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  1. Multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa harbours integrons and other mobile genetic elements such as plasmids and transposons, which easily disseminate antibiotic resistance genes among clinical strains of P. ...

    Authors: Bamidele T Odumosu, Bolanle A Adeniyi and Ram Chandra
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:29
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  2. A review of the published and unpublished literature on bacterial resistance in human and animals was performed. Sixty-eight articles/reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mozambique, Tanzania a...

    Authors: Stephen E Mshana, Mecky Matee and Mark Rweyemamu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:28
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  3. The present work aimed to find out the antibacterial activity of Nymphaea nouchali flower on human and plant pathogenic bacteria.

    Authors: Biplab Kumar Dash, Monokesh Kumer Sen, Khasrul Alam, Kamal Hossain, Rezuanul Islam, Nilufa Akhter Banu, Shahedur Rahman and AbuHena Mostofa Jamal
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:27
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  4. The rise of antibiotic resistance among methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), have caused concerns for the treatment of MRSA infections. Hence, search for an alternative therapy for these infections...

    Authors: Nachiket P Marathe, Mandar H Rasane, Himanshu Kumar, Ankur A Patwardhan, Yogesh S Shouche and Sham S Diwanay
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:26
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  5. Among the pregnancy urinary tract infections, asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is the most common one. Untreated ASB can progress to pyelonephritis in 30-50% of the patients and can also result in prematurity in...

    Authors: Filiz Bilir, Nermin Akdemir, Selcuk Ozden, A Serhan Cevrioglu and Cemil Bilir
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:25
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  6. The Tigecycline Evaluation and Surveillance Trial (T.E.S.T.) was designed to monitor in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility to tigecycline and comparator agents. We present susceptibility data on Gram-negative org...

    Authors: Gerald A Denys, Steven M Callister and Michael J Dowzicky
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:24
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  7. The aim of this study is to evaluate in-house antibiotic use in a state hospital in Turkey with its cost, using the ATC/DDD index, which is an accepted standard method.

    Authors: Hamdi Sözen, Ibak Gönen, Ayse Sözen, Ali Kutlucan, Serdar Kalemci and Murat Sahan
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:23
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  8. Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is growing up day by day in both community and hospital setting, with a significant impact on the mortality and morbidity rates and the financial burden that is associated. ...

    Authors: Matteo Bassetti, Maria Merelli, Chiara Temperoni and Augusta Astilean
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:22
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  9. The presence of clinical Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) isolates with differing antibiotic resistance phenotypes in the same patient causes difficulties and confusion in treatment. This phenomenon may be ...

    Authors: Chang-Hua Chen and Chieh-Chen Huang
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:21
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  10. Aquilaria crassna Pierre ex Lecomte has been traditionally used in Thailand for treatment of infectious diseases such as diarrhoea and skin diseases for a long time. The main objectives of this study were to exam...

    Authors: Sirilak Kamonwannasit, Nawarat Nantapong, Pakarang Kumkrai, Prathan Luecha, Sajeera Kupittayanant and Nuannoi Chudapongse
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:20
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  11. Tigecycline shows great antimicrobial activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, and has been considered to be an appropriate choice in controlling infection caused by multi-drug resistant...

    Authors: Xiaoxing Du, Ying Fu and Yunsong Yu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:19
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  12. Streptococcal superantigens (SAgs) are the major virulence factors of infection in humans for group A Streptococcus (GAS) bacteria. A panel consisting of seven duplex real-time PCR assays was developed to simu...

    Authors: Peng Yang, Xiaomin Peng, Shujuan Cui, Junbin Shao, Xuping Zhu, Daitao Zhang, Huijie Liang and Quanyi Wang
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:18
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  13. The term ’Multidrug-resistant’ (MDR) applies to a bacterium that is simultaneously resistant to a number of antimicrobials belonging to different chemical classes. The effectiveness of currently available antm...

    Authors: Girma Godebo, Gebre Kibru and Himanot Tassew
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:17
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  14. Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreaks possessing extended-spectrum β-lactamase- (ESBL) mediated resistance to third-generation cephalosporins have increased significantly in hospital and community settings worldwide. T...

