Halomonas venusta, a moderately halophilic, nonfermentative gram-negative rod, is reported for the first time as a human pathogen in a wound that originated from a fish bite.

BACKGROUND Nucleic acid amplification technologies (NAAT) are advancing our ability to make rapid molecular diagnoses in patients with serious culture negative infections. This is the first report of PCR coupled to electrospray ionization mass spectrometry use in the evaluation of complicated community acquired pneumonia in a pediatric patient. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of culture n...

UNLABELLED Adaptation is a common theme in both pathogen emergence, for example, in zoonotic cross-species transmission, and pathogen control, where adaptation might limit the effect of the immune response and antiviral treatment. When such evolution requires deleterious intermediate mutations, fitness ridges and valleys arise in the pathogen's fitness landscape. The effect of deleterious inter...

conclusions finally, it can be suggested that the extracts of this plant be applied as antimicrobial agents against these pathogens, particularly in biofilm forms. results the results showed that the a. sativum l. extract discs did not have any zone of inhibition for the tested bacteria. however, the mic values of a. sativum l. extracts (0.078 - 2.5 mg/ml) confirmed the high ability of these ex...

different species of streptomyces are common in most types of soil. some certain species are plant pathogenic especially on potato. this study was conducted to evaluate genetic diversity among some local streptomyces spp. strains isolated from soil and infected tubers in potato farms in northwest of iran. repetitive dna elements (box, eric and rep) as genetic markers were used for diversity stu...

background :  a large number of plants are used for treatment of diseases because of their antimicrobial activities. this study aims to investigate the antimicrobial effects of some plants on the food pathogenic bacteria.   methods : plant extracts were obtained using the rotary system, the minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) by diluting method against bacteria was determined.   results :   ...

antimicrobial resistance in pathogens not only in hospitals but also in the community has become an important public health problem. the aim of this study was to determine the antimicrobial resistance patterns of predominant pathogens from hospitalized and outpatients in a university hospital in tehran, iran. a total of 820 samples of common gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria were collect...

introduction: the presence of pathogenic microbial agents and pathogens in organic fertilizers causes health problems and disease transmission. the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of vermicomposting process in improve the microbial quality of the compost produced. methods: this experimental study was conducted as a pilot-scale one, in the laboratory of school of health. in orde...

Pasteurella multocida, a gram-negative coccobacillus, part of the normal oral flora many domestic and wild mammals, has been described widespread veterinary pathogen potential to cause zoonotic infections in humans resulting from injuries caused by household or pets.

Because of its low yield in unselected specimens, stool culture is often cost ineffective. We tested 55 fecal samples from Fairfax Hospital (46 patients with diarrhea and 9 from controls without diarrhea) for lactoferrin by latex agglutination (LFLA) with the Leukotest (Techlab, Blacksburg, Va.) as a marker for inflammatory diarrhea. Of the 28 samples with Salmonella, Shigella, or Campylobacter...