Background: The importance of plasmid-encoded Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase (ESBL) organisms in the dissemination multi-drug resistance and complicated infections are contributory factors to treatment failure. Despite these, there is a paucity information regarding plasmid-borne associated infection from primary sources including cockroaches while studies correlating total protein ESBL also ...

Recent technological improvements have extended the application range of dielectric permittivity biomass measurements to on-line monitoring of physiological changes during bacterial fermentations. In an industrial fermentation of Bacillus thuringiensis, it is important to verify the intactness of bacterial plasmid content in all steps of culture. Changes in certain plasmid resident properties o...

recent technological improvements have extended the application range of dielectric permittivity biomass measurements to on-line monitoring of physiological changes during bacterial fermentations. in an industrial fermentation of bacillus thuringiensis, it is important to verify the intactness of bacterial plasmid content in all steps of culture. changes in certain plasmid resident properties o...

It is thought that antimicrobial resistance imposes a fitness cost on bacteria, so that a reduction in antimicrobial use may reduce the incidence of resistant bacteria. The objectives of the present study were to determine (1) whether multidrug resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli field strains with different plasmid profiles show disparate plasmid loss when grown over time without selection pressu...

Campylobacter pylori isolates from 37 symptomatic patients and 3 asymptomatic volunteers were examined by chromosomal DNA restriction endonuclease analysis and determination of plasmid profile. Restriction digests with HindIII, HaeIII, PvuII, and BglII produced clear and reproducible results that permitted discrimination between different strains. Only 35% of C. pylori isolates were found to ha...

Twenty-nine extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae strains (14 Klebsiella pneumoniae, 10 Escherichia coli and five Citrobacter diversus) isolated from April to July 1996 from faecal carriers in a surgical intensive care unit at the university hospital of Casablanca (Morocco) were studied. Plasmid content and DNA macrorestriction polymorphism determined by pulsed-fi...

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is one of the major foodborne pathogens owing to its cause infectious diseases such as gastroenteritis. These are often associated with consumption contaminated seafood. This study aims investigate presence V. parahaemolyticus, their virulence, antibiotic profiles, and plasmid profiles from 77 different kinds shellfish samples collected wet markets supermarkets in Selang...