Suitability of infection of cells in suspension for detection of herpes simplex virus.

abstract：:In order to better understand the role of Mycobacterium leprae nasal carriage in the maintenance of infection reservoirs and transmission of leprosy, we applied a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that detected a 531-bp fragment of the pra gene of M. leprae on nasal swab specimens collected through a total population su...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Klatser PR,van Beers S,Madjid B,Day R,de Wit MY

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucor ramosissimus Samutsevitsch is presented for the first time as an etiologic agent of cutaneous zygomycosis in a patient with aplastic anemia on immunosuppressive therapy. This report also represents the third case caused by this species reported in the literature. A biopsy taken from a lesion on the patient's thi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Weitzman I,Della-Latta P,Housey G,Rebatta G

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococci) in nine Alaskan communities and used an algorithm combining microbiologic, serologic, and sequential multiplex PCR (MP-PCR) techniques to serotype the isolates. After microbiological identification as pneumococci, isolates (n = 1,135) were ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Miernyk K,Debyle C,Harker-Jones M,Hummel KB,Hennessy T,Wenger J,Rudolph K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence supports a causal relationship between Bartonella (Rochalimaea) henselae, cat-scratch disease (CSD), and bacillary angiomatosis. Cats appear to be the primary reservoir. Blood from 19 cats owned by 14 patients diagnosed with CSD was cultured. Blood samples from cats owned by veterinary students (n = 25...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kordick DL,Wilson KH,Sexton DJ,Hadfield TL,Berkhoff HA,Breitschwerdt EB

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid method for the detection of acetylneuraminyl hydrolase, EC 3.2.1.18 (sialidase or neuraminidase), was developed by using 2'-(4-methylumbelliferyl)alpha-D-N-acetylneuraminic acid as substrate in a filter paper spot test. The method was compared to conventional assays that use 2'-(4-methylumbelliferyl)alpha-D-N-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moncla BJ,Braham P

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular techniques are playing an important role in the diagnosis of nontuberculous mycobacterial infections. This case report describes a chronic soft tissue infection in an immunocompetent patient caused by a previously undescribed pigmented, rapidly growing Mycobacterium species, emphasizing the importance of cli...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Turenne CY,Suchak AA,Wolfe JN,Kabani A,Nicolle LE

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel recombinant baculovirus which expresses Ebola virus (EBO) nucleoprotein (NP) under the control of the cytomegalovirus immediate-early promoter was constructed. HeLa cells abortively infected with the baculovirus expressed EBO NP, and this was used as an immunofluorescent (IF) antigen to detect EBO immunoglobul...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Saijo M,Niikura M,Morikawa S,Kurane I

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of immunoglobulin M (IgM) detection in the early diagnosis of influenza A was examined in a prospective study during an outbreak of influenza A/Philippines/2/82 (H3N2) virus infection in February and March 1986. The IgM response was investigated in sera from 64 adults with influenzalike symptoms; we found a ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vikerfors T,Lindegren G,Grandien M,van der Logt J

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hundred ninety single sera from adults in Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, and Papua New Guinea were tested for antibodies to human calicivirus (HCV) by a radioimmunoassay blocking test. A high prevalence of antibodies was observed in samples collected in Japan and Southeast Asia. Of 240 serum specimens collected fr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nakata S,Chiba S,Terashima H,Nakao T

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four methods for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in vaginal secretions from 88 symptomatic patients were compared: wet-mount examination, Kupferberg liquid medium, Hirsch charcoal agar, and the Papanicolaou smear. Hirsch diphasic slants and Kupferberg medium did not significantly differ in sensitivity from dire...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thomason JL,Gelbart SM,Sobun JF,Schulien MB,Hamilton PR

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk factors for relapse of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia after vancomycin treatment are unknown. Diversilab typing was used to classify recurrent bacteremia as relapse or reinfection. Bacteremia for >7 days and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec element (SCCmec) type II were in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Welsh KJ,Skrobarcek KA,Abbott AN,Lewis CT,Kruzel MC,Lewis EM,Gardiner JM,Mohr JF,Armitige LY,Wanger A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marburg virus (MARV) causes a severe hemorrhagic fever in humans with a high mortality rate. The rapid and accurate identification of the virus is required to appropriately provide infection control and outbreak management. Here, we developed and evaluated a one-step reverse transcription-loop-mediated isothermal ampl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kurosaki Y,Grolla A,Fukuma A,Feldmann H,Yasuda J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitivity of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detecting serum antibodies to rotavirus was greatly enhanced when rotavirus particles were fragmented by chaotropic agents (NaSCN or guanidine hydrochloride) before adsorption of the antigens to the solid phase. For detecting fecal antibodies, the addition of fe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Inouye S,Matsuno S,Yamaguchi H

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new T-cell-based reporter cell lines were established to measure human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infectivity. One cell line naturally expresses CD4 and CXCR4, making it susceptible to X4-tropic viruses, and the other cell line, in which a CCR5 expression vector was introduced, is susceptible to both X4...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chiba-Mizutani T,Miura H,Matsuda M,Matsuda Z,Yokomaku Y,Miyauchi K,Nishizawa M,Yamamoto N,Sugiura W

