of patients and streptococcus group c--10.7%. other streptococci were isolated less frequently: streptococcus ... | 1998 | 9857615 |
| microbiology of liver and spleen abscesses. | to study the aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of liver and spleen abscesses and correlate the results with predisposing factors, potential causes and routes of infection, clinical and laboratory data of 48 patients with liver abscesses and 29 with spleen abscesses treated between 1970 and 1990 were reviewed retrospectively. in liver abscesses, a total of 116 isolates (2.4 isolates/specimen) was obtained; 43 were aerobic and facultative species (0.9 isolates/specimen) and 73 were anaerobic spec ... | 1998 | 9856643 |
| proficiencies of three anaerobic culture systems for recovering periodontal pathogenic bacteria. | anaerobic culture is employed routinely in the primary isolation of periodontal pathogenic bacteria. however, little or no data exist on the relative abilities of the coy anaerobic chamber (coy laboratory products, grass lake, mich.), the gaspak (becton dickinson microbiology systems, cockeysville, md.), and the anaeropack (mitsubishi gas chemical america, inc., new york, n.y.) systems to grow important periodontal species, including porphyromonas gingivalis, prevotella intermedia/nigrescens, ba ... | 1999 | 9854085 |
| additional clinical and microbiological effects of amoxicillin and metronidazole after initial periodontal therapy. | the aims of this study were to evaluate the clinical and microbiological effects of initial periodontal therapy (it) and to determine the additional effects of systemic amoxicillin (flemoxin solutab) 375 mg tid plus metronidazole 250 mg tid therapy, in patients with adult actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (aa)-associated periodontitis in conjunction with either porphyromonas gingivalis (pg), bacteroides forsythus (bf) and/or prevotella intermedia (pi). in addition the adverse effects of the a ... | 1998 | 9846793 |
| survey of anaerobic susceptibility patterns: a french multicentre study. | in 1996, the in vitro antibiotic susceptibility of 463 anaerobes was measured in five hospitals using the reference agar dilution method. none of the 209 b. fragilis group strains showed resistance to imipenem or ticarcillin-clavulanic acid. high resistance rates (29%) were observed for cefotetan and clindamycin. beta-lactamase production was detected respectively in 64% of the prevotella and 7% of the fusobacterium strains. because the same standardized methods were used for many years, the aut ... | 1998 | 9832284 |
| recovery of anaerobic bacteria from a post-traumatic nasal septal abscess. a report of two cases. | this report presents 2 children (boys, 11 and 9 years old) who had post-traumatic nasal septal abscesses. cultures for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria revealed peptostreptococcuus magnus and a beta-lactamase-producing prevotella intermedia in the first patient, and peptostreptococcus anaerobius, streptococcus intermedius, and prevotella melaninogenica in the second patient. anaerobic bacteria may play a role in nasal septal abscesses. | 1998 | 9823846 |
| microorganisms in closed periapical lesions. | the purpose of this study was to investigate the microorganisms of strictly selected closed periapical lesions associated with both refractory endodontic therapy and pulpal calcification. definitive criteria were established that assured complete clinical isolation of the periapical lesion from the oral and periodontal environment. a total of 13 criteria-referenced lesions were selected from 70 patients with endodontic surgical indications. a well controlled culturing method was used in all case ... | 1998 | 9823127 |
| limited internal friction in the rate-limiting step of a two-state protein folding reaction. | small, single-domain proteins typically fold via a compact transition-state ensemble in a process well fitted by a simple, two-state model. to characterize the rate-limiting conformational changes that underlie two-state folding, we have investigated experimentally the effects of changing solvent viscosity on the refolding of the igg binding domain of protein l. in conjunction with numerical simulations, our results indicate that the rate-limiting conformational changes of the folding of this do ... | 1998 | 9811844 |
| aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of infection after trauma. | clinical and laboratory data from 1973 to 1988 were retrospectively reviewed to study the microbiology of infection following trauma. a total of 368 specimens obtained from 340 trauma patients showed bacterial growth. the traumas included lacerations (163), blunt trauma (76), penetrating trauma (65), bites (20), and open fractures (10). anaerobic bacteria only were isolated in 119 (32%) specimens, aerobic bacteria only in 58 (16%), and mixed aerobic-anaerobic flora in 191 (52%). a total of 444 a ... | 1998 | 9786544 |
