Rapid purification of hepatitis B virus DNA from serum.

abstract：:Corynebacterium group JK organisms were isolated from lung fluid aspirated with a fine needle from one of four thick-walled cavitary lesions in a 72-year-old female. Cultures and stains for mycobacteria and fungi were negative. The patient was successfully treated with an 8-week course of vancomycin. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McNaughton RD,Villanueva RR,Donnelly R,Freedman J,Nawrot R

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A methodologic study was performed to compare the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern blot hybridization, two commonly used testing strategies for the detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Three laboratories tested masked aliquots of exfoliated cervical cell specimens obtained from 120 women by c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schiffman MH,Bauer HM,Lorincz AT,Manos MM,Byrne JC,Glass AG,Cadell DM,Howley PM

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current nucleic acid amplification methods to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis are complex, labor-intensive, and technically challenging. We developed and performed the first analysis of the Cepheid Gene Xpert System's MTB/RIF assay, an integrated hands-free sputum-processing and real-time PCR system with rapid on-de...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Helb D,Jones M,Story E,Boehme C,Wallace E,Ho K,Kop J,Owens MR,Rodgers R,Banada P,Safi H,Blakemore R,Lan NT,Jones-López EC,Levi M,Burday M,Ayakaka I,Mugerwa RD,McMillan B,Winn-Deen E,Christel L,Dailey P,Perkins

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiologic role of oral treponemes in human periodontitis is still under debate. Although seen by dark-field microscopy in large numbers, their possible role is still unclear since they comprise some 60 different phylotypes, most of which are still uncultured. To determine their status as mere commensals or opportu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moter A,Riep B,Haban V,Heuner K,Siebert G,Berning M,Wyss C,Ehmke B,Flemmig TF,Göbel UB

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) have spurred intense research efforts around the world to deal with the serious threat to health posed by this novel coronavirus. A rapid, reliable diagnostic assay is needed for monitoring the spread of the disease. Here we report a method for eliminating f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hui RK,Zeng F,Chan CM,Yuen KY,Peiris JS,Leung FC

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) typing method has recently been developed and used for typing and subtyping of Salmonella spp., but it is complicated and labor intensive because it has to analyze all spacers in two CRISPR loci. Here, we developed a more convenient and efficient meth...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Li H,Li P,Xie J,Yi S,Yang C,Wang J,Sun J,Liu N,Wang X,Wu Z,Wang L,Hao R,Wang Y,Jia L,Li K,Qiu S,Song H

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus influenzae type e biotype 4 was isolated from a single antemortem blood culture obtained from a 60-year-old, white male with abdominal carcinomatosis. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cawthern TH,Marraro RV,McCleskey FK

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have resulted in the proposal of a new species, Aeromonas schubertii (mannitol, sucrose, and indole negative), formerly termed Enteric Group 501, on the basis of the study of seven strains isolated from the southeastern and southwestern United States and Puerto Rico. We have isolated two phenotypically ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Carnahan AM,Marii MA,Fanning GR,Pass MA,Joseph SW

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously described microbroth kinetic system (J. Meletiadis, J. F. Meis, J. W. Mouton, and P. E. Verweij, J. Clin. Microbiol. 39:478-484, 2001) based on continuous monitoring of changes in the optical density of fungal growth was used to describe turbidimetric growth curves of different filamentous fungi in the pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Meletiadis J,te Dorsthorst DT,Verweij PE

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococcus hirae is a rare isolate in clinical specimens. We describe a case of native aortic-valve endocarditis that was caused by Enterococcus hirae in a 72-year-old man. This is the first reported case of endocarditis due to this organism. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poyart C,Lambert T,Morand P,Abassade P,Quesne G,Baudouy Y,Trieu-Cuot P

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current article summarizes recent changes in nomenclature for fungi of medical importance published in the years 2018 to 2019, including new species and revised names for existing ones. Many of the revised names have been widely adopted without further discussion. However, those that concern common pathogens of hu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Borman AM,Johnson EM

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt b) genes of 42 strains representing 23 species of the genus Trichosporon were partially sequenced to determine their molecular phylogenetic relationships. Almost half of the 22 strains investigated (from 11 different species) contained introns in their sequences. Analysis of a 396-bp co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Biswas SK,Wang L,Yokoyama K,Nishimura K

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A streptococci and enterococci were identified by two L-pyrrolidonyl-beta-naphthylamide (PYR) hydrolysis tests. One uses Minitek PYR disks (BBL Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, Md.); the other uses a swab impregnated with PYR reagent. Both tests and Strep-A-Chek (EY Laboratories, San Mateo, Calif.), a commerc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wellstood SA

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlation between response to antiviral therapy and pretreatment viral load in patients with chronic hepatitis C has prompted the development of quantitative assays to measure viral load. The aim of our study was to assess the clinical relevance of the newly developed semiautomated PCR system COBAS HCV MONITOR v...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martinot-Peignoux M,Le Breton V,Fritsch S,Le Guludec G,Labouret N,Keller F,Marcellin P

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence detection by the 5' nuclease TaqMan assay uses online detection of internal fluorogenic probes in closed PCR tubes. Primers and probe were chosen from a part of the omlA gene common to all serotypes of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, which gave an amplicon of 92 bp. The test was evaluated with 73 lung isolat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Angen O,Jensen J,Lavritsen DT

