Characterization and description of "Campylobacter upsaliensis" isolated from human feces.

abstract：:Strains of Candida albicans obtained from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive individuals prior to their first episode of oral thrush were already in a high-frequency mode of switching and were far more resistant to a number of antifungal drugs than commensal isolates from healthy individuals. Switching in the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vargas K,Messer SA,Pfaller M,Lockhart SR,Stapleton JT,Hellstein J,Soll DR

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：:Using data from an ongoing Swedish intervention project, the observed durations of nasopharyngeal carriage of penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae (PNSP) (MIC of penicillin G of >or=0.5 microg/ml) stratified by both pneumococcal serogroup and age of the carrier were compared. The means and 95% confidence...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Högberg L,Geli P,Ringberg H,Melander E,Lipsitch M,Ekdahl K

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotavirus G and P types from 716 children with acute diarrhea in Dijon from 1995 to 1998 and throughout France during the winter of 1997-1998 were analyzed by reverse transcription-PCR. P[8],G1 predominated, followed by P[8],G4, which emerged during the last winter. G9 and P[6] strains were detected at low frequencies...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bon F,Fromantin C,Aho S,Pothier P,Kohli E

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen reference and 156 clinical strains of the genus Nocardia belonging to 12 taxonomic groups were studied for restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) by using an amplified 439-bp segment of the 65-kDa heat shock protein gene. Of 30 restriction endonucleases, digestion with MspI and then digestion with Bs...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Steingrube VA,Brown BA,Gibson JL,Wilson RW,Brown J,Blacklock Z,Jost K,Locke S,Ulrich RF,Wallace RJ Jr

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of coinfection of Campylobacter species in dogs was determined using four isolation methods. In 26% of the positive-testing stools, multiple Campylobacter species were identified. The use of multiple isolation methods as well as the time lapse between sampling and processing are important for detection ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Koene MG,Houwers DJ,Dijkstra JR,Duim B,Wagenaar JA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of fluorescence resonance energy transfer, molecular-beacon, and TaqMan probes to detect single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the presence of a wild-type allele was evaluated using drug resistance-conferring SNPs in mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA. It was found that both the absolute quantity and t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yesilkaya H,Meacci F,Niemann S,Hillemann D,Rüsch-Gerdes S,LONG DRUG Study Group.,Barer MR,Andrew PW,Oggioni MR

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified indirect hemagglutination test which enabled Pasteurella haemolytica to be serotyped in 3 h is described. There was 100% correlation with the conventional test for both the 15 prototype strains and the 50 field isolates. It was found that nonviable cultures could also be serotyped. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fraser J,Donachie W,Quirie M,Gilmour NJ

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A three-step method for the purification of Enterocytozoon bieneusi spores from stool specimens was developed. The primary process of purification of the spores from bacterial contaminants involved Percoll gradient centrifugation followed by additional separation using cesium chloride density gradient centrifugation. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kucerova Z,Moura H,Leitch GJ,Sriram R,Bern C,Kawai V,Vargas D,Gilman RH,Ticona E,Vivar A,Visvesvara GS

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty stool filtrates known to contain Clostridium difficile toxin based on previous testing on McCoy cells were tested for toxicity on primary African green monkey kidney (AGMK), McCoy, MRC-5, primary rhesus monkey kidney (RMK), and Vero cells. All 30 filtrates showed cytotoxic effect at greater than or equal to 1:1...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Maniar AC,Williams TW,Hammond GW

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of tuberculosis continues to be high, and nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection has also emerged worldwide. Moreover, differential and accurate identification of mycobacteria to the species or subspecies level is an unmet clinical need. Here, we developed a one-step multiplex PCR assay using whol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chae H,Han SJ,Kim SY,Ki CS,Huh HJ,Yong D,Koh WJ,Shin SJ

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Streptococcus bovis group has undergone significant taxonomic changes over the past 2 decades with the advent of new identification methods with higher discriminatory power. Although the current classification system is not yet embraced by all researchers in the field and debate remains over the performance of mol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dekker JP,Lau AF

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a failure of the real-time reverse transcriptase PCR H7 subtyping protocol currently used in national avian influenza surveillance programs. Significant substitutions in primer and probe target sequences were identified, especially in wild bird viruses. The protocol, originally designed for detecting H7 infl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Xing Z,Cardona C,Dao P,Crossley B,Hietala S,Boyce W

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1991 and 1995, an apparent high rate of Staphylococcus warneri bacteremias at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, raised the possibility of a virulent nosocomial strain. In a retrospective review of 30 S. warneri bacteremias in children, organisms were viable and verified in 22 episo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Buttery JP,Easton M,Pearson SR,Hogg GG

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought evidence of toxoplasma parasitemia among 37 people with active or dormant Toxoplasma gondii infection or no evidence of infection. DNA was extracted from erythrocyte-free portions of blood samples, and the T. gondii B1 gene was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction. Evidence of T. gondii parasitemia was...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Filice GA,Hitt JA,Mitchell CD,Blackstad M,Sorensen SW

