Molecular characterization of isolated infectious bronchitis viruses from affected vaccinated broiler flocks in Syria.

Background: Avian Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV) is a highly contagious disease that imposes a huge economic burden on the global poultry industry. IBV contains numerous serotypes and variants with incomplete tenuous cross immunological protection. The failure of currently used vaccines to protect against diverse, circulating IBV strains that are specific to a given region poses a major problem for the poultry industry.

Correction to: Molecular revolution in the diagnosis of microbial brain abscesses.

An erratum to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-020-04047-8.

Metagenomic analysis of brain abscesses identifies specific bacterial associations.

Background: The bacterial flora involved in brain abscess is often complex. In a previous study, using a metagenomic approach based on 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) amplification, we demonstrated that the diversity of the microbial flora involved in these infections was underestimated.

Methods: We performed a 16S rDNA-based metagenomic analysis of cerebral abscesses from patients diagnosed from 2006 through 2010.

Mycoplasma hominis brain abscess following uterus curettage: a case report.

Introduction: Mycoplasma hominis is mostly known for causing urogenital infections. However, it has rarely been described as an agent of brain abscess.

Case Presentation: We describe a case of M.

Staphylococcus massiliensis sp. nov., isolated from a human brain abscess.

Gram-positive, catalase-positive, coagulase-negative, non-motile, non-fermentative and novobiocin-susceptible cocci were isolated from a human brain abscess sample (strain 5402776(T)). This novel strain was analysed by a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The respiratory quinones detected were MK-7 (93 %) and MK-6 (7 %) and the major fatty acids were C(15 : 0) iso (60.

Phocaeicola abscessus gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from a human brain abscess sample.

A strictly anaerobic bacterial strain, 7401987T, was isolated from a human brain abscess sample. Cells were Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, coccoid to rod-shaped and motile by flagella in a lophotrichous arrangement. The isolate was asaccharolytic and the major cellular fatty acids were anteiso-C15:0 (28.

The expansion of the microbiological spectrum of brain abscesses with use of multiple 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing.

Background. Brain abscess is commonly treated using empirically prescribed antibiotics. Thus, a comprehensive study of bacterial organisms associated with brain abscess is essential to define the best empirical treatment for this life-threatening condition.