A wide spectrum of fastidious and ampicillin-susceptible bacteria dominate in animal-caused wounds.

The main purpose of this study was to assess the actual occurrence of Gram-negative oxidase-positive bacteria (GNOP) in human wounds caused by animals, mostly cat and dog bites and scratches, and with signs of infection. We report a prospective series of 92 wound samples. Routine culturing was combined with a procedure optimised for fastidious GNOP.

Comparison of a capillary gel electrophoresis-based multiplex PCR assay and ribosomal intergenic transcribed spacer-2 amplicon sequencing for identification of clinically important Candida species.

The performance of a commercially available Seegene Seeplex STI Master Panel 3 multiplex PCR for Candida species identification was compared with an internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) PCR assay. We found that the Seeplex assay was specific for identification of C. albicans, C.

High frequency of co-resistance in CTX-M-producing Escherichia coli to non-beta-lactam antibiotics, with the exceptions of amikacin, nitrofurantoin, colistin, tigecycline, and fosfomycin, in a county of Sweden.

Background: The objective of this study was to investigate the in vitro activity of different antibiotics against CTX-M-producing Escherichia coli in a county of Sweden, and to determine the occurrence of multi-resistance and plasmid- mediated quinolone resistance among these isolates.

Methods: A total of 198 isolates of E. coli with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) phenotype and mainly CTX-M genotype were studied.

Association between cagA and vacA genotypes and pathogenesis in a Helicobacter pylori infected population from South-eastern Sweden.

Background: Chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and gastric cancer have been shown to be related to infection with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). Two major virulence factors of H.

Assessment of the mosaic structure in the Helicobacter pylori cagA gene 3'-region using an improved polymerase chain reaction-based assay.

The mosaic structure of the cagA gene has been suggested to affect Helicobacter pylori CagA-associated pathogenesis. An improved polymerase chain reaction assay allowed for a rapid and detailed molecular analysis of the cagA gene 3'-region in a single amplification step, followed by amplicon sequencing using universal M13 and T7 sequencing primers.