Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology
Online ISSN : 1884-2828
Print ISSN : 0021-5112
ISSN-L : 0021-5112
50 巻, 6 号
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  • J. ABDUL-SALAM, B. S. SREELATHA
    1997 年 50 巻 6 号 p. 209-217
    発行日: 1997年
    公開日: 2010/03/19
    ジャーナル フリー
    A new renicolid cercaria, Cercaria kuwaitae X sp. n., from the prosobranch gastropod Cerithium scabridum from Kuwait Bay is described. The new cercaria is nonstyleted gymnocephalous with voluminous Y-shaped excretory vesicle, flame cell formula 2 [ (3+3+3) + (3+3+3) ] = 36, and without caudal fins. Surface topography of the new cercaria is studied by scanning electron microscopy. Domed papillae are abundant on the anterior and lateral aspects of the body, ciliated papillae are sparse dorsally. The ventral sucker bears nine domed papillae. Domed papillae form two circles around the oral sucker with three circles of spines in between. This is the first renicolid cercaria to be recorded in a gastropod from the Arabian Gulf region.
  • Kaushal KUMAR, Sushil Kumar SHARMA, Kuldip Singh GILL, Rakesh KATYAL, ...
    1997 年 50 巻 6 号 p. 219-226
    発行日: 1997年
    公開日: 2010/03/19
    ジャーナル フリー
    Studies carried out on entomological and rodent surveillance in agro-climatic and feral biotopes of five districts of Maharashtra and two districts of Gujarat revealed that the terrain features of the seven districts surveyed were conducive to wild rodent species, Tatera indica, a natural reservoir of plague and vector flea species, Xenopsylla cheopis. A total of 214 Tatera indica and three Bandicoota bengalensis were collected from burrows by the digging method and 89 rat fleas were retrieved. The flea index calculated ranged from 0.26 to 1.0 in different districts. The examination of blood serum samples, contact tissue impression smears and tissue organs (heart, lung, liver and spleen) of these wild rodents did not reveal any evidence of plague activity. The natural harbourages of Tatera indica were found to be elevated land or raised margins of agricultural fields or barren land with thorny bushes/xerophytic plants and parthenium grass. Agricultural fields having wet soil were found to be the preferred harbourages of Bandicoota bengalensis. Movement of wild rodents toward human settlement was observed to be the common phenomenon during the harvesting season which may lead to the creation of favorable conditions for plague outbreaks.
  • Awa AIDARA-KANE, Cheikh. S. B. BOYE, Stephania KOBLAVI, Francine GRIMO ...
    1997 年 50 巻 6 号 p. 227-232
    発行日: 1997年
    公開日: 2010/03/19
    ジャーナル フリー
    A total of 205 Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates from recent cholera epidemic in Senegal were analyzed by conventional methods, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for genes encoding cholera toxin (ctx A), zonula occludens toxin (zot) and accessory cholera enterotoxin (ace), ribotyping and toxinogenotyping. Ribotyping after Bgl I digestion of total DNA revealed that ribotype B5a, the predominant ribotype of the seventh pandemic in Africa and Asia, was not isolated. A new ribotype designated B27 in our database is predominant and was associated with a new toxinogenotype designated TB31.
  • 成田 佳陽, 小出 直樹, 森川 彰子, 加藤 豊, 杉山 剛志, 吉田 友昭, 横地 高志
    1997 年 50 巻 6 号 p. 233-239
    発行日: 1997年
    公開日: 2010/03/19
    ジャーナル フリー
    The relationship between the level of endotoxin released from Pseudomonas aeruginosa by exposure to β-lactam antibiotics and the lethal activity against D-galactosamine (D-GalN) -sensitized mice was examined. In vitro treatment of P. aeruginosa with imipenem (IPM) exclusively caused low-level release of free endotoxin, which was not lethal for D-GalN-sensitized mice. Treatment with other β-lactam antibiotics, such as ceftazidime (CAZ), meropenem (MEPM) and cefozopran (CZOP) caused high-level release of free endotoxin and it exhibited the lethal action against D-GalN-sensitized mice. This study demonstrated close association of free endotoxin released by antibiotic treatment with the lethal activity.
  • Jabed IQBAL, Mizanur RAHMAN, M. Shahidul KABIR, Mushfiqur RAHMAN
    1997 年 50 巻 6 号 p. 241-250
    発行日: 1997年
    公開日: 2010/03/19
    ジャーナル フリー
    Ciprofloxacin was evaluated along with other commonly used antibiotics against a total of 425 clinical isolates obtained from urine samples. Samples were collected from outdoor patients from different parts of Dhaka city. Susceptibility tests were done by the standardized disk diffusion method. Among the tested drugs, the percent susceptible rates observed were: ciprofloxacin (74%), ampicillin (29%), cephalexin (54%) and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (43%) tested against all organisms; gentamicin (73%) tested against gram-negative or -ganisms and erythromycin (72%) tested against gram-positive organisms. Ciprofloxacin showed better activity against gram-negative isolates (80%) compared to the other antibiotics. However, strains highly resistant to ciprofloxacin were detected among commonly isolated gram-negative urinary pathogens: Escherichia coli (18%), Klebsiella species (19%) and Pseudomonas species (30%) . Overall susceptibility rate for gram-positive cocci was significantly low for all the antibiotics tested including ciprofloxacin (62%) . Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of Ciprofloxacin was measured for all resistant and susceptible urinary tract infection (UTI) isolates. This study indicates emerging ciprofloxacin resistance among most UTI bacterial pathogens. Increasing resistance against ciprofloxacin demands coordinated monitoring of its activity, and rationale use of the antibiotic in UTI.
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