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Beta-lactamase production by Kingella kingae in Israel is clonal and common in carriage organisms but rare among invasive strains
The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of β-lactamase and the genomic clonality of a large collection of Kingella kingae isolates from Israeli patients with a variety of invasive infections a...
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Isolation rates of Brucella melitensis in an endemic area and implications for laboratory safety
A retrospective study was conducted to assess the potential threat posed by processing blood cultures to clinical microbiology laboratory personnel working in an area endemic for Brucella melitensis in southern I...
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Evaluation of the current National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards guidelines for screening and confirming extended-spectrum beta-lactamase production in isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species from bacteremic patients
The National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) recommendations for screening and confirming the production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) were evaluated in 115 isolates of Escheric...
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Comparative Incidence of Acute Q Fever in Two Ethnic Groups in Israel
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Leukocyte Count in the Synovial Fluid of Children with Culture-Proven Brucellar Arthritis
Brucellosis is an important cause of paediatric septic arthritis in endemic areas. Because the Gram stain is frequently negative and culture results are unavailable at the time of the patient’s admission, the...
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Increasing Incidence of Gonorrhea in Israel Associated with Countrywide Dissemination of a Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Strain
The annual incidence of gonorrhea in Israel has sharply increased during the past 2 years. At the end of 1999, high-level ciprofloxacin-resistant strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (MIC90, ≥32 mcg/ml) also exhibiti...
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Clinical Evaluation of a Novel Chromogenic Agar Dipslide for Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections
The performance of a novel dipslide (DipStreak; Novamed, Israel) consisting of chromogenic agar (Uriselect 3; Sanofi Pasteur, France) and blood agar media was evaluated prospectively and compared to that of c...
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Rapid increase in the prevalence of antimicrobial drug resistance among enterococcal blood isolates in southern Israel
A prospective surveillance was conducted to monitor the prevalence and dynamics of antimicrobial resistance among enterococci isolated from blood cultures in southern Israel. A total of 242 organisms isolated ...
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Changing trends in frequency and antimicrobial resistance of urinary pathogens in outpatient clinics and a hospital in Southern Israel, 1991–1995
In order to monitor changes in the frequency and antimicrobial resistance of urinary pathogens over several years, urinary cultures received from outpatient clinics and from a hospital during a period of one m...
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Rapid detection ofBrucella melitensis from blood cultures by a commercial system
To assess the capability of the Peds Plus medium of the Bactec 9240 blood culture system to recoverBrucella melitensis within the routine seven-day protocol used by most clinical microbiology laboratories, inocul...
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Seroty** and susceptibility to macrolides and other antimicrobial drugs ofStreptococcus pyogenes isolated from patients with invasive diseases in Southern Israel
Fifty-seven strains ofStreptococcus pyogenes isolated from septic patients and 52 isolates from nonbacteremic patients in southern israel were investigated for their susceptibility to new macrolides and other ant...
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Carriage ofStreptococcus pyogenes among infants and toddlers attending day-care facilities in closed communities in southern Israel
Infants and toddlers attending ten day-care facilities in closed communities in southern Israel were tested monthly for pharyngeal carriage ofStreptococcus pyogenes and associated respiratory morbidity. Overall, ...
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Epidemiology ofShigella infections in two ethnic groups in a geographic region in Southern Israel
The epidemiology of shigellosis in the Jewish and Bedouin populations that coexist in the same geographic region in southern Israel and share the same medical facilities but live separately under different soc...
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Testing for high-level aminoglycoside resistance in enterococcal infections
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Comparison of four methods for testing high-level aminoglycoside resistance in enterococci
In a prospective study the prevalence of high-level aminoglycoside resistance (MIC ≥ 2,000 µg/ml) among 62 clinically significant enterococci was investigated. A total of 105 organisms were inoculated a) onto a p...
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Pasteurella ureae meningitis as complication of skull fractures
The case of a six-year-old boy who developed meningitis three months after a skull fracture is reported. Blood and cerebrospinal fluid yieldedPasteurella ureae. A two-week intravenous course of ampicillin and chl...
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C-reactive protein and seram amyloid a levels in rickettsial spotted fever
