Estudio caso-control de las cefalosporinas como tratamiento empírico de la peritonitis bacteriana espontánea en los receptores de trasplante hepático ortotópico. Epidemiología e impacto en la mortalidad

La peritonitis bacteriana espontánea consiste en la infección del líquido ascítico en ausencia de un foco evidente intraabdominal. Los microorganismos causales más frecuentes son bacilos Gram negativos y cocos Gram positivos. Son escasos los datos en los pacientes trasplantados hepáticos que evolucionan a cirrosis. Se diseñó un estudio caso-control con el objetivo de determinar la idoneidad del tratamiento empírico con ceftriaxona en dicha población. No se observaron diferencias etiológicas entre ambos grupos y la sensibilidad a cefalosporinas de tercera generación fue similar. Los trasplantados presentaron mayor incidencia de insuficiencia renal, y mayor mortalidad durante el episodio y a 6 meses.

Antimicrobial peptide genes in Bacillus strains from plant environments

The presence of the antimicrobial peptide (AMP) biosynthetic genes srfAA (surfactin), bacA (bacylisin), fenD (fengycin), bmyB (bacyllomicin), spaS (subtilin), and ituC (iturin) was examined in 184 isolates of Bacillus spp. obtained from plant environments (aerial, rhizosphere, soil) in the Mediterranean land area of Spain. Most strains had between two and four AMP genes whereas strains with five genes were seldom detected and none of the strains had six genes. The most frequent AMP gene markers were srfAA, bacA, bmyB, and fenD, and the most frequent genotypes srfAA-bacA-bmyB and srfAAbacA-bmyB-fenD. The dominance of these particular genes in Bacillus strains associated with plants reinforces the competitive role of surfactin, bacyllomicin, fengycin, and bacilysin in the fitness of strains in natural environments. The use of these AMP gene markers may assist in the selection of putative biological control agents of plant pathogens

Complete genome sequence of the type strain of Bacillus toyonensis BCT-7112T, the active ingredient of the feed additive preparation Toyocerin

Strain BCT-7112, previously identified as Bacillus cereus var. toyoi, is the type strain of the species Bacillus toyonensis, a novel species of the B. cereus group. The complete genome of this strain, which is the active ingredient of the feed additive preparation Toyocerin, has been sequenced and annotated to reveal the genetic properties of this probiotic organism with a long history of safe use in animal nutrition.