SENSITIVITY PATTERN FOR GRAM POSITIVE COCCI
Recovery of vancomycin resistant gram positive cocci from children
... Isolates were evaluated in both cation-supple- tively identified as streptococci were tested for the presence mented Mueller-Hinton broth (CSMHB) and Todd-Hewitt of group D antigen by a [r] ...
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Miscellaneous Catalase Negative, Gram Positive Cocci: Emerging Opportunists
... catalase-negative, gram- positive cocci to be described as clinical isolates in the mid- ...form cocci in pairs and chains but, unlike viridans streptococci, produce gas as an end product of ...
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Development of a Flow Chart for Identification of Gram Positive Anaerobic Cocci in the Clinical Laboratory
... 2006 Gram-positive anaerobic cocci (GPAC) are a heterogeneous group of organisms that are isolated from clinical specimens more often than any group of anaerobic bacteria except Bacteroides species, ...
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Erythromycin Resistance Determinants in Clinical Gram Positive Cocci Isolated from Nigerian Patients
... were positive for one or more of ermB, ermC, msrA or ...particular pattern of MIC for the presence of erm or msr variants indicating there may be other mechanisms of ...
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Contamination of Dental Scaler Waterlines with Legionella Pneumophila, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and Gram Positive Cocci
... of Gram-positive cocci, multiple smears were prepared and after Gram staining, Gram-positive specimens were cultured in blood agar ...
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Evaluation of the Merlin MICRONAUT System for Rapid Direct Susceptibility Testing of Gram Positive Cocci and Gram Negative Bacilli from Positive Blood Cultures
... from positive blood cultures with the Merlin MICRONAUT system is a reliable technique that can reduce the time to results of blood culture testing by omitting repeat testing from subcultures and facilitate earlier ...
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The optimization and validation of the Biotyper MALDI-TOF MS database for the identification of Gram-positive anaerobic cocci
... Gram-positive anaerobic cocci (GPAC) account for 24%e31% of the anaerobic bacteria isolated from human clinical specimens. At present, GPAC are under-represented in the Biotyper MALDI-TOF MS ...
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16S Ribosomal DNA Sequence Based Analysis of Clinically Significant Gram Positive Anaerobic Cocci
... important gram-positive anaerobic cocci (GPAC) by sequencing 13 type strains of established GPAC species and 156 clinical isolates that had been studied only by phenotypic ...
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Direct Identification of Gram Positive Cocci from Routine Blood Cultures by Using AccuProbe Tests
... Defining cutoff levels for diagnostic tests is a difficult task that combines ethical and practical considerations with statis- tical evidence. The main difficulty is not statistical but rather the need to decide how ...
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Frequency of inducible clindamycin resistance among Gram-positive cocci in a tertiary hospital,Tehran, Iran
... pattern of the infecting microorganisms is an import- ant crucial factor in making appropriate therapeutic decisions (2, 12). Regarding the emergence of resis- tance in Gram positive cocci, ...
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Antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-positive cocci isolated from patients with conjunctivitis and keratitis in Crete, Greece
... gatifloxacin eradicates bacteria implicated in post- operative ocular infections substantially faster than the ophthalmic solution of 0.5% moxifloxacin. 14 Regarding moxifloxacin, it has been shown to kill bacteria more ...
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INVESTIGATING CULTURABLE GRAM POSITIVE COCCI FROM THE SURFACE OF MOBILE PHONES WITH DIFFERENT FORM FACTORS
... and Gram staining was performed on every cfu ...were Gram positive cocci were further characterized using catalase, modified oxidase [10], glycerol-erythromycin [11], furazolidone ...
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Fluoroquinolones resistant Gram-positive cocci isolated from University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
... of Gram-positive cocci isolated from University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Nigeria were examined for resistance to fluoroquinolones antibiotics using disc diffusion method on Muller Hinton ...by ...
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Evaluation of the VITEK 2 System for Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Medically Relevant Gram Positive Cocci
... correct). More than 90% of gram-positive cocci were identified within 3 h. According to the NCCLS break- points, antimicrobial susceptibility testing with the VITEK 2 system gave 96% correct category ...
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Comparison of Conventional and Molecular Methods for Identification of Aerobic Catalase Negative Gram Positive Cocci in the Clinical Laboratory
... MATERIALS AND METHODS Clinical isolates. From October 2000 to April 2002, a total of 171 isolates of gram-positive cocci were analyzed. Except for enterococci and beta-hemolytic streptococci, all ...
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Neutrophil Gelatinase-associated Lipocalin Value in Patients' Urine with Gram Positive Cocci Infection in the Urinary Tract
... mean to investigate the function of its members. The presence of a biomarker in the body may indicate a specific disease; for example, the presence of antibodies in the body may indicate an infection. One of the new ...
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ACCEPTED. In Vitro Activity of Aurein 1.2 Alone and in Combination with Antibiotics against. Gram-positive Nosocomial Cocci
... the positive interaction is a result of a combined effect of increased access to the intracellular target for antibiotics and secondary effects of the peptides themselves ...
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Evaluation of the Hyplex BloodScreen Multiplex PCR Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay System for Direct Identification of Gram Positive Cocci and Gram Negative Bacilli from Positive Blood Cultures
... of gram-negative bacilli and gram-positive cocci from positive blood cultures, with 482 positive BACTEC 9240 blood culture ...overall sensitivity of ...
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In vitro Activity of Monoclonal and Recombinant Yeast Killer Toxin-like Antibodies Against Antibiotic-resistant Gram-positive Cocci
... Discussion Among antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Gram-pos- itive cocci have become predominant over the past two decades for their ability of acquiring resistance. This is followed by the horizontal transfer ...
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rpoB Gene Sequence Based Identification of Aerobic Gram Positive Cocci of the Genera Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Gemella, Abiotrophia, and Granulicatella
... DISCUSSION The data we present here show that PCR amplification of a 740-bp rpoB gene fragment by using the primer pair Strepto F-Strepto R, followed by sequence analysis, is a suitable mo- lecular approach for the ...
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