Engyodontium album endocarditis.

abstract：:A combined clinical and molecular epidemiologic analysis of 46 strains of Clostridium difficile, including 16 nosocomial isolates from one ward (outbreak ward) plus 17 other nosocomial isolates and 13 community-acquired isolates, was performed. HindIII digests of total cellular DNA were analyzed by restriction enzyme ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kristjánsson M,Samore MH,Gerding DN,DeGirolami PC,Bettin KM,Karchmer AW,Arbeit RD

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between September 1995 and August 1998, the incidence and diversity of the main human rotavirus genotypes (G1, G2, G3, and G4 and P[8], P[4], P[6], and P[9]) among Irish children were determined by using established and adapted reverse transcriptase PCR-based genotyping methods. From a total of 193 rotavirus-positive ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： O'Mahony J,Foley B,Morgan S,Morgan JG,Hill C

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1974 to 1994, 2,033 specimens from children were submitted for cultures for anaerobic bacteria. Eighty-three Veillonella spp. were recovered from 83 children (4%). Most Veillonella species were recovered from abscesses, aspiration pneumonias, burns, bites, and sinuses. The infections were polymicrobial in 79 (95%...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brook I

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid and reliable detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers is crucial for the effective control of MRSA transmission in healthcare facilities. The aim of this study was to verify the performance of the IDI-MRSA real-time PCR assay for direct MRSA detection in diverse mucocutaneous swab...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： de San N,Denis O,Gasasira MF,De Mendonça R,Nonhoff C,Struelens MJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From November 2000 to October 2001, a reverse transcription-PCR using primers directed to the norovirus RNA polymerase coding region was included in a viral and bacterial routine screening to diagnose sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis among children in Asturias, Spain. The role of noroviruses (8.6% of the positi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boga JA,Melón S,Nicieza I,De Diego I,Villar M,Parra F,De Oña M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivities and specificities of three immunoassays for the detection of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2)-specific immunoglobulin G antibodies in serum, including the one-strip rapid immunoblot assay (RIBA; Chiron Corporation) and two indirect enzyme immunosorbent assays (EIA; Gull Laboratories and Centocor),...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Groen J,Van Dijk G,Niesters HG,Van Der Meijden WI,Osterhaus AD

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The OmpK36 porin plays a role in carbapenem resistance and may contribute to bacterial virulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of different groups of K. pneumoniae separated by ompK36 typing. Among 226 nonduplicate K. pneumoniae bloodstream isolates collected at a Taiwan...