Macromineral enrichment of white bread reduces postprandial glycaemia without altering sensory properties: a crossover study.

Background: Metabolism of refined carbohydrates, which are associated with detrimental health effects, is known to be affected by macrominerals including P, Mg and K.

Aims: To assess the impact of their addition to flour on the sensory properties of white pita bread and postprandial glycaemia of healthy individuals.

Methods: The study was conducted at the American University of Beirut (between February and October 2014).

Staphylococcal resistance to streptogramins and related antibiotics.

Streptogramin and related antibiotics are mixtures of two compounds, A and B (e.g. Dalfopristin and Quinupristin), particularly against Gram-positive bacteria.

DNA macroarray for identification and typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates.

A DNA macroarray containing 465 intragenic amplicons was designed to identify Staphylococcus aureus at the species level and to type S. aureus isolates. The genes selected included those encoding (i) S.

Characteristics of French methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates with decreased susceptibility or resistance to glycopeptides.

According to the French Society of Microbiology, Staphylococcus aureus isolates are suspected to have decreased susceptibility to glycopeptide(s) when at least one colony is able to grow from an inoculum of 10 microL of 2 McFarland bacterial suspension plated on Mueller-Hinton agar containing 5 mg/L teicoplanin and incubated for 48 h at 35-37 degrees C. We analysed 89 methicillin-resistant S. aureus isolates (MRSA), collected in 2000-2001 from 24 hospitals located in 18 French cities, which were able to grow on this selective medium.

Harmonization of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis protocols for epidemiological typing of strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a single approach developed by consensus in 10 European laboratories and its application for tracing the spread of related strains.

Pulsed-fieldgel electrophoresis (PFGE) is the most common genotypic method used in reference and clinical laboratories for typing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Many different protocols have been developed in laboratories that have extensive experience with the technique and have established national databases. However, the comparabilities of the different European PFGE protocols for MRSA and of the various national MRSA clones themselves had not been addressed until now.