Volume 10, Issue 1 (2014) | American Journal of Infectious Diseases

MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND IMMUNOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY OF CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE OF KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE ISOLATED FROM FARM ANIMALS AT TAIF GOVERNORATE

Ahmed M.A. Mansour — 2014-01-06

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 6 January 2014; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2014.1.14

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative enterobacterium that has historically been and currently remains, a significant cause of human disease and several kinds of infections in animals. In the prese...

PROCALCITONIN AS A MARKER FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF SEPSIS

Rahim Raoofi — 2013-12-23

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 23 December 2013; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2014.15.20

Sepsis is a critical condition often caused by bacterial infection and associated with death and mortality. The prognosis of this disease depends on early diagnosis and proper treatment. Definite diag...

PHENOTYPING, VIRULENCE CHARACTERISTICS OF AEROMONAS SPECIES AND THE EFFECTS OF ESSENTIAL PLANT OILS AS ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AGAINST PATHOGENIC ISOLATES FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES

Ahmed M.A. Mansour — 2014-01-18

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 18 January 2014; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2014.21.35

Aeromonas species are increasingly recognized as enteric pathogens. Faecal samples from 20 cow, 45 sheep; 60 goat and 60 camels were examined for the presence of Aeromonas species, which was also soug...

INHIBITORY ACTIVITY OF POTENTOX AGAINST DNA GYRASE OF ENTEROBACTERIACEAE

Manu Chaudhary — 2014-02-08

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 8 February 2014; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2014.36.43

DNA gyrase, a type II topoisomerase catalyzes the supercoiling of relaxed closed circular DNA. In this report we evaluated the in vitro inhibitory effect of non antibiotic adjuvant compounds disodium ...

IDENTIFICATION OF THE BACTERIUM TOMATO STEM CANKER

Goner A. Shaker — 2014-02-20

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 20 February 2014; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2014.44.49

Diseased tomato samples were collected from green house was evaluated for isolation, pathogenicity and biochemical tests. The symptoms of the infected tomato plants were as sudden wilting after curled...