期刊: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2021; 70 (7)
Introduction. Shigella flexneri is an intracellular bacterial pathogen that utilizes a type III secretion apparatus to inject effector proteins into h......
期刊: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2021; 70 (5)
Introduction. Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) has been reported as the most common aetiology of lung disease involving nontuberculous mycobacteria. ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2021; 70 (3)
Klebsiella pneumoniae strains carrying OXA-48- like carbapenemases are increasingly prevalent across the globe. There is thus an urgent need to better......
期刊: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2021; 70 (3)
Introduction. Resistance to rifampin (RIF) in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is associated with mutations in the rpoB gene coding for the fl-sub......
期刊: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2021; 70 (7)
Introduction. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious disease and ravages the world. Hypothesis/Gap Statement. We proposed that R. ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2021; 70 (3)
Introduction. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) have been responsible for nosocomial outbreaks worldwide and have become endemic in severa......
期刊: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2021; 70 (6)
Introduction. Members of the genus Citrobacter are facultative anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli belonging to the Enterobacterales [Janda J Clin Microbi......
期刊: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2021; 70 (3)
Introduction. Streptococcus mutans is an important cariogenic microbe. Hypothesis/Gap Statement. The potential characteristics of S. mutans isolates f......
期刊: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2021; 70 (7)
Introduction. Contamination of specimens and overuse of broad spectrum antibiotics contribute to false positives and false negatives, respectively. Th......
期刊: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2021; 70 (3)
Aim. This study aimed to investigate if the S. sonnei rough strain, by losing the virulence plasmid, interacted with APCs that express C- type lectins......
期刊: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2021; 70 (3)
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, with an estimated 1.4 million deaths and 10.0 million new active TB pa......
期刊: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2021; 70 (3)
Introduction. Since mcr-1 was first reported in China, there have been ten variants of MCR appearing nationwide so far. Multidrug-resistant Enterobact......
期刊: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2021; 70 (3)
Introduction. Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a serious complication after arthroplasty, which results in high morbidity, prolonged treatment and ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2021; 70 (3)
In this work, we studied the profile of IgM and IgG antibody responses to SARS- CoV-2 in 32 patients with COVID-19 from day 1 to day 24. IgM remained ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2021; 70 (1)
Introduction. Bloodstream infection is a common complication in patients with severe pneumonia and is regarded as an independent risk factor for predi......