Microbiology of bruised tissue.

No significant differences could be found in the microbial quality of bruised and unbruised tissue provided that the two types of tissue were treated identically. This suggests that there is no good reason for the condemnation of bruised tissue, which could well be used in manufactured products.     

Microbiology of pyogenic liver abscess.

Sixteen patients with pyogenic liver abscesses were studied over 10 years to discover the causative organisms of the condition. Pus was subjected to Gram-negative smear or gas-liquid chromatography to detect volatile acids characteristic of anaerobes and then cultured. All isolates were identified by conventional methods and tested for sensitivity to appropriate antimicrobial agents. Bacteria were grown from the liver abscesses in all 16 patients. Streptococcus milleri Lancefield group F was the commonest organism isolated from the pyogenic liver abscesses, being found in 13 patients. If Strep milleri is isolated care should be taken not to mistake it for an anaerobe, and finding the organism in the blood should alert the clinician to the possible presence of a liver abscesses.     

Microbiology

A selection of interesting papers that were published in the two months before our press date in major journals most likely to report significant results in microbiology.     

Microbiology

A selection of interesting papers that were published in the two months before our press date in major journals most likely to report significant results in microbiology.     

Microbiology

A selection of interesting papers that were published in the two months before our press date in major journals most likely to report significant results in microbiology.     

Microbiology

A selection of interesting papers that were published in the two months before our press date in major journals most likely to report significant results in microbiology.     

Microbiology

A selection of interesting papers that were published in the two months before our press date in major journals most likely to report significant results in microbiology.     

Microbiology

A selection of interesting papers that were published in the two months before our press date in major journals most likely to report significant results in microbiology.