Πλοήγηση ανά Θέμα "bacterium culture"

Application of Bayesian modeling for diagnostic assays of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in sheep and goats flocks

Hemati Z., Meletis E., Derakhshandeh A., Haghkhah M., Kostoulas P., Singh S.V., Chaubey K.K., Gupta S. (2022)

Background: This study aimed to screen the sera of goats and sheep from flocks suspected of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) infection by a newly standardized Mce-truncated ELISA (Mt-ELISA) kit for the ...

Assessment of plant growth promoting bacteria strains on growth, yield and quality of sweet corn

Katsenios N., Andreou V., Sparangis P., Djordjevic N., Giannoglou M., Chanioti S., Kasimatis C.-N., Kakabouki I., Leonidakis D., Danalatos N., Katsaros G., Efthimiadou A. (2022)

The use of plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) is increasingly gaining acceptance from all the stakeholders of the agricultural production. Different strains of PGPB species had been found to have a vast variety of ...

Bacterial Communities and Antibiotic Resistance of Potential Pathogens Involved in Food Safety and Public Health in Fish and Water of Lake Karla, Thessaly, Greece

Anagnostopoulos D.A., Parlapani F.F., Natoudi S., Syropoulou F., Kyritsi M., Vergos I., Hadjichristodoulou C., Kagalou I., Boziaris I.S. (2022)

Bacterial communities, microbial populations, and antibiotic resistance of potential pathogens in the water and fish (Cyprinus carpio, flesh and gut) from different areas (A1, A2 and A3—A1 was linked with river water, A2 ...

Baseline Values and Kinetics of IL-6, Procalcitonin, and TNF- α in Landrace-Large White Swine Anesthetized with Propofol-Based Total Intravenous Anesthesia

Chalkias A., Spyropoulos V., Georgiou G., Laou E., Koutsovasilis A., Pantazopoulos I., Kolonia K., Vrakas S., Papalois A., Demeridou S., Gourgoulianis K., Dontas I., Kaparos G., Baka S., Xanthos T. (2021)

The baseline levels of various inflammatory mediators and their changes during anesthesia in swine are not known. The aim of this animal study was to measure the baseline values and kinetics of interleukin-6, procalcitonin, ...

Brucellosis underreporting in Greece: Assessment based on aggregated laboratory data of culture-confirmed cases from public hospitals

Dougas G., Mellou K., Kostoulas P., Billinis C., Georgakopoulou T., Tsiodras S. (2019)

Background: Brucella spp. isolation is one of the mainstays of brucellosis diagnosis. Simultaneously, the true brucellosis disease rate may be underrepresented in notification systems. This study aims at assessing the ...

Characterization and Quantitative Determination of a Diverse Group of Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis NCIB 3610 Antibacterial Peptides

Karagiota A., Tsitsopoulou H., Tasakis R.N., Zoumpourtikoudi V., Touraki M. (2021)

Five antibacterial peptides produced by Bacillus subtilis NCIB 3610 were purified, quantified, characterized, and identified in the present study. Cell-free extracts were subjected to three purification protocols employing ...

Comparison of Novel and Established Nitrification Inhibitors Relevant to Agriculture on Soil Ammonia- and Nitrite-Oxidizing Isolates

Papadopoulou E.S., Bachtsevani E., Lampronikou E., Adamou E., Katsaouni A., Vasileiadis S., Thion C., Menkissoglu-Spiroudi U., Nicol G.W., Karpouzas D.G. (2020)

Nitrification inhibitors (NIs) applied to soil reduce nitrogen fertilizer losses from agro-ecosystems. NIs that are currently registered for use in agriculture appear to selectively inhibit ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB), ...

Could IFN-γ predict the development of residual pleural thickening in tuberculous pleurisy?

Gerogianni, I.; Papala, M.; Tsopa, P.; Zigoulis, P.; Dimoulis, A.; Kostikas, K.; Kiropoulos, T.; Gourgoulianis, K. I. (2008)

Could IFN-γ predict the development of residual pleural thickening tuberculous pleurisy? I. Gerogianni, M. Papala, P. Tsopa, P. Zigoulis, A. Dimoulis, K. Kostikas, T. Kiropoulos, KI Gourgoulianis. Background. The aim of ...

Direct detection of Clostridium sordellii in pleural fluid of a patient with pneumonic empyema by a broad-range 16S rRNA PCR

Foroulis, C. N.; Gerogianni, I.; Kouritas, V. K.; Karestsi, E.; Klapsa, D.; Gourgoulianis, K.; Petinaki, E. (2007)

We report the case of a 56-y-old male admitted with a left-sided post-pneumonic empyema. Clostridium sordellii DNA was directly detected in its pleural fluid by a broad-range 16S rRNA PCR, after 24 h of specimen collection. ...