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (QT-NASBA) assay for the detection of Plasmodium parasites has been developed. Primers and probes were selected on the basis of the sequence of the small-subunit rRNA gene. Quantification was achieved by coamplification of the RNA in the sample with one modified...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schoone GJ,Oskam L,Kroon NC,Schallig HD,Omar SA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the performance of Directigen FluA combined with a 3-day flu screening culture for the detection of influenza virus. This abbreviated protocol was a useful and effective tool and resulted in a substantial reduction in time, effort, and money spent, while not compromising sensitivity of influenza v...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Newton DW,Mellen CF,Baxter BD,Atmar RL,Menegus MA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiwell, dried antimicrobial agent susceptibility test system, Sceptor (BBL Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, Md.), was tested. The system was compared directly with a reference microdilution method by using two collections of stock cultures and 305 fresh clinical isolates. Sceptor was found to be in agreement (...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jones RN,Thornsberry C,Barry AL,Gavan TL

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syrian hamsters were shown to be susceptible to infection by the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Although these spirochetes did not cause any outward signs of illness in these animals, they did cause a generalized infection. Spirochetemia was present during the first 6 days of infection. At 14 days posti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnson RC,Marek N,Kodner C

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal DNAs of selected Bacteroides organisms whose relatedness had been previously determined by "conventional" filter-annealing studies (J. L. Johnson, Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 28:245, 1978) were further analyzed by restriction endonuclease analysis coupled with the Southern hybridization procedure (E. M. South...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bradbury WC,Murray RG,Mancini C,Morris VL

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of health care-associated diarrhea. Accurate and rapid diagnosis is essential to improve patient outcome and prevent disease spread. We compared our two-step diagnostic algorithm, an enzyme immunoassay for glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) followed by the cytotoxin neutraliza...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Babady NE,Stiles J,Ruggiero P,Khosa P,Huang D,Shuptar S,Kamboj M,Kiehn TE

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligatory intracellular bacterium of monocytes and macrophages and the etiologic agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis, an emerging zoonosis. The Lone Star tick (Amblyomma americanum) has been implicated as the primary vector of E. chaffeensis. The present study examined the sensitivity of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Felek S,Unver A,Stich RW,Rikihisa Y

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49-year-old woman with a 15-year history of HIV-hepatitis C virus coinfection had aortic valve and ascending aorta replacement in 2007. She presented with abdominal pain, episodic diarrhea, and profuse sweating in 2010. Thoracoabdominal positron emission tomography-computed tomography finally suggested infectious ao...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rougemont M,Ratib O,Wintsch J,Schrenzel J,Hirschel B

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a nonfatal case of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) caused by a Streptococcus pyogenes emm118 strain encoding a novel variant of streptococcal mitogenic exotoxin Z (SMEZ-34). This variant was responsible for the major mitogenic activity in the cell culture supernatant. Patient sera showed seroconver...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yang L,Thomas M,Woodhouse A,Martin D,Fraser JD,Proft T

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of the application of a range of typing procedures to the identification and classification of 6,264 cultures of nontuberculous mycobacteria from human sources and the environment are reported. Seroagglutination, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay applied to whole bacteria or the glycolipid typing antige...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tsang AY,Denner JC,Brennan PJ,McClatchy JK

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared molecular, immunochemical, and cytotoxic assays for the detection of diphtheria toxin from 55 isolates of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans originally isolated in five different countries. The suitabilities and accuracies of these assays for the laboratory diagnosis of diphtheri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Efstratiou A,Engler KH,Dawes CS,Sesardic D

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initially, multilocus enzyme electrophoresis was used to examine genetic relationships among 63 isolates of Mycobacterium bovis and 13 other members of the M. tuberculosis complex. The isolates were divided into five electrophoretic types, with a mean genetic diversity of 0.1. The strains were genetically homogenous, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Feizabadi MM,Robertson ID,Cousins DV,Hampson DJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningococcal disease is normally suspected on clinical grounds and is confirmed by isolation of Neisseria meningitidis bacteria from blood or cerebrospinal fluid or, more recently, by serology or PCR of cerebrospinal fluid. Achieving confirmation of a clinical diagnosis of meningococcal disease has become more diffic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Newcombe J,Cartwright K,Palmer WH,McFadden J

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 6-year period, 24 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were collected from 18 patients living in a nursing home. These isolates had a delayed development of a red pigment and exhibited a similar antibiotype (resistance to all beta-lactams except for imipenem and t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dubois V,Arpin C,Noury P,Andre C,Coulange L,Quentin C

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant tuberculous meningitis is fatal without rapid diagnosis and use of second-line therapy. It is more common in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients. Beijing genotype strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are associated with drug resistance, particularly multidrug resistance, and their...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Caws M,Thwaites G,Stepniewska K,Nguyen TN,Nguyen TH,Nguyen TP,Mai NT,Phan MD,Tran HL,Tran TH,van Soolingen D,Kremer K,Nguyen VV,Nguyen TC,Farrar J

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida parapsilosis is an increasing cause of bloodstream infections (BSIs) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). It has been a persistent problem in the NICU of Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, since 1987. Fluconazole prophylaxis has been used to con...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sarvikivi E,Lyytikäinen O,Soll DR,Pujol C,Pfaller MA,Richardson M,Koukila-Kähkölä P,Luukkainen P,Saxén H

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00