| quality control practices in centralized tumor registries in north america. | a survey of quality control practices was mailed to 73 central registries in the u.s. and canada. the response rate was 88%, with respondents representing a wide range of registry characteristics and reporting strategies. while registries expressed different priorities in data use, 80% of respondents felt quality control data were important in the identification of problems. the most common method of quality control was acceptance sampling (used by 97% of respondents), and took the form of visua ... | 2008 | 2243256 |
| [in memory of prof. ivan stanek. a contribution on the commemoration of his 70th birthday]. | | 2012 | 3307198 |
| [postoperative radiotherapy of supratentorial anaplastic glioma]. | between 1970 and 1983, 149 patients with high grade anaplastic supratentorial gliomas received a postoperative irradiation during primary treatment. 118 out of these patients had an anaplastic astrocytoma, 18 an anaplastic oligodendroglioma, and 13 an anaplastic ependymoma. most of these patients were treated by irradiation of a great volume with 50 gy within five weeks, the others by irradiation of the total brain with 50 gy within five weeks and saturation with 10 gy within one week. the one-y ... | 2012 | 3738736 |
| [history of appendectomy]. | | 2015 | 4568876 |
| the effect of hyposensitization on alternaria-induced lymphocyte blastogenesis. | | 2015 | 4477050 |
| regulation of thymidine phosphorylation in nucleate and anucleate cells of acetabularia. | | 1977 | 235130 |
| [possible nature of negative cooperation in d-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase]. | some considerations concerning the detailed mechanism of negative cooperativity in gpd are proposed. the hypothesis represents a modification of the sequential model (koshland et al.) taking into account last experimental data about the binding of nad analogs and fragments. two main facts have been used as a basis for the model: 1. neither adp-ribose nor nicotinamide mononucleotide (nmn) fragments of nad show negative cooperative binding to gpd. 2. neither modifications of adenine and nicotinami ... | 1983 | 221801 |
| prenatal diagnosis of fabry's disease by direct analysis of chorionic villi. | six pregnancies of three carriers for x-linked fabry's disease, were monitored by chromosome and enzyme analysis. two affected male fetuses were detected by the demonstration of alpha-galactosidase deficiency in amniotic fluid cells and chorionic villi respectively. the use of chorionic villi enabled a diagnosis within a few hours after sampling in the ninth week of pregnancy whereas the use of amniotic fluid cells in the earlier case required two weeks of culturing after amniocentesis in the 16 ... | 2003 | 3035532 |
| [drug addiction behavior in its relationship with suicidal behavior]. | | 2005 | 1233895 |
| [surgical laparoscopy--minimally invasive surgery]. | | 2007 | 1829132 |
| kocuria rosea meningitis. | | 2014 | 25314347 |
| some biological activities of pigments extracted from micrococcus roseus (ptcc 1411) and rhodotorula glutinis (ptcc 5257). | the importance of replacing synthetic pigments with natural types is increasing day by day in the food industry due to the harmful effects of some synthetic pigments. microorganisms are a major source of natural pigments, which nowadays have attracted the attention of researchers. in this study, carotenoid pigments were produced by micrococcus roseus and rhodotorula glutinis, and some of their biological properties such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer, and anti-inflammatory activities ... | 2016 | 27895288 |
| evaluation of bacterial flora during the ripening of kedong sufu, a typical chinese traditional bacteria-fermented soybean product. | kedong sufu is a typical bacteria-fermented sufu in china. isolation and identification of the autochthonous bacteria involved would allow the design of specific starters for this speciality. the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the bacterial flora during the ripening of kedong sufu using polymerase chain reaction denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (pcr-dgge) and culturing. | 2013 | 23400969 |
| [diversity and antimicrobial activities of actinomycetes from pesticide-contaminated spots in shandong peninsula]. | in order to study diversity and find antimicrobial activities of actinomycetes from pesticide-contaminated spots in shandong peninsula. | 2012 | 22799208 |
