Serum cholesterol levels in neutropenic patients with fever [PDF]
, 2002 Hypocholesterolemia, which often accompanies infectious diseases has been suggested to serve as a prognostic marker in hospitalized patients. Even though patients with chemotherapyinduced leukopenia are at high risk of infection and mortality, only ...
Alvarez C +10 more
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mBio, 2014 The bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the leading causes of fatal infections affecting humans. Intriguingly, phylogenetic analysis shows that the species constitutes one evolutionary lineage in a cluster of the otherwise commensal ...
Mogens Kilian +4 more
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Antibiotic prescribing by general dental practitioners in the Greater Glasgow Health Board, Scotland [PDF]
, 2000 OBJECTIVE: To investigate antibiotic prescribing patterns by general dental practitioners (GDPs) in the Greater Glasgow Health Board Area, Scotland. STUDY DESIGN: A 10% sample of prescriptions were selected at random from 35,545 prescriptions written by ...
Bagg, J., Roy, K.
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StreptoBase: An Oral Streptococcus mitis Group Genomic Resource and Analysis Platform. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The oral streptococci are spherical Gram-positive bacteria categorized under the phylum Firmicutes which are among the most common causative agents of bacterial infective endocarditis (IE) and are also important agents in septicaemia in neutropenic ...
Wenning Zheng +8 more
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Mitis group streptococci express variable pilus islet 2 pili. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Streptococcus oralis, Streptococcus mitis, and Streptococcus sanguinis are members of the Mitis group of streptococci and agents of oral biofilm, dental plaque and infective endocarditis, disease processes that involve bacteria-bacteria and bacteria-host
Dorothea Zähner +3 more
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Investigating the biological properties of carbohydrate derived fulvic acid (CHD-FA) as a potential novel therapy for the management of oral biofilm infections. [PDF]
, 2013 Background: A number of oral diseases, including periodontitis, derive from microbial biofilms and are associated with increased antimicrobial resistance.
A Ahmad +34 more
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Scientific Reports, 2017 This study assesses a novel bile solubility test and MALDI-TOF for the differentiation of Streptococcus pneumoniae from other mitis group streptococci, including differentiation of S. pneumoniae from Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae.
Hans-Christian Slotved +2 more
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Prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant Streptococcus species among respiratory patients and meat products, and antibacterial effects of oregano oil nanoemulsion [PDF]
International Journal of One Health, 2021 Background and Aim: Antimicrobial-resistant Streptococcus species causes several diseases in humans with infection recurrence in some cases. Handling of food under unhygienic conditions resulted in transmission of pathogens to food leading to risks for ...
Alshimaa A. Hassanien +1 more
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Resistance decay in individuals after antibiotic exposure in primary care: A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2012 Background Antibiotic resistance is an urgent global problem, but reversibility is poorly understood. We examined the development and decay of bacterial resistance in community patients after antibiotic use.
Bakhit, Mina +5 more
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Journal of Immunology Research, 2019 Here we show that mouse IgG2a and IgG1 antibodies specific for the commensal Streptococcus mitis cross-react with pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes 2 and 4, although the cross-reactivity conferred by IgG2a is stronger than that by IgG1 ...
Sudhanshu Shekhar +3 more
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