M. John Albert

Clonal groups of enteropathogenic escherichia coli isolated in case-control studies on diarrhoea in Bangladesh (2007)

Nahar, S., Byun, R., Katouli, M., Kuhn, I., Ansaruzzaman, M., Albert, M. John, ...

Objective: Investigate the clonal status of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains isolated from case-control studies in Bangladesh. Methodology: Eighty EPEC isolates from children with...

Molecular Analysis of Shigella dysenteriae Type 1 Strains by Using Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (2007)

Talukder, K.A ., Albert, M. John

Objective: Determine the use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) in molecu [ar typing of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 strains from sporadic outbreaks and epidemic periods from different...

Molecular analysis of toxigenic vibrio cholerae strains isolated in Bangladesh during 1961-1996: relationship between continual emergence of new toxigenic clones and epidemics of cholera (2007)

Faruque, Shah M., Siddique, A.K., Mekalanos, John, Albert, M.John

Objective: Analyze virulence-associated genes, and study clonal relationships among toxigenic Vibrio cholerae strains isolated in Bangladesh during 1961-1996 to establish whether seasonal epidemics...

Production, characterization and immunodiagnostic application of a monoclonal antibody to shiga toxin (2007)

Qadri, Firdausi, Mohi, M. Golam, Azim, Tasnim, Faruque, Shah M., Albert, M. John

A mouse monoclonal antibody (MAb ICT7) that is specific for Shiga toxin was produced. The MAb neutralises the cytotoxic effects of both purified Shiga toxin and culture extracts of Shigella...

Campylobacter jejuni bacteraemia in children with diarrhoea in Bangladesh: report of six cases (2007)

Hossain, Muhammad Anowar, Kabir, Iqbal, Albert, M. John, Kibriya, AKMG, Alam, Khorshed, Alam, A.N.

Campylobacter jejuni was isolated from blood cultures bom 6 of 6ยป27S diarrhoea! children seeking treatment at the Clinical Research Centre of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease...

Epithelial cell invasiveness of non-enteropathogenic serotypes of escherichia coli (2007)

Albert, M. John, Ansaruzzaman, M., Bhuiya, N.A.

Current evidence suggests that cntcropathogcnic Escherichia coli (EPEC) of traditional serotypes possess a three-stage pathogcnesis: localised adherence (LA) to, attachment-ef-facement (AE) of, and...

Evaluation of a DNA probe to identify enteroaggregative escherichia coli from children with diarrhoea in Bangladesh (2007)

Faruque, Shah M., Haider, Khaleda, Rahman, M. Monzur, Baqui, Abdullah H., Ahmad, Qazi S., ...

Six hundred and seventy-five Escherichia coti isolates obtained from 225 diarrhoeal children less than five years of age were tested for adherence to HeLa cells and for hybridisation with DNA probes...

Aetiology of diarrhoea in a birth cohort of children aged 0-2 Year(s) in rural Mirzapur, Bangladesh (2007)

Hasan, Khundkar Z., Pathela, Preeti, Alam, Korshed, Podder, Goutam, Faruque, Shah M., Roy, Eliza, ...

The incidence of aetiology-specific diarrhoea and the pathogenicity of infectious agents in a birth cohort (n=252) in rural Bangladesh were determined. Stool specimens or rectal swabs were collected...

Survival of Shigella dysenteriae Type 1 on Fomites (2007)

Islam, Md. Sirajul, Hossain, M.A, Khan, S.I., Khan, M.N.H., Sack, R.B., Albert, M.John, ...

Studies have shown that various objects, such as utensils, toys,a nd clothes, can serve as vehicles for transmission of Shigella spp. Shigellae can become viable but non-culturable (VBNC)when exposed...

Differentiation of vibrio cholerae O1 isolates with biochemical fingerprinting and comparison with ribotyping (2007)

Ansaruzzaman, M., Albert, M. John, Kuhn, I., Faruque, S.M., Siddique, A.K., Mollby, R.

The Phene Plate (PhP) system is a commercially available typing system based on the measurements of kinetics of selected biochemical reactions of bacteria grown in liquid medium in 96-well...

Aetiology of Diarrhoea in a Birth Cohort of Children Aged 0-2 Year(s) in Rural Mirzapur, Bangladesh (2006)

Khundkar Z. Hasan, Preeti Pathela, Korshed Alam, Goutam Podder, Shah M. Faruque, Eliza Roy, ...

