Colony Count, Microbial

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A case-control study of nosocomial ampicillin-resistant enterococcal infection and colonization at a university hospital. 
  • A comparison of environmental contamination by patients infected or colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant enterococci: a multicenter study. 
  • A flucytosine-responsive Mbp1/Swi4-like protein, Mbs1, plays pleiotropic roles in antifungal drug resistance, stress response, and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • A transcriptional signature accurately identifies Aspergillus Infection across healthy and immunosuppressed states. 
  • Adherent biofilms in bacterial vaginosis. 
  • Amphotericin B lipid complex in the treatment of experimental cryptococcal meningitis and disseminated candidosis. 
  • An assessment of fecal indicator bacteria-based water quality standards. 
  • Analysis of total aerobic viable counts in raw fish by high-throughput optical oxygen respirometry. 
  • Association of plasma levels of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA and oropharyngeal Candida colonization. 
  • Bacteria localization and chorion thinning among preterm premature rupture of membranes. 
  • Bacterial contamination associated with estuarine shoreline development. 
  • Bacterial vaginosis-associated microflora and effects of topical intravaginal clindamycin. 
  • Bioburden after Staphylococcus aureus inoculation in type 1 diabetic rats undergoing internal fixation. 
  • Calcineurin controls drug tolerance, hyphal growth, and virulence in Candida dubliniensis. 
  • Calcineurin controls growth, morphology, and pathogenicity in Aspergillus fumigatus. 
  • Calcineurin is required for pseudohyphal growth, virulence, and drug resistance in Candida lusitaniae. 
  • Can Ceftazidime-Avibactam and Aztreonam Overcome β-Lactam Resistance Conferred by Metallo-β-Lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae? 
  • Candida virulence properties and adverse clinical outcomes in neonatal candidiasis. 
  • Central line-associated bloodstream infections in adult hematology patients with febrile neutropenia: an evaluation of surveillance definitions using differential time to blood culture positivity. 
  • Challenge of Drosophila melanogaster with Cryptococcus neoformans and role of the innate immune response. 
  • Characterization of blue light irradiation effects on pathogenic and nonpathogenic Escherichia coli. 
  • Characterization of symbiont populations in life-history stages of mussels from chemosynthetic environments. 
  • Clinicomicrobiological review of Nocardia keratitis. 
  • Colony size can be used to determine the MIC of fluconazole for pathogenic yeasts. 
  • Comparative pathogenesis of clinical and nonclinical isolates of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Conditions that may affect the results of susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to pyrazinamide. 
  • Contribution of aerobic photoheterotrophic bacteria to the carbon cycle in the ocean. 
  • Correlation of intracellular organisms with quantitative endotracheal aspirate. 
  • Decontamination of targeted pathogens from patient rooms using an automated ultraviolet-C-emitting device. 
  • Defining wound microbial flora: molecular microbiology opening new horizons. 
  • Determination of mitotic recombination rates by fluctuation analysis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Distinct Roles of Myosins in Aspergillus fumigatus Hyphal Growth and Pathogenesis. 
  • Does preoperative topical antimicrobial scrub reduce positive surgical site culture rates in men undergoing artificial urinary sphincter placement? 
  • Effects of temperature abuse on survival of Vibrio vulnificus in oysters. 
  • Evaluation of penicillin and hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of streptococcal myositis. 
  • Fatty acid synthesis is essential for survival of Cryptococcus neoformans and a potential fungicidal target. 
  • Fungal diagnosis: how do we do it and can we do better? 
  • Identification of early interactions between Francisella and the host. 
  • Immunohistologic quantification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the tracheobronchial tree from patients with cystic fibrosis. 
  • In Vivo Efficacy of a "Smart" Antimicrobial Implant Coating. 
  • In vitro and in vivo efficacies of the new triazole albaconazole against Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Innate and adaptive immunity cooperate flexibly to maintain host-microbiota mutualism. 
  • Is the sutureless cataract incision a valve for bacterial inoculation? 
  • Killing of Cryptococcus neoformans by rat alveolar macrophages. 
  • Laboratory and clinical evaluation of Mycobacterium xenopi isolates. 
  • Long-term monitoring of bacteria undergoing programmed population control in a microchemostat. 
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal real-time PCR: a predictive tool for contamination of the hospital environment. 
  • Microbial inactivation of Pseudomonas putida and Pichia pastoris using gene silencing. 
  • Modeling phage induced bacterial disinfection rates and the resulting design implications. 
  • Modeling the relationship between most probable number (MPN) and colony-forming unit (CFU) estimates of fecal coliform concentration. 
  • Molecular characterization of group A Streptococcus maltodextrin catabolism and its role in pharyngitis. 
  • Niche partitioning among Prochlorococcus ecotypes along ocean-scale environmental gradients. 
  • Plasticity of death rates in stationary phase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Prevalent mutator genotype identified in fungal pathogen Candida glabrata promotes multi-drug resistance. 
  • Programmed population control by cell-cell communication and regulated killing. 
  • Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 HopPtoM (CEL ORF3) is important for lesion formation but not growth in tomato and is secreted and translocated by the Hrp type III secretion system in a chaperone-dependent manner. 
  • Pulmonary and systemic host response to Streptococcus pneumoniae and Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia in normal and immunosuppressed mice. 
  • Quality Control: Hand and Glove Sanitizing in Sterile Compounding, Part 2. 
  • Quantitation of Candida CFU in initial positive blood cultures. 
  • Rapid chemotactic response enables marine bacteria to exploit ephemeral microscale nutrient patches. 
  • Real-time PCR assays compared to culture-based approaches for identification of aerobic bacteria in chronic wounds. 
  • Remarks concerning testing parameters for blood cultures. 
  • Role of immersion refractometry for investigating laser-induced effects in cells. 
  • Seasonal changes in airborne fungi and bacteria at a dairy cattle concentrated animal feeding operation in the southwest United States. 
  • Silver nanoparticle-alginate composite beads for point-of-use drinking water disinfection. 
  • Surfactant protein D facilitates Cryptococcus neoformans infection. 
  • Surfactant protein D increases phagocytosis of hypocapsular Cryptococcus neoformans by murine macrophages and enhances fungal survival. 
  • Survival of lung transplant patients with cystic fibrosis harboring panresistant bacteria other than Burkholderia cepacia, compared with patients harboring sensitive bacteria. 
  • Targeting the calcineurin pathway enhances ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors against Trichophyton mentagrophytes in vitro and in a human skin infection model. 
  • The Antimicrobial Scrub Contamination and Transmission (ASCOT) Trial: A Three-Arm, Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial With Crossover Design to Determine the Efficacy of Antimicrobial-Impregnated Scrubs in Preventing Healthcare Provider Contamination. 
  • The Effect of Intrapartum Vancomycin on Vaginal Group B Streptococcus Colony Counts. 
  • The estimation of parameters from bulked samples. 
  • The inoculum effect and band-pass bacterial response to periodic antibiotic treatment. 
  • Transcription-associated mutation of lasR in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 
  • Ultra-low dose of Mycobacterium tuberculosis aerosol creates partial infection in mice. 
  • Uptake of itraconazole by alveolar macrophages. 
  • Varying cecal bacterial loads influences colitis and gastritis in HLA-B27 transgenic rats. 
  • Very low levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D are not associated with immunologic changes or clinical outcome in South African patients with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis.