Multiresistant salmonella infections: an emerging health problem in Bangladesh (2007)
Rahman, Mahbubur, Albert, M.J.
Objective: Determine the prevalence and importance of multiresistant Salmonella isolates in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Methodology: The present status of multiresistant Salmonella infections was studied by...
Survival potential of non-culturable vibrio cholerae 01 by laboratory (2007)
Islam, M.S., Miah, M.A., Moniruzzaman, M.S., Begum, S., Felsenstein, A., Sack, R.B., ...
Objective: Assess the survival potential of V, cholerae 01 using conventional cultural, fluorescent antibody and recently developed polymerase chain reaction techniques. In Bangladesh, cholera is...
Faruque, Shah M., Rahman, M.M., Hoq, M.M., Albert, M.J.
Fifty-six heat-labile, enterotoxin- producing (LT+) Escherichia coli isolated from 33 children less than 5 years of age with diarrhoea were analysed for resistance to antibiotics, plasmid contents,...
Haider, Khaleda, Faruque, S.M., Shahid, N.S., Albert, M.J., Nahar, S., Malek, A., ...
Escherichia coS isolated from 389 children, less than 1—year of age with diarrhoea, were analyzed for the presence of Enteroaggregative E coti (EAggEC) by their pattern of adherence to HeLa cells....
Islam, M.S., Hossian, M.Z., Khan, S.I., Felsenstein, A., Sack, R.B., Albert, M.J.
Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that hands may be an important vehicle for transmission of shigellosis. The present study was carried out to find out the survival potential of Shigella...
Rahman Md. Mizanur, Sirajul Islam Khan, Mohammad Sirajul Islam, Ishrat Sultana, Zeaur Rahim, M. J. Albert
Bacterial chemotaxis is one of the important mechanisms of association of bacteria and other living biota. To investigate the role of chemotaxis that might function for association of Vibrio cholerae...
Rahman Md. Mizanur, Sirajul Islam Khan, Mohammad Sirajul Islam, Ishrat Sultana, Zeaur Rahim, M. J. Albert
Bacterial chemotaxis is one of the important mechanisms of association of bacteria and other living biota. To investigate the role of chemotaxis that might function for association of Vibrio cholerae...
Intraspecies ariation in E. histolytica and protective immunity with E. histolytica infection (1997)
Investigation of the importance of new viral agents of diarrhea (1995)
Unicomb, Leanne, Glass, Roger, Banu, Nurun Nahar, Hasan, K. Zahid, Albert, M.J.
Coexistence of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 Bengal in plankton in Bangladesh[letter] (1995)
Huq, A., Colwell, R.R., Chowdhury, M.A., Xu, B., Moniruzzaman, S.M., Islam, M.S., ...
Genetic rearrangements in the rfb regions of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139. (1995)
Stroeher, Uwe Horst, Dredge, Belinda Kate, Morona, Renato, Brown, M. H., Karageorgos, L. E., Albert, M. J., ...
Uwe H. Stroeher, Kathy E. Jedani, B. Kate Dredge, Renato Morona, Melissa H. Brown, Litsa E. Karageorgos, M. John Albert, and Paul A. Manning
Genetic rearrangements in the rfb regions of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139. (1995)
Stroeher, Uwe Horst, Dredge, Belinda Kate, Morona, Renato, Brown, M. H., Karageorgos, L. E., Albert, M. J., ...
Uwe H. Stroeher, Kathy E. Jedani, B. Kate Dredge, Renato Morona, Melissa H. Brown, Litsa E. Karageorgos, M. John Albert, and Paul A. Manning
Girón, Jorge A., Qadri, F., Azim, T., Jarvis, K.J., Kaper, J.B., Albert, M.J.
The bundle-forming pilus (BFP) produced by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is associated with the presence of a large EPEC adherence factor plasmid and the formation of localized adherence...
Mahalanabis, Dilip, Faruque, A.S.G., Albert, M.J., Salam, M.A., Hoque, S.S.
We describe the disease spectrum and socio-demographic and epidemiological features of an epidemic of cholera due to a new pathogen, Vibrio cholerae O139, in patients attending a very large hospital...
Islam, M.S., Hasan, M.K., Miah, M.A., Yunus, M., Zaman, K., Albert, M.J.
Currently, Bangladesh is experiencing an epidemic of acute watery diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholerae O139. Surface waters were collected and cultured for vibrious following enrichment. Twelve percent...
Islam, M.S., Hasan, M.K., Miah, M.A., Sur, G.C., Felsenstein, A., Venkatesan, M., ...
Epidemiological studies of shigellosis in Bangladesh have demonstrated that surface-water sources can act as foci of infection. Studies of laboratory microcosms have shown that shigellae become...
