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Establishment of ethanol-pretreating animal model to study Helicobacter pylori infection
2006
Lee, J.U. (Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Kim, S.H. (Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Park, T.W. (Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea) | Kim, O.J. (Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea), E-mail: kimoj@wonkwang.ac.kr
A stable and reliable Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection animal model would be necessary for evaluating vaccine efficacy and helpful for understanding the pathological mechanism of the organism. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of ethanol treatment prior to H. pylori inoculation on associated gastric mucosal injury and to establish ethanol-pretreating animal model to study H. pylori infection. Male Mongolian gerbils were used for the study. H. pylori was orally inoculated after 12 h fasting.
Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]Genetic characterization of Shigella flexneri isolated from the diarrheic patients in Seoul region
2006
Seung, H.J. (Seoul Metropolitan City Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Kim, M.S. (Seoul Metropolitan City Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Oh, Y.H. (Seoul Metropolitan City Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Choi, B.H. (Seoul Metropolitan City Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Chae, H.S. (Seoul Metropolitan City Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Chu, J.Q. (Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea) | Jun, M.H. (Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea), E-mail: mhjun@cnu.ac.kr
The shigellae are common etiological agents of bacillary dysentery in humans and primates. During four years from 2002 to 2005, 22 strains of Shigella spp. were isolated from the diarrheic patients in Seoul region. All of them were identified as S. flexneri by biochemical tests and serotyping. The prevalence of serotypes were variable by year, but the major serotypes were 2a and 3a. In an antimicrobial susceptibility test, all of the isolates were resistant to streptomycin and tetracycline, and susceptible to amikacin, kanamycin, cefoxitin, and gentamicin.
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