During the 20-year study period, samples from 912 patients (774 male, 138 female) presenting with post-traumatic endophthalmitis were collected and subjected to microbiological analysis (mean age ± SD, 32.5 ± 20.1 years; range, 2 80 years).
Biological data (erythrocyte sedimentation rate [ESR] in mm/h, C-reactive protein [CRP] in mg/l [N < 5 mg/l]), leukocytes in g/l (leukocytosis defined as leukocyte number > 10 G/l), and microbiological data (mean isolation rate and type of pathogenic agent isolated) were also recorded.
Their relative contribution to host defence is frequently assessed by means of microbiological assays.
Irradiation has been used in studies not only as a means of microbiological control, but also on its structural action in the substances molecules and has been used to reduce the allergenic effects.
We did not assess adequacy of AT by means of microbiological susceptibility testing results because many of the included hospitals lacked the staff to report such data for a study.
Despite the ultimately inconclusive traceback investigation, this outbreak shows the value of targeted surveillance and microbiological typing as a means for quickly identifying and investigating small foodborne disease outbreaks with international implications.
Microbiological sampling was done by means of swabs.
The remaining balance of cases were diagnosed by means other than microbiological and thus no culture was available for sub-typing.
N.N.LP* Number of lumbar punctures needed to identify one case of Meningitis Lumbar puncture with CSF microscopy, biochemical, and microbiological analysis is the only means of accurately diagnosing meningitis in young infants.
For the area of microbiological food safety, these developments mean that mechanistic explanations of the response of microorganisms to food preservation treatments and environmental conditions in the food chain become more attainable.
