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Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:25
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Fatal Chromobacterium violaceum septicaemia in northern Laos, a modified oxidase test and post-mortem forensic family G6PD analysis
Chromobacterium violaceum is a Gram negative facultative anaerobic bacillus, found in soil and stagnant water, that usually has a violet pigmented appearance on agar culture. It is rarely described as a human pat...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:24 -
Antifungal treatment for invasive Candida infections: a mixed treatment comparison meta-analysis
Invasive fungal infections are a major cause of mortality among patients at risk. Treatment guidelines vary on optimal treatment strategies. We aimed to determine the effects of different antifungal therapies ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:23 -
Hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) in Italy
The aim of our study was to trace the dynamic changes of hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) lineages in Italy, comparing the genotypic backgrounds of contemporary isolates o...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:22 -
Genetic relatedness and molecular characterization of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolated in central Ohio, USA
Over the last decade, nosocomial infections due to Acinetobacter baumannii have been described with an increasing trend towards multidrug resistance, mostly in intensive care units. The aim of the present study w...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:21 -
Isolation and identification of antimicrobial compound from Mentha longifolia L. leaves grown wild in Iraq
Mentha longifolia L. (Lamiaceae) leaves have been traditionally implemented in the treatment of minor sore throat and minor mouth or throat irritation by the indigenous people of Iraq, although the compounds resp...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:20 -
The effect of mimicking febrile temperature and drug stress on malarial development
Malaria remains one of the most important tropical diseases of human with 1–2 million deaths annually especially caused by P. falciparum. During malarial life cycle, they exposed to many environmentally stresses ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:19 -
In vitro activity of tigecycline in combination with various antimicrobials against multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Infections sustained by multidrug-resistant (MDR) and pan-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii have become a challenging problem in Intensive Care Units. Tigecycline provided new hope for the treatment of MDR A. bau...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:18 -
Non-O1 Vibrio cholerae inguinal skin and soft tissue infection with bullous skin lesions in a patient with a penis squamous cell carcinoma
Vibrio spp. is a pathogen rarely isolated in cancer patients, and in most cases it is associated with haematological diseases. Cutaneous manifestations of this organism are even rarer. We report a case of Non-O1
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:17 -
Studies on the antimicrobial activity and brine shrimp toxicity of Zeyheria tuberculosa (Vell.) Bur. (Bignoniaceae) extracts and their main constituents
Due to the indiscriminate use of antimicrobial drugs, the emergence of human pathogenic microorganisms resistant to major classes of antibiotics has been increased and has caused many clinical problems in the ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:16 -
Non-typhoidal Salmonella bacteraemia: Epidemiology, clinical characteristics and its' association with severe immunosuppression
Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) is increasingly recognized as an important pathogen associated with bacteraemia especially in immunosuppressed patients. However, there is limited data specifically describing the c...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:15 -
Frequency of vacA, cagA and babA2 virulence markers in Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from Mexican patients with chronic gastritis
Helicobacter pylori has been strongly associated with chronic gastritis, peptic and duodenal ulcers, and it is a risk factor for gastric cancer. Three major virulence factors of H. pylori have been described: the...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:14 -
Antimicrobial effect of farnesol, a Candida albicans quorum sensing molecule, on Paracoccidioides brasiliensis growth and morphogenesis
Farnesol is a sesquiterpene alcohol produced by many organisms, and also found in several essential oils. Its role as a quorum sensing molecule and as a virulence factor of Candida albicans has been well describe...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:13 -
Peritoneal tuberculosis and granulomatous hepatitis secondary to treatment of bladder cancer with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin
Intravesical administration of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin is used as a treatment method in superficial bladder cancer. While it is generally well tolerated, serious side effects may develop. Granulomatous hepatitis...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:12 -
A fatal case of Nocardia otitidiscaviarum pulmonary infection and brain abscess: taxonomic characterization by molecular techniques
We report on a rare case of pulmonary Nocardiosis and brain abscess caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in an elderly woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Taxonomic identification involved phenotypic...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:11 -
Verification of the ProPneumo-1 assay for the simultaneous detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae in clinical respiratory specimens
Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae are major causes of lower and upper respiratory infections that are difficult to diagnose using conventional methods such as culture. The ProPneumo-1 (Prodesse, ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:10 -
Inhibitory activity of Indian spice plant Cinnamomum zeylanicum extracts against Alternaria solani and Curvularia lunata, the pathogenic dematiaceous moulds
Dematiaceous moulds are pathogenic microorganisms and act as etiological agents of mycoses with different degrees of severity in humans and animals. These moulds also cause loss of food crops and storage food ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:9 -
Inhibitory effect of essential oils obtained from plants grown in Colombia on yellow fever virus replication in vitro
An antiviral drug is needed for the treatment of patients suffering from yellow fever. Several compounds present in plants can inactive in vitro a wide spectrum of animal viruses.
