Intermediate human adenovirus type 22/H10,19,37 as a new etiological agent of conjunctivitis.

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is now recognized as the major agent responsible for nosocomial diarrhea in adults. Among the genotyping methods available, arbitrarily primed PCR (AP-PCR), PCR-ribotyping, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) have been widely used for investigating outbreaks of C. difficile infections. Ho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bidet P,Lalande V,Salauze B,Burghoffer B,Avesani V,Delmée M,Rossier A,Barbut F,Petit JC

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PathoTec Rapid I-D System for identifying Enterobacteriaceae was evaluated with 471 cultures. In 4,910 individual test comparisons, 95.5% of the results agreed, with results of only two test strips, those for esculin hydrolysis and urease production, agreeing with conventional tests in less than 94% of the trials....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith PB,Rhoden DL,Tomfohrde KM

更新日期：1975-04-01 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：:Rabies virus found worldwide and prevalent throughout the United States continues to be a public health concern. Direct-fluorescent antibody (DFA) detection remains the gold standard for rabies virus diagnostics. Assessing the utility of a high-throughput molecular platform such as the QIAsymphony SP/AS, in conjunctio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dupuis M,Brunt S,Appler K,Davis A,Rudd R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microflora associated with three dentoalveolar abscesses was determined by cultural and molecular methods. 16S rRNA genes were randomly amplified by means of conserved eubacterial primers and cloned. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the clones and amplified genes encoding 16S rRNA from the cult...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dymock D,Weightman AJ,Scully C,Wade WG

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cowan I staphylococci coated with antisera to streptococcal groups A, B, C, D, F, and G were used as coagglutination reagents in a modified coagglutination procedure (MCAP). Streptococcal group antigens were extracted with a Streptomyces albus-lysozyme enzyme mixture for 30 min at 55 degrees C and centrifuged, and the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Carlson JR,McCarthy LR

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All but 2 of 63 Mycobacterium avium isolates from distinct geographic areas of Italy exhibited markedly polymorphic, multibanded IS1245 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns; 2 isolates showed the low-number banding pattern typical of bird isolates. By computer analysis, 41 distinct IS1245 patterns ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lari N,Cavallini M,Rindi L,Iona E,Fattorini L,Garzelli C

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A severe outbreak of hemorrhagic colitis occurred in London, Ontario, during the month of September 1985. A total of 55 residents and 18 employees of a nursing home developed diarrhea, and 17 residents (age range, 78 to 99 years) died. Specimens from 38 patients, 37 employees and contacts, and 10 autopsies were invest...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Krishnan C,Fitzgerald VA,Dakin SJ,Behme RJ

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the adoption of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) for Clostridium difficile diagnosis and their impact on stool rejection policies and C. difficile positivity rates. Of the laboratories with complete surveys, 51 (43%) reported using NAAT in 2011. Laboratories using NAAT had stricter rejection policie...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cohen J,Limbago B,Dumyati G,Holzbauer S,Johnston H,Perlmutter R,Dunn J,Nadle J,Lyons C,Phipps E,Beldavs Z,Clark LA,Lessa FC,CDC's Clostridium difficile Infection Surveillance Investigators.

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from goats suffering from caprine arthritis-encephalitis contained antibodies to virus proteins of 15, 17, 28, 40, and 130 kilodaltons in immunoblots of maedi-visna virus. We propose to use immunoblotting as a validation test for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and demonstrate that the specificity of indirect e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zanoni R,Krieg A,Peterhans E

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel PCR detection assay that amplifies the Helicobacter pylori-specific vacuolating cytotoxin gene (vacA) and thus enables rapid diagnosis of infection is described. Additionally, a real-time probe hybridization melting point analysis assay to detect all three mutations in the 23S rRNA gene associated with clarith...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chisholm SA,Owen RJ,Teare EL,Saverymuttu S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in young women are transient, but whether the clearance differs among different HPV genotypes and the different factors predicting genotype-specific clearance are partly unknown. In the Finnish Family HPV Study, 131 of 252 women (mean age, 25.5 years) clea...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Louvanto K,Syrjänen KJ,Rintala MA,Grénman SE,Syrjänen SM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a lack of consensus among investigators who use a variety of immunoassay techniques (e.g., enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA] and radioimmunoassay) regarding the protocols for describing and forming standard reference or calibration curves and interpolating serum antibody concentrations. This confounds...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Plikaytis BD,Holder PF,Pais LB,Maslanka SE,Gheesling LL,Carlone GM

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical observation has been made that there might be an unacceptable number of false-positive enzyme immunoassay (EIA) test results for IgM among persons suspected of having coccidioidomycosis. Patients with a positive result for IgM by EIA are thought to have a diagnosis of acute coccidioidomycosis. However, th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kuberski T,Herrig J,Pappagianis D

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We surveyed 75 clinical laboratories to determine if National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) were being used for the susceptibility testing of Haemophilus influenzae. Of the 66 laboratories that performed susceptibility testing, all claimed to follow current NCCLS guidelines. However, upon further...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Scriver SR,Hoban DJ,McGeer A,Moore TC,Walmsley SL,Low DE

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1994, a cross-contamination problem leading to false-positive cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was revealed in a mycobacteriology laboratory processing 30,000 to 35,000 samples per year. Molecular strain typing based on restriction fragment length polymorphism confirmed the contaminations. Out of 1,439 po...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bauer J,Thomsen VO,Poulsen S,Andersen AB

