Bacteriology of Milk

Bacteriology of unheated expressed breast milk stored at room temperature.

Thirty samples of unheated expressed breast milk (EBM) from thirty lactating mothers, stored at room temperature (RT) and in the refrigerator (at +4 degrees C), were examined for the degree of bacterial contamination at two hourly intervals upto eight hours. All the EBM samples contained bacteria, mostly of normal skin flora; Staphylococcus albus 76.7%; Streptococcus viridans 40%. Potential pat...

Bacteriology Illustrated

Gillies, M.D., D.P.H., M.C.Path. and T. C. Dodds, F.I.M.L.T., F.I.B.P., F.R.P.S. (Pp, 170; figs. 122, 45s.) Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., 1965. THIS excellent bacteriological atlas has set a new standard for the visual appreciation of the cultural and microscopic appearances of pathogenic bacteria. The authors have taken advantage of developments in colour photography to overcome the ina...

[Bacteriology of leprosy].

In a previous communication (2) a description of an acid-fast organism isolated from human and rat leprous lesions was reported! Embryonic chick tissue-cultures were used as the isolation medium. Later reports (3,4,5) have dealt with the influence of various environmental factors on the tinctorial characteristics of the organisms that were isolated. The present communication deals with results ...

Bacteriology of Infective Endocarditis

Infective endocarditis is life-threatening and urgent treatment is needed. We review here 6,217 patients with infective endocarditis admitted to Siriraj Hospital during a 20 year period, 19822001. In this retrospective study, we obtained our data from hemoculture results. Bacterial pathogens were found in only 834 patients (13.41%). Of the five most common pathogens, nonfermentative gram-negati...

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