In a clinical trial of spiramycin, Schmidt, Niordson, Reyn, and Bentzon (1965) observed a positive correlation between the susceptibility of gonococcal strains in vitro to spiramycin and sodium penicillin G, and that the gonococcal strains from thirteen patients not cured by spiramycin were less sensitive to penicillin. Positive correlation could also be demonstrated between the inhibitory valu...

The aim of this study was to evaluate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia cases who were followed at the Infectious Diseases Unit of Internal Medicine Department, at Hacettepe University Adult and Oncology Hospitals between January 2004-December 2011. A total of 198 patients, of them 99 had positive MRSA blood cultures (case group), and 99 without MRSA bacteremia (cont...

A colonization mutant of the efficient rootcolonizing biocontrol strain Pseudomonasfluorescens WCS365 is described that is impaired in competitive root-tip colonization of gnotobiotically grown potato, radish, wheat, and tomato, indicating a broad host range mutation. The colonization of the mutant is also impaired when studied in potting soil, suggesting that the defective gene also plays a ro...

Columnaris disease, caused by Flavobacterium columnare, is an urgent problem in Finnish fish farming. The occurrence of disease outbreaks has increased significantly at fish farms producing salmonid fingerlings in the inland freshwater area. The reasons for this are unclear, but we have previously suggested that the ecological and epidemiological factors of intensive farming, together with clim...