Construction of an interpretive pattern directory for the API 10 S kit and analysis of its diagnostic accuracy.

abstract：:During a 2-month period, 62 strains of Haemophilus ducreyi were isolated from 168 genital lesions and 2 lymph node aspirates. Of these strains, 22 were found on both chocolate agar and fetal bovine serum agar supplemented with vancomycin, 29 were found only on chocolate agar, and 9 were found only on fetal bovine seru...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hannah P,Greenwood JR

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The data available for the diagnosis of chlamydial infections in infants which compare direct fluorescent-monoclonal-antibody stains (DFAs) with culture are limited to one reagent, MicroTrak (Syva Inc., Palo Alto, Calif.). We therefore performed a comparison of Pathfinder (Kallestad Diagnostics, Chaska, Minn.) and Mic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Roblin PM,Hammerschlag MR,Cummings C,Williams TH,Worku M

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We systematically evaluated 5 methods for testing daptomycin versus 48 Enterococcus faecalis, 51 Enterococcus faecium, and 50 Staphylococcus aureus isolates using (i and ii) broth microdilution (BMD) with 50-mg/liter calcium medium supplementation (reference method) and 30-mg/liter calcium medium supplementation (BMD3...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kirn TJ,Onyeaso E,Syed M,Weinstein MP

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for blastomycosis was evaluated with 65 human sera from culturally or histologically proven cases of blastomycosis, 53 sera from humans with heterologous infections, and 115 sera from apparently normal people. The diagnostic value of the ELISA was compared with that of the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Turner S,Kaufman L,Jalbert M

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the course of an OXA-48-producing Enterobacteriaceae (OPE) outbreak that started in March 2012 in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Jerusalem, Israel. During the peak of the outbreak (January to August 2012), there were 49 patients who had proven or suspected acquisition of OPE in the NICU,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Adler A,Solter E,Masarwa S,Miller-Roll T,Abu-Libdeh B,Khammash H,Najem K,Dekadek S,Stein-Zamir C,Nubani N,Kunbar A,Assous MV,Carmeli Y,Schwaber MJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two molecular fingerprinting techniques, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), were used to investigate the epidemiological relatedness among Clostridium difficile isolates from suspected outbreaks in three general hospitals. Analysis by PFGE yielded inconclusive da...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Klaassen CH,van Haren HA,Horrevorts AM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine vaginal cytobrush specimens were analyzed for the presence of Chlamydia spp. by a high-sensitivity, high-specificity quantitative PCR. The 53% prevalence of low-level Chlamydia psittaci and C. pecorum genital infection detected in virgin heifers suggests predominantely extragenital transmission of Chlamydia in ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： DeGraves FJ,Gao D,Hehnen HR,Schlapp T,Kaltenboeck B

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aeromonas caviae was recovered as the sole potential enteric pathogen from the stools of 14 of 17 symptomatic children (10 younger than 1 year of age) while Aeromonas hydrophila, Aeromonas sobria, and Plesiomonas shigelloides were isolated once each. The infants from whom A. caviae was isolated all presented with a wa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Namdari H,Bottone EJ

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A semisolid medium (designated Serratia differentiation medium) containing L-arabinose, ornithine, and selective inhibitor was used to differentiate three clinically encountered Serratia species. The inhibitor, Irgasan DP-300, was incorporated to eliminate false-positive reactions from most remaining Enterobacteriacea...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gibson S,Friedman H

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A screening assay for phospholipase C using a chromogenic substrate incorporated into agar medium is described. The assay directly visualizes phospholipase C activity of mycoplasma lysates and membranes on agar plates, or the activity may be measured by spectrophotometry. The results from the assay confirm the presenc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： De Silva NS,Quinn PA

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three bovine group B rotavirus strains were detected from diarrheic calves during a surveillance study of rotaviral diarrhea in West Bengal, India. The sequence analysis of VP7 and NSP5 genes of these strains demonstrates a high degree of sequence variation from other group B rotavirus strains, indicating the emergenc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Barman P,Ghosh S,Das S,Varghese V,Chaudhuri S,Sarkar S,Krishnan T,Bhattacharya SK,Chakrabarti A,Kobayashi N,Naik TN

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between November 1983 and January 1984, 13 cases of Candida parapsilosis endophthalmitis occurred in Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee in patients who had had an intraocular lens implantation (IOLI) or cataract extraction with an IOLI. This outbreak followed the introduction in July 1983 of a new brand of balanced salt ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McCray E,Rampell N,Solomon SL,Bond WW,Martone WJ,O'Day D

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norovirus (NV) is the most common causative agent of nonbacterial gastroenteritis. Reports of surveillance of NV in facilities that reported outbreaks are frequently found in publications, but reports of that in facilities without outbreaks are not found. We investigated the molecular epidemiology of NV isolates deriv...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Okabayashi T,Yokota S,Ohkoshi Y,Ohuchi H,Yoshida Y,Kikuchi M,Yano K,Fujii N

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive PCR assay that detects the thermophilic campylobacters C. jejuni, C. coli, C. lari, and C. upsaliensis is reported. Furthermore, by digestion of the PCR products with two restriction enzymes, species differentiation was demonstrated. Thus, the present method has the potential to be used for both detection ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fermér C,Engvall EO