| sinusitis in neurologically impaired children. | the microbiologic features of infected sinus aspirates in nine children with neurologic impairment were studied. anaerobic bacteria, always mixed with aerobic and facultative bacteria, were isolated in 6 (67%) aspirates and aerobic bacteria only in 3 (33%). there were 24 bacterial isolates, 12 aerobic or facultative and 12 anaerobic. the predominant aerobic isolates were klebsiella pneumoniae, escherichia coli, and staphylococcus aureus (2 each) and proteus mirabilis, pseudomonas aeruginosa, hae ... | 1998 | 9781990 |
| [in vitro activity of 10 antibiotics including pristinamycin and its two components (rp 12536 and 27404) against strict anaerobes]. | the activities of the pristinamycin and its two components (rp 12536 and rp 27404) were investigated using the reference agar dilution method m11a3, on 175 anaerobic strains in comparison with that of erythromycin, clindamycin, metronidazole, amoxycillin either alone or combined with clavulanic acid, piperacillin, cefoxitin, cefotetan and cefotaxime. beta-lactamase production was detected for all the 55 b. fragilis group strains and 8/12 prevotella and 2/18 fusobacterium strains, respectively. o ... | 1998 | 9769928 |
| [peptostreptococcus magnus osteoarticular infections after orthopedic surgery. 14 cases and pathogenicity factors]. | we report a retrospective study of 14 peptostreptococcus magnus bone and joint infections, following orthopaedic prostheses or implantation of fixation devices, diagnosed in two paris hospitals between 1992 and 1996. five patients experienced a knee joint infection after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with 4 artificial grafts, and 9 caught joint or wound infections, after limb traumatic injuries or bone neoplastic ruptures involving femur, tibia, calcaneum and humerus, treated by arth ... | 1998 | 9769879 |
| phenotypic and phylogenetic characterization of ruminal tannin-tolerant bacteria. | the 16s rrna sequences and selected phenotypic characteristics were determined for six recently isolated bacteria that can tolerate high levels of hydrolyzable and condensed tannins. bacteria were isolated from the ruminal contents of animals in different geographic locations, including sardinian sheep (ovis aries), honduran and colombian goats (capra hircus), white-tail deer (odocoileus virginianus) from upstate new york, and rocky mountain elk (cervus elaphus nelsoni) from oregon. nearly compl ... | 1998 | 9758806 |
| [bacterial flora in chronic purulent maxillary sinusitis]. | in the years from 1993 till 1995 there were 132 tests done on occurrence aerobes (oxygen bacteria) and 56 tests on occurrence of anaerobes and fungus in patients with chronic sinusitis. the most common microorganisms among the aerobes was haemophilus influenzae (23.1%) and staphylococcus aureus (20.9%). the most common microorganisms among the anaerobes was peptococcus and peptostreptococcus (together 57.1%) and from the strains bacteroides (36.8). the breeded oxygen microorganisms gr(+) were mo ... | 1997 | 9757687 |
| increased antibody production against gut-colonizing escherichia coli in the presence of the anaerobic bacterium peptostreptococcus. | germ-free rats were colonized with e. coli alone, or with e. coli plus lactobacillus acidophilus and a strain of the obligate anaerobic gram-positive species, peptostreptococcus. the presence of peptostreptococcus reduced translocation of e. coli, but increased the serum antibody response to e. coli antigen. whereas the immunoglobulin g (igg) anti-e. coli antibodies largely represented cross-reactive antibodies, those of the immunoglobulin m (igm) isotype represented true anti-e. coli antibodies ... | 1998 | 9743213 |
| in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility and molecular analysis of anaerobic bacteria isolated in cape town, south africa. | one hundred and twenty-three anaerobic isolates from cape town, south africa, were tested in vitro against cefoxitin, chloramphenicol, metronidazole, co-amoxiclav, benzylpenicillin and clindamycin. forty-five gram-positive organisms were tested against rp59500 (a streptogramin). resistance in the gram-positive isolates was as follows: of the clostridium perfringens isolates, 4% were resistant to benzylpenicillin and 4% to clindamycin; of the peptostreptococcus anaerobius isolates, 10% were resis ... | 1998 | 9738844 |