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Binax legionella urinary antigen (LUA) enzyme immunoassay (Binax, Portland, Maine) was evaluated in 159 patients with suspected or proven legionellosis and 209 controls. A positive LUA test was found in 37% of patients with suspected legionellosis overall and in 83% of those with proven Legionella pneumophila sero...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kazandjian D,Chiew R,Gilbert GL

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Real-time isothermal nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (RT-NASBA) was applied to the detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. In vitro-generated M. pneumoniae RNA was used to assess the sensitivity of the assay. The 95% hit rate was 148 molecules of M. pneumoniae RNA in the amplification and 10(4) molecules of in v...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Loens K,Ieven M,Ursi D,Beck T,Overdijk M,Sillekens P,Goossens H

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis strains usually requires three to six serial passages in shell vials to attain sufficient antigen for typing procedures. To circumvent this problem, we developed a rapid low-passage method for serotyping of C. trachomatis clinical isolates. Isolates with an inclusion count of greate...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Suchland RJ,Stamm WE

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in anogenital carcinogenesis is firmly established, but evidence that supports a similar role in skin remains speculative. Immunosuppressed renal transplant recipients have an increased incidence of viral warts and nonmelanoma skin cancer, and the presence of HPV DNA in these les...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Harwood CA,Spink PJ,Surentheran T,Leigh IM,de Villiers EM,McGregor JM,Proby CM,Breuer J

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus gattii emerged in North America in 1999 as a human and veterinary pathogen on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The emergent subtype, VGIIa, and the closely related subtype VGIIb can now be found in the United States in Washington, Oregon, and California. We performed multilocus sequence typing and anti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Iqbal N,DeBess EE,Wohrle R,Sun B,Nett RJ,Ahlquist AM,Chiller T,Lockhart SR,Cryptococcus gattii Public Health Working Group.

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fully automated microparticle enzyme immunoassay (EIA), IMx Core, was developed for the detection of antibody against hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc). IMx Core sensitivity was less than 0.5 Paul Ehrlich Institut units per ml and was greater than that of the commercial radioimmunoassay (RIA) or EIA, Corab and Cor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Spronk AM,Schmidt L,Krenc C,Pavlis-Jenkins L,Brady J,Taskar S,Angus-Finn L,Mimms L

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of existing human papillomavirus (HPV) genotyping assays are based on multiplex PCR using consensus or degenerate primers. We developed a Templex HPV assay that simultaneously detects and identifies 25 common HPV genotypes in a single-tube reaction using type-specific primers for the HPV-specific E6 and E...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Han J,Swan DC,Smith SJ,Lum SH,Sefers SE,Unger ER,Tang YW

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A streptococcus (GAS) species cause bacterial pharyngitis in both adults and children. Early and accurate diagnosis of GAS is important for appropriate antibiotic therapy to prevent GAS sequalae. The Revogene Strep A molecular assay (Meridian Bioscience Canada Inc, Quebec City, QC, Canada) is an automated real-t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Banerjee D,Michael J,Schmitt B,Salimnia H,Mhaissen N,Goldfarb DM,Lachance P,Faron ML,Aufderheide T,Ledeboer N,Weissfeld A,Selvarangan R

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirates of liver abscesses were analyzed for Entamoeba histolytica. PCR detected a gene encoding a 30-kDa protein in all samples but detected the ribosomal DNA gene in only 14 (33.3%) samples. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay detected antigen in 41 (97.6%) samples. PCR analysis of a strain-specific antigen (SSG) re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zengzhu G,Bracha R,Nuchamowitz Y,Cheng-I W,Mirelman D

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A PCR method was developed to identify and fingerprint Candida krusei isolates simply and rapidly. The primer pair Arno1 and Arno2 was designed to amplify the polymorphic species-specific repetitive sequence CKRS-1 (C. krusei repeated sequence 1) that we identified in the nontranscribed intergenic regions (IGRs) of rR...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Carlotti A,Chaib F,Couble A,Bourgeois N,Blanchard V,Villard J

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Test strips for the detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 were investigated using specimens from risk groups in Thailand (141 reactive; 445 nonreactive) in a local Thai laboratory. The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity were both 100%. Using a set of seroconversion panels, the sensitivity ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pagcharoenpol P,Burgess-Cassler A,Schramm W

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) Taiwan variant was investigated in the throat washing (TW) samples from patients with head and neck tumors, persons with nonmalignant diseases, and healthy adults in Taiwan. By using the EBV (BNLF-1 gene)-specific primers and PCR, the EBV latent membrane protein gene BNLF...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jeng KC,Hsu CY,Liu MT,Chung TT,Liu ST

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent studies, antigenic divergence has been observed in Bordetella pertussis circulating isolates. We collected 80 Bordetella pertussis isolates in Taiwan from 1998 to 2004 and analyzed them using a combination of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and sequencing of the ptxS1 and prn genes. The incidence of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yao SM,Lin YC,Chou CY,Chen YY,Hsiao MJ,Chen HY,Yan JJ,Su HP,Li SY

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the SIGNAL (Oxoid Ltd., Basingstoke, United Kingdom) blood culture system, gas produced by bacterial metabolism displaces medium from the culture bottle into an upper reservoir via a hollow needle. Displacement of media may provide a visual indication of the presence of both aerobic and anaerobic organisms in a sin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Trombley C,Anderson JD

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00