The purpose of this study was to determine whether different types of resistant starch (RS) elicited different glycemic responses. Eleven healthy subjects consumed solutions containing 30 g of either dextrose (DEX), resistant starch type 2 (RS2), or cross-linked resistant wheat starch type 4 (RS4(XL)) on three separate occasions, which were assigned randomly. Finger stick blood samples were col...

The objective of this study was to investigate the occurrence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) cross-transmission between two patient groups (long-term dialysis and kidney transplant patients). Molecular typing, by automated ribotyping with the RiboPrinter Microbial Characterization System (Qualicon, USA), was used to analyze VRE isolates from 31 fecal samples of 320 dialysis patients...

In the present study, the effectiveness of a rapid and colorimetric nitrate reductase analysis (NRA) method and resazurin microplate assay (REMA) for rapid determination of methicillin resistance among Staphylococcus aureus was investigated. A total of 275 clinical isolates of S. aureus were included in the present study. Among these isolates, 151 had the mecA gene and were resistant to methici...

The clinical use of honey has received increasing interest in recent years, particularly its use as a topical antibacterial dressing. Results thus far are extremely encouraging, and demonstrate that honey is effective against a broad range of microorganisms, including multiresistant strains. This in-vitro study complements the work of others and focuses on the impact that a standardized honey ...

OBJECTIVE To identify the clinical variables that differentiate MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) from MSSA (Methicillin-sensitive S. aureus) infection. METHODS Cases having culture isolates of Staphylococcus species were recruited. Baseline and other laboratory parameters were compared between MSSA and MRSA sub-groups to identify the predictors for MRSA. RESULTS Out of 98 ...

The increasing emergence of multiresistant bacteria in health care settings in the community and in the environment represents a major health threat worldwide. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of a community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) USA300 isolate (W1) from a small river in southern Austria.

C O M P l L E D BY N.-G. ASP, J. M. M. V A N AMELSVOORT A N D J. G. A. J. HAUTVAST* Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry, Chemical Center, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden (N-GA), Unilever Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 114, 3 130 AC Vlaardingen, The Netherlands (JMMvA), and Department of Human Nutrition, Wageningen Agricultural University, Bomenweg 2, 6703 HD Wageningen, The...

therapy without antibiotics. Finally, the hypothesis for MRSA being selected by the use of cefquinome in those horses cannot be excluded. In this study, two CCs with no geographical clustering were characterized. Indeed, three MRSA strains belonged to CC130, the most prevalent CC among mecC-positive MRSA in animals, whereas the fourth one belonged to ST49, which was recently described in mecC-p...