| in vitro activities of e1101, a novel oral cephalosporin, against bacteria causing infections in obstetric and gynecological patients. | e1101 is a new oral cephalosporin with a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity. it inhibited more than 90% of clinical isolates of streptococcus agalactiae, escherichia coli and peptostreptococcus magnus at the concentration of 3.13 mg/l. e1101 was the most active agent against s. agalactiae and e. coli. since none of the compounds was sufficiently active against the bacteroides fragilis and prevotella bivia isolates, they are not appropriate in the treatment of patients with infections cause ... | 1998 | 9732148 |
| preterm birth: associations with genital and possibly oral microflora. | opportunistic pathogenic microbes are indigenous to the female lower genital tract and etiologic in many types of pelvic infections and, apparently, a portion of preterm birth (ptb) cases. bacterial vaginosis (bv) is a clinical syndrome based on an altered genital microflora in which gardnerella vaginalis; anaerobic species primarily among prevotella, porphyromonas, bacteroides, peptostreptococcus, and mobiluncus; mycoplasma hominis; and ureaplasma urealyticum become predominant in vaginal secre ... | 1998 | 9722706 |
| oral microbiota in smokers and non-smokers in natural and experimentally-induced gingivitis. | the present study primarily aimed at investigating the oral microbiota in smokers and non-smokers with established gingivitis and monitoring its composition during experimental gingivitis. secondly, it aimed at examining whether the composition of the microbiota is associated with different levels of gingival inflammation during this experimental gingivitis trial. for this purpose, 25 non-dental university students with gingivitis were recruited. 11 subjects were smokers and 14 were non-smokers. ... | 1998 | 9722273 |
| subgingival microbial profile of papillon-lefèvre patients assessed by dna-probes. | the prevalence of 18 selected bacterial species was assessed by means of "checkerboard" dna-dna hybridisation in a group of 12 saudi-arabian adolescents with papillon-lefèvre syndrome. a total of 36 tooth sites were investigated. the patients exhibited severe periodontal disease with deep pockets. all 12 patients harboured the putative bacterial pathogens p. intermedia, f. nucleatum, p. micros and s. intermedius while t. denticola, b. forsythus, p. nigrescens, e. corrodens, s. noxia and c. rectu ... | 1998 | 9722266 |
| superficial suppurative thrombophlebitis in children, caused by anaerobic bacteria. | the purpose of this study was to present the microbiology and clinical features of six children with superficial suppurative thrombophlebitis (sst) caused by anaerobic bacteria. | 1998 | 9722004 |
| [a case report of epidural abscess due to anaerobic bacteria, producing a mass of gas]. | a 54-year-old female was admitted to our hospital on may 8, 1996, for evaluation of fever and headache. her cerebrospinal fluid showed elevation of the cell count and total protein. the thoracic and lumbar mris revealed abnormal gas occupying the epidural space at the sacral level, and extended as high as 9th thoracic level. the gas spread inside the iliopsoas and paraspinal muscles. anaerobic bacteria such as bacteroides fragilis and peptostreptococcus productus were cultured from the spinal fl ... | 1998 | 9711118 |
| ovarian abscess caused by peptostreptococcus magnus following transvaginal ultrasound-guided aspiration of ovarian endometrioma and fixation with pure ethanol. | transvaginal ultrasound-guided aspiration of ovarian endometrioma has been applied and emphasized as a safe and simple procedure. | 1998 | 9702588 |
| female genital tract bacterial coisolates with candida albicans in patients without clinical vaginitis. | in vitro, candida albicans has demonstrated the ability to inhibit replication of selected bacteria. little information exists on the impact of c. albicans on the vaginal bacterial flora in vivo. the purpose of this study is to identify the coexisting bacterial flora when c. albicans is isolated from vaginal cultures submitted to a hospital-based testing facility for reasons other than vulvovaginitis. | 1998 | 9702585 |
| experimental root canal infections in conventional and germ-free mice. | a small animal model was evaluated to study the interrelationships between microorganisms after their implantation in root canals (inferior central incisors) using germ-free (gf) and conventional (cv) mice. the selected microorganisms were: porphyromonas endodontalis (atcc 35406), eubacterium lentum (atcc 25559), peptostreptococcus anaerobius (atcc 27337), fusobacterium nucleatum (atcc 10953), escherichia coli (atcc 25922), and enterococcus faecalis (atcc 4083). only p. anaerobius, e. coli, and ... | 1998 | 9693583 |
