135. Fosfomycin Susceptibilities Among Uropathogenic Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-producing Enterobacteriacea Lilian Abbo, MD; Aida Casiano-Colón, PhD; Marissa Tysiak, PharmD; Thomas M. Hooton, MD; Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Integrated Regional Laboratories, Ft Lauderdale, FL; University of Miami Hospital, Miami, FL; ...

Analysis of the cost of time and material required for the diagnosis of Enterobacteriacea isolates indicated that a conventional 17-tube (20-test) setup costs $7.98 per isolated identified. Using the API 20E, a similar identification cost $3.02. A conventional 7-tube (10-test) setup cost $3.60, whereas the comparable cost by 30% while increasing the number of isolate identified correctly by 3%....

In this article, a 16-year-old girl who developed peritonitis due to Moellerella wisconsensis while being treated by continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) as renal replacement therapy is presented. gram-negative, facultative anaerobic bacillus and member of the Enterobacteriacea family. Its natural habitat not well known. However, it has been isolated from patients with diarrhea, cho...

BACKGROUND Guanylate Cyclase C (GC-C) is an apically-oriented transmembrane receptor that is expressed on epithelial cells of the intestine. Activation of GC-C by the endogenous ligands guanylin or uroguanylin elevates intracellular cGMP and is implicated in intestinal ion secretion, cell proliferation, apoptosis, intestinal barrier function, as well as the susceptibility of the intestine to in...