It has been shown that a lytic fluid for dysentery bacilli can be obtained from the peritoneum of the guinea pig by intraperitoneal inoculation of live dysentery bacilli, and that the lytic action of such a fluid is not strictly specific, but that it exerts a group action on the dysentery-colon-typhoid group of bacilli. A lytic fluid with similar effects was obtained from a child dying of Flexn...

(1) Typhoid bacilli were demonstrated in the urines of 9 out of 38 typhoid patients (about 25 per cent). 172 specimens were examined with 44 positive results. (2) The bacilli, when demonstrated, were always present in large numbers and in practically pure culture. (3) The bacilli appeared first in the later stages of the disease and persisted in the great majority of cases far into convalescenc...

A 6-month-old child presented with a complaint of swelling in the left axillary region persisting for 3 months, accompanied by intermittent episodes fever. Ultrasonography revealed hypoechoic lesions affected area. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) indicated presence Acid-fast bacilli. Given multiple matted suppurative lymph nodes, surgical excision was performed, and initiated on anti-tub...

The bacillary cords characteristic for virulent tubercle bacilli are readily disrupted when wet bacilli are suspended in hydrocarbons such as paraffin oil or petroleum ether. The disruption of cords is due to the removal of a material coating the surface of the bacilli and causing them to adhere to each other. This material can be obtained from virulent bacilli by extracting them with petroleum...

Sputum smear observation has an important role in tuberculosis (TB) disease diagnosis, because it needs accurate identification to avoid high errors diagnosis. In development countries, sputum smear slide observation is commonly done with conventional light microscope from Ziehl-Neelsen stained tissue and it doesn’t need high cost to maintain the microscope. The clinicians do manual screening p...

Lepromatous leprosy is a sys temic disorder. In many cases there is extensive involvemen,t not only of the reticuloendothelial system, but also of other organs. Intimal cells of blood vessels may be almost bursting with leprosy bacilli. Liver changes in lepromatous leprosy are well known. They consist chiefl y of foam-cell granulomas, with or without acid-fas t bacilli, in the portal ti ssues a...

OBJECTIVE To use an automated method to detect tubercle bacilli in sputum specimens. STUDY DESIGN Using fluorescence microscopy, tubercle bacilli were identified on auramine-stained sputum specimens. Images were then captured with a digital camera and enhanced through imaging processing techniques. The bacilli were recognized using neural network classifiers. RESULTS This preliminary invest...

introduction: antibiotic resistance among bacteria in particular those producing extended spectrum beta lactamases (es- bls) has a very significant role in hospital acquired infections. some of the gram negative bacilli including klebsiella pneu- monia and escherichia coli are known to be esbl producers which cause uncontrollable infections because they are also often resistant to other antimic...