Use of a modified microplate bioassay method to investigate antibacterial activity in the Peruvian medicinal plant Peperomia galioides

RD Langfield, FJ Scarano, ME Heitzman… - Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
A versatile microplate bioassay for quick and sensitive determination of antibacterial activity
was developed for use in screening medicinal plants and identification of their active …

Proanthocyanidin-rich extracts from cranberry fruit (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) selectively inhibit the growth of human pathogenic fungi Candida spp. and …

KD Patel, FJ Scarano, M Kondo… - Journal of agricultural …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Cranberry ( Vaccinium macrocarpon ) has been shown in clinical studies to reduce infections
caused by Escherichia coli and other bacteria, and proanthocyanidins are believed to play …

Molecular epidemiology of an SHV-5 extended-spectrum β-lactamase in Enterobacteriaceae isolated from infants in a neonatal intensive care unit

RA Venezia, FJ Scarano, KE Preston… - Clinical infectious …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Klebsiella oxytoca that produced extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and were resistant
to ceftazidime were isolated from infants in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). During a …

Jamestown Canyon virus: seroprevalence in Connecticut.

D Mayo, N Karabatsos, FJ Scarano… - Emerging Infectious …, 2001 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
5. Poirel L, Naas T, Nicholas D, Collet L, Bellais S, Cavallo JD, et al. Characterization of VIM-2,
a carbapenem-hydrolyzing metallo-beta-lactamase and its plasmid-and integron-borne …

Simian virus 40 prevents activation of M-phase-promoting factor during lytic infection

FJ Scarano, JA Laffin, JM Lehman… - Journal of virology, 1994 - Am Soc Microbiol
Simian virus 40 (SV40) infection stimulates confluent cultures of monkey kidney cells into
successive rounds of cellular DNA synthesis without intervening mitosis. As an initial step in …

Entrapment of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and 3T3 fibroblast cells into blue light cured hydrogels

S Mishra, FJ Scarano, P Calvert - Journal of Biomedical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels, containing yeast cells or fibroblast cells, were fabricated using blue light‐induced
polymerization technique. The cell‐loaded prepolymer formulation was comprised of poly(…

Actinomyces viscosus postoperative endophthalmitis

FJ Scarano, MS Ruddat, A Robinson - Diagnostic microbiology and …, 1999 - Elsevier
Endophthalmitis, attributable to Actinomyces viscosus, developed in a 78-year-old man after
cataract surgery. Postoperative endophthalmitis with this organism is a rare occurrence. …

Rapid prototyping of three‐dimensional nanocomposite hydrogel constructs: Effect of silica nanofiller on swelling and solute release behaviors of the nanocomposite …

S Mishra, FJ Scarano, P Calvert - Journal of Biomedical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Three‐dimensional (3D) patterning and engineering of biomaterials and biointerfaces have
helped bioengineers harness the full potential of cell immobilization for different biomedical …

Septicemic arthritis with antibiotic resistance: a case study

SJ Leclair, FJ Scarano - American Society for Clinical …, 2008 - clsjournal.ascls.org
DISCUSSION The wound from the patient's amputation was colonized with Staphylococcus
aureus. The organisms from his local infection seeded into his circulation, causing …

Causes of Historically Low Abstract Submissions for the ASCLS Annual Meeting

…, B Sawyer, FJ Scarano, J Polancic - American Society for …, 2013 - clsjournal.ascls.org
The Abstract Review Committee (ARC) has an ongoing objective of encouraging abstract
submissions for the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science9s (ASCLS) Annual …