| accelerated ripening of kedong sufu with autochthonous starter cultures kocuria rosea kdf3 and its protease kp3 as adjuncts. | application of autochthonous strain kocuria rosea kdf3 and its protease kp3 as adjuncts for acceleration of kedong sufu ripening. | 2014 | 24387790 |
| descending necrotizing mediastinitis caused by kocuria rosea: a case report. | kocuria species are gram-positive, non-pathogenic commensals. however, in immunocompromised patients such as transplant recipients, cancer patients, or patients with chronic medical conditions, they can cause opportunistic infections. | 2013 | 24112281 |
| rhizosphere associated bacteria trigger accumulation of terpenes in leaves of vitis vinifera l. cv. malbec that protect cells against reactive oxygen species. | it has been proposed that plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (pgpr) stimulate plant growth and development by inducing the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, like terpenes, which reduce stress incidence. three bacteria previously isolated from grapevine roots and adjacent soil (microbacterium imperiale rz19m10, kocuria erythromyxa rt5m10 and terribacillus saccharophilus rt17m10) were tested as pgpr. after 30 days since root inoculation of in vitro grown vitis vinifera cv. malbec plants, th ... | 2016 | 27231874 |
| microbispora sp. lgmb259 endophytic actinomycete isolated from vochysia divergens (pantanal, brazil) producing β-carbolines and indoles with biological activity. | endophytic actinomycetes encompass bacterial groups that are well known for the production of a diverse range of secondary metabolites. vochysia divergens is a medicinal plant, common in the "pantanal" region (brazil) and was focus of many investigations, but never regarding its community of endophytic symbionts. during a screening program, an endophytic strain isolated from the v. divergens, was investigated for its potential to show biological activity. the strain was characterized as microbis ... | 2015 | 25385358 |
| on-chip cell lysis by antibacterial non-leaching reusable quaternary ammonium monolithic column. | reusable antibacterial non-leaching monolithic columns polymerized in microfluidic channels designed for on-chip cell lysis applications were obtained by the photoinitiated free radical copolymerization of diallyldimethylammonium chloride (dadmac) and ethylene glycol diacrylate (egda) in the presence of a porogenic solvent. the microfluidic channels were fabricated in cross-linked poly(methyl methacrylate) (x-pmma) substrates by laser micromachining. the monolithic columns have the ability to in ... | 2016 | 26671610 |
| [bacteremia by kocuria rosea in an aids patient]. | kocuria rosea is an uncommon pathogen may cause opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patient. we report a hiv patient, who presented bacteremia caused by kocuria rosea. he was successfully treated with vancomycin and by catheter removal. | 2012 | 23096480 |
| peritonitis attributable to kocuria rosea in a pediatric peritoneal dialysis patient. | | 2015 | 22991024 |
| green synthesis of kocuran-functionalized silver glyconanoparticles for use as antibiofilm coatings on silicone urethral catheters. | microbial infections due to biofilm formation on medical implants are serious complications arising after surgery which can be prevented by using antimicrobial coatings on biomaterial surfaces. we developed a simple, rapid and green chemistry approach for synthesis of silver glyconanoparticles (agnps) using kocuran, an exopolysaccharide produced by kocuria rosea strain bs-1. kocuran-capped agnps exhibited a characteristic surface plasmon resonance (spr) peak around 435 nm. they were mono-dispers ... | 2014 | 25060660 |
| pyramidamycins a-d and 3-hydroxyquinoline-2-carboxamide; cytotoxic benzamides from streptomyces sp. dgc1. | four new benzamides, pyramidamycins a-d (2-5) along with the new natural 3-hydroxyquinoline-2-carboxamide (6) were isolated from the crude extract of streptomyces sp. dgc1. additionally, five other known compounds, namely 2-aminobenzamide (anthranilamide) (1), 4',7-dihydroxyisoflavanone (7), 2'-deoxy-thymidine, 2'-deoxy-uridine and adenosine were also isolated and identified. the structures of the new compounds 2-6 were elucidated by 1d and 2d nmr studies along with hr ms analyses. the isolated ... | 2012 | 23047245 |