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:8 -
Are we aware how contaminated our mobile phones with nosocomial pathogens?
The objective of this study was to determine the contamination rate of the healthcare workers' (HCWs') mobile phones and hands in operating room and ICU. Microorganisms from HCWs' hands could be transferred to...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:7 -
How to compare antivirals in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B?
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:6 -
ErratumTo: Genotypic detection of rifampicin and isoniazid resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains by DNA sequencing: a randomized trial
Correction to Genotypic detection of rifampicin and isoniazid resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains by DNA sequencing: a randomized trial Amina Abdelaal, Hassan Abd El-Ghaffar, Mohammad Hosam Eldeen Zag...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:5 -
Genotypic detection of rifampicin and isoniazid resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains by DNA sequencing: a randomized trial
Tuberculosis is a growing international health concern. It is the biggest killer among the infectious diseases in the world today. Early detection of drug resistance allows starting of an appropriate treatment...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:4 -
Exogenous re-infection by a novel Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 14 as a cause of recurrent meningitis in a child from The Gambia
We report a case of an infant who experienced exogenous re-infection of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 14 as a cause of recurrent meningitis after apparently successful antibiotic treatment with ceftriaxone. e...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:3 -
Minor contribution of mutations at iniA codon 501 and embC-embA intergenic region in ethambutol-resistant clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Kuwait
Ethambutol (EMB) is a first-line drug for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB). Resistance to EMB in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates is mediated by mutations in several genes involved in arabinan synthesis nota...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:2 -
Distribution of antibody titer against Salmonella enterica among healthy individuals in nepal
Enteric fever is an endemic problem in Nepal and Widal agglutination test is widely used for its diagnosis but a normal baseline titer in healthy population and cutoff values have not been established.
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009 8:1 -
Pitfalls in efficacy testing – how important is the validation of neutralization of chlorhexidine digluconate?
Effective neutralization of active agents is essential to obtain valid efficacy results, especially when non-volatile active agents like chlorhexidine digluconate (CHG) are tested. The aim of this study was to...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:20 -
Brachyspira pilosicoli bloodstream infections: Case report and review of the literature
Brachyspira pilosicoli is the etiologic agent of human and animal intestinal spirochetosis and is rarely implicated as a cause of bacteremia. Here, we describe the case of a B. pilosicoli spirochetemia in a 53-ye...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:19 -
Predicting the sensitivity and specificity of published real-time PCR assays
In recent years real-time PCR has become a leading technique for nucleic acid detection and quantification. These assays have the potential to greatly enhance efficiency in the clinical laboratory. Choice of p...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:18 -
Antimicrobial activity of some sulfonamide derivatives on clinical isolates of Staphylococus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus is a non-motile, gram positive, non-sporforming, facultative anaerobic microorganism. It is one of the important bacteria as a potential pathogen specifically for nosocomial infections. The ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:17 -
Severe pulmonary tuberculosis complicating Ileocecal intussusception due to intestinal tuberculosis: a case report
Adult intussusception is a rare clinical entity that is most often caused by a tumor, such as a lipoma, adenoma, or malignant tumor. A case of adult intussusception due to intestinal tuberculosis of the ileoce...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:16 -
In-vitro antimycobacterial drug susceptibility testing of non-tubercular mycobacteria by tetrazolium microplate assay
Non-tubercular mycobacteria (NTM) has not been given due attention till the recent epidemic of HIV. This has led to increasing interest of health care workers in their biology, epidemiology and drug resistance...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:15 -
Changes in the predominant human Lactobacillus flora during in vitro fertilisation
Signature matching of nucleotide sequences in the V1 and V3 regions 16S rRNA genes using pyrosequencing technology is a powerful tool for typing vaginal Lactobacilli to the species level and has been used for ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:14 -
Antimicrobial resistance in community and nosocomial Escherichia coli urinary tract isolates, London 2005 – 2006
Escherichia coli is the commonest cause of community and nosocomial urinary tract infection (UTI). Antibiotic treatment is usually empirical relying on susceptibility data from local surveillance studies. We ther...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:13 -
Imported PER-1 producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa, PER-1 producing Acinetobacter baumanii and VIM-2-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains in Hungary
Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumanii are important nosocomial pathogens with wide intrinsic resistance. However, due to the dissemination of the acquired resistance mechanisms, such as extended-spect...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:12 -
