coloured plates 83. Price 15s. net. This work is intended for use in conjunction with a textbook on Bacteriology and Parasitology. The present edition includes twenty-six new coloured plates by Dr. van Rooyen, in addition to the illustrations contained in the first edition. Perhaps the most admirable feature of the atlas is that it is comprehensive and yet compact. The excellent illustrations s...

BACKGROUND Ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone and pivmecillinam are the antibiotics currently recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the treatment of dysentery in children; yet there have been no reviews of the clinical effectiveness of these antibiotics in recent years. METHODS We reviewed all literature reporting the effect of ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone and pivmecillinam for the tre...

Listeriosis is a sporadic disease of ruminants that causes meningoencephalitis, septicemia and abortion. In this study, the usefulness of immunoperoxidase technique was investigated in early diagnosis of cattle listerial abortions. For this purpose, 96 smears prepared from vaginal swab samples that were collected from aborting cattle were stained for L. monocytogenes by immunoperoxidase techniq...

Streptococcus (S.) dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis is responsible for severe diseases in humans, including primary bacteraemia, pneumonia, endocarditis, and toxic shock syndrome. Infection in some animal species can also occur, although a few studies have looked into cross-species infectivity. In horses, S. equisimilis is generally considered infrequent or opportunistic, but has recently been i...

TH~ recognition of the pal~ played by bacterial infection in the causation of death in chronic diseases has gained in importance with the multiplication of observations upon the occurrence of such infections in human beings, the subjects of chronic diseases of the heart, kidney, liver, and other organs. The data for a proper appreciation of the relation existing between bacterial infection and ...

Water is a valued natural resource for the existence of all living organisms. Indian rivers are polluted due to the discharge of untreated sewage and industrial effluents. Management of the quality of this precious resource is, therefore, of special importance. In this study river water samples were collected and analysed for physicochemical and bacteriological evaluation of pollution of Kausha...

The present work compared 2 culture methods and a PCR assay applied with 2 enrichment methods for the detection of motile and nonmotile Salmonella strains using artificially contaminated egg content. The specificity (Sp) was 1 in all methods. The sensitivity (Se), accuracy (Ac), positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were 1 in both culture methods for motile and no...

BACKGROUND Implant infection is one of the most severe complications within the field of orthopaedic surgery, associated with an enormous burden for the healthcare system. During the last decades, attempts have been made to lower the incidence of implant-related infections. In the case of cemented prostheses, the use of antibiotic-containing bone cement can be effective. However, in the case of...

Twenty patients with urinary tuberculosis were treated with ofloxacin (200 mg/day, 6 months), rifampin (600 mg/day, 3 months) and isoniazid (300 mg/day, 3 months) between 1989 and 1990. All patients were new cases, diagnosed by observation and/or isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in one of the three morning urine samples. Bacteriological culture conversion (negativization) was assessed as...

BACKGROUND AND AIM In the last decades, the inhabitants of the Romanian region known as Jiu Valley underwent changes in their social and economic status which determined changes in behaviour and health, which influenced their general health condition. One of the consequences was the exacerbation of tuberculosis. In order to control this situation, there was a need to increase the efficiency of ...