We studied the in vitro activity of gemifloxacin (SB-265805) and 14 comparator antimicrobials against 288 recent isolates of enteropathogenic bacteria (106 Salmonella: spp., 32 Hafnia alvei, 22 Yersinia enterocolitica, 21 Shigella: spp., 16 Aeromonas: spp. and 91 Campylobacter jejuni). Gemifloxacin, the other fluoroquinolones and cefotaxime were very active against all microorganisms tested exc...

Our previous study showed the efficacy of lactoferrin-monophosphoryl lipid A isolated from Hafnia alvei LPS complex (LF-MPL(H.a.)) as an adjuvant in stimulation of humoral and cellular immune response in mice to conventional antigens and a lower pyrogenicity of the complex as compared with MPL(H.a.) alone. In the present investigation we demonstrated that LF-MPL(H.a.) complex enhanced the immun...

Abstract A 12‐month‐old, male neutered Rottweiler cross, weighing 34.0 kg with a 6‐month history of episodes pyrexia, hyporexia, pollakiuria and left flank pain is described. Ultrasonographic computed tomography findings combined clinical signs were consistent renal abscess which was treated 2 days later ureteronephrectomy. Septic peritonitis assumed intraoperatively upon the discovery moderate...

A 24-h direct plating method for fecal coliform enumeration with a resuscitation step (preincubation for 2 h at 37 +/- 1 degrees C and transfer to 44 +/- 1 degrees C for 22 h) using fecal coliform agar (FCA) was compared with the 24-h standardized violet red bile lactose agar (VRBL) method. FCA and VRBL have equivalent specificities and sensitivities, except for lactose-positive non-fecal colif...

Hafnia alvei 5-5, isolated from a soil-litter mixture underneath the canopy of the nickel-hyperaccumulating tree Sebertia acuminata (Sapotaceae) in New Caledonia, was found to be resistant to 30 mM Ni(2+) or 2 mM Co(2+). The 70-kb plasmid, pEJH 501, was transferred by conjugation to Escherichia coli, Serratia marcescens, and Klebsiella oxytoca. Transconjugant strains expressed inducible nickel ...