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive bacterium commonly found in health care and long-term-care facilities and is the most common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Rapid detection of this bacterium can assist physicians in implementing contact precautions and appropriate antibiotic therapy in a timely manne...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beck ET,Buchan BW,Riebe KM,Alkins BR,Pancholi P,Granato PA,Ledeboer NA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variability of disease manifestations has been noted in patients with Lyme disease. A contributing factor to this variation may be the number of spirochetes present in infected patients. We evaluated clinical and laboratory findings for patients with erythema migrans with regard to the number of Borrelia burgdorferi o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liveris D,Wang G,Girao G,Byrne DW,Nowakowski J,McKenna D,Nadelman R,Wormser GP,Schwartz I

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis. This condition most often presents as pneumonia and bacteremia, with mortality rates of 9% to 70%. Therefore, early identification of this organism may aid in directing appropriate management. This study aimed to use the Vitek matrix-assisted laser desor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gassiep I,Armstrong M,Norton RE

更新日期：2019-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A gag-based molecular beacon assay utilizing real-time nucleic acid sequence-based amplification technology has been developed to differentiate between the two genetic subclusters of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) subtype C (C and C') circulating in Ethiopia. Of 41 samples, 36 could be classified as C or ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ayele W,Pollakis G,Abebe A,Fisseha B,Tegbaru B,Tesfaye G,Mengistu Y,Wolday D,van Gemen B,Goudsmit J,Dorigo-Zetsma W,de Baar MP

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beagle dogs inoculated intravenously with 1.75 x 10(9) viable Encephalitozoon cuniculi spores at 12.5 months of age were monitored for 18 months to assess infection in the adult dog. Parameters monitored included packed cell volume, total and differential leukocyte counts, and humoral and cellular responses to infecti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Szabo JR,Shadduck JA

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two species of Bartonella, a novel Bartonella clarridgeiae-like bacterium and B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii, were isolated from rural dogs and gray foxes in northern California. A novel B. clarridgeiae-like species was isolated from 3 (1.7%) of 182 dogs and 22 (42%) of 53 gray foxes, while B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Henn JB,Gabriel MW,Kasten RW,Brown RN,Theis JH,Foley JE,Chomel BB

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine Borrelia burgdorferi isolates, obtained from dusky-footed wood rats (Neotoma fuscipes) and California kangaroo rats (Dipodomys californicus) in California, were analyzed genetically. Chromosomal DNA was examined by restriction endonuclease analysis (REA) and gene probe restriction fragment length polymorph...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zingg BC,Brown RN,Lane RS,LeFebvre RB

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the first isolation of the ameba Balamuthia mandrillaris from an environmental soil sample associated with a fatal case of amebic encephalitis in a northern California child. Isolation of the ameba into culture from autopsied brain tissue confirmed the presence of Balamuthia: In trying to locate ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schuster FL,Dunnebacke TH,Booton GC,Yagi S,Kohlmeier CK,Glaser C,Vugia D,Bakardjiev A,Azimi P,Maddux-Gonzalez M,Martinez AJ,Visvesvara GS

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From November 2006 to April 2007, nine nonrepetitive isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae with reduced susceptibility or resistance to carbapenems were recovered from clinical specimens from separate patients hospitalized in a tertiary care hospital. The imipenem-EDTA synergy test was positive for all isolates. PCR, sequ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tokatlidou D,Tsivitanidou M,Pournaras S,Ikonomidis A,Tsakris A,Sofianou D

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory tests are essential for confirming sporadic cases and outbreaks of rubella. Detection of rubella virus is often necessary to confirm rubella cases and to identify specimens to be used to characterize wild-type rubella viruses. The sensitivities of four methods for detecting rubella virus infection using thr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhu Z,Xu W,Abernathy ES,Chen MH,Zheng Q,Wang T,Zhang Z,Li C,Wang C,He W,Zhou S,Icenogle J

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans (serotype D) and C. neoformans var. grubii (serotype A) differ in geographic prevalence and dermatotropism, with C. neoformans var. neoformans strains being more prevalent among isolates from temperate countries as well as from skin infections. Analysis of 19 strains from each s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martinez LR,Garcia-Rivera J,Casadevall A

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A standardized broth microdilution method was compared to the E test and an agar dilution method for the antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli isolates. A group of 47 human clinical isolates, 37 isolates from retail poultry, and 29 isolates from living turkeys (total, 113 isolates) w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Luber P,Bartelt E,Genschow E,Wagner J,Hahn H

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR amplification technology for the detection of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) ribonucleic acid in cell culture and clinical specimens was developed. With oligoribonucleotide primers selected from genome segment 10 of EHDV serotype 1 (EHDV-1), which codes for two nonstructural proteins (NS3 and NS3a), th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aradaib IE,Wilson WC,Schore CE,Mohammed ME,Yilma TD,Cullor JS,Osburn BI

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roche Molecular Systems recently released two PCR-based assays, AMPLICOR and LINEAR ARRAY (LA), for the detection and genotyping, respectively, of human papillomaviruses (HPVs). The manual specimen processing method recommended for use with both assays, AmpliLute, can be time-consuming and labor-intensive and is open ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stevens MP,Rudland E,Garland SM,Tabrizi SN

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00