    Authors: Enas A Newire, Salwa F Ahmed, Brent House, Esmeralda Valiente and Guillermo Pimentel
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:16
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  15. Resistance rates to polymyxin B in surveillance studies have been very low despite its increasing use worldwide as the last resort therapy for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli. However, two other resi...

    Authors: Juliana Barin, Andreza Francisco Martins, Bianca Lucia Heineck, Afonso Luis Barth and Alexandre Prehn Zavascki
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:15
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  16. Sida urens L. (Malvaceae) is in flora of Asian medicinal herbs and used traditionally in West of Burkina Faso for the treatment of infectious diseases and particularly used against, dental caries bacteria, fever,...

    Authors: Kiessoun Konaté, Patrice Zerbo, Maurice Ouédraogo, Crépin I Dibala, Hilou Adama, Oksana Sytar, Marian Brestic and Nicolas Barro
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:14
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  18. The emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria is a world health problem. Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains, is one of the most important human pathogens associated wi...

    Authors: Viviane F Cardozo, Admilton G Oliveira, Erick K Nishio, Marcia RE Perugini, Célia GTJ Andrade, Wanderley D Silveira, Nelson Durán, Galdino Andrade, Renata KT Kobayashi and Gerson Nakazato
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:12
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  19. Staphylococcus aureus infections are increasingly reported from both health institutions and communities around the world. In particular, infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strai...

    Authors: Tekalign Kejela and Ketema Bacha
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:11
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  20. Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABs) have long been associated with excess lengths of stay, increased hospital costs and mortality attributable to them. Different studies from developed count...

    Authors: Hakan Leblebicioglu, Recep Öztürk, Victor Daniel Rosenthal, Özay Arıkan Akan, Fatma Sirmatel, Davut Ozdemir, Cengiz Uzun, Huseyin Turgut, Gulden Ersoz, Iftíhar Koksal, Asu Özgültekin, Saban Esen, Fatma Ulger, Ahmet Dilek, Hava Yilmaz, Yalim Dikmen…
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:10
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  21. Shigella flexneri serotype 1c emerged as a critical isolate from children in Egypt and Pakistan. The pattern of antimicrobial susceptibility (AMS) and resistance genes of this serotype have yet to be characterize...

    Authors: Salwa F Ahmed, John Klena, Tupur Husain, Jesse Monestersky, Amel Naguib and Momtaz O Wasfy
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:9
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  22. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common bacterial infections with global expansion. These infections are predominantly caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC).

    Authors: Hassan Momtaz, Azam Karimian, Mahboobeh Madani, Farhad Safarpoor Dehkordi, Reza Ranjbar, Meysam Sarshar and Negar Souod
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:8
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  23. Vaginal Escherichia coli is a reservoir along the fecal-vaginal-urinary/neonatal course of transmission in extraintestinal E. coli infections. They also causes genital tract infections especially vaginitis, so th...

    Authors: Sareaa MG Al-Mayahie
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:7
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  24. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials would like to thank the following colleagues for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for the journal in 2012.

    Authors: Hakan Leblebicioglu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:5
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  25. Pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccines were introduced in our national immunisation program in April 2010. The aims of this retrospective, laboratory-based study were to determine the serot...

    Authors: Lena P Setchanova, Tomislav Kostyanev, Alexandra B Alexandrova, Ivan G Mitov, Dimitar Nashev and Todor Kantardjiev
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:6
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  27. Antibiotic combination therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication must be adapted to local resistance patterns, but the epidemiology of H. pylori resistance to antibiotics is poorly documented in Africa. The aim...

    Authors: Abdoulaye Seck, Christophe Burucoa, Daouda Dia, Mouhamadou Mbengue, Manuella Onambele, Josette Raymond and Sebastien Breurec
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:3
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  28. Peptide nucleic acid fluorescent in situ hybridization (PNA-FISH) is a rapid and established method for identification of Candida sp., Gram positive, and Gram negative bacteria from positive blood cultures. This ...

