Two serotypes of exfoliatin and their distribution in staphylococcal strains isolated from patients with scalded skin syndrome.

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：:Bordetella pertussis was transmitted from an immunized boy to his father and possibly to other family members. This case report demonstrates that although unusual, acute adult B. pertussis infection can occur. B. pertussis immunization may not prevent infection but can reduce the severity. B. pertussis was detected in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith S,Tilton RC

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genomics-based PCR method was developed and used to test specimens from patients involved in a large outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a closed religious community in New York State. New P1 adhesin gene primers were designed to bind to 9 of 10 target sequences in the repetitive-element sequences obtained from the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Waring AL,Halse TA,Csiza CK,Carlyn CJ,Arruda Musser K,Limberger RJ

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serological tests to detect Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies have been used for screening blood donors, for epidemic studies, and for diagnosis of probably infected persons. Among different tests, the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with total, semipurified, or synthetic antigens has been widely used, mainly due...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ferreira AW,Belem ZR,Lemos EA,Reed SG,Campos-Neto A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region was employed as the gold standard method for yeast identification in the China Hospital Invasive Fungal Surveillance Net (CHIF-NET). It has subsequently been found that matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhang L,Xiao M,Wang H,Gao R,Fan X,Brown M,Gray TJ,Kong F,Xu YC

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study of herpes simplex virus diagnosis by standard cell culture and a new hybrid test (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay spin amplification technique) was done on 300 specimens. The new test was found to be equally sensitive and specific, much less expensive to perform, and to report all results in 48 h...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Michalski FJ,Shaikh M,Sahraie F,Desai S,Verano L,Vallabhaneni J

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar echinococcosis (AE), caused by the Echinococcus multilocularis metacestode, represents one of the most frequently fatal zoonoses. Early diagnosis significantly reduces morbidity and mortality associated with AE. Diagnosis of AE largely depends on a combination of imaging and serological tests due to its minim...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ahn CS,Cai H,Kim JG,Han X,Ma X,Bae YA,Yang HJ,Kang I,Wang H,Kong Y

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum antibody responses to influenza A virus infection were examined in 388 normal subjects during a trial of chemoprophylaxis in an outbreak of influenza A in 1980-1981 in which both A/H1N1 and A/H3N2 viruses circulated. Paired serum specimens obtained over a 6-week period were tested for antibodies to both A/H1N1 a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Madore HP,Reichman RC,Dolin R

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new DNA probe assay (INNO LiPA Mycobacteria; Innogenetics, Ghent, Belgium) for the simultaneous identification, by means of reverse hybridization and line-probe technology, of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Mycobacterium kansasii, Mycobacterium xenopi, Mycobacterium gordonae, the species of the Mycobacterium av...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tortoli E,Nanetti A,Piersimoni C,Cichero P,Farina C,Mucignat G,Scarparo C,Bartolini L,Valentini R,Nista D,Gesu G,Tosi CP,Crovatto M,Brusarosco G

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acrophialophora fusispora is an emerging opportunistic fungus capable of causing human infections. The taxonomy of the genus is not yet resolved and, in order to facilitate identification of clinical specimens, we have studied a set of clinical and environmental Acrophialophora isolates by morphological and molecular ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sandoval-Denis M,Gené J,Sutton DA,Wiederhold NP,Guarro J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2000-2001 U.S. Haemophilus influenzae surveillance study (n = 1,434) detected nine (0.6%) beta-lactamase-negative and ampicillin-resistant (BLNAR) isolates collected from two different hospitals. The MICs of ampicillin for all nine isolates were 4 microg/ml, with results being reproducible; and all nine isolates wer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Karlowsky JA,Critchley IA,Blosser-Middleton RS,Karginova EA,Jones ME,Thornsberry C,Sahm DF

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the development and evaluation of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of antibodies to Entamoeba histolytica. Highly sensitive and reproducible results were obtained in antigen-coated plates prepared by air-drying at 37 degrees C. Comparison of the ELISA with indirect f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yang J,Kennedy MT

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed to study the subclass distribution of immunoglobulin G (IgG) specific to the core glycolipid (CGL) of the Re mutant of Salmonella minnesota R595 in serum samples from individuals with an IgG response toward these antigens. In a group of healthy blood donors, we detect...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nys M,Joassin L,Somzee A,Demonty J

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections with potent antiviral therapy often results in dramatic reductions in the levels of viremia to very low levels. Monitoring of serum HBV DNA levels is a consistent method for the assessment of antiviral potency; however, widely used hybridization ass...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lopez VA,Bourne EJ,Lutz MW,Condreay LD

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two high-copy-number insertion sequences, IS2404 and IS2606, were recently identified in Mycobacterium ulcerans and were shown by Southern hybridization to possess restriction fragment length polymorphism between strains from different geographic origins. We have designed a simple genotyping method that captures these...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stinear T,Davies JK,Jenkin GA,Portaels F,Ross BC,Oppedisano F,Purcell M,Hayman JA,Johnson PD