| purification and properties of cellulase from micrococcus roseus. | the extracellular carboxymethyl cellulase (cmcase) was purified 17-fold from micrococcus roseus, a symbiotic organism of higher termites. purified cmcase had an m r of 45 kda and was optimally active at ph 8.0 and 40°c. carbohydrate was associated with it and cellobiose was a competitive inhibitor of its activity. | 1994 | 24421202 |
| radio-resistance in psychrotrophic kocuria sp. asb 107 isolated from ab-e-siah radioactive spring. | a new isolate, kocuria sp. asb 107 from the ab-e-siah mineral radioactive spring (ramsar, mazandaran province, iran) was characterized on the basis of morphological and biochemical characteristics plus 16s rrna gene sequencing. the isolate is most closely related to kocuria rosea dsm 20447(t) (99.7% sequence similarity) and kocuria polaris dsm 14382(t) (99.5%). this strain has some resistance to various genotoxic stresses, such as ionizing radiation, ultraviolet (256 nm- uv) and corona discharge ... | 2012 | 22809716 |
| kocuria subflava sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment from the indian ocean. | a novel gram-staining positive, catalase-positive, oxidase-negative, aerobic, non-motile coccus, designated strain yim 13062(t), was isolated from a marine sediment sample collected from the indian ocean. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences showed that strain yim 13062(t) belongs to the genus kocuria, and is closely related to kocuria polaris nbrc 103063(t) (97.8 % similarity), kocuria rosea nbrc 3768(t) (97.6 % similarity) and kocuria carniphila jcm 14118(t) (97.4 % similarit ... | 2015 | 26362332 |
| peripherally inserted central catheter-related bloodstream infection caused by kocuria marina in an elderly man. | kocuria species are gram-positive, aerobic cocci, and members of the micrcoccaceae family that are known to be opportunistic pathogens. although there have been sporadic reports of infections caused by kocuria species, little is known regarding their human pathogenicity and clinical characteristics. | 2017 | 28102479 |
| determination of the residual anthracene concentration in cultures of haloalkalitolerant actinomycetes by excitation fluorescence, emission fluorescence, and synchronous fluorescence: comparative study. | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) are compounds that can be quantified by fluorescence due to their high quantum yield. haloalkalitolerant bacteria tolerate wide concentration ranges of nacl and ph. they are potentially useful in the pahs bioremediation of saline environments. however, it is known that salinity of the sample affects fluorescence signal regardless of the method. the objective of this work was to carry out a comparative study based on the sensitivity, linearity, and detectio ... | 2016 | 26925294 |
| [surgical treatment of enzymatic cholecystitis]. | | 2013 | 3695320 |
| second cancer following cancer of the male genital system in denmark, 1943-80. | the incidence of second primary cancers was investigated among 19,886 patients with prostate cancer. the analysis disclosed 594 new cancers, which was significantly less than the expected 1,176 cases (relative risk = 0.51). deficits were observed for most sites but were only significant for cancers of the lip, lung, and gastrointestinal organs. the average age at diagnosis of prostate cancer was 72 years. it is likely that the apparent deficit in the incidence of second neoplasms resulted from l ... | 2014 | 4088308 |
| a ten years follow-up of the results of surgery for dupuytren's disease. a study of fifty-eight cases. | fifty-eight patients (52 males and 6 females) operated on for dupuytren contracture were examined by the same author with a more than ten year follow-up. at time of surgery the average was 55 years old. 69 hands (169 fingers) rated 4.33 according to the simplified tubiana's score were treated by the same operative procedure: mac indoe's incision, digital z plasty (if needed), subtotal fasciectomy and physiotherapy beginning 8 days postoperatively. at long term, recurrence appears for 49 hands (7 ... | 2011 | 3233038 |
| a novel thermally stable heteropolysaccharide based bioflocculant from hydrocarbonoclastic strain kocuria rosea bu22s and its application in dye removal. | a new bioflocculant named pkr produced by hydrocarbonoclastic strain kocuria rosea bu22s (kc152976) was investigated. first, quantitative analysis of hydrocarbon was carried out in order to study the degradation rate of crude oil by bu22s. gas chromatography - flame ionization detector (gc-fid) analysis confirmed the highly potential of the strain bu22s in the degradation of n-alkanes. second, plackett-burman experimental design and response-surface methodology were carried out to optimize pkr p ... | 2017 | 28357896 |