A fatal case associated with shigellosis and Vibrio fluvialis bacteremia (1991)
Albert, M.J., Hossain, M. Anowat, Alam, K., Kabir, I., Neogi, Prodyot K.B., Tzipori, Saul
Genetic rearrangements in the rfb regions of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139.
Stroeher, U H, Jedani, K E, Dredge, B K, Morona, R, Brown, M H, Karageorgos, L E, ...
The recent emergence of a pathogenic new non-O1 serotype (O139) of Vibrio cholerae has led to numerous studies in an attempt to identify the origins of this new strain. Our studies indicate that O139...
Survey of in vitro susceptibilities of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 to antimicrobial agents.
Yamamoto, T, Nair, G B, Albert, M J, Parodi, C C, Takeda, Y
Vibrio cholerae O139 (173 strains) and O1 (221 strains) were tested for their in vitro susceptibilities to 39 antimicrobial agents. Both O139 and O1 strains were highly susceptible to azithromycin,...
Cytokines in the stools of children with complicated shigellosis.
Azim, T, Halder, R C, Sarker, M S, Ahmed, S, Hamadani, J, Chowdhury, A, ...
The pathogenesis of the systemic complications, leukemoid reaction and hemolytic uremic syndrome, associated with Shigella dysenteriae type 1 infection is not well understood. The excessive...
Peripheral blood neutrophil responses in children with shigellosis.
Azim, T, Islam, L N, Halder, R C, Hamadani, J, Khanum, N, Sarker, M S, ...
Alterations in peripheral blood neutrophil function are known to occur in patients with colitis and may have a role in precipitating nonspecific tissue injury. It is not known whether neutrophil...
Qadri, F, Mohi, G, Hossain, J, Azim, T, Khan, A M, Salam, M A, ...
Vibrio cholerae serogroup O139, now considered to be the second organism capable of causing epidemic severe dehydrating cholera, contains a capsular polysaccharide which makes it difficult for it to...
Azim, T, Sarker, M S, Hamadani, J, Khanum, N, Halder, R C, Salam, M A, ...
This study was designed to see whether alterations occur in peripheral blood mononuclear cell phenotype and function in children with Shigella dysenteriae 1 infection with complications (leukemoid...
Qadri, F, Mohi, M G, Chowdhury, A, Alam, K, Azim, T, Sears, C, ...
A monoclonal antibody, ICT11, specific for the toxin of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) neutralized the cytotoxic effect of the toxin on human colonic cell line HT-29/C1. In an evaluation...
Azim, T, Qadri, F, Ahmed, S, Sarker, M S, Halder, R C, Hamadani, J, ...
Antibody responses to the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of shigellae were compared between children with uncomplicated and complicated Shigella dysenteriae 1 infection. One hundred fifteen children...
Qadri, F, Jonson, G, Begum, Y A, Wennerås, C, Albert, M J, Salam, M A, ...
The mannose-sensitive hemagglutinin (MSHA) is a type 4 pilus present in Vibrio cholerae O1 strains of the El Tor biotype, as well as in strains of serogroup O139. It has been shown to be a...
Girón, J A, Viboud, G I, Sperandio, V, Gómez-Duarte, O G, Maneval, D R, Albert, M J, ...
Human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) produces a plasmid-encoded type IV pilus termed longus (for long pilus). Regardless of the geographic origins of ETEC strains, the longus structural gene...
Rabbani, G H, Albert, M J, Rahman, H, Islam, M, Mahalanabis, D, Kabir, I, ...
Rabbits are not usually susceptible to intestinal Shigella infection without extensive pretreatment, including starvation and administration of antimicrobial, antimotility, and toxic agents (carbon...
Monoclonal antibodies specific for the bundle-forming pilus of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli.
Girón, J A, Qadri, F, Azim, T, Jarvis, K J, Kaper, J B, Albert, M J
The bundle-forming pilus (BFP) produced by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is associated with the presence of a large EPEC adherence factor plasmid and the formation of localized adherence...
Comparison of immune responses in patients infected with Vibrio cholerae O139 and O1.
Qadri, F, Wennerås, C, Albert, M J, Hossain, J, Mannoor, K, Begum, Y A, ...
Vibrio cholerae O139 has recently emerged as the second etiologic agent of cholera in Asia. A study was carried out to evaluate the induction of specific immune responses to the organism in V....
Johnson, J A, Salles, C A, Panigrahi, P, Albert, M J, Wright, A C, Johnson, R J, ...
Although Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym Bengal strains, from the current epidemics in India and Bangladesh, are closely related to seventh-pandemic strains, as shown by multilocus enzyme...
Islam, M S, Hasan, M K, Miah, M A, Yunus, M, Zaman, K, Albert, M J
Currently, Bangladesh is experiencing an epidemic of acute watery diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholerae O139. Surface waters were collected and cultured for vibrious following enrichment. Twelve percent...