Early bacterial identification among intubated patients with COVID-19 or influenza pneumonia: A european multicenter comparative clinical trial

Rouzé A., Martin-Loeches I., Povoa P., Metzelard M., Cheyron D.D., Lambiotte F., Tamion F., Labruyere M., Geronimi C.B., Nieszkowska A., Nyunga M., Pouly O., Thille A.W., Megarbane B., Saade A., Diaz E., Magira E., Llitjos J.-F., Cilloniz C., Ioannidou I., Pierre A., Reignier J., Garot D., Kreitmann L., Baudel J.-L., Fartoukh M., Plantefeve G., Beurton A., Asfar P., Boyer A., Mekontso-Dessap A., Makris D., Vinsonneau C., Floch P.-E., Weiss N., Ceccato A., Artigas A., Bouchereau M., Duhamel A., Labreuche J., Nseir S., Poissy J., Favory R., Preau S., Jourdain M., Boyd S., Coelho L., Maizel J., Cuchet P., Zarrougui W., Boyer D., Quenot J.-P., Imouloudene M., Luyt C.-E., van der Linden T., Bardin J., Voicu S., Azoulay E., Goma G., Pene F., Torres A., Thevenin D., Ehrmann S., Argaud L., Guidet B., Voiriot G., Contou D., Le Marec J., Demiselle J., Meguerditchian D., Razazi K., Tsolaki V., Sejourne C., Brunin G., LeGuennec L., Morales L., the coVAPid Study Group (2021)

Rationale: Early empirical antimicrobial treatment is frequently prescribed to critically ill patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) based on Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines. Objectives: We aimed to determine ...

Effects of organic loading rate and hydraulic retention time on bioaugmentation performance to tackle ammonia inhibition in anaerobic digestion

Christou M.L., Vasileiadis S., Karpouzas D.G., Angelidaki I., Kotsopoulos T.A. (2021)

Three continuously stirred-tank reactors fed with manure operating under high ammonia levels (5.0 g NH3-N L−1) and with increased organic loading rate (OLR), (2.09 R1, 3.02 R2 and 4.0 R3 g VS L−1 d−1), achieved through ...

Elevated salivary IgA, decreased anxiety, and an altered oral microbiota are associated with active participation on an undergraduate athletic team

Lamb A.L., Hess D.E., Edenborn S., Ubinger E., Carrillo A.E., Appasamy P.M. (2017)

Background Previous reports indicate that regular, but not excessive, exercise can moderate the response to anxiety and alter the immune response, therefore we hypothesized that college student athletes who were actively ...

Evaluation of Effectiveness and Safety of High-Dose Daptomycin: Results from Patients Included in the European Cubicin® Outcomes Registry and Experience

Seaton R.A., Menichetti F., Dalekos G., Beiras-Fernandez A., Nacinovich F., Pathan R., Hamed K. (2015)

Introduction: Daptomycin, a rapid concentration-dependent bactericidal antibiotic, is approved at a dose of 4 mg/kg/day for the treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections (cSSTI) and at a dose of 6 mg/kg/day ...

First case of Serratia liquefaciens isolated from urinary tract infection in sows and associated clinicopathological and pathological findings

Papatsiros V.G., Athanasiou L.V., Spanou V.M., Stylianaki I., Papakonstantinou G., Letsios M., Villioti C.S., Tsekouras N., Maragkakis G., Papaioannou N., Christodoulopoulos G. (2020)

An incident of sudden deaths in the breeding stock was reported from a farrow-to-finish commercial pig farm in Greece. The 8·4% of sows during lactation and gestation period presented anorexia, fever, haematuria, ...

Integrated management of hydroponic wastewater for complete water recycle and cyanobacteria cultivation using an electric conductivity-based tool

Samiotis G., Lykas C., Ristanis I., Stimoniaris A.Z., Amanatidou E. (2022)

This work presents an integrated management process for hydroponic wastewater (HWW) reuse, by developing an electric conductivity-based tool that calculates recycled nutrient solutions' enrichment requirements and indicates ...

Is There a Role for Double J Stent Culture in Contemporary Urology?

Kozyrakis D., Perikleous S., Chatzistamou S.-E., Kateris D., Soukias G., Karatzas A., Dimitriadis I. (2018)

Introduction: To present the incidence of bacterial colonization on ureteral double J stents (DJS); isolate the uropathogens; define the rate of multi-resistant bacteria strains (MRBS) and present their clinical importance. ...

Isolation and characterization of soil bacteria able to rapidly degrade the organophosphorus nematicide fosthiazate

Lagos S., Perruchon C., Katsoula A., Karpouzas D.G. (2019)

Foshtiazate is an organophosphorus nematicide commonly used in protected crops and potato plantations. It is toxic to mammals, birds and honeybees, it is persistent in certain soils and can be transported to water resources. ...

Microorganisms involved in deep neck infection (DNIs) in Greece: Detection, identification and susceptibility to antimicrobials

Beka D., Lachanas V.A., Doumas S., Xytsas S., Kanatas A., Petinaki E., Skoulakis C. (2019)

Background: To determine, from October 2010 to October 2018, the epidemiology of Deep Neck Infections (DNIs), regarding the detection, the identification and the susceptibility to antimicrobials of causative microorganisms, ...

Miliary tuberculosis with no pulmonary involvement in myelodysplastic syndromes: A curable, yet rarely diagnosed, disease: Case report and review of the literature

Neonakis, I. K.; Alexandrakis, M. G.; Gitti, Z.; Tsirakis, G.; Krambovitis, E.; Spandidos, D. A. (2008)

Background: Although tuberculosis is not uncommon among patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), only a few reports of such patients suffering from miliary tuberculosis (MT) exist. MT often presents as a fever of ...

Mobility and potential bioavailability of antimony in contaminated soils: Short-term impact on microbial community and soil biochemical functioning

Diquattro S., Garau G., Mangia N.P., Drigo B., Lombi E., Vasileiadis S., Castaldi P. (2020)

Antimony (Sb) and its compounds are emerging priority pollutants which pose a serious threat to the environment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the short-term fate of antimonate added to different soils (S1 and S2) ...