scholarly journals Description of ‘Arabia massiliensis’ gen. nov., sp. nov., ‘Gordonibacter massiliensis’ sp. nov., and ‘Bacilliculturomica massiliensis’ gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a faecal specimen of a 50-year-old Saudi Bedouin woman

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 87-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.I. Traore ◽  
E.I. Azhar ◽  
M. Yasir ◽  
F. Bibi ◽  
P.-E. Fournier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Faecal Specimen

Antibacterial Efficacy of the Compound Preparation of Traditional Chinese Drug on System Fungi Reside in Faecal Specimen of Pigeon

2012 ◽  
Vol 518-523 ◽  
pp. 5514-5517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lian Lan Ma ◽  
Zhi Chun Liu ◽  
Xiao Yuan Wang ◽  
Xiao Yun Wu
Keyword(s):  
Candida Albicans ◽  
Cryptococcus Neoformans ◽  
Drug Concentration ◽  
Chinese Drug ◽  
Faecal Specimen ◽  
Sterile Saline ◽  
Gram Staining ◽  
Chlamydospore Formation ◽  
Positive Rate ◽  
Acid Test

To investigate the efficacy of the compound preparation of traditional Chinese drug which is named KZY-2) on system fungi reside in faecal specimen of pigeon, the 66 faecal specimen of pigeon were collected from columbary of local park and residents.Each specimen which weigh 2.0g was mixed with 10ml sterile saline and the supernatant which volume was 1ml was incubated with the same volume drug which concentration were 200mɡ/ml,100mɡ/ml and 50mɡ/ml respectively at 37°C.After 24h,48h and 72h, the isolated positive rates of Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans were calculated. Candida albicans was identified by gram staining, budding development, chlamydospore formation, sugar fermented test,sugar assimilated test and Cryptococcus neoformans was identified by gram staining,sugar fermented test,sugar assimilated test,urease tests,caffeic acid test, Hiss capsule staining.Results showed that the isolated positive rates of Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans were 27.3%（18/66） and 16.7%（11/66） without drug action, KZY-2 could reduce the isolated positive rates of Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans(P<0.05 and P<0.05).The drug concentration and action time could significantly affect the isolated positive rate which was negative correlation between them, higher drug concentration and longer incubation time,more lower the positive rate, especially the isolated positive rates of Cryptococcus neoformans are reduced 77.7%（6.1/27.3）which incubated with 200mɡ/ml drug after 72h compared with the control group.These results indicate The KZY-2 have good germicidal efficacy on Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans isolated from faecal specimen of pigeon.

scholarly journals Ruminococcus gauvreauii sp. nov., a glycopeptide-resistant species isolated from a human faecal specimen

2008 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 1393-1397 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.-C. Domingo ◽  
A. Huletsky ◽  
M. Boissinot ◽  
K. A. Bernard ◽  
F. J. Picard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Faecal Specimen ◽  
Resistant Species

scholarly journals Multi-proxy analyses of a mid-15th century ‘Middle Iron Age’ Bantu-speaker palaeo-faecal specimen elucidates the configuration of the ‘ancestral’ sub-Saharan African intestinal microbiome

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riaan F. Rifkin ◽  
Surendra Vikram ◽  
Jean-Baptiste Ramond ◽  
Alba Rey-Iglesia ◽  
Tina B. Brand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Environmental Pollutants ◽  
Taxonomic Composition ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Intestinal Microbiome ◽  
Faecal Specimen ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Middle Iron Age ◽  
Tyrolean Iceman

ABSTRACTThe archaeological incidence of ancient human faecal material provides a rare opportunity to explore the taxonomic composition and metabolic capacity of the ancestral human intestinal microbiome (IM). Following the recovery of a single desiccated palaeo-faecal specimen from Bushman Rock Shelter in Limpopo Province, South Africa, we applied a multi-proxy analytical protocol to the sample. Our results indicate that the distal IM of the Neolithic ‘Middle Iron Age’ (c. AD 1485) Bantu-speaking individual exhibits features indicative of a largely mixed forager-agro-pastoralist diet. Subsequent comparison with the IMs of the Tyrolean Iceman (Ötzi) and contemporary Hadza hunter-gatherers, Malawian agro-pastoralists and Italians, reveals that this IM precedes recent adaptation to ‘Western’ diets, including the consumption of coffee, tea, chocolate, citrus and soy, and the use of antibiotics, analgesics and also exposure to various toxic environmental pollutants. Our analyses reveal some of the causes and means by which current human IMs are likely to have responded to recent dietary changes, prescription medications and environmental pollutants, providing rare insight into human IM evolution following the advent of the Neolithic c. 12,000 years ago.