| kocuria oceani sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal plume. | three strains, fxj8.095t, fxj8.057 and h201, were isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal plume water collected at the southwest indian ridge at a depth of 2800 m. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences showed that the isolates formed a closely related subcluster within the genus kocuria. the 16s rrna gene sequence of strain fxj8.095t shared 99.90 and 99.60 % similarity with those of strains fxj8.057 and h201, respectively, and 98.81, 98.75, 98.68 and 98.10 % with those of 'kocuria s ... | 2017 | 27902231 |
| haloalkalitolerant actinobacteria with capacity for anthracene degradation isolated from soils close to areas with oil activity in the state of veracruz, mexico. | the use of native strains of microorganisms from soils is an excellent option for bioremediation. to our knowledge, until now there has been no other group working on the isolation of actinobacteria from contaminated soils in mexico. in this study, samples of soils close to areas with oil activity in the state of veracruz, mexico, were inoculated for the isolation of actinobacteria. the strains isolated were characterized morphologically, and the concentrations of nacl and ph were determined for ... | 2016 | 27762425 |
| a case of sepsis in a 92-year-old korean woman caused by aerococcus urinae and identified by sequencing the 16s ribosomal rna gene. | aerococcus urinae is an uncommon pathogen that was first identified in 1992. herein, we report a case of bloodstream infection caused by a. urinae, which occurred in a 92-year-old korean female patient with an underlying urologic infection who had altered consciousness. the blood culture yielded positive results for a. urinae; however, identifying a. urinae was challenging. ultimately, we used 16s ribosomal rna (rrna) gene sequencing to identify the organism. the patient recovered after being tr ... | 2016 | 26868516 |
| isolation a new strain of kocuria rosea capable of tolerating extreme conditions. | | 2015 | 26040583 |
| isolation a new strain of kocuria rosea capable of tolerating extreme conditions. | a new actinobacterial strain was isolated from ab-e-siah spring (dark water) taken from the ramsar city in iran, and subjected to several stress conditions investigation. the isolate, named mg2 strain, was gram-positive, aerobic, diplococci or tetrad shaped, non-spore forming and non-motile. phylogenetic analysis of the isolate using 16s rdna sequence indicated that the organism matched best with the genus kocuria and the highest sequence similarities (98.55%) being found with kocuria rosea. the ... | 2015 | 25839781 |
| endocarditis by kocuria rosea in an immunocompetent child. | kocuria rosea belongs to genus kocuria (micrococcaceae family, suborder micrococcineae, order actinomycetales) that includes about 11 species of bacteria. usually, kocuria sp are commensal organisms that colonize oropharynx, skin and mucous membrane; kocuria sp infections have been described in the last decade commonly affecting immunocompromised patients, using intravenous catheter or peritoneal dialysis. these patients had mainly bacteremia/recurrent sepsis. we hereby describe the case of a 10 ... | 2015 | 25523077 |
| new enzymatic methods for selective assay of l-lysine using an l-lysine specific decarboxylase/oxidase from burkholderia sp. aiu 395. | we developed new enzymatic methods for the selective assay of l-lysine by utilizing an oxidase reaction and a decarboxylation reaction by the l-lysine-specific decarboxylase/oxidase (l-lys-dc/od) from burkholderia sp. aiu 395. the method utilizing the oxidase reaction of this enzyme was useful for determination of high concentrations of l-lysine. the method utilizing the decarboxylase reaction, which proceeded via the combination of the l-lys-dc/od and putrescine oxidase (puo) from micrococcus r ... | 2015 | 25282636 |
| kocuria rosea canaliculitis: a clinicomicrobiological correlation. | kocuria rosea is usually a nonpathogenic commensal colonizing the skin and oropharynx but can become an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised states. documented cases of any infections with k. rosea are exceedingly rare. this study reports the first case of canaliculitis with k. rosea, its clinicomicrobiological correlation, and management. | 2015 | 24833460 |
