... and genotypic methods to species level, susceptibility to antistaphylococcal agents and clones. Results: Among the 33 linezolid-nonsusceptible CNS patients, 29 revealed Staphylococcus epidermidis and 4 Staphylococcus capitis . All S. epidermidis strains belonged to the ST22 clone (by multilocus sequence typing...

...-resistant enterococci carried the G2576T mutation. E. faecium belonged to the international epidemic clones ST16, ST17, ST203 and ST65, while all E. faecalis strains belonged to the ST28 clone. Conclusions: The spread of common linezolid-resistant enterococcal clones in intensive care units located...

...Hooi Hoon Ang; Kit Lam Chan; Joon Wah Mak Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Malaysia, Africa and Thailand were cultured in vitro following the method of Tra-ger and Jensen and subsequently cloned using the limiting dilution method of Rosario. These clones were presently characterized against...

...Hooi Hoon Ang; Chan Kit Lam; Mak Joon Wah Six clones were derived from each Plasmodium falciparum isolate obtained from Malaysia, Africa and Thailand and were characterized against type II antifolate drugs, cycloguanil and pyrimethamine using the modified in vitro microtechnique. Results showed...

... in southwestern Greece. Methods: Ninety-five isolates recovered from different outpatients were characterized by specific antisera and were tested for their susceptibility to various antimicrobial agents. Clones were identified by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of Xba I chromosomal DNA digests. Results...

...Hooi Hoon Ang; Hung Seong Cheang; Joon Wah Mak Background: Exposure of Plasmodium falciparum to increasing sublethal drug concentrations followed by drug treatment led to the development of many resistant parasites. Therefore, the susceptibility of these clones to the type II antifolate drugs...