| in vitro and in vivo antibacterial activities of am-1155 in the fields of obstetrics and gynecology. | am-1155 is a new 8-methoxyquinolonecarboxylic acid with a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity. it inhibited more than 90% of clinical isolates of streptococcus agalactiae, escherichia coli, peptostreptococcus magnus, bacteroides fragilis and prevotella bivia at the concentration of 3.13 mg/l. the antibacterial activity of am-1155 was almost equal to that of sparfloxacin. the in vivo efficacy of am-1155 was evaluated using a polymicrobial pyometra (e. coli and b. fragilis) model of rats. the ... | 1998 | 9681200 |
| management of an infected hematometrocolpos in a patient with congenital adrenal hyperplasia and vaginal stenosis. | 1998 | 9679917 | |
| semiquantitative bacteriology of closed odontogenic abscesses. | pus samples from twenty-three dentoalveolar abscesses were collected by needle aspiration and examined by direct inoculation technique using 6 different aerobic and anaerobic agar plates. for aerobic culture, sheep blood agar and chocolate agar (kyokuto pharmaceutical co., tokyo, japan) were used. for anaerobic culture, four different media, 1) brucella hk agar with hemolyzed rabbit blood and defibrillated sheep blood, 2) paramomycin-vancomycin brucella hk agar with hemolyzed rabbit blood, 3) ph ... | 1998 | 9667143 |
| comparative in vitro activity of bay 12-8039 and five other antimicrobial agents against anaerobic bacteria. | the in vitro activity of bay 12-8039 against 360 anaerobic clinical isolates was determined by the agar dilution method and compared to that of five other antimicrobial agents. bay 12-8039 and imipenem were the most active agents tested. the following mic90 values were determined for bay 12-8039: peptostreptococcus spp. (50 isolates), 1 mg/l; propionibacterium acnes (30 isolates). 0.25 mg/l; clostridium perfringens (30 isolates), 0.5 mg/l; clostridium difficile (50 isolates), 2 mg/l; bacteroides ... | 1998 | 9665302 |
| microbiology of cervical lymphadenitis in adults. | the microbiology of needle aspirates from 40 inflamed cervical lymph glands was studied for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, fungi and mycobacteria. forty-two bacterial, 11 mycobacterial and six fungal isolates were isolated. aerobic bacteria only were recovered in 11 (27.5%), anaerobes alone in five (12.5%) and mixed aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in seven (17.5%). mycobacterium sp. were recovered in 11 (27.5%) and fungi in six (15%). the recovery of anaerobes was associated with dental infectio ... | 1998 | 9655225 |
| aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of chronic venous ulcers. | the role of bacteria in the pathogenesis of chronic venous leg ulcers (cvlu) is unclear. the objective of the study was to establish the aerobic and anaerobic bacteriology of cvlu. | 1998 | 9646126 |
| [antimicrobial activity of macrolides against clinical isolates]. | antimicrobial activity of 6 macrolides was determined using a micro-broth dilution method, against 535 clinical isolates of 22 species, which were isolated in 1996 from 325 facilities in japan. results were as follows. 1. in general, antimicrobial activities of 14-membered macrolides were higher than those of 16-membered macrolides. the antimicrobial activities of 14-membered macrolides were in the order of clarithromycin (cam), erythromycin (em), roxithromycin (rxm). among 16-membered macrolide ... | 1998 | 9644599 |
| endodontic pathogens stimulate monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and interleukin-8 in mononuclear cells. | microbial infection of the dental pulp leads to the recruitment of leukocytes and the formation of lesions of endodontic origin. the chemokines interleukin-8 (il-8) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (mcp-1) are relatively specific chemoattractants for neutrophils and monocytes, respectively. in the present studies, peripheral blood mononuclear cells were stimulated by streptococcus mutants, porphyromonas endodontalis, and peptostreptococcus anaerobius, which are associated with lesions of e ... | 1998 | 9641137 |
| development of an anaerobic bacterial leakage model. | the majority of bacteria associated with infections of endodontic origin are strict anaerobes. the purpose of this study was to develop an endodontic microleakage model using strict anaerobic bacteria in a two-chamber system. nine species of anaerobic bacteria were tested for viability and detection by either turbidity or color change of the broth. a survey of ph chromogenic substrates revealed that bromcresol purple (ph 5.2 = yellow, ph 6.8 = purple) could be used as a chromogenic indicator to ... | 1998 | 9641124 |
| aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of infections after trauma in children. | to review the recovery of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria from infections after trauma in children over a 20 year period. | 1998 | 9639177 |
