The health status of goshawk chicks (Accipiter gentilis) from the nests in the vicinity of Wrocław was evaluated. The research was conducted in spring 2001. Each nest was inspected three times at different phases of the reproduction period and the protocol included: the counting of eggs in each nest, clinical examination of chicks, collecting swabs from the crop and cloaca, blood and litter sam...

Pexiganan, a 22-amino-acid antimicrobial peptide, is an analog of the magainin peptides isolated from the skin of the African clawed frog. Pexiganan exhibited in vitro broad-spectrum antibacterial activity when it was tested against 3,109 clinical isolates of gram-positive and gram-negative, anaerobic and aerobic bacteria. The pexiganan MIC at which 90% of isolates are inhibited (MIC90) was 32 ...

Trained African giant-pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) can detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis and show potential for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). However, rats' ability to discriminate between clinical sputum containing other Mycobacterium spp. and nonmycobacterial species of the respiratory tract is unknown. It is also unknown whether nonmycobacterial species produce odor similar to M...

Abstract Aim of this study is to analyse the microbiological composition grapes and soil from a home vineyard located in Rzeszów. During research, following tasks were undertaken: determination total number microorganisms, isolation microbial cultures soil, identification bacterial strains yeast using MALDI-TOF MS Biotyper mass spectrometry. Natural microbiota are very diverse. Microbiological ...

CENTA is a newly synthesized, beta-lactamase-labile, chromogenic cephalosporin reagent which changes color from light yellow (K maximum ca. 340 nm) to chrome yellow (A maximum ca. 405 nm) concomitant with hydrolysis of the betalactam ring. This compound offers promise as a diagnostic reagent comparable to other chromogens (PADAC and nitrocefin) for the early detection of betalactamase-producing...

Poor immune status, the use of a vascular access different from an AV fistula, and intravenous drug use (IDU) may favor increased rates of vascular access infections among HIV infected patients on hemodialysis. Staphylococcus spp. and Streptococcus spp. are the main cause of these infections, but Gram-negative rods and fungi have been found as well. Using an AV fistula when possible, and elicit...

El estudio tuvo como objetivo identificar Staphylococcus spp con fenotipos y genotipos de resistencia a meticilina, así variantes del polimorfismo gen coa + en S. aureus. Se utilizaron 97 cepas aislados pollos se hicieron antibiogramas pruebas PCR multiplex, convencional secuenciamiento. Los resultados fenotípicos indican la presencia 2 SARM 26 SCN resistentes meticilina (cefoxitina) aureus 67 ...

Bloodstream infections are associated with high mortality rates because of the probable manifestation of sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock(1). Therefore, rapid administration of adequate antibiotic therapy is of foremost importance in the treatment of bloodstream infections. The critical element in this process is timing, heavily dependent on the results of bacterial identification and ant...