| kocuran, an exopolysaccharide isolated from kocuria rosea strain bs-1 and evaluation of its in vitro immunosuppression activities. | in an ongoing survey for bioactive potential of microorganisms from different biosphere zones of india, a promising kocuria rosea strain bs-1 was identified which produced an exopolysaccharide (designated as kocuran) exhibiting in vitro antioxidant and immunosuppression properties. kocuran was characterized as a heteropolysaccharide with repeating monosaccharide residues of glucose, galactose, mannose and glucuronic acid with an average molecular mass of 51.2 kda. in raw 264.7 macrophages, kocur ... | 2014 | 24411453 |
| the expanding spectrum of human infections caused by kocuria species: a case report and literature review. | although not previously known to cause human infections, kocuria species have now emerged as human pathogens, mostly in compromised hosts with severe underlying disease. recently, there has been an increasing incidence of different types of kocuria infections reported, most likely due to the adoption of better identification methods. here, we report a case of peritonitis caused by kocuria rosea in a diabetic nephropathy patient who was on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. sepsis and per ... | 2013 | 26038440 |
| dancing vegetations: kocuria rosea endocarditis. | | 2013 | 23814223 |
| nurses' uniforms: how many bacteria do they carry after one shift? | this pilot study investigated the pathogens that nurses are potentially bringing into the public and their home when they wear work uniforms outside of the work environment. to achieve this, sterilized uniforms were distributed to 10 nurses at a local hospital in washington state at the beginning of their shift. worn uniforms were collected at the end of the shifts and sent to a laboratory for analysis. four tests were conducted: 1) a heterotrophic growth plate count, 2) methicillin-resistant st ... | 2012 | 25285235 |
| putrescine biosensor based on putrescine oxidase from kocuria rosea. | the novel putrescine oxidase based amperometric biosensor selectively measures putrescine, which can be considered as an indicator of microbial spoilage. putrescine oxidase (puox, ec 1.4.3.10) was isolated from kocuria rosea (micrococcus rubens) by an improved and simplified purification process. cells were grown on brain heart infusion medium supplemented with putrescine. cell-free extract was prepared in tris buffer (ph 8.0) by bead-beater. a newly elaborated step based on three-phase partitio ... | 2012 | 22975122 |
| chemometric formulation of bacterial consortium-avs for improved decolorization of resonance-stabilized and heteropolyaromatic dyes. | a bacterial consortium-avs, consisting of pseudomonas desmolyticum ncim 2112, kocuria rosea mtcc 1532 and micrococcus glutamicus ncim 2168 was formulated chemometrically, using the mixture design matrix based on the design of experiments methodology. the formulated consortium-avs decolorized acid blue 15 and methylene blue with a higher average decolorization rate, which is more rapid than that of the pure cultures. the uv-vis spectrophotometric, fourier transform infra red spectrophotometric an ... | 2012 | 22940340 |
| [detoxification of high concentrations of trinitrotoluene by bacteria]. | the ability of the strains-destructors of various aromatic compounds to utilize trinitrotoluene (tnt) up to concentration of 70 mg/1 was shown. an increase in the tnt concentration from 100 to 150 mg/1 did not inhibit its conversion rate by the kocuria palustris rs32 strain. the acinetobacter sp. vt 11 strain utilized tnt as a sole substrate for growth; 3,5-dinitro-4-methyl anilide acetate and 2,6-dinitro-4-aminotoluene were identified as intermediates of tnt degradation by active strains of pse ... | 2012 | 22567882 |
| kocuria dechangensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from saline and alkaline soils. | a gram-stain positive, strictly aerobic, non-motile and coccus-shaped actinobacterium, designated strain neau-st5-33(t), was isolated from saline and alkaline soils in dechang township, zhaodong city, pr china. it formed beige-yellow colonies and grew at nacl concentrations of 0-5% (w/v) (optimum 0%), at ph 6.0-9.0 (optimum ph 7.0) and over a temperature range of 4-50 °c (optimum 35 °c). based on 16s rrna gene sequence analysis, strain neau-st5-33(t) was phylogenetically closely related to the t ... | 2015 | 26048314 |