The incidence of aetiology-specific diarrhoea and the pathogenicity of infectious agents in a birth cohort (n=252) in rural Bangladesh were determined. Stool specimens or rectal swabs were collected...

Subclinical vitamin a deficiency in pre-school children living in urban slums of Dhaka City (1998)

Wahed, M.A., Haque, Rashidul, Talukder, Sadiqur R, Albert, M.John, Alvarez, J.O.

Objective: Assess the biochemical evidence of vitamin A deficiency in pre-school children living in the urban slums of Dhaka Methodology: To examine the separate and combined effects of low-dose...

Sociodemographic, hygienic and nutritional correlates of Helicobacter pylori infection of young Bangladeshi children (1996)

Clemens, John, Albert, M. John, Rao, Malla, Huda, Shamsul, Qadri, Firdausi, ...

By the age of 10 years most children in developing countries have been infected by Helicobacter pylori Identification of clues to modes of transmission of this organism to children, as well as...

Lipopolysaccharide-specific antibodies in plasma and stools of children with Shigella-associated leukemoid reaction and hemolytic-uremic syndrome (1996)

Azim, Tasnim, Qadri, Fiedausi, Ahmed, Sharmeen, Sarker, M. Safiullah, Halder, Ramesh C., Hamadani, Jena, ...

Antibody responses to the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of shigellae were compared between children with uncomplicated and complicated Shigella dysenteriae 1 infection. One hundred fifteen children...

Monoclonal antibodies to the enterotoxin of Bacteroides fragilis: production, characterization, and immunodiagnostic application (1996)

Qadri, Firdausi, Mohi, M. Golam, Chowdhury, Ashrafuzzamn, Alam, Khorshid, Azim, Tasnim, Sears, Cynthia, ...

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...

Neonatal rotavirus infection in Bangladesh: strain characterization and risk factors for nosocomial infection (1996)

Kilgore, Paul E., Unicomb, Leanne E., Gentsch, Jon R., Albert, M. John, McElroy, Charles A., Glass, Roger I.

Rotavirus (RV) diarrhea is an important cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in Bangladesh and is responsible for 24% of hospital admissions for diarrhea in children from 3 months to 2 years of...

Serum antibacterial and antitoxin responses in clinical cholera caused by Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal and evaluation of their importance in protection (1996)

Nandy, R.K., Albert, M. John, Ghose, A.C.

Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal strain was the causative agent of the recent epidemics of cholera in India and Bangladesh. We studied antibacterial and antitoxin immune responses in acute and...

Clinical features, antimicrobial susceptibility and toxin production in Vibrio cholerae O139 infection: comparison with V. cholerae O1 infection (1996)

Dhar, Ujjwal, Bennish, Michael L., Khan, Wasif Ali, Seas, Carllos, Huq, Eradul Khan, Albert, M. John, ...

We prospectively compared the clinical features of cholera due to Vibrio cholerae O1 and V. cholerae O139 in 242 men 18-60 years of age, with a history of diarrhoea of 24 h or less, and moderate or...

Epidemiology & molecular biology of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal (1996)

Albert, M. John

The emergence of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal as the second aetiologic agent of epidemic cholera in October 1992 in the south Indian coastal city of Madras has shattered the long-held notion that only...

Demonstration of a lack of synergistic effect of rotavirus with other diarrheal pathogens on severity of diarrhea in children (1996)

Unicomb, Leanne E., Faruque, Shah M., Malek, M.A., Faruque, A.S.G., Albert, M.John

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...

Simple differentiation of Vibrio cholerae O139 from V. cholerae O1 and non-O1, non-O139 by modified CAMP test (1996)

Lesmana, Murad, Albert, M. John, Subekti, Decy, Richie, Emily, Tjaniadi, Periska, Walz, Stephen 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...

Alterations in lymphocyte phenotype and function in children with shigellosis who develop complications (1996)

Azim, Tasnim, Sarker, Mohammed S., Hamadani, Jena, Khanum, Nargis, Halder, Ramesh C., Salam, Mohammed 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...

Changing epidemiology of cholera due to Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 Bengal in Dhaka, Bangladesh (1996)

Faruque, A.S.G., Fuchs, G.J., Albert, M. John

At the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B) Dhaka we studied the trends in cholera for the period January 1992 to May 1995. Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal emerged...

Characterization of Aeromonas trota strains that cross-react with Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal (1995)

Albert, M.John, 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...

