Amoeba plate test with as an innovative tool for recovery from sputum samples: a proof-of-concept study.

Unlabelled: recovery from pulmonary samples is challenging due to the lack of a specific medium and the abundance of overgrown respiratory flora. This study aimed to compare the amoeba plate test (APT), an amoebic coculture with , with the axenic culture to recover from pulmonary samples. serial dilutions ( = 15 strains from seven species, concentrations ranging: 10-10 CFU/mL) in water and spiked overgrown sputa ( = 8) were simultaneously plated on agar with amoebic monolayer (APT) and without (control).

Nocardia neocaledoniensis as Rare Cause of Spondylodiscitis.

Nocardia neocaledoniensis is a rare species of Nocardia bacteria, identified in 2004 in hypermagnesian ultramafic soil of New Caledonia. Culture of this opportunistic pathogen from spinal biopsy samples confirmed N. neocaledoniensis spondylodiscitis in an immunocompromised man.

Effects of a Modern Kefir on Conditions Associated with Moderate Severe Spastic Quadriparesis Cerebral Palsy.

Cerebral palsy (CP) in children constitutes a set of movement and body posture disorders caused by brain injury, which in turn is associated with a series of intestinal, respiratory, and malnutrition conditions. Twenty-four children were selected and included for the present study and subdivided into two groups: (1) children who included modern kefir (containing 12 probiotic species) in their diet; and (2) control group (not including kefir in their diet). The group supplemented with modern kefir received a beverage with multi probiotic species and the control group received commercial yogurt (which included the 2 typical lactic acid bacteria) for 7 weeks.

Identification of spp. in a Clinical Sample: Always Contamination? Results of a French Retrospective Study.

Background: are environmental gram-positive bacilli that can cause ubiquitous mycetoma and, more rarely, invasive infections. We describe the clinical relevance of spp. identified in human samples and characteristics of patients with invasive infections.

Prognosis and factors associated with disseminated nocardiosis: a ten-year multicenter study.

Objectives: Nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic infection that is frequently associated with dissemination (i.e. involvement of several body sites).