Tag der mündlichen Prüfung am: The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes-Marcel Proust ABBREVIATIONS 6 Abbreviations ADAM 1-aminoadamantam ADP Adenosine diphosphate ATP Adenosine triphosphate AHT Anhydrotetracycline Amp r Resistance towards ampicilin aphA3, Kan r Resistance towards kanamycin APS Ammoniumperoxodisulfate bp Base pairs BCA Bicinchoninic acid c...

In order to investigate the diversity of endophytes, fungal endophytes in Panax ginseng Meyer cultivated in Korea were isolated and identified using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of ribosomal DNA. Three cultivars of 3-year-old ginseng roots (Chunpoong, Yunpoong, and Gumpoong) were used to isolate fungal endophytes. Surface sterilized ginseng roots were placed on potato dextrose ag...

Formation of biofilms is a major factor for nosocomial infections associated with methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). This study was carried out to determine the ability of a fraction, F-10, derived from the plant Duabanga grandiflora to inhibit MRSA biofilm formation. Inhibition of biofilm production and microtiter attachment assays were employed to study the anti-biofilm acti...

BACKGROUND Gingival overgrowth (GO) is a common side effect of the chronic use of cyclosporine (CsA), an immunosuppressant widely used to prevent rejection in transplant patients. Recent studies have reported elevated levels of specific cytokines in gingival overgrowth tissue, particularly TGF-beta, suggesting that this growth factor plays a role in the accumulation of extracellular matrix mate...

Antibiotic prophylaxis in oral and maxillofacial surgery aims the prevention of the infection of the surgical wound, either due to the characteristics of the surgery or the general state of the patient. This risk increases with the contamination of the surgical operation area, making it necessary to imply a prophylactic treatment of the infection in clean-contaminated and contaminated surgeries...

Results 01.04.11/01.04.1215 VAP.Clinical diagnosis: support clinical radiological+new infiltrate 80%. Extension of previous infiltrate + clinical worsening (2nd pneumonia)20%Germ: A. baumanii 44.44%: resistance: amikacin, ampicilin, imipenem, tobramicin P. aeuroginosa 22.22%: resistance: amikacin, ceftacidim, ciprofloxacin, colistin, imipenem, levofloxacin, meropenem, piperacilinatazobactam (P-...

UNLABELLED Haemophilus influenzae is one of the most important bacterial agents of otitis and sinusitis. H. influenzae type b (Hib) is one of the main causes of meningitis, pneumonia, and septicemia in nonvaccinated children under 6 years of age. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of H. influenzae and Hib oropharyngeal colonization prior to the onset of the Hib vaccination ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Urinary tract infections (UTI) are one of the most common infectious diseases with different microbial agent and antimicrobial resistant pattern in hospitalized patients and outpatients. In order to assess the adequacy of therapy, knowledge of prevalence and resistance pattern of the bacteria is necessary. The main aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and t...

In this study, different strains were isolated from the fermented milk in Vellore and were subjected to preliminary screening and 45 isolates were obtained and it was characterized and examined for the presence of probiotic properties like cholesterol assimilation, exopolysaccride production and antibiotic resistance. The cholesterol assimilation ranged from 28-83%, which is significantly highe...