Cell-to cell communication occurs via a signaling pathway referred to as quorum sensing. There are four main types of these systems according to the chemical nature of signal molecules used by microorganisms to elicit expression of target genes in response to environmental stimuli or need of microbial communities. Type I system acts by using acyl homoserine lactones as signals to trigger the ex...

A bloodstream infection (BSI) is a severe ICU-acquired infection. growing proportion caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDRB). COVID-19 was reported to be associated with high rate of secondary infections. However, there lack data on the relationship between and incidence MDRB BSI. The aim this study evaluate BSI related MDRB. This retrospective conducted in single-center ICU during one-ye...

Asymmetric localization is key to the proper function of certain prokaryotic proteins important to virulence, chemotaxis, cell division, development, motility, and adhesion. Shigella IcsA is localized to the old pole of the bacterium, where it mediates assembly of an actin tail inside infected mammalian cells. IcsA (VirG) is essential to Shigella intracellular motility and virulence. We used tr...

Results Between October 2009 January 2010, we identified 1 imported case of KPC (origin, Southern Italy) and 3 cases of NDM-1 producing Enterobacteriaceae, transferred from hospitals in India (1), Pakistan (2) and Serbia/ France(3). Patient 1on admission digestive carrier of E. coli blaNDM-1. Patient 2digestive carrier of P. mirabilis blaNDM-1 detected after extended hospitalization and antibio...

limited number of patients. Using these limited albuminuria and proteinuria data would have caused substantial selection bias. Second, not all creatinine values were measured by the same laboratory or by the same creatinine assay due to the design of the database, which collects data from practices throughout Flanders. However, all Belgian laboratories are subject to quality control measures (h...

Sanitation standard operating procedures (SSOPs) are an integral component of process control and are often the first step in the implementation of food safety regulations. The objective of this study was to assess and compare the efficacies of sanitation programs used in a variety of shell egg processing facilities. In-line, off-line, and mixed operations were evaluated. Sixteen direct or indi...

Keeping food quality among consumers is of high importance. In this study in order to maintain and improve the quality of fish meat, effect of pretreatment with polyphosphates have profound effects on the functional properties of the food products. Experiments were carried out to avoid drip during storage of Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)fish under modified atmosphere packaging (MAP).The resul...