An uncommon presentation for a severe invasive infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone USA300 in Italy: a case report
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been considered for many years a typical nosocomial pathogen. Recently MRSA has emerged as a frequent cause of infections in the community. More commonly, co...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:11 -
Fatal bacteremia due to immotile Vibrio cholerae serogroup O21 in Vientiane, Laos – a case report
Human infections with non-O1, non-O139 V. cholerae have been described from Laos. Elsewhere, non cholera-toxin producing, non-O1, non-O139 V. cholerae have been described from blood cultures and ascitic fluid, al...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:10 -
Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis is not associated with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus
The role of pathogenic mycobacteria in diabetes has been a focus of speculation since a decade without any meaningful insights into the mechanism of diabetes causation vis a vis mycobacterial factors. Two of our ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:9 -
Miliary tuberculosis with no pulmonary involvement in myelodysplastic syndromes: a curable, yet rarely diagnosed, disease: case report and review of the literature
Although tuberculosis is not uncommon among patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), only a few reports of such patients suffering from miliary tuberculosis (MT) exist. MT often presents as a fever of unk...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:8 -
Primary psoas abscess due to Streptococcus milleri
Primary Psoas abscess (PPA) is an infrequent clinical entity with obscure pathogenesis and vague clinical presentation. High index of clinical suspicion is required for the diagnosis of psoas abscess. We also ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:7 -
Erratum to: Helicobacter pylori and gastroduodenal pathology: New threats of the old friend
Since publication of our article (Ahmed and Sechi: Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 2005, 4:1), we have noticed several errors.
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:6 -
Fatal necrotizing pneumonia due to a Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive community-associated methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and Influenza co-infection: a case report
Recent studies have described a number of fatalities due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and influenza virus co-infection. MRSA isolates provide a challenge to caregivers due to inherent wid...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:5 -
In vitro activity of tigecycline and comparators against carbapenem-susceptible and resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates in Italy
In a recent multi-centre Italian survey (2003–2004), conducted in 45 laboratories throughout Italy with the aim of monitoring microorganisms responsible for severe infections and their antibiotic resistance, Acin...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:4 -
Osteomalacia in an HIV-infected man receiving rifabutin, a cytochrome P450 enzyme inducer: a case report
People infected with human immunodeficiency virus are frequently treated with medications that can induce or inhibit cytochrome P450 enzymes.
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:3 -
Comprehensive bactericidal activity of an ethanol-based hand gel in 15 seconds
Some studies indicate that the commonly recommended 30 s application time for the post contamination treatment of hands may not be necessary as the same effect may be achieved with some formulations in a short...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:2 -
Trends in antibacterial resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in the USA: update from PROTEKT US Years 1–4
The increasing prevalence of resistance to established antibiotics among key bacterial respiratory tract pathogens, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, is a major healthcare problem in the USA. The PROTEKT US study...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:1 -
Two or more enteropathogens are associated with diarrhoea in Mexican children
Diarrhoeal diseases constitute a major public health problem, particularly in the developing world, where the rate of mortality and morbidity is very high. The purpose of this study was to conduct a 2 years an...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2007 6:17 -
Infections caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with hematological disorders and in recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplant, a twelve year retrospective study
Tuberculous infections in patients with hematological disorders and hematopoietic stem cell transplant vary in incidence, complications and response to treatment.
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2007 6:16 -
Efficacy of eleven antimicrobials against a gregarine parasite (Apicomplexa: Protozoa)
The Apicomplexa are a diverse group of obligate protozoan parasites infesting a wide range of invertebrate and vertebrate hosts including humans. These parasites are notoriously difficult to control and many s...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2007 6:15 -
Factors affecting antimicrobial activity of MUC7 12-mer, a human salivary mucin-derived peptide
MUC7 12-mer (RKSYKCLHKRCR), a cationic antimicrobial peptide derived from the human low-molecular-weight salivary mucin MUC7, possesses potent antimicrobial activity in vitro. In order to evaluate the potential t...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2007 6:14 -
Impact of reduced vancomycin susceptibility on the therapeutic outcome of MRSA bloodstream infections
The aim of this study was to determine whether clinical outcome of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia was correlated with vancomycin susceptibility of the corresponding s...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2007 6:13