| osteomyelitis of the fibula due to septic embolism: a rare complication of a graft enteric erosion. case report. | we report the case of a 70-year-old female who experienced a graft enteric erosion (gee) three years after a right aorto-femoral bypass. she was treated by right axillo-femoral bypass, removal of the aortic prosthesis and direct aortic suture. the duodenum was stitched up and separated from the aorta by omentoplasty. bacteriological culture of the removed graft identified escherichia coli and peptostreptococcus. antibiotic therapy consisting of amoxicillin and gentamycin was given for seven days ... | 1998 | 9639000 |
| partial purification of an iron-dependent l-serine dehydratase from clostridium sticklandii. | an oxygen-sensitive and highly unstable l-serine dehydratase was partially purified from the gram-positive anaerobe clostridium sticklandii. the final active preparation contained five proteins of 27, 30, 44.5, 46, and 58 kda as judged by sds-page. the n-terminal sequence of the 30 kda subunit showed some similarity to the alpha-subunits of the iron-containing l-serine dehydratases from clostridium propionicum and peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus. oxygen-inactivated l-serine dehydratase from ... | 1998 | 9637015 |
| aminopeptidase activities in peptostreptococcus spp. are statistically correlated to gelatin hydrolysis. | one hundred peptostreptococcus isolates from five species were assessed for their ability to hydrolyze gelatin. most peptostreptococcus magnus (95.8%) and peptostreptococcus micros isolates (79.0%) hydrolyzed gelatin in contrast to peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus (8.0%), peptostreptococcus anaerobius (10.0%), and peptostreptococcus prevotii isolates (16.7%). gelatin hydrolysis in peptostreptococcus magnus and peptostreptococcus micros isolates correlated (r = 0.80; p = 0.0019) with more amin ... | 1998 | 9606913 |
| bacterial interference in the nasopharynx following antimicrobial therapy of acute otitis media. | the effect on the nasopharyngeal bacterial flora of therapy for 10 days with co-amoxiclav or cefprozil was studied in 50 children with acute otitis media. before therapy, potential pathogens (streptococcus pneumoniae, haemophilus influenzae and moraxella catarrhalis) were isolated in 14 (56%) of those treated with co-amoxiclav and 15 (60%) of those treated with cefprozil. following therapy, the reduction in the number of these pathogens was the same in the two groups. however, differences betwee ... | 1998 | 9598781 |
| [subacute infectious endocarditis in prosthetic valve by peptostreptococcus micros]. | 1998 | 9586375 | |
| aerobic and anaerobic bacteriology of otorrhea associated with tympanostomy tubes in children. | the microbiology of in 55 ear aspirates obtained from 34 children with chronic otorrhea was studied. aspiration of the middle ear exudate was done immediately following removal of tympanostomy tube (tt). the middle ear aspirates and swab specimens of the external auditory canals were cultured for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. sixty-five isolates were recovered only from the middle ears, 73 only from the external ear canals, and 73 were present at both sites. analysis of the 138 middle ear isol ... | 1998 | 9583788 |
| tracheal botryomycosis in a patient with tracheopathia osteochondroplastica. | tracheal botryomycosis has never been reported in the literature. a 68 year old man presented with progressive dyspnoea and an exophytic mass below the vocal cords was found by bronchoscopy. pathological study of the mass showed tracheal botryomycosis probably associated with peptostreptococcus spp infection. the patient was given intravenous penicillin for six weeks. tracheal obstruction necessitated tracheal resection and the surgical specimen revealed typical findings of tracheopathia osteoch ... | 1998 | 9577526 |
| infected stingray injury. | 1998 | 9576395 | |
| prevalence of peptostreptococcus micros morphotypes in patients with adult periodontitis. | the prevalence of the smooth and rough colonial morphotypes of peptostreptococcus micros was examined with culture technique in 123 patients with adult periodontitis (age 24-68 years). of all subgingival samples, 91% contained the smooth morphotype of p. micros. the smooth morphotype constituted a mean percentage of the total anaerobic viable biota of 6.0%, with a range of 0.02-35.7%. of these samples, 49% contained colonies of the rough morphotype as well, with a mean percentage of the total an ... | 1998 | 9573826 |
