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Haemophilus influenzae type B, strain W-2, is highly resistant to ampicillin (MIC, 12.5 mug/ml). The ampicillin resistance of strain W-2 was transferred to an antibiotic-sensitive strain TF-2 (RifR, SmR) during mixed incubation on membrane filters at 36 C(transfeer frequency, 4.6 times 10(-5) per donor). Resistance was also transferred from the primary recipient to a secondary one (TF-3, EryR, NovR). The transfer frequency between these derivative strains was 10(-4) after incubation for 30 min. Resistance in strain W-2 remained even after growth in the presence of ethidium bromide or at an elevated temperature, although ampicillin resistance was lost from 13%-25% of transcipient cells after growth in broth. Strain W-2 and transcipients of ampicillin resistance had equivalent levels of beta-lactamase activity, while sensitive segregants and recipient strains demonstrated little or no enzyme activity. Transfer of ampicillin resistance between strains of H. influenzae is probably mediated by conjugation since transfer (1) requires cell-to-cell contact, (2) remains unchanged in the presence of DNase I, and (3) occurs in the absence of demonstrable bacteriophage.
J Infect Dis 1975 Sep
PMID:Transfer of ampicillin resistance between strains of Haemophilus influenzae type B. 108 Apr 95

Six obligately anaerobic strains of Corynebacterium vaginale (Haemophilus vaginalis) have been isolated and their characteristics studied. The reactions of the anaerobic strains, as well as of facultative strains tested under anaerobic conditions, are similar to the reactions previously reported for this species.
J Clin Microbiol 1975 Sep
PMID:Obligately anaerobic strains of Corynebacterium vaginale (Haemophilus vaginalis). 108 Jul 66

Chloramphenicol is presently the drug of choice in the initial treatment of serious infections due to Hemophilus influenzae type b. Rapid detection of ampicillin resistance in clinical isolates would facilitate early discontinuation of chloramphenicol therapy in patients infected with ampicillin-sensitive bacteria. A total of 160 strains of H. influenzae type b were tested with a one-hour acidimetric microassay for beta-lactamase activity. All ampicillin-resistant strains rapidly hydrolysed the beta-lactam ring of penicillin. When isolates were encoded and tested without knowledge of their MICs, the 40 ampicillin-resistant strains (MIC greater than or equal to 2 mug/ml) were readily distinguished from 120 sensitive strains. Rapid beta-lactamase assay is therefore a reliable detector of ampicillin resistance in H. influenzae type b.
Pediatrics 1976 Sep
PMID:Evaluation of a rapid beta-lactamase test for detecting ampicillin-resistant strains of Hemophilus influenzae type b. 108 35

Hrom February 1974 through May 1975, 58 isolates of ampicillin-resistant Hemophilus influenzae from patients were submitted to the Center for Disease Control from 23 states and the District of Columbia. The epidemiologic characteristics of these widely scattered cases were strikingly similar to those of cases previously reported from individual communities or institutions. Because of the nationwide distribution of resistant isolates and the adverse consequences of ineffective therapy, the use of chloramphenicol is recommended for the initial management of systemic illness definitely or probably due to H. influenzae type b.
Pediatrics 1976 Sep
PMID:Epidemiologic characteristics of infections caused by ampicillin-resistant Hemophilus influenzae. 108 36

A total of 447 cervical or vaginal specimens were inoculated in parallel onto peptone-starch-dextrose (PSD) and Columbia colistin (10 mg/ml)-nalidixic acid (15 mug/ml) (CNA) agar and were incubated for 48 h at 35 degrees C in an atmosphere with 2 to 10% CO2. One hundred (22.4%) of the cultures were positive for Haemophilus vaginalis. Forty-eight of the isolates were recovered from both PSD and Columbia CNA agar, five from PSD only, and 47 from Columbia CNA agar only (P less than 0.001). On Columbia CNA agar, 76 of the isolates were detected after 24 h of incubation, and the remainder were detected within 4 days of incubation.
J Clin Microbiol 1976 Sep
PMID:Comparison of isolation of Haemophilus vaginalis (Corynebacterium vaginale) from peptone-starch-dextrose agar and Columbia colistin-nalidoxic acid agar. 108 77