Comparison of the vibriocidal antibody response in cholera due to Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal with the response in cholera due to Vibrio cholerae O1 (1995)

Qadri, Firdausi, Mohi, Golam, Hossain, Jaber, Azim, Tasnim, 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...

Development of an improved animal model of shigellosis in the adult rabbit by colonic infection with Shigella flexneri 2a (1995)

Rabbani, G.H., Albert, M. John, Rahman, Hamidur, Islam, Moyenul, Mahalanabis, Dilip, 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...

Characterization of Vibrio cgolerae non-O1 serogroups obtained from an outbreak of diarrhea in Lima, Peru (1995)

Dalsgaard, A., Albert, M. John, 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...

Characterization of Hafnia alvei by biochemical tests, random amplified polymorphic DNA PCR, and partial sequencing of 16S rRNA gene (1995)

Ridell, Jouko, Siitonen, Anja, Paulin, Lars, Lindroos, Outi, Korkeala, Hannu, Albert, M. John

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...

Peripheral blood neutrophil responses in children with shigellosis (1995)

Azim, Tasnim, Islam, Laila N., Halder, Ramesh C., Hamadani, Jena, Khanum, Nargis, Sarker, M. Safiullah, ...

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...

Cytokines in the stools of children with complicated shigellosis (1995)

Azim, Tasnim, Halder, R. Chandra, Sarker, M. Safiullah, Ahmed, Sharmeen, Hamadani, Jena, Chowdhury, Akhtaruzzaman, ...

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...

Impact of infection by Helicobacter pylori on the risk and severity of endemic cholera (1995)

Clemens, John, Albert, M. John, Rao, Malla, Qadri, Firdsusi, Huda, Shamsul, Kay, Bradford, ...

To evaluate the relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and the subsequent risk and severity of endemic Vibrio cholerae O1 diarrhea among rural Bangladeshis, 285 children and adults with...

Detection of provisional serovars of Shigella dysenteriae and designation as S. dysenteriae serotypes 14 and 15 (1995)

Ansaruzzaman, M., Rahman, A., Neogi, P.K.B., Faruque, A.S.G., 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...

Isolation of sucrose late-fermenting and nonfermenting variants of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal: implications for diagnosis of cholera (1995)

Ansaruzzaman, M., Rahman, M., Bhuiyan, N.A., Islam, M.S., Albert, M. John

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...

Controlled study of Escherichia coli diarrheal infections in Bangladeshi children (1995)

Albert, M. John, Faruque, S.M., Faruque, A.S., Neogi, P.K.B., 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),...

Moraxella septicemia in children with diarrheal disease (1995)

Hoque, Syed Samiul, Alam, Ahmed N., Albert, M. John

We report 10 cases of Moraxella septicemia associated with diarrheal disease. Their clinical presentations and outcomes are discussed. Recognition of the pathogenicity of these microorganisms in...

Bacterial translocation in the rat model of lectin induced diarrhoea (1995)

Shoda, R., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Wahed, M.A., Albert, M. John

Red kidney beans were fed to weanling Long-Evans rats to cause diarrhoea (mean (SD) faecal wet weight: 2.66 (0.73) g/day in six rats fed beans v 1.12 (0.47) g/day in six control rats, p < 0.01) and...

Evaluation of the monoclonal antibody-based kit Bengal SMART for rapid detection of Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym Bengal in stool samples (1995)

Qadri, Firdausi, Hasan, Jafrul A., Hossain, Jaber, Chowdhury, Ashrafuzzaman, Begum, Yasmin Ara, Azim, Tasnim, ...

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 cytolethal distending toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections in Bangladeshi children (1995)

Albert, M. John, Faruque, Shah M., Faruque, A.S.G., Bettelheim, Karl A., Neogi, P.K.b., 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...

Molecular subtyping of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O139 causing epidemic cholera in India and Bangladesh, 1992-1993 (1995)

Popovic, Tanja, Fields, Patricia I., Olsvik, Orjan, Wells, Joy G., Evins, Gracia M., Cameron, Daniel N., ...

Since October 1992, > 150,000 cases of cholera have been reported from India and Bangladesh; the great majority of Vibrio cholerae isolates belong to the newly established serogroup O139. To better...

Neonatal diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholerae 0139 Bengal (1995)

Khan, A. Miraj, Bhattacharya, Mihir K., Albert, M. John

Cholera rarely occurs in children under 2 years of age. We describe diarrhea due to Vibrio cholerae 0139 Bengal, the newly described etiologic agent of cholera in a 4-day-old breast-fed baby....