    Authors: Dana M Harris and D Jane Hata
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:2
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  29. We report the 30-yr history of a well-documented human case of alveolar echinococcosis, with a lung lesion at presentation followed by the discovery of a liver lesion, both removed by surgery. Subsequently, wi...

    Authors: Karine Bardonnet, Dominique A Vuitton, Frédéric Grenouillet, Georges A Mantion, Eric Delabrousse, Oleg Blagosklonov, Jean-Philippe Miguet and Solange Bresson-Hadni
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2013 12:1
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  30. Around 70% of those living with HIV in need of treatment accessed antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Zambia by 2009. However, sustaining high levels of adherence to ART is a challenge. This study aimed to identif...

    Authors: Yuri Sasaki, Kazuhiro Kakimoto, Christopher Dube, Izukanji Sikazwe, Crispin Moyo, Gardner Syakantu, Kenichi Komada, Shinsuke Miyano, Naoko Ishikawa, Kiyoshi Kita and Ichiro Kai
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:34
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  31. Infectious diseases caused by fungi are still a major threat to public health, despite numerous efforts by researchers. Use of ethnopharmacological knowledge is one attractive way to reduce empiricism and enha...

    Authors: Maurice Ouédraogo, Kiessoun Konaté, Alexis Nicaise Lepengué, Alain Souza, Bertrand M’Batchi and Laya L Sawadogo
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:33
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  32. The emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases (KPCs) producing bacteria has become a significant global public health challenge while the optimal treatment remains undefined. We performed a systematic rev...

    Authors: Grace C Lee and David S Burgess
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:32
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  33. Accurate identification of isolates belonging to genus Enterococcus, Streptococcus, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, and Lactococcus at the species level is necessary to provide a better understanding of the...

    Authors: Xuerui Li, Juan Xing, Baoyu Li, Pu Wang and Jixing Liu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:31
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  34. Artemisia parviflora leaf extracts were evaluated for potential antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. Antimicrobial susceptibility assay was performed against ten standard reference bacterial strains. Antioxi...

    Authors: Abdul R Ahameethunisa and Waheeta Hopper
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:30
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  35. The Tigecycline Evaluation and Surveillance Trial (T.E.S.T.) is a global surveillance study of antimicrobial susceptibility. This study reports data from Gram-negative isolates collected from centers in Latin ...

    Authors: Liliana Fernández-Canigia and Michael J Dowzicky
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:29
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  36. Meningitis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in low-resource settings. In sub-Saharan Africa, the meningitis belt has been characterized by particularly high and seasonal incidences of bacterial me...

    Authors: Michael Owusu, Samuel Blay Nguah, Yaw Agyekum Boaitey, Ernest Badu-Boateng, Abdul-Raman Abubakr, Robert Awuley Lartey and Yaw Adu-Sarkodie
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:28
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  37. Biofilms formed by Candida albicans are resistant towards most of the available antifungal drugs. Therefore, infections associated with Candida biofilms are considered as a threat to immunocompromised patients. C...

    Authors: Ravikumar B Shinde, Nitin M Chauhan, Jayant S Raut and Sankunny M Karuppayil
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:27
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  38. Quarter milk samples from cows were examined to determine the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) and different antibiotic resistant pattern were determined in a cross-sectional study design.

    Authors: Deresse Daka, Solomon G/silassie and Dawit Yihdego
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:26
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  39. Increased infection caused by multidrug resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa has raised awareness of the resistance situation worldwide. Carbapenem resistance among MDR (CR-MDR) P. aeruginosa has become a serio...

    Authors: Piyatip Khuntayaporn, Preecha Montakantikul, Piroon Mootsikapun, Visanu Thamlikitkul and Mullika Traidej Chomnawang
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:25
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  40. Brucellosis poses a significant public health problem in Mediterranean countries, including Egypt. Treatment of this disease is often empirical due to limited information on the antibiotic susceptibility profi...

