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Patients infected with multiple sequevars and genotypes were more likely to exhibit treatment failure and/or recurrence. The precise identification of subspecies and analyses of mycobacterial characteristics may help to predict treatment outcomes in patients with M. abscessus complex lung disease.
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These findings support the conclusion that a signature 'NH' microbiota may exist that is affected by the residents' age, frailty, nutritional status and physical location.
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A novel class of QACs, called cationic lipo-oxazoles, was tested and found to exhibit anti-fungal activity against planktonic cells as well as biofilms of Candida.
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To our knowledge, this is the first investigation of genotypic and phenotypic features of rat-derived GBS strains and their comparison to human- and other animal-derived GBS strains. Since GBS commonly colonizes commercially available rats, its exclusion as a potential pathogen for immunocompromised or stressed animals is recommended.
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Antibiotics that target DNA synthesis result in a progressively higher number of resistant isolates among the older population. The results emphasize the importance of patient age on antibiotic selection as a preventive measure to reduce the rate of resistant infections in each susceptible population. This pattern suggests that physicians should ta...
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The CDI incidence was comparable to that in other European countries. The hypervirulent PCR ribotype 027 was not found, whereas ribotypes 017 and 126 predominated. Most CDI cases were in patients who used antibiotics, emphasizing that antimicrobial stewardship should be considered as a cornerstone for the prevention of CDI.
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To characterize members of the Mycobacterium abscessus complex, with an emphasis on the correlation between species identification and clarithromycin associated genetic polymorphisms that contribute to inducible and constitutive macrolide resistance. PCR and sequencing analysis was used to elucidate the subspecies, erm(41) genotypes and the presenc...
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Differences in the presence of virulence factors among the three S. oralis subspecies were observed. The virulence gene profiles of the 40 S. mitis and S. oralis (subsp. oralis, subsp. dentisani and subsp. tigurinus) contribute with important new knowledge regarding these species and new subspecies.
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