Tigecycline is an ‘immature’ antibiotic for children. We report the youngest surviving patient who received a complete tigecycline treatment, and no significant adverse effects occurred in the patient.
Authors: Cheng Peng, Xiaofeng Wang, Jiangwei Zhang, Yi Jiang and Xinlin Hou
Extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL)-producing extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli infections are of global interest because of their clinical and economic impact. The ESBL resistance genes disseminate...
Authors: Amit Ranjan, Julia Scholz, Torsten Semmler, Lothar H. Wieler, Christa Ewers, Stefanie Müller, Derek J. Pickard, Peter Schierack, Karsten Tedin, Niyaz Ahmed, Katharina Schaufler and Sebastian Guenther
Adherent invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) are suspected to be involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases. Since AIEC was first described in 1999, despite important progress on its genomic and imm...
Authors: Oumaïra Rahmouni, Cécile Vignal, Marie Titécat, Benoît Foligné, Benjamin Pariente, Laurent Dubuquoy, Pierre Desreumaux and Christel Neut
Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a large-vessel vasculitis pathologically characterized by granulomatous necrotizing vasculitis with giant cells. Although the cause of TA is still unclear, genetic factors as well ...
Along with the intensive development of methods of livestock breeding, breeders’ expectations are growing concerning feed additives that would guarantee such results as accelerating growth rate, protection of ...
Authors: Paulina Markowiak and Katarzyna Śliżewska
Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Saintpaul (S. Saintpaul) is an important gut pathogen which causes salmonellosis worldwide. Although intestinal salmonellosis is usually self-limiting, it can be li...
Authors: Yichen Ding, Ye Htut Zwe, Seow Fong Chin, Gurjeet S. Kohli, Daniela I. Drautz-Moses, Michael Givskov, Jorgen Schlundt, Stephan C. Schuster, Hyun-Gyun Yuk and Liang Yang
The change from non-molecular to nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) is known to increase the detection of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI); however, the impact on stool rejection policies in clinical l...
Authors: J. Goret, J. Blanchi, P. Floch, O. Peuchant, D. Chrisment, R. Sanchez, H. Biessy, R. Lemarié, D. Leyssene, B. Loutfi, S. Mimouni, T. Flao, C. Bébéar and F. Mégraud
Helicobacter fennelliae (H. fennelliae) is associated with human gastroenteritis; however, H. fennelliae was isolated and confirmed by phenotypic and genotypic identification from a non-diarrheal child stool samp...
Authors: Supaporn Ruksasiri, Woradee Lurchachaiwong, Patcharawalai Wassanarungroj, Oralak Serichantalergs, Chiek Sivhour, Nou Samon, Sovann Ly, Lon Chanthap, Ladaporn Bodhidatta and John Crawford
Emergence of carbapenem resistant Escherichia coli pathovars and their environmental dissemination are alarming problems. E. coli isolated from sewage water of hospital setting conferred a high resistance towards...
Eradication rate for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) has decreased due to antibiotic resistance. Therefore, new strategies are needed to enhance H. pylori eradication, especially for H. pylori with high antibioti...
Authors: Su-Mi Lee, Seon-Young Park, Moon-Ju Kim, Eun-Ae Cho, Chung-Hwan Jun, Chang-Hwan Park, Hyun-Soo Kim, Sung-Kyu Choi and Jong-Sun Rew
Cyclospora cayetanensis is a coccidian parasite associated with large and complex foodborne outbreaks worldwide. Linking samples from cyclosporiasis patients during foodborne outbreaks with suspected contaminated...
Authors: G. R. Gopinath, H. N. Cinar, H. R. Murphy, M. Durigan, M. Almeria, B. D. Tall and A. J. DaSilva
Mongolia has not only the second highest incidence rate but also the highest mortality rate for gastric cancer globally. In addition to gastric cancer, ulcerative disease complications are also life threatenin...
Campylobacter jejuni is considered as a chicken commensal. The gut microbiota and the immune status of the host may affect its colonization. Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is an immunosuppressive virus of...