A new technique for detecting penicillinase production in Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus was compared with the capillary procedure for detecting beta-lactamase and the Bauer-Kirby disk susceptibility procedure. Isolates were classified similarly by all three procedures.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1976 Sep
PMID:New method for detecting in vitro inactivation of penicillins by Haemophilus influenzae and Staphlycoccus aureus. 108 35

In a group of 184 women infected with Corynebacterium vaginale (Haemophilus vaginalis), 34% over age 30 were divorced or separated and 8% gave a history of induced abortion. Fifty-one percent were taking an oral contraceptive drug, as compared to 36% of 140 women in a control group. Various sexually transmitted diseases were diagnosed either concomitantly or at another time in 52% of women in the study group and 38% of those in the control group. The rate of cervical neoplasia (invasive carcinoma, carcinoma in situ, and dysplasia) was 13.6% in the study group and 5.7% in the control group, the rate in the study group being several times that in the general population. These and other available epidemiologic data support the conclusion that C vainale is transmitted sexually.
J Am Vener Dis Assoc 1976 Sep
PMID:Epidemiologic characteristics of women infected with Corynebacterium vaginale (Haemophilus vainalis). 108 35

Mucormycosis classically occurs in patients who have uncontrolled diabetes who develop rhinocerebral disease. A fatal case of rhinocerebral infection caused by Rhizopus arrhizus in a 53-year-old man who had received a renal homograft three years previously is reported. Only five similar cases have been documented, all since 1970. Although direct smears of the purulent nasal exudate revealed the presence of numerous Gram-negative bacilli, later identified as Haemophilus influenzae, the diagnosis of mucormycosis was made by demonstrating the typical broad, nonseptate branched hyphae in the necrotic tissue obtained by surgical debridement of the paranasal sinuses. Culture of this material revealed growth of mold-like fungus which, upon direct microscopic examination, showed sporangiophores bearing spherical sporangia arising directly from a cluster of root-like structures of rhizoids. Despite the immediate institution of therapy with amphotericin B postoperatively, the patient died 48 hours later. Subsequently, the Rhizopus isolated was shown to be resistant to both amphotericin B and 5-fluorocytosine. The present case and two others stress the importance of an aggressive diagnostic approach to patients suspected of having mucormycosis, because the usual microbiologic technics are frequently, inexplicably, unsuccessful, and possibly even misleading in this disease.
Am J Clin Pathol 1975 Sep
PMID:Mucormycosis in a transplant recipient. 109 97

A physical map of the adeno-associated virus type 2 genome has been constructed on the basis of the five fragments produced by the restriction endonucleases HindII + III from Hemophilus influenzae. There are three endo R-HindII cleavage sites and one endo R-HindIII site. Evidence has been obtained to support the existence of two nucleotide sequence permutations in adeno-associated virus DNA, the start points of which have been estimated to be separated by 1% of the genome. The three cleavage fragments produced by endo R-Eco RI have been ordered and oriented with respect to the endo R-HindII + III cleavage map.
J Virol 1975 Sep
PMID:Study of the fine structure of adeno-associated virus DNA with bacterial restriction endonucleases. 115 99

BL-S640, a new oral cephalosporin analogue, was evaluated in vitro against 102 gram-negative and 80 gram-positive bacteria. The antimicrobial spectrum was similar to that of previous cephalosporin analogues. Good antimicrobial activity against strains of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, staphylococci, and streptococci was demonstrated. Relatively poor activity and/or resistance was noted among most strains of Proteus, Providencia, Pseudomonas, and Serratia. In comparative studies BL-S640 had better activity against strains of Hemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus aureus, and Enterobacteriaceae than many cephalosporin analogues. Variation of susceptibility results was dependent upon the type of media and inoculum size. Cross-resistance between BL-S640 cephalexin, cephalothin, and cefazolin was demonstrated. Among strains of Klebsiella the more rapid selection of resistance ot other cephalosporins was in contrast to BL-S640. Experience in vitro with BL-S640 has documented its antimicrobial activity,and further studies of pharmacokinetics and therapeutic efficacy are indicated.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1975 Sep
PMID:In vitro evaluation of BL-S640, a new oral cephalosporin antibiotic. 116 42


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