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) nonstructural 1 (NS1) protein constitute a marker of natural JEV infection among populations vaccinated with inactivated JE vaccine. In Japan, with few recent human JE cases, the natural infection rate is critical to evaluate the necessity of continuing JE vaccination. A...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Konishi E,Shoda M,Ajiro N,Kondo T

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence analysis of an 850-bp fragment internal to the aspecific drug efflux gene ade B revealed 11 sequence types (STs) among a collection of 50 multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDRAB) strains, including members of pan-European clones I, II, and III. The delineation of STs conformed with the intraspecifi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Huys G,Cnockaert M,Nemec A,Swings J

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 101 food-borne and waterborne outbreaks that were caused by norovirus and that resulted in more than 4,100 cases of illness were reported to the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control from January 2002 to December 2006. Sequence and epidemiological data for isolates from 73 outbreaks were analyzed...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lysén M,Thorhagen M,Brytting M,Hjertqvist M,Andersson Y,Hedlund KO

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies raised against purified Trypanosoma cruzi urinary antigens were used in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) capture test for parasite antigens present in urine specimens of Argentinean and Brazilian patients with Chagas' disease. At diagnosis, antigenuria was demonstrated by ELISA in all...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Corral RS,Altcheh J,Alexandre SR,Grinstein S,Freilij H,Katzin AM

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species display considerable antigenic polymorphism. In order to evaluate the importance of this antigenic heterogeneity in the serodiagnosis of Lyme disease, the serum immunoglobulin G response in 148 healthy individuals from an area in northern Sweden where Lyme disease is endemic and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bunikis J,Olsén B,Westman G,Bergstroöm S

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection and quantitation of human immunoglobulin M (IgM), IgG, and IgA antibodies against Yersinia enterocolitica is described. Formalinized or heat-treated bacteria were adsorbed onto specially designed microcuvettes, and antibodies were allowed to attach to the antigen-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Granfors K

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative PCR on nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) can achieve high sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) compared to microscopic examination of bronchoscopic specimens in a population with low HIV prevalence. Since NPA is a minimally invasive procedure, it is ideal as a screening test ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： To KK,Wong SC,Xu T,Poon RW,Mok KY,Chan JF,Cheng VC,Chan KH,Hung IF,Yuen KY

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because relatively few caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus (CAEV)-infected animals exhibit clinical signs of illness, efforts to control and eradicate this virus will depend heavily on a sensitive diagnostic test that can be easily carried out. The currently utilized tests are of limited usefulness because of relativ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Archambault D,East N,Perk K,Dahlberg JE

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three immunoelectron microscopy (IEM) methods were employed to show laboratory-cultivated Francisella tularensis. By the IEM assays, F. tularensis was distinguished from four antigenically distinct gram-negative bacteria. IEM should be a valuable tool for confirming presumptive isolates of F. tularensis and may potent...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Geisbert TW,Jahrling PB,Ezzell JW Jr

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the pandemic potential of Vibrio cholerae, one must demonstrate both the presence of O1 antigen and the production of enterotoxin (CT). Tissue culture or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for CT have been limited to research and reference laboratories. A kit for detecting CT by reversed passive ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Almeida RJ,Hickman-Brenner FW,Sowers EG,Puhr ND,Farmer JJ 3rd,Wachsmuth IK

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex includes the four species M. tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. africanum, and M. microti. We sequenced 13 M. tuberculosis complex strains in the 16S-to-23S rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS). The ITS has a high rate of nucleotide substitution. Previous reports found three nucleotide...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Frothingham R,Hills HG,Wilson KH

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 244 strains of Aerococcus, Enterococcus, and Streptococcus species were tested by the RapID STR system (Innovative Diagnostic Systems Inc., Atlanta, Ga.) for identification. Strains were identified without additional tests or with additional conventional tests suggested by the IDS compendium manual. Our dat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： You MS,Facklam RR

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigenic cross-reactive characteristics of herpes B virus and herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 are responsible for false-positive diagnoses by serological assays in humans and macaques. In the present study, we developed a fluorometric indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with rec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fujima A,Ochiai Y,Saito A,Omori Y,Noda A,Kazuyama Y,Shoji H,Tanabayashi K,Ueda F,Yoshikawa Y,Hondo R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 300 clinically derived isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci were tested in parallel with the API STAPH-IDENT system (Analytab Products) and 14 conventional biochemical tests contained in Kloos and Schleifer's simplified scheme for identification of human Staphylococcus species. STAPH-IDENT is a mini...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Almeida RJ,Jorgensen JH

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A batch of fetal calf serum was encountered which suppressed the number of Chlamydia trachomatis inclusions seen when it was used in conjunction with cycloheximide-treated McCoy cells. The batch of serum did not affect the number of inclusions detected in irradiated or untreated McCoy cells. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Evans RT

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00