Authors: Li Li, Colin Pielsticker, Zifeng Han, Tereza Kubasová, Ivan Rychlik, Bernd Kaspers and Silke Rautenschlein
The root extract of Rhodiola rosea has historically been used in Europe and Asia as an adaptogen, and similar to ginseng and Shisandra, shown to display numerous health benefits in humans, such as decreasing fati...
Authors: Khachik E. Labachyan, Dara Kiani, Evgueni A. Sevrioukov, Samuel E. Schriner and Mahtab Jafari
Malonate utilization, an important differential trait, well recognized as being possessed by six of the seven Cronobacter species is thought to be largely absent in Cronobacter sakazakii (Csak). The current study...
Authors: Gopal R. Gopinath, Hannah R. Chase, Jayanthi Gangiredla, Athmanya Eshwar, Hyein Jang, Isha Patel, Flavia Negrete, Samantha Finkelstein, Eunbi Park, TaeJung Chung, YeonJoo Yoo, JungHa Woo, YouYoung Lee, Jihyeon Park, Hyerim Choi, Seungeun Jeong…
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) is a serious public health threat as infections caused by these strains are more difficult and expensive to treat. Livestock serv...
Authors: Devin B. Holman, Shawn M. D. Bearson, Bradley L. Bearson and Brian W. Brunelle
Atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (aEPEC) is regarded as a globally emerging enteropathogen. aEPECs exhibit various level of resistance to a range of antibiotics, which is increasing alarmingly. The pres...
Authors: Yanmei Xu, Hui Sun, Xiangning Bai, Shanshan Fu, Ruyue Fan and Yanwen Xiong
Norovirus (NoV), a member of the Caliciviridae, is now recognized as the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) worldwide. Globally, the GII.4 Sydney_2012 variant has predominated in NoV-related AGE sinc...
Authors: Caoyi Xue, Lifeng Pan, Weiping Zhu, Yuanping Wang, Huiqin Fu, Chang Cui, Lan Lu, Sun Qiao and Biao Xu
The role of rotavirus as main etiologic agent of diarrhea has been well documented worldwide, including in Venezuela. However, information about the prevalence of gastrointestinal viruses such as calicivirus, ...
Authors: Ana C. Alcalá, Kriss Pérez, Ruth Blanco, Rosabel González, Juan E. Ludert, Ferdinando Liprandi and Esmeralda Vizzi
Lactobacillus rhamnosus Pen is a human endogenous strain with well-documented health promoting properties that is used for production of probiotics. It has a long safety history of application, and its effectiven...
Authors: Piotr Jarocki, Marcin Podleśny, Mariusz Krawczyk, Agnieszka Glibowska, Jarosław Pawelec, Elwira Komoń-Janczara, Oleksandr Kholiavskyi, Michał Dworniczak and Zdzisław Targoński
The present study was conducted to investigate the possible association between gut microbes and immunity among healthy middle-aged and elderly individuals in southwest China. A total of 148 healthy adults age...
Authors: Xi Shen, Junjie Miao, Qun Wan, Shuyue Wang, Ming Li, Fangfang Pu, Guoqing Wang, Wei Qian, Qian Yu, Francesco Marotta and Fang He
The commensal, symbiotic, and pathogenic microbial community which resides inside our body and on our skin (the human microbiome) can perturb host energy metabolism and immunity, and thus significantly influen...
Authors: Dachao Liang, Ross Ka-Kit Leung, Wenda Guan and William W. Au
Janibacter melonis and other member of this genus are known to cause bacteremia and serious clinical comorbidities, but there is no study reporting about pathogenicity attributes of J. melonis. Janibacter terrae ...
Lactobacillus pentosus SLC13 is a high exopolysaccharide (EPS)-producing strain with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity and the ability to grow in simulated gastrointestinal conditions. SLC13 was isolated from...
Authors: Min-Lang Huang, Jing-Yao Huang, Cheng-Yen Kao and Tony J. Fang
