Microorganisms which are present in the human urogenital tract may be involved in the development of inflammatory changes negatively affecting the genitals in both men and women. Pathological conditions due to inflammatory alterations may result in complete loss of fertility. Infections of the urogenital tract are responsible for 15% of all cases of infertility in couples.
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June 2014
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial effects of five natural substances against 50 clinical isolates of Mycoplasma hominis.
Methods And Results: The in vitro activity of selected natural compounds, cinnamon bark oil, anethole, carvacrol, eugenol and guaiazulene, was investigated against 50 M. hominis isolates cultivated from cervical swabs by the broth dilution method.
Background: A microbiological method for the quantitative analysis of intravascular catheter infections using the BacT/Alert and Bactec blood culture systems is presented.
Methods: The number of bacteria present on an intravascular catheter surface was determined by the time to detection of positivity in a blood culture bottle inoculated with a suspension of bacteria shaken from the catheter surface.
Results: The new method was used to examine 573 intravascular catheters.
J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med
December 2007
The bacterial and fungal flora of the external ear canal of dogs with otitis externa and of healthy dogs were studied. The most frequently isolated microorganism from otitic ears was Staphylococcus intermedius (58.8%), followed by Malassezia pachydermatis (30.
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December 2006
Objective: The study describes a method of quantitatively examining vascular catheters with the aid of hemocultural devices BacT/Alert.
Material And Methods: The amount of bacteria present on the surface of the vascular catheters was determined based on the time to detection (TTD) in hemocultural vials inoculated with bacterial suspension stirred off the catheter surface.
Results: A total number of 348 vascular catheters was examined with this new method.