Chlamydia psittaci, Chlamydia gallinacea, and Chlamydia abortus are the most common Chlamydia spp. in chickens and have a confirmed or suggested zoonotic potential. No recent data are available on their prevalence and impact in the Belgian chicken in...
During the last decade many infectious aetiologies of coronary heart disease have been suggested. Beside viruses such as CMV, HIV and Kawasaki disease, the greatest attention has been given to Chlamydia pneumoniae as a positive role. Five arguments a...
Introduction: A major area of pathology in primary care practice is represented by respiratory infections, from common colds to severe lower respiratory tract illness. Our aim was to evaluate the incidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneum...
Background: Although it is generally accepted that Chlamydia spp. can induce fertility problems in sows, many questions concerning diagnostic, therapeutic, and prophylactic approaches remain unanswered. The aim of this study was to gather information...
Chlamydia are obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens affecting humans and animals, causing miscarriage, stillbirth, or weak fetuses in the late stages of pregnancy of goats and sheep. Because there is no commercial vaccine for chlamydia in animal...
Chlamydia suis (C. suis) resides in the intestines of pigs and tetracycline-resistant strains are emerging worldwide. Intestinal infections are often subclinical. However, the gut is regarded as a C. suis reservoir and clinical infections have been a...
Vaccines can have heterologous effects on the immune system, i.e., effects other than triggering an immune response against the disease targeted by the vaccine. We investigated whether monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) specific for tetanus could cross-rea...
Few studies have investigated the 1930s hypothesis that reproductive tract infections are risk factors for fibroid development. In our 2017 cross-sectional analysis from the Study of Environment, Lifestyle, and Fibroids (2010–2018), a large Det...
30 September 2022
Introduction: Pulmonary diseases are amongst the most common causes of premature death and distressing disorders worldwide. This study aimed to detect the fastidious and routine infectious agents, and their drug resistance patterns in bronchoalveolar...
Six mature, male koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), with clinical signs of chlamydiosis, were administered doxycycline as a 5 mg/kg subcutaneous injection, once a week for four weeks. Blood was collected at standardised time points (T = 0 to 672 h) to...
Bats, as members of the order Chiroptera, are vital to ecosystems and serve as reservoirs for numerous microorganisms, some of which can cause zoonotic diseases. Human interactions with bats are increasing due to habitat alterations, making it essent...
Native and exotic avian species can act as reservoirs of pathogens, including bacteria and viruses, with conservation and public health implications. A retrospective study on the diagnosis and frequency of diseases in wild and exotic avian species wa...
Chlamydia abortus causes the disease ovine enzootic abortion, which is one of the most infectious causes of foetal death in small ruminants worldwide. While the disease can be controlled using live and inactivated commercial vaccines, there is scope...
Background: Advancements in DNA sequencing technology have facilitated the assessment of the connection between the oral microbiome and various diseases. The aim of the present study was to investigate the salivary microbiota composition employing fo...
Emerging research highlights the gut microbiota’s critical role in modulating brain activity via the gut–brain axis. This study explores whether targeted gastrointestinal irradiation induces abscopal effects on the brain proteome, reveali...
Gonococcal and chlamydial conjunctivitis and keratoconjunctivitis are potentially sight-threatening ocular manifestations of sexually transmitted infections. Recent epidemiological data indicate rising rates of gonorrhoea and chlamydia infections wor...
Tributyrin and essential oils have been used as alternatives to antimicrobials to improve gut health and growth performance in piglets. This study was to evaluate the effects of a dietary supplement with two encapsulated products containing different...
5 December 2024
Trachoma recrudescence is a serious concern for trachoma control programs. Programs define recrudescence as the return of trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF) prevalence above elimination threshold (≥5%) on district-level trachoma surveillanc...
This study aimed to determine the persistence of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) and Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) infections during pregnancy and after delivery in vaginal swabs of women from Pemba Isl...
Ambroxol (Ax) is used as a mucolytics in the treatment of respiratory tract infections. Ax, at a general dose for humans, does not alter Chlamydia pneumoniae growth in mice. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the potential anti-chlamydial effect of A...
Background: Epididymo-orchitis can be caused by sexually transmitted pathogens, including Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Mycoplasma genitalium, or entero-bacteria. The aim of this study was to explore the demographics, microbiologi...
Dysbiosis, or an altered microbiota composition, has been implicated in chronic endometrial inflammation and recurrent implantation failure. Despite growing research on the relationship between the genital microbiome and reproductive health, few stud...
17 June 2015
Reservoir thermal stratification drives the water temperature and dissolved oxygen gradient, however, the characteristic of vertical water microbial community during thermal stratification is so far poorly understood. In this work, water bacterial co...
Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea is now a reality, as well as the consequences of untreatable infections. Gonococcal eye infections result in blindness if not properly treated; they accounted for the vast majority of infections in children in homes for...
Initial diagnosis of human T cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) infections is mainly based by detecting antibodies in plasma or serum using laboratory-based methods. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a rapid screening test for HTLV-I anti...
School-based outbreaks often precede increased incidence of acute respiratory infections in the greater community. We conducted acute respiratory infection surveillance among children to elucidate commonly detected pathogens in school settings and th...
Background and Objectives: The microbiome plays a pivotal role in male infertility, with distinct microbial species exerting both beneficial and deleterious effects on reproductive function. Sexually transmitted bacteria and several viruses, includin...
Introduction: Fetal Inflammatory Response Syndrome (FIRS) is widely acknowledged for its contribution to neonatal morbidity in premature infants. Being a systemic inflammatory process triggered by intrauterine infections or other stimuli, FIRS has ga...
Lefamulin was the first systemic pleuromutilin antibiotic approved for intravenous and oral use in adults with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia based on two phase 3 trials (Lefamulin Evaluation Against Pneumonia [LEAP]-1 and LEAP-2). This poole...
Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is a life-threatening complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) with complex infectious and non-infectious etiologies. Bacterial pathogens, including Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and atypical organisms...