Islam, M S, Hasan, M K, Miah, M A, Sur, G C, Felsenstein, A, Venkatesan, M, ...
Epidemiological studies of shigellosis in Bangladesh have demonstrated that surface-water sources can act as foci of infection. Studies of laboratory microcosms have shown that shigellae become...
Qadri, F, Hasan, J A, Hossain, J, Chowdhury, A, Begum, Y A, Azim, T, ...
A monoclonal antibody-based test, Bengal SMART, was developed for rapid detection of Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym Bengal directly from stool specimens. The test, which takes about 15 min to complete,...
Controlled study of Escherichia coli diarrheal infections in Bangladeshi children.
Albert, M J, Faruque, S M, Faruque, A S, Neogi, P K, Ansaruzzaman, M, Bhuiyan, N A, ...
Diarrheal diseases are highly prevalent in Bangladesh. However, the relative contribution of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli organisms--those that are enterotoxigenic (ETEC), enteropathogenic (EPEC),...
Ansaruzzaman, M, Rahman, M, Kibriya, A K, Bhuiyan, N A, Islam, M S, Albert, M J
The sucrose-containing selective medium thiosulfate-citrate-bile salt-sucrose agar missed a sucrose nonfermenting and four sucrose late-fermenting variant strains of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal from...
Ansaruzzaman, M, Kibriya, A K, Rahman, A, Neogi, P K, Faruque, A S, Rowe, B, ...
In initial studies of slide and tube agglutination tests of shigella-like isolates from diarrheal stools from Bangladesh, 10 and 8 strains of Shigella dysenteriae were identified as provisional...
Ridell, J, Siitonen, A, Paulin, L, Lindroos, O, Korkeala, H, Albert, M J
Hafnia alvei strains which possess the attachment-effacement gene (eaeA) may have clinical importance as new diarrhea-causing pathogens and should therefore be differentiated from other H. alvei...
Dalsgaard, A, Albert, M J, Taylor, D N, Shimada, T, Meza, R, Serichantalergs, O, ...
In February 1994, an outbreak of diarrhea caused by non-O1 Vibrio cholerae occurred among volunteers in a vaccine trial study area in Lima, Peru. Clinically, 95% of the patients presented with liquid...
Faruque, S M, Roy, S K, Alim, A R, Siddique, A K, Albert, M J
Cholera is endemic in Bangladesh, and a regular seasonal pattern of cholera epidemics occurs. We examined the clonal relationships among 103 clinical and environmental Vibrio cholerae isolates...
Characterization of Aeromonas trota strains that cross-react with Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal.
Albert, M J, Ansaruzzaman, M, Shimada, T, Rahman, A, Bhuiyan, N A, Nahar, S, ...
It has previously been shown that Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal shares antigens with V. cholerae serogroups O22 and O155. We detected six surface water isolates of Aeromonas trota that agglutinated in...
Albert, M J, Faruque, S M, Faruque, A S, Bettelheim, K A, Neogi, P K, Bhuiyan, N A, ...
The role of cytolethal distending toxin (CDT)-producing Escherichia coli, a newly described category of E. coli, in the causation of diarrhea was studied by screening E. coli isolates from 546...
Lesmana, M, Albert, M J, Subekti, D, Richie, E, Tjaniadi, P, Walz, S E, ...
Strong positive CAMP reactions were demonstrated by 121 Vibrio cholerae O139 and 504 El Tor isolates, and weak positive CAMP reactions were shown by 235 non-O1, non O139 isolates when these isolates...
Unicomb, L E, Faruque, S M, Malek, M A, Faruque, A S, Albert, M J
The severity of group A rotavirus (RV) diarrhea was compared with that of mixed infections of RV with diarrheagenic Escherichia coli, Vibrio cholerae O1, and Shigella species by a scoring system. The...
Phage specific for Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal.
Albert, M J, Bhuiyan, N A, Rahman, A, Ghosh, A N, Hultenby, K, Weintraub, A, ...
From the stool of a Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal-infected patient, a phage that specifically lysed capsulated V. cholerae O139 strains only was isolated. The phage is useful for the confirmatory...
Cloning and sequence of a region of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal and its use in PCR-based detection.
Falklind, S, Stark, M, Albert, M J, Uhlén, M, Lundeberg, J, Weintraub, A
We isolated and characterized a Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal-specific DNA region by arbitrary PCR. The fragment contains open reading frames encoding two potential glycosyltransferases possibly...
Kühn, I, Albert, M J, Ansaruzzaman, M, Bhuiyan, N A, Alabi, S A, Islam, M S, ...
Aeromonas isolates from patients with diarrhea in Bangladesh (n = 69), from healthy controls (n = 11), and from surface water (n = 40) were analyzed with respect to their hybridization groups (HGs)...