| subgingival microbiota of shallow periodontal pockets in individuals after head and neck irradiation. | this study aimed at investigating the subgingival plaque microorganisms of shallow pockets (< or = 5 mm) in subjects who previously received irradiation in the head and neck region for treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. direct microscopy and anaerobic culture were used. subgingival paper point samples were taken from 6 tooth-sites (one/sextant) per subject for direct microscopy (n = 108). another set of paper points was taken from the deepest of the previously selected sites (one per subject ... | 1998 | 9573815 |
| effect of red blood cells on the growth of porphyromonas endodontalis and microbial community development. | establishment of a microbial community in the root canal system depends on numerous factors, of which nutrient availability may be one of the most important. we hypothesized that the presence of red blood cells or hemoglobin in this environment could cause shifts in microbial composition of communities, resulting in organisms such as porphyromonas endodontalis becoming more dominant. an in vitro model system using mixed, batch cultures was performed with the bacteria p. endodontalis, fusobacteri ... | 1998 | 9573801 |
| ammonia-hyperproducing bacteria from new zealand ruminants. | pasture-grazed dairy cows, deer, and sheep were tested for the presence of ammonia-hyperproducing (hap) bacteria in roll tubes containing a medium in which tryptone and casamino acids were the sole nitrogen and energy sources. colonies able to grow on this medium represented 5.2, 1.3, and 11.6% of the total bacterial counts of dairy cows, deer, and sheep, respectively. a total of 14 morphologically distinct colonies were purified and studied further. restriction fragment length polymorphisms of ... | 1998 | 9572953 |
| supernatant cytotoxicity and proteolytic activity of selected oral bacteria against human gingival fibroblasts in vitro. | the purpose of this study was to determine if endodontic bacterial act in vitro on human gingival fibroblast functions via extracellular products. the bacteria used were prevotella nigrescens, capnocytophaga ochracea, peptostreptoccocus micros and actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. supernatants were collected from bacterial cultures at the beginning of the stationary phase when their density was similar. toxins that inhibited fibroblast proliferation were found in all culture supernatants of ... | 1998 | 9569986 |
| aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of retroperitoneal abscesses. | the aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of various types of retroperitoneal abscesses was studied by review of the clinical and laboratory data for 161 patients treated between 1974 and 1990 for such abscesses. these included 109 anterior, 8 posterior, 21 retrofascial, and 23 pelvic retroperitoneal abscesses. a total of 472 organisms (2.9 isolates/specimen)--204 aerobic and facultative (1.3/specimen), and 268 anaerobic (1.7/specimen)--were recovered. aerobes only were recovered from 34 abscesses ... | 1998 | 9564479 |
| the sequences of small proteins are not extensively optimized for rapid folding by natural selection. | the thermodynamic stabilities of small protein domains are clearly subject to natural selection, but it is less clear whether the rapid folding rates typically observed for such proteins are consequences of direct evolutionary optimization or reflect intrinsic physical properties of the polypeptide chain. this issue can be investigated by comparing the folding rates of laboratory-generated protein sequences to those of naturally occurring sequences provided that the method by which the sequences ... | 1998 | 9560214 |
| aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of dacryocystitis. | to investigate the aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of dacryocystitis. | 1998 | 9559743 |
| secondary bacterial infection in ghanaian patients with scabies. | from 110 patients with secondarily infected scabies lesions, 105 bacteria consisting of 66 aerobes and 39 anaerobes were isolated. a mixture of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria was present in 15 (13.6%). the predominant aerobic and anaerobic bacteria were staphylococcous aureus 39.1% and pepostreptococcus spp. 14.2% respectively. organisms that resided in the mucus membranes close to or in contact with the lesions predominated in those infections. most organisms were recovered from the finger and ... | 1997 | 9557448 |
| a microbiological study of pre- and postoperative apicoectomy sites. | there is little information on the microbiology of periapical lesions, and no data on the residual microbial flora in the periapex, if any, after apicoectomy procedures. hence, 64 patients treated by apicoectomy procedures were prospectively studied to assess the bacterial flora in the periapex and to evaluate the residual bacteria in postoperative apicoectomy sites. of the 64 lesions studied, 14 (22%) were sterile and 50 (78%) yielded bacteria preoperatively. bacteria could be recovered from 28 ... | 1997 | 9552822 |
