Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are the third-largest solid component of milk. Their structural complexity renders them nondigestible to the host but liable to hydrolytic enzymes of the infant colonic microbiota. Bifidobacteria and, frequently, Bifidobacterium longum strains predominate the colonic microbiota of exclusively breast-fed infants. Among the three recognized subspecies of B. long...

Non-typhoidal salmonellosis is of concern in humans in sub-Saharan Africa, and this is partly due to the high number of immunocompromised persons. Pork and pork products could be among the sources of these non-typhi Salmonella spp. The aim of this study was to identify Salmonella spp. in piglets and weaners in northern and eastern Uganda, characterize their antimicrobial resistance patterns and...

The antioxidant properties and antimicrobial activity of rosemary extracts were compared to those of vine leaf extracts. The phenolics were quantified by HPLC. Rosemary extracts were stronger in reducing power than vine leaf extracts but possessed weaker superoxide anion radical (O2 ) scavenging capability. The antimicrobial activity was confirmed by the broth microdilution test using minimal i...

Salmonella Infantis is a poultry-adapted enterica serovar that increasingly reported in broilers and also regularly identified among human salmonellosis cases. An emerging S. mega-plasmid (pESI), carrying fitness, virulence antimicrobial resistance genes, found. We investigated the prevalence, genetic characteristics risk factors for (pESI-carrying) broilers. Faecal samples from 379 broiler flo...

Abstract Issue/problem The Italian National Health System has implemented a Control Program for Salmonella in poultry populations order to reduce the prevalence of infection. Starting from 2019, control program introduced health measures against breeding flocks Gallus gallus, positive Infantis, an emerging serotype at European level, and widespread along entire primary production chain. Descrip...

Abstract Introduction/Objective Salmonella meningitis is associated with a significant neurological sequelae, subdural effusions, cerebral infarction, encephalitis, abscess, and high mortality. It rare complication of sepsis occurs almost exclusively during early infancy. identified as pathogen in less than 1% confirmed cases bacterial infants. Immunocompromised individuals have higher risk hav...

BACKGROUND Intestinal homoeostasis is dependent on immunological tolerance to the microbiota. OBJECTIVE To (1) determine if a probiotic could induce Foxp3 T cells in humans; (2) to elucidate the molecular mechanisms, which are involved in the induction of Foxp3 T cells by human dendritic cells. DESIGN Cytokine secretion and Foxp3 expression were assessed in human volunteers following Bifido...

The Belgian National Reference Centre for Salmonella received 16,544 human isolates of Salmonella enterica between January 2009 and December 2013. Although 377 different serotypes were identified, the landscape is dominated by S. enterica serovars Typhimurium (55%) and Enteritidis (19%) in a ratio which is inverse to European Union averages. With outbreaks of Salmonella serotypes Ohio, Stanley,...

Detection of salmonellae was performed on egg shells and egg contents of duck eggs. Five hundred and sixty-four tested samples were came from 1,128 eggs, 2 eggs in each sample. Eggs were collected from retail markets in Bangkok, Chon Buri, Chachoengsao, Lop Buri, Ang Thong and Nakhon Ratchasima provinces during January through June 1992. The percentage of salmonellae contamination on the egg sh...