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Daptomycin resistance of Corynebacterium jeikeium due to pgsA gene mutation acquired during daptomycin treatment in a patient with infective endocarditis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Daptomycin is an alternative agent for invasive infections caused by Corynebacterium species in patients with intolerance to vancomycin. Although it has recently been recognized that treatment failure with daptomycin due to the emergence of resistant ...
Makoto Inada, Kohji Komori, Sohei Harada, Shinya Yamamoto, Koh Okamoto, Ayano Nakazato, Yoshimi Higurashi, Shuhei Matsumoto, Junji Tokushige, Arika Shimura, Takeya Tsutsumi   +10 more
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An unusual case of chronic nonhealing periorbital ulceration due to a new species of Corynebacterium sp. strain UCL557

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2016
Nondiphtherial Corynebacterium (diphtheroids) has been related to blood and wound infections but are an uncommon cause for soft tissue infection.
Bipasa Chakraborty, Kalidas Rit, Rupali Dey, Satadal Das, Prasanta Kumar Maiti   +4 more
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The penile microbiota of Black South African men: relationship with human papillomavirus and HIV infection

BMC Microbiology, 2020
Background To date, the microbiota of the human penis has been studied mostly in connection with circumcision, HIV risk and female partner bacterial vaginosis (BV).
Harris Onywera, Anna-Lise Williamson, Luca Cozzuto, Sarah Bonnin, Zizipho Z. A. Mbulawa, David Coetzee, Julia Ponomarenko, Tracy L. Meiring   +7 more
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Altered Nasal Microbiota in Sinonasal Tumors: A Comparative Analysis of Malignant and Benign Sinonasal Tumors

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Although shifts in nasal microbiota have been well‐documented in inflammatory upper airway conditions, microbiota tumor‐associated alterations remain uncharacterized. This study is the first to compare sinonasal microbiota profiles of patients with malignant tumors (MT), benign tumors (BT), and controls, offering insights into tumor‐
Evan A. Patel, Phillip A. Engen, Glen D. Souza, Sarah Khalife, Donyea Moore, Lauren Kret, Pedro Escobedo, Stefan J. Green, Ankur Naqib, Peter Filip, Peter Papagiannopoulos, Bobby A. Tajudeen, Mahboobeh Mahdavinia, Pete S. Batra   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corynebacterium striatum: an emerging respiratory pathogen

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2018
Introduction: Corynebacterium spp. are primarily considered normal flora and dismissed when isolated from clinical specimens. In recent years, Corynebacterium striatum has emerged as a multi-drug resistant human pathogen which can cause nosocomial ...
Malini Shariff, Aditi Aditi, Kiran Beri
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes Among Individuals With Spinal Implant Infections: A Descriptive Study. [PDF]

, 2016
Little is known about the clinical presentation and outcomes associated with spinal implant infections. Here, we describe a single center's experience in a retrospective cohort of 109 individuals with spinal implant infections, including clinical ...
Baxi, Sanjiv M, Doernberg, Sarah B, Grill, Marie F, Liu, Catherine, Robinson, Makeda L, Schwartz, Brian S   +5 more
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Tracheal wash culture is not associated with bronchial infection, remodelling or inflammation in horses with asthma

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Antimicrobials are commonly prescribed for the treatment of equine asthma, despite limited evidence supporting their use. Tracheal wash (TW) bacterial culture results are known to influence antimicrobial prescription decisions. Objectives To determine whether a positive TW bacterial culture in horses with asthma is associated with ...
Laurence Leduc, Guillaume St‐Jean, Jean‐Pierre Lavoie   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Upper Airways Microbiota in Antibiotic-Naive Wheezing and Healthy Infants from the Tropics of Rural Ecuador [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Observations that the airway microbiome is disturbed in asthma may be confounded by the widespread use of antibiotics and inhaled steroids.
Arias, C, Cardenas, PA, Chico, M, Cookson, WO, Cooper, PJ, Cox, MJ, Moffatt, MF   +6 more
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Surmounting Recalcitrant Airway Inflammatory Disorders With a Multi‐Targeting Therapeutic Strategy by Tannic Acid‐Modified CuInP2S6 Nanosheets

Exploration, EarlyView.
Our findings underscore a multi‐targeting strategy for severe airway inflammation that multi‐targeting nanoformulation C‐TA1 markedly attenuated airway inflammation by (1) cfDNA elimination to alleviate neutrophilic/eosinophilic inflammation mediated by the TLR9 pathway, (2) prevention of RONS‐induced tissue injury and inflammatory response, (3 ...
Ming Liu, Changyi Xu, Renqiang Ma, Xinran Xie, Ying Xie, Mengya Du, Zhaofeng Xu, Shuaiyin Zhang, Jian Li, Weiping Wen, Zhaoxu Tu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Topical decolonization does not eradicate the skin microbiota of community-dwelling or hospitalized adults [PDF]

, 2016
Topical antimicrobials are often employed for decolonization and infection prevention and may alter the endogenous microbiota of the skin. The objective of this study was to compare the microbial communities and levels of richness and diversity in ...
Burnham, Carey-Ann D, Deych, Elena, Fritz, Stephanie A, Hogan, Patrick G, Shannon, William, Wallace, Meghan A, Warren, David K   +6 more
core   +2 more sources