| aerobic and anaerobic infection associated with malignancy. | the goal of this work was to study the microbiology and clinical characteristics of patients with infections associated with malignancy treated over a period of 17 years. a total of 668 specimens were obtained from 605 patients. the malignancies include 224 hematological malignancies and 381 nonhematogenic malignancies. anaerobic bacteria only were isolated in 201 (30%) specimens, aerobic bacteria in 226 (34%), mixed aerobic-anaerobic bacteria in 231 (35%) and candida spp. in 10 (1%). a total of ... | 1998 | 9540171 |
| microbiology of necrotizing fasciitis associated with omphalitis in the newborn infant. | the purpose of this study was to report the aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of periumbilical necrotizing fasciitis in newborn infants. | 1998 | 9527941 |
| [actinobacteriosis of paranasal sinuses]. | on the base the review of literature and own case the authors presents diagnostic difficulties and therapy of paranasal sinuses actinobacteriosis. actinobacteriosis of sinuses is very rare case and diagnostic analysis based on mycologic and histopathologic investigations. in our case sinuses actinobacteriosis orbital abscess complication has been noted. antibiotic therapy and surgical treatment have been used in this case. | 1997 | 9518322 |
| gram-positive resistance: challenge for the development of new antibiotics. | the incidence of infections caused by multidrug-resistant gram-positive organisms is increasing despite advances in antibacterial therapy over the last 20 years. as the pathogens causing these infections are frequently resistant to most currently available antibacterials, they are extremely difficult to treat. problematic pathogens include strains of streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to beta-lactams and macrolides, viridans group streptococci resistant to beta-lactams and aminoglycosides, enter ... | 1997 | 9511055 |
| anaerobic bacteria in orofacial abscesses. | obligate anaerobic bacteria were cultured from 15 orofacial abscesses. bacteroides species constituted 43 per cent, clostridium 21 per cent, fusobacterium 14 per cent, peptostreptococci 11 per cent, peptococci 7 per cent and veillonella 4 per cent of the isolates. this study confirms the polymicrobial nature of orofacial infections. sensitivity to antibiotics was unpredictable. clostridium difficile, clostridium tetani, peptostreptococcus productus and veillonella parvula showed resistance to so ... | 1993 | 9508939 |
| microbial complexes in subgingival plaque. | it has been recognized for some time that bacterial species exist in complexes in subgingival plaque. the purpose of the present investigation was to attempt to define such communities using data from large numbers of plaque samples and different clustering and ordination techniques. subgingival plaque samples were taken from the mesial aspect of each tooth in 185 subjects (mean age 51 +/- 16 years) with (n = 160) or without (n = 25) periodontitis. the presence and levels of 40 subgingival taxa ... | 1998 | 9495612 |
| dacryocystitis caused by anaerobic bacteria in the newborn. | 1998 | 9493822 | |
| periapical abscesses: causal bacteria and antibiotic sensitivity. | the purpose of this study was to investigate the aerobic and anaerobic flora of periapical abscesses and evaluate their susceptibility to various antibiotics. in 52 patients, with a diagnosis of periapical abscesses, pus cultures were taken. forty-two aerobes and 122 anaerobes were revealed, with 2 or more than 2 anaerobic strains isolated in 36 patients. infections were purely aerobic in 6%, purely anaerobic in 17% and mixed in 75%, while in 2% of the specimens there was no growth of microorgan ... | 1997 | 9491841 |
| [non-sporeforming anaerobic bacteria in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with pneumonia during the course of lung cancer]. | the aim of this study was to assess the occurrence of non-sporeforming anaerobes in bronchoalveolar lavage in patients with pneumonia coexisting with lung cancer. material consisted of 40 patients with lung cancer. bronchoalveolar lavage was performed before administration of antimicrobial treatment and obtained material was cultivated in anaerobic and aerobic conditions. quantitative assessment of anaerobic bacteria and their susceptibility to common antimicrobial agents were also performed. pe ... | 1997 | 9489438 |
