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Conclusion: The responsible pathogens in acute and chronic dacryocystitis are significantly different. Because of the high prevalence of gram-negative bacteria and also culture-negative samples and considering the necessity of treatment in acute dacryocystitis, selecting an appropriate antibiotic with a good coverage of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria seems essential.
PMID: 20712513 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Orbit)

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Authors: Naik MM, Dubey SK
A lead-resistant bacterial strain 4EA from soil contaminated with car battery waste from Goa, India was isolated and identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This lead-resistant bacterial isolate interestingly revealed lead-enhanced siderophore (pyochelin and pyoverdine) production up to 0.5 mM lead nitrate whereas cells exhibit a significant decline in siderophore production above 0.5 mM lead nitrate. The bacterial cells also revealed significant alteration in cell morphology as size reduction when exposed to 0.8 mM lead nitrate. Enhanced production of siderophore was evidently detected by …

A 40-year-old man presented with two months of progressive left neck swelling, night sweats, and fatigue. He worked as a hunting guide in New Mexico and reported multiple bites from insects, including deer flies, on the job. He had been treated with penicillin, Cephalexin, and clindamycin, but his symptoms persisted. On presentation to our institution, his examination was notable for a temperature of 97.4°F, clear throat, and a 4 × 5-cm erythematous, mildly tender mass in the left neck with an area of fluctuance superiorly (). Fine needle aspiration revealed …

In this report, the results of antibiotic susceptibility test, carried out on 236 Staphylococcus aureus isolated from milk samples which were collected from cases of mastitis in cow herds of China, are presented. The regions and number of isolates include Inner Mongolia (112), Hebei (58) and Heilongjiang (66). Susceptibility to ampicillin, penicillin G, amoxicillin, piperacillin, Cephalexin, cephazolin, cefotaxime, ceftazidime, cefoxitin, SMZ-TMP, gentamycin, kanamycin, norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, furaxone, torlamician, roxithromycin, clindamycin and vancomycin was determined by the disc diffusion method. Antibiotic susceptibility testing showed 87.30% (206 of 236) isolates were resistant …

Authors: Parvathi A, Vijayan J, Murali G, Chandran P
Salmonella enterica serotype Newport is an important cause of non-typhoidal salmonellosis, a clinically less severe infection than typhoid fever caused by S. enterica serotype Typhi. In this investigation, the virulence genotypes of S. enterica Newport isolated from a backwater environment were compared with Salmonella Typhi from clinical cases in the same region where salmonellosis is endemic. Genotyping was done by PCR screening for virulence markers associated with Salmonella pathogenicity islands (SPIs) and plasmids. The virulence genes associated with …

Authors: Chaisri W, Hennink WE, Ampasavate C, Okonogi S
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of preparation method and the type of surfactant on the properties of Cephalexin (CPX) microspheres in order to obtain delivery systems suitable for the treatment of dairy mastitis. Microspheres were obtained using various preparation conditions and their physicochemical characteristics such as size, loading efficiency, morphology, and drug crystallinity were investigated. Antibacterial activity of microspheres from the optimum preparation condition was also studied. CPX microspheres were prepared by two …

Authors: Parvathi A, Vijayan J, Murali G, Chandran P
Salmonella enterica serotype Newport is an important cause of non-typhoidal salmonellosis, a clinically less severe infection than typhoid fever caused by S. enterica serotype Typhi. In this investigation, the virulence genotypes of S. enterica Newport isolated from a backwater environment were compared with Salmonella Typhi from clinical cases in the same region where salmonellosis is endemic. Genotyping was done by PCR screening for virulence markers associated with Salmonella pathogenicity islands (SPIs) and plasmids. The virulence genes associated with …

Authors: Chaisri W, Hennink WE, Ampasavate C, Okonogi S
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of preparation method and the type of surfactant on the properties of Cephalexin (CPX) microspheres in order to obtain delivery systems suitable for the treatment of dairy mastitis. Microspheres were obtained using various preparation conditions and their physicochemical characteristics such as size, loading efficiency, morphology, and drug crystallinity were investigated. Antibacterial activity of microspheres from the optimum preparation condition was also studied. CPX microspheres were prepared by two …

Conclusions and Clinical Relevance-Lithium stimulated thrombopoiesis in clinically normal dogs. Lithium administration at the doses and schedules used, with concurrent administration of Cephalexin, did not prevent thrombocytopenia induced by carboplatin.
PMID: 20433382 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Veterinary Research)

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Presented results provide useful data regarding fermentation strategy, intracellular biosynthetic potential, and consequences of the heterologous expression of PGAEc in P. pastoris X-33. Aberrant processing of the precursor of PGAEc in the cytosol yielded the mature enzyme with modified traits. (Source: BMC Biotechnology – Latest articles)

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