    Authors: Mohamed Abdel-Maksoud, Brent House, Momtaz Wasfy, Bassem Abdel-Rahman, Guillermo Pimentel, Gehan Roushdy and Erica Dueger
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:24
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  41. Uropathogenic E.coli (UPEC) are among major pathogens causing urinary tract infections. Virulence factors are mainly responsible for the severity of these emerging infections. This study was planned to investigat...

    Authors: Saira Bashir, Abdul Haque, Yasra Sarwar, Aamir Ali and Muhammad Irfan Anwar
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:23
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  42. The Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) is a critically endangered species of freshwater crocodiles. Crocodilians live with opportunistic bacterial infection but normally suffer no adverse effects. They are ...

    Authors: Jintana Kommanee, Sutthidech Preecharram, Sakda Daduang, Yosapong Temsiripong, Apisak Dhiravisit, Yuzo Yamada and Sompong Thammasirirak
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:22
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  43. 10- Hydroxy-2-decenoic acid, an unsaturated fatty acid is the most active and unique component to the royal jelly that has antimicrobial properties. Streptococcus mutans is associated with pathogenesis of oral ca...

    Authors: Behnam Yousefi, Shahrooz Ghaderi, Alireza Rezapoor-Lactooyi, Niusha Amiri, Javad Verdi and Alireza Shoae-Hassani
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:21
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  44. Chenopodium ambrosioides and Kielmeyera neglecta are plants traditionally used in Brazil to treat various infectious diseases. The study of the biological activities of these plants is of great importance for the...

    Authors: Zulane Lima Sousa, Fernando Faustino de Oliveira, Aline Oliveira da Conceição, Luiz Alberto Mattos Silva, Maria Helena Rossi, Julianada Silva Santos and João Luciano Andrioli
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:20
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  45. We studied the presence of extended spectrum beta lactamases (ESBLs) in 44 clinical isolates of Escherichia coli collected from out-patients in two university teaching hospitals in South-Eastern Nigeria. Species ...

    Authors: Ifeanyichukwu R Iroha, Charles O Esimone, Sandra Neumann, Lennart Marlinghaus, Miriam Korte, Florian Szabados, Sören Gatermann and Martin Kaase
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:19
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  46. The present study reports the antibacterial capacity of alkaloid compounds in combination with Methicillin and Ampicillin-resistants bacteria isolated from clinical samples. The resistance of different bacteri...

    Authors: Kiessoun Konaté, Jacques François Mavoungou, Alexis Nicaise Lepengué, Raïssa RR Aworet-Samseny, Adama Hilou, Alain Souza, Mamoudou H Dicko and Bertrand M’Batchi
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:18
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  47. The evolving epidemiology of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is characterized by the emergence of infections caused by non multiresistant MRSA carrying staphylococcal chromosomal cassette (SCC)

    Authors: Caterina Mammina, Cinzia Calà, Celestino Bonura, Paola Di Carlo, Aurora Aleo, Teresa Fasciana and Anna Giammanco
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:17
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  48. Following claims that some plants have antimicrobial activities against infectious microbes, the in vitro antimicrobial activities of different solvent fractions of ethanolic extract of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta ...

    Authors: Felix C Mills-Robertson, Samuel CK Tay, Goerge Duker-Eshun, Williams Walana and Kingsley Badu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:16
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  49. Toxins derived from jellyfishes have been exploited as a model for the development of new drug promising applications to treat neurodegenerative diseases. The present work is aimed to evaluate the acute toxici...

    Authors: Yosra Ayed, Afef Dellai, Hedi Ben Mansour, Hassen Bacha and Salwa Abid
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:15
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  50. Q fever is a worldwide zoonotic infection that caused by Coxiella burnetii, a strict intracellular bacterium. It may be manifested by some of the autoimmune events and is classified into acute and chronic forms. ...

    Authors: Serdal Korkmaz, Nazif Elaldi, Mansur Kayatas, Mehmet Sencan and Esin Yildiz
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2012 11:14
    Content type: Case report Published on:
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