| purulent pericarditis secondary to candida parapsilosis and peptostreptococcus species. | purulent pericarditis secondary to candida pericarditis is a rare but lethal infection. the first case of pericardial infection by candida parapsilosis in combination with peptostreptococcus species in an immunocompetent nondebilitated individual is reported. urgent pericardiectomy was required after pericardial drainage failed to stop symptoms of tamponade. the etiology, microbiology and treatment of this unusual condition are reviewed. | 1998 | 9487278 |
| aerobic, anaerobic and fungal burn wound infections. | one hundred and twenty-seven patients were studied prospectively for aerobic, anaerobic and fungal burn wound infections. all cases yielded organisms on culture. a total of 377 isolates were recovered (239 aerobes, 116 anaerobes and 22 fungi). aerobic bacteria alone were present in 49 patients (38.6%). anaerobic bacteria alone were present in four patients (3.2%). candida sp. alone was present in one patient (0.8%). mixed aerobic and/or anaerobic bacteria and/or fungi were present in 73 patients ... | 1997 | 9457609 |
| gram-positive anaerobic cocci. | gram-positive anaerobic cocci (gpac) are a heterogeneous group of organisms defined by their morphological appearance and their inability to grow in the presence of oxygen; most clinical isolates are identified to species in the genus peptostreptococcus. gpac are part of the normal flora of all mucocutaneous surfaces and are often isolated from infections such as deep organ abscesses, obstetric and gynecological sepsis, and intraoral infections. they have been little studied for several reasons, ... | 1998 | 9457430 |
| bacteriology of inflamed and uninflamed epidermal inclusion cysts. | to determine whether inflamed and uninflamed epidermoid cysts differ in the number and/or type of bacteria inhabiting them. | 1998 | 9449909 |
| in vitro and in vivo antibacterial activities of a new carbapenem bo-2727 for use in obstetrics and gynecology. | the antibacterial activity of bo-2727 against 100 clinical isolates of streptococcus agalactiae (20 strains), escherichia coli (20 strains), peptostreptococcus magnus (20 strains), bacteroides fragilis (20 strains) and prevotella bivia (20 strains) was compared with those of imipenem, panipenem, meropenem, biapenem and ceftazidime (caz). minimal inhibitory concentrations (mics) for 50% of tested strains (mic50s) of bo-2727 against s. agalactiae, e. coli, p. magnus, b. fragilis and p. bivia were ... | 1998 | 9444403 |
| chronic sinusitis in children. | in children, sinusitis is a common, generally uncomplicated, and self limiting disease which drops with age. the diagnosis is difficult because of relatively non specific signs and symptoms that overlap with viral upper respiratory infection and allergy. plain paranasal sinus radiographs are not adequate, in determining the extent of involvement in recurrent or chronic sinusitis and so ct scan has become the standard. viral illness appears to be the most common predisposing factor. immune defect ... | 1997 | 9444376 |
| periodontitis patient and the spouse: periodontal bacteria before and after treatment. | suspected periodontal pathogens can be transmitted between spouses. the treatment response may be unsuccessful in periodontitis patients, if the spouse harbors these bacteria. the aim of the present 6-month follow-up study was to clarify whether the microbiological treatment outcome of periodontitis patients is related to the detection of suspected periodontal pathogens in the saliva of the spouse. 10 patients with advanced periodontitis and their spouses were included in the study. the patients ... | 1997 | 9442426 |
| microbiology of nosocomial sinusitis in mechanically ventilated children. | to assess the bacteriology of nosocomial sinusitis in mechanically ventilated children. | 1998 | 9440778 |
| anaerobic meningitis due to peptostreptococcus species: case report and review. | we describe a patient with postsurgical anaerobic meningitis due to peptostreptococcus magnus. in cases of meningitis associated with peptostreptococcus species reported in the literature, the most common predisposing factors are meningorectal fistulae and head-and-neck surgery. most patients respond well to appropriate antimicrobial therapy. surgical intervention may be required in some instances. | 1997 | 9431395 |
| [right-sided infective endocarditis with ventricular septal defect]. | two patients underwent surgical treatment for right-sided infective endocarditis with ventricular septal defect. in both cases, blood cultures showed peptostreptococcus, and the operation was performed at non-active phase after antibiotics therapy. the case 1 was a 7-year-old girl who was observed a vegetation on the chorda of the anterior paillary muscle by echocardiography. the defect was directly closed and the vegetation was excised. the case 2 was 22-year-old female who had been diagnosed o ... | 1994 | 9423075 |