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A modified microtiter-plate test for quantification of staphylococcal biofilm formationS Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 1, 11000, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
J Microbiol Methods 40:175-9. 2000..Therefore, the modification of the standard microtiter-plate test by introduction of an additional step of decolorization by acetic acid seems to be a useful improvement of the technique...- Brain abscess due to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitansSrdjan Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
APMIS 113:225-8. 2005..Problems met in isolating and identifying A. actinomycetemcomitans suggest that its true rate of isolation from non-oral samples may have been underestimated... - Staphylococcus sciuri: an unusual cause of pelvic inflammatory diseaseS Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Dr Subotica 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Int J STD AIDS 16:452-3. 2005..The low rate of isolation we established, however, indicates infrequent and, most probably, transient colonization of the female genital tract by S. sciuri... - A comparative evaluation of phenotypic and molecular methods in the identification of members of the Staphylococcus sciuri groupSrdjan Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Dr Subotica 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Syst Appl Microbiol 28:353-7. 2005..5-100% correlation). The accuracy and ease of use of this protocol suggest that it may be useful and valuable in microbiological laboratories for the identification of members of this group... - Evaluation of phenotypic and molecular methods for detection of oxacillin resistance in members of the Staphylococcus sciuri groupSrdjan Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Dr Subotica 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
J Clin Microbiol 44:934-7. 2006.... - Resistance to macrolides, lincosamides, streptogramins, and linezolid among members of the Staphylococcus sciuri groupSrdjan Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Microb Drug Resist 12:115-20. 2006..sciuri may be naturally resistant to lincomycin. Expression of a novel type of inducible resistance to lincosamides, induced by erythromycin in erythromycinsusceptible strains, was observed in the S. sciuri group isolates... - Surgical wound infection associated with Psychrobacter phenylpyruvicus-like organismSrdjan Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 57:217-9. 2007..8% with P. phenylpyruvicus type strain ATCC 23333(T). The results of molecular analysis suggest that the strain we isolated may represent a new species within the genus Psychrobacter... - Supplementary biochemical tests useful for the differentiation of oxidase positive staphylococciSrdjan Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Dr Subotica 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Syst Appl Microbiol 30:316-8. 2007..These tests may be used for preliminary identification of oxidase positive isolates of staphylococci resulting in more accurate identification of these species... - Quantification of biofilm in microtiter plates: overview of testing conditions and practical recommendations for assessment of biofilm production by staphylococciSrdjan Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia
APMIS 115:891-9. 2007..The obtained results should simplify quantification of biofilm formation in microtiter plates, and make it more reliable and comparable among different laboratories... - Long-term analysis of Listeria monocytogenes vaginal carriage frequency in Belgrade, Serbia (short communication)S Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Dr Subotica 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung 54:195-9. 2007..A low rate of L. monocytogenes vaginal carriage of 0.1% was established, since only one strain was recovered from vaginal swab of a woman with spontaneous abortion... - Public transport as a reservoir of methicillin-resistant staphylococciS Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Dr Subotica 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Lett Appl Microbiol 47:339-41. 2008..The aim of this study was to explore the occurrence of methicillin-resistant staphylococci in a large urban public transport system... - Identification and characterization of clinical isolates of members of the Staphylococcus sciuri groupSrdjan Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia
J Clin Microbiol 43:956-8. 2005..The API Staph and ID32 STAPH correctly identified S. sciuri and S. lentus but not S. vitulinus strains. Identification to the subspecies level was possible only by a PCR-based method... - Influence of acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) on biofilm production by Candida speciesS Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
J Chemother 16:134-8. 2004..The results obtained in the present study show aspirin to be a drug with the potential to affect and suppress biofilm formation by Candida spp., and provide support for further investigation... - Meropenem therapy failure in Listeria monocytogenes infectionS Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 23:484-6. 2004..The patient began to improve after ampicillin was introduced to the therapeutic regimen. In total, meropenem was administered for 15 days and ampicillin for 10 days... - Staphylococcus sciuri as a part of skin, nasal and oral flora in healthy dogsS Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 1, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Vet Microbiol 82:177-85. 2001..sciuri, 30 (54%) would have it as a resident flora. Thus, we showed that S. sciuri was frequently present as a part of skin, nasal and oral flora in healthy dogs both as a resident and transient carriage... - Influence of dynamic conditions on biofilm formation by staphylococciS Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 20:502-4. 2001..On the basis of these results, dynamic conditions should be included as a parameter for evaluating biofilm formation by staphylococci in vitro... - Surgical wound infection associated with Staphylococcus sciuriSrdjan Stepanovic
School of Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Scand J Infect Dis 34:685-6. 2002..The multiresistance of the strain had a serious impact on the prolonged course of the infection. Although this bacterium is principally found in animals, our strain was probably of nosocomial origin... - Ground red hot pepper agar in the isolation and presumptive identification of Cryptococcus neoformansS Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Mycoses 45:384-8. 2002..neoformans from heavily contaminated specimens... - Antimicrobial activity of human follicular fluidsSrdjan Stepanovic
Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia
Gynecol Obstet Invest 56:173-8. 2003..The obtained results indicate that lysozyme is most probably a crucial antibacterial agent in this fluid; however, some other still unidentified factors may contribute to it... - Isolation of members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group from urine and their relationship to urinary tract infectionsSrdjan Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
J Clin Microbiol 41:5262-4. 2003..It is noteworthy, however, that over 50% of the isolates originated from hospitalized patients... - Influence of the incubation atmosphere on the production of biofilm by staphylococciS Stepanovic
Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Dr Subotić 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Clin Microbiol Infect 9:955-8. 2003..The incubation atmosphere did not affect S. sciuri biofilm formation. Biofilm production by S. hemolyticus isolates was very low regardless of the experimental conditions used... - In vitro antimicrobial activity of propolis and synergism between propolis and antimicrobial drugsSrdjan Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Microbiol Res 158:353-7. 2003..The shown antimicrobial potential of propolis alone or in combination with certain antibiotics and antifungals is of potential medical interest... - Enterococcus durans endocarditis in a patient with transposition of the great vesselsS Stepanovic
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Dr Subotica 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
J Med Microbiol 53:259-61. 2004..The only virulence factors established in the strain were haemolytic activity and biofilm formation... - Possible virulence factors of Staphylococcus sciuriS Stepanovic
Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
FEMS Microbiol Lett 199:47-53. 2001..Although the present study showed existence of a wide spectrum of possible virulence determinants of S. sciuri, their exact contribution to virulence of this bacterium in vivo remains to be determined... - Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Staphylococcus vitulinus by the BD phoenix automated microbiology systemIvana Cirković
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Curr Microbiol 57:158-60. 2008..While the results of susceptibility testing compared favorably, the 70% accuracy of the Phoenix system for identification of this unusual staphylococcal species was not fully satisfactory... - Reduced quantity and hydrogen-peroxide production of vaginal lactobacilli in HIV positive womenA Knezevic
Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 1 1, 11 000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Biomed Pharmacother 59:521-3. 2005.... - Human Dirofilaria repens infection in SerbiaA M Dzamić
Department of Parasitology Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
J Helminthol 83:129-37. 2009..The amplified 246 bp PCR product showed that the worms were D. repens...