scholarly journals An outbreak of foodborne botulism associated with contaminated hazelnut yoghurt

1990 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. O'Mahony ◽  
E. Mitchell ◽  
R. J. Gilbert ◽  
D. N. Hutchinson ◽  
N. T. Begg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
General Public ◽  
Clostridium Botulinum ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Type B ◽  
Faecal Specimen ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Foodborne Botulism

SUMMARYThe largest recorded outbreak of foodborne botulism in the United Kingdom occurred in June 1989. A total of 27 patients was affected; one patient died. Twenty-five of the patients had eaten one brand of hazelnut yoghurt in the week before the onset of symptoms. This yoghurt contained hazelnut conserve sweetened with aspartame rather than sugar.Clostridium botulinumtype B toxin was detected in a blown can of hazelnut conserve, opened and unopened cartons of hazelnut yoghurt, and one faecal specimen.Cl. botulinumtype B was subsequently cultured from both opened and unopened cartons of the hazelnut yoghurt and from one faecal specimen. Investigations indicated that the processing of the conserve was inadequate to destroyCl. botulinumspores. Control measures included the cessation of all yoghurt production by the implicated producer, the withdrawal of the firm's yoghurts from sale, the recall of cans of the hazelnut conserve, and advice to the general public to avoid the consumption of all hazelnut yoghurts.

scholarly journals Giardiasis in North West England: faecal specimen requesting rates by GP practice

2014 ◽  
Vol 143 (8) ◽  
pp. 1692-1701
Author(s):  
N. F. REEVE ◽  
T. R. FANSHAWE ◽  
K. LAMDEN ◽  
P. J. DIGGLE ◽  
J. CHEESBROUGH ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Variation ◽  
Spatial Correlation ◽  
Random Effects ◽  
Poisson Regression ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Faecal Specimen ◽  
North West ◽  
Practice Population ◽  
Cumulative Rate ◽  
The Uk

SUMMARYMany cases of giardiasis in the UK are undiagnosed and among other things, diagnosis is dependent upon the readiness of GPs to request a specimen. The aim of this study is to assess the rate of specimens requested per GP practice in Central Lancashire, to examine the differences between GP practices and to estimate the pattern of unexplained spatial variation in the practice rate of specimens after adjustment for deprivation. To achieve this, we fitted a set of binomial and Poisson regression models, with random effects for GP practice. Our analysis suggests that there were differences in the rate of specimens by GP practices (P < 0·001) for a single year, but no difference in the proportion of positive tests per specimen submitted or in the rate of positive specimens per practice population. There was a difference in the cumulative rate of positive specimens per practice population over a 9-year period (P < 0·001). Neither the specimen rate per practice for a single year nor the cumulative rate of positive specimens over multiple years demonstrated significant spatial correlation. Hence, spatial variation in the incidence of giardiasis is unlikely to be confounded by variation in GP rate of specimens.

Household clustering of gastroenteritis

2009 ◽  
Vol 137 (12) ◽  
pp. 1705-1712 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. LEDER ◽  
M. SINCLAIR ◽  
A. FORBES ◽  
D. WAIN
Keyword(s):  
Day Care ◽  
Gastrointestinal Symptoms ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Faecal Specimen ◽  
Secondary Transmission ◽  
Household Transmission ◽  
Laboratory Confirmation ◽  
Household Members ◽  
True Frequency ◽  
Notification Data

SUMMARYSurveillance for gastroenteritis rarely detects small, intra-familial outbreaks. This study examined intra-household transmission of gastroenteritis using prospectively collected data from 2811 participants (600 households) in a community-based study. There were 258 household clusters of gastroenteritis during the 15 months of observation involving 774 residents (28% of total). Age <6 years and attendance at a day care/kindergarten were associated with increased likelihood of inclusion in a cluster. The reach of illness into the household was extensive, with 63% of household members affected by symptoms during clusters. Simultaneous and secondary transmission of gastroenteritis appeared equally common. In only 20% of clusters did more than one member submit a faecal specimen. Of clusters where two or more specimens were submitted, concordance in laboratory confirmation of pathogens was 18·8%. Our results show that clustering of gastrointestinal symptoms within households occurs commonly, but reliance on pathogen notification data will substantially underestimate the true frequency of gastroenteritis clusters.

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