Intestinal microbiota is an important component in the development of defense mechanisms in the gut mucosa. This project determined the dynamics of intestinal microbial communities (MC) of broilers vaccinated at first day of age with live oocysts of Eimeria species and fed diets supplemented with 2 specific essential oil (EO) blends, Crina Poultry (CP) and Crina Alternate (CA). Five treatments ...

Eight coagulase-negative, enterotoxigenic strains of cocci and one weakly coagulase-positive strain isolated from a number of different sources, including cases of food poisoning incidents, were evaluated for their relationship to Staphylococcus aureus on the basis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) buoyant density and physiological studies. One strain of cocci produced enterotoxins A and C, two st...

An evaluation of the Vitek Anaerobe Identification (ANI) card was performed with 341 bacterial isolates, including 313 clinical isolates and 28 stock strains of anaerobic microorganisms. Identifications obtained with the ANI card were compared with those determined by conventional methods. The card identified 73.2% of 149 anaerobic gram-negative bacilli, 63.6% of 44 Clostridium spp., 65.8% of 3...

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The in vitro antibacterial activity of meropenem and up to nine other antimicrobials was compared in studies at 26 North American centers from 1989 to 1992 with use of standardized and controlled procedures for determining minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) against 12,483 recent clinical isolates and additional drug-resistant strains. Overall, carbapenems were the most active drugs. The a...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSI) in cancer patients and the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of the isolates. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The study was conducted between April 2002 and March 2003 at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi in collaboration with Oncology Unit...

Tick-borne lymphadenopathy (TIBOLA), also called Dermacentor-borne necrosis erythema and lymphadenopathy (DEBONEL), is defined as the association of a tick bite, an inoculation eschar on the scalp, and cervical adenopathies. We identified the etiologic agent for 65% of 86 patients with TIBOLA/DEBONEL as either Rickettsia slovaca (49/86, 57%) or R. raoultii (7/86, 8%).