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two commercial assays that detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTB) in clinical specimens by rRNA target amplification (AMTDII) and ligase chain reaction (LCx) were evaluated. The tests were applied to 457 respiratory (n = 273) and extrapulmonary (n = 184) specimens collected from 357 patients. The results were...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Piersimoni C,Callegaro A,Scarparo C,Penati V,Nista D,Bornigia S,Lacchini C,Scagnelli M,Santini G,De Sio G

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multilocus sequence typing was successfully completed on 494 isolates of Streptococcus uberis from clinical mastitis cases in a study of 52 commercial dairy herds over a 12-month period. In total, 195 sequence types (STs) were identified. S. uberis mastitis cases that occurred in different cows within the same herd an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Davies PL,Leigh JA,Bradley AJ,Archer SC,Emes RD,Green MJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-cell sonicates of Treponema pallidum, Nichols strain, were evaluated in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Elisa) for syphilis, and results were read in a Dynatek Microelisa Reader. The antigen was evaluated with sera from patients with syphilis, persons presumed normal, and biological false-positives. Two hu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pope V,Hunter EF,Feeley JC

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus mutans strains were isolated from cohorts of Brazilian nursery school children and genotyped by arbitrarily primed PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Of 24 children with two to five S. mutans isolates, 29% carried two or more genotypes. The presence of matching genotypes of S. mut...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mattos-Graner RO,Li Y,Caufield PW,Duncan M,Smith DJ

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a long-term rodent bioassay evaluating the carcinogenicity of triethanolamine, there was equivocal evidence of carcinogenic activity in male B6C3F1 mice, based on a marginal increase in the number of hepatocellular adenomas and hepatoblastomas. Interpretation was complicated by the presence of Helicobacter hepaticu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fox JG,MacGregor JA,Shen Z,Li X,Lewis R,Dangler CA

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The name Psychrobacter immobilis recently has been proposed for a group of chiefly psychrotrophic, aerobic, gram-negative, nonmotile, oxidase-positive coccobacilli commonly found associated with fish, processed meat, and poultry products. This article reports an ocular infection in a 12-day-old newborn who acquired th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gini GA

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred thirty-two lactose-negative colonies isolated from human feces on stool differential agar media were flooded with one drop of MUCAP Test reagent (Biolife Italiana S.r.I., Milan, Italy) and observed under a Wood lamp for the development of a blue fluorescence over or around the colony. On the basis of manu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aguirre PM,Cacho JB,Folgueira L,López M,García J,Velasco AC

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple disk diffusion test was constructed for detection of IMP-1-type metallo-beta-lactamase-producing gram-negative bacteria. Two Kirby-Bauer disks containing ceftazidime (CAZ) and a filter disk containing a metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitor were used in this test. Several IMP-1 inhibitors such as thiol compounds i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Arakawa Y,Shibata N,Shibayama K,Kurokawa H,Yagi T,Fujiwara H,Goto M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental role for the endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia pipientis in the pathogenesis of Dirofilaria immitis infections has emerged in recent years. Diagnostic opportunities arising from this breakthrough have not yet been fully exploited. This study was aimed at developing conventional and real-time PCR assays to...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Turba ME,Zambon E,Zannoni A,Russo S,Gentilini F

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared culture results to investigate the influence of antimicrobial-loaded cement on sonicate fluid culture positivity for the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection. Fifty-four subjects were assessed. The sensitivities of sonicate fluid culture were 77.8% (14 of 18) in subjects with an antimicrobial-loaded cem...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Park KH,Greenwood-Quaintance KE,Hanssen AD,Abdel MP,Patel R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was performed comparing the fluorescent antibody to membrane antigen (FAMA) test and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for identifying susceptibility and seroconversion to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection. A total of 75 sera were collected from index cases and from sibling and par...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Iltis JP,Castellano GA,Gerber P,Le C,Vujcic LK,Quinnan GV Jr

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied 221 adults drawn from an impoverished urban population with high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroprevalence (35%) to determine the prevalence of gastroduodenal pathology and its relationship to serological markers of Helicobacter pylori virulence proteins and other potential environmental and im...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fernando N,Holton J,Zulu I,Vaira D,Mwaba P,Kelly P

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercially available latex agglutination and coagglutination reagents were evaluated for their ability to detect bacterial antigens in the sera of 165 patients to determine their suitability for rapid diagnosis of pneumonia. These reagents were used to detect the polysaccharide capsular antigens of Haemophilus influ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martin SJ,Hoganson DA,Thomas ET

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five strains of an unknown, multidrug-resistant coryneform, gram-positive rod were isolated from blood, bronchial aspirate, and abscess specimens. Four of the five strains isolated were highly resistant to antimicrobial agents, including beta-lactams, aminoglycosides, macrolides, quinolones, and tetracyclines, except ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Otsuka Y,Kawamura Y,Koyama T,Iihara H,Ohkusu K,Ezaki T

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An Escherichia coli rRNA probe was compared with a combination of O serotyping, phage susceptibility, and biotype pattern for the type identification of strains of Enterobacter cloacae. Forty-five isolates of E. cloacae from 36 patients in nine hospitals were examined. By conventional typing, only 26 (57.7%) could be ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Garaizar J,Kaufmann ME,Pitt TL

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A washing procedure that removed maximum numbers of contaminating microorganisms from whole surgical gloves was developed. Washing, coupled with membrane filtration, proved to be a simple and effective method for bioburden determinations on whole gloves. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lammerding AM,Day DF

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00