Staphylococcal Virulence Factors

2012 ◽  
pp. 57-85
Author(s):  
Christine Heilmann ◽  
Friedrich Götz
Keyword(s):  
Virulence Factors

Enterococcal Virulence Determinants In Urinary Tract Infection Patients

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-17
Author(s):  
Jabin Akhter ◽  
Shaheda Anwar ◽  
Sharmeen Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Virulence Factors ◽  
Virulence Determinants ◽  
Microtitre Plate ◽  
Microbiological Method ◽  
Enterococcal Infection ◽  
Microtitre Plate Assay ◽  
Positive Frequency

Urinary tract infection caused by Enterococci has become frequent occurrences in health care settings. Currently they emerged with increasing resistance to multiple antibiotics.  Haemolysin, gelatinase and biofilm production are some markers that have been proposed as possible Enterococcal virulence factors. In view of the increasing importance of Enterococcal infection, the present study was designed to isolate and identify the Enterococci to the species level from urine of urinary tract infection patients and to investigate their possible virulence factors. Biofilm was detected on polystyrene microtitre plate to see the adherence of microorganism. Haemolysin production and gelatin hydrolysis detected by standard microbiological method. Fifty nine enterococcal isolates were speciated by conventional microbiological method and examined for their ability to form biofilm by microtitre plate assay. In this study, biofilm formations by Enterococci were found in 83.33% isolates from catheterized and 56.09% from non-catheterized patients. Aong them, E.faecalis & 50% E.faecium produced biofilm. About 43.63% E.faecalis & 10% E.faecium produced haemolysin and only one isolate were found to be gelatinase positive. Frequency of virulence factors (VFs) in combination was observed in this study. Two VFs (haemolysin and biofilm) were observed in 27.11% in combination and 3 VFs ( haemolysinm biofilm and gelatinase) were present in 1.69% isolates. These results suggest that although there may not be an absolute role for individual virulence determinants in infectivity, combinations of factors may play a role in allowing a biofilm infection to be more resistant to therapy.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjmm.v6i1.19361 Bangladesh J Med Microbiol 2012; 06(01): 14-17

Microbiological characteristic bacteria of the genus Legionella: classification, morphology and physiology, virulence factors – part I

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-25
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Sikora ◽  
Małgorzata Wójtowicz-Bobin ◽  
Anna Sikora ◽  
Maria Kozioł-Montewka ◽  
Dagmara Strzelec - Nowak
Keyword(s):  
Virulence Factors

Investigation on bla Ctx-M-1 , Virulence Factors and Multidruge Resistance in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Bacteria

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-221
Author(s):  
Hadi Rahman Rasheed Al-Taai ◽  
◽  
Zainab Mohammed Hameed ◽  
Izdehar Mohammed Jasim
Keyword(s):  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Virulence Factors

Evaluation of the antibiotic susceptibility and virulence factors production in Staphylococcus spp. strains used to obtain autologous vaccines

Infectio ro ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (54) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Mădălina Preda ◽  
Alina Maria Holban ◽  
Lia-Mara Diţu ◽  
Coralia Bleotu ◽  
Mădălina-Maria Muntean ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virulence Factors ◽  
Antibiotic Susceptibility ◽  
Staphylococcus Spp

The effect of some chemical materials against virulence factors of Candida ssp isolated from UTI patients

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (SPL1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima Abdul Hussein Mejbel
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Virulence Factors ◽  
Biofilm Formation ◽  
Germ Tube ◽  
Laboratory Culture ◽  
Candida Spp ◽  
Other Substances ◽  
Chemical Materials

 During the period from September 2016 to December 2017,135 urine samples were collected from urinary tract infection patients attending to AL-Zahraa Hospital in AL-Najaf Governorate. The present study was conducted to isolate and identify Candida spp. isolated from urinary tract infection patients by different methods including direct examination, laboratory culture, biochemical test and by modern techniques (Api Candida kit) and determine the virulence factors phenotypic to Candida spp which involved (biofilm formation,phospholipase and germ tube). The percentage of females to males was as following, female (84) 62.2 % (21) infected and male (51) 37.8% (1) infected with all age categories. The results in this study are explain that is some Candida spp. such as C. albicans, have high susceptible to eugenole follow by phenol and umbellulone. The efficiency of some chemical substances such as (eugenole,umbellulone, and phenol) was evaluated to inhibit the growth of Candida ssp as well as some virulence factors such as biofilm formation,germ tube and phospholipase,which were studied in this research. Statistically analysis results have been significance difference between the results of the substance concentrations and the concentrations of the different other substances.

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