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples of cerebrospinal fluid from 103 patients with aseptic meningitis were tested by PCR for detection of leptospires, and the results were compared with those of the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of immunoglobulin M (ELISA-IgM). Of these samples, 39.80%...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Romero EC,Billerbeck AE,Lando VS,Camargo ED,Souza CC,Yasuda PH

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In anticipation of rotavirus vaccine introduction in Saudi Arabia, this study was undertaken to determine the distribution of the G and P genotypes of rotaviruses in order to examine whether there was any emerging serotype or unusual strain circulating in children in Saudi Arabia. Of 984 stool specimens collected betw...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kheyami AM,Nakagomi T,Nakagomi O,Dove W,Hart CA,Cunliffe NA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi expresses a conserved, species-specific 39-kDa protein (P39) that can stimulate antibodies during human infection. To confirm that anti-P39 antibodies are produced consistently in animals exposed to infectious spirochetes, white-footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus, and laboratory white mice, Mus musc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Simpson WJ,Burgdorfer W,Schrumpf ME,Karstens RH,Schwan TG

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni from sporadic cases and outbreaks of gastroenteritis were serotyped on the basis of heat-extracted soluble thermostable antigens identified with the use of the passive hemagglutination technique. A total of 168 isolates were separated into 45 different types. The largest proportion of the isolates...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McMyne PM,Penner JL,Mathias RG,Black WA,Hennessy JN

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accuracy of Vitek MS mass spectrometric identifications was assessed for 206 clinically significant isolates of aerobic Gram-positive bacilli representing 20 genera and 38 species. The Vitek MS identifications were correct for 85% of the isolates (56.3% to the species level, 28.6% limited to the genus level), with...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Navas M,Pincus DH,Wilkey K,Sercia L,LaSalvia M,Wilson D,Procop GW,Richter SS

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of cure of Trypanosoma cruzi infection by antibody seroconversion usually involves several years of follow-up. Parasitological negativity is useless for cure assessment, since even untreated patients mostly show negative results; conversely, positive tests are of great value because they indicate treatment ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Galvão LM,Chiari E,Macedo AM,Luquetti AO,Silva SA,Andrade AL

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human erythrocyte receptor which mediates mannose-resistant hemagglutination by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli possessing colonization factor antigen II is not universally distributed among donors. Mannose-resistant hemagglutination-positive erythrocytes are more common among black donors than nonblack donors; t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Evans DJ Jr,Evans DG,Diaz SR,Graham DY

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The taxonomic status and structure of Streptococcus dysgalactiae have been the object of much confusion. Bacteria belonging to this species are usually referred to as Lancefield group C or group G streptococci in clinical settings in spite of the fact that these terms lack precision and prevent recognition of the exac...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jensen A,Kilian M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 102 herpes simplex virus isolates were typed by cell culture selection (chicken embryo cells and guinea pig embryo cells [CE/GPE]), (E)-5-(2-bromovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine (BVDU) sensitivity, plaque reduction neutralization, and indirect immunofluorescence staining techniques. The percentages of agreement ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zheng ZM,Mayo DR,Hsiung GD

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An international collaborative study was performed in order to propose quality control limits for voriconazole disk diffusion tests on Mueller-Hinton agar with 2% glucose and 0.5 micro g of methylene blue per ml. The supplement may be added to the agar before autoclaving, or Mueller-Hinton agar plates may be flooded w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfaller MA,Barry A,Bille J,Brown S,Ellis D,Meis JF,Rennie R,Rinaldi M,Rogers T,Traczewski M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of EDL 933 O island 122 (OI-122) was investigated in 70 strains of Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) of multiple serotypes that were classified into five "seropathotypes" (A through E) based on the reported occurrence of serotypes in human disease, in outbreaks, and/or in the hemolytic-u...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Karmali MA,Mascarenhas M,Shen S,Ziebell K,Johnson S,Reid-Smith R,Isaac-Renton J,Clark C,Rahn K,Kaper JB

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several biochemical test systems were studied for their potential usefulness for the examination of strains of Campylobacter species. Most (81%) of the C. jejuni strains hydrolyzed sodium hippurate, but strains of C. fetus, C. sputorum, and C. fecalis did not. Some (46%) of the C. jejuni strains and all of the C. sput...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hébert GA,Hollis DG,Weaver RE,Lambert MA,Blaser MJ,Moss CW

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay methods offer several advantages in assessing past or recent exposure to cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, but there persist many pitfalls in the use of these methods for determining specific immunoglobulin M (IgM). The efficiency of absorption of sera by IgG-coated latex beads,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Joassin L,Reginster M

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lyme disease-associated spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, is maintained in enzootic cycles involving Ixodes ticks and small mammals. Previous studies demonstrated that B. burgdorferi expresses outer surface protein A (OspA) but not OspC when residing in the midgut of unfed ticks. However, after ticks feed on blood...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schwan TG,Piesman J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of Veillonella parvula lumbar discitis and secondary bacteremia confirmed by molecular characterization of the 16S rRNA genes. Identification of the organism was essential for an appropriate choice of antimicrobial therapy following the failure of empirical flucloxacillin. Veillonella spp. are normal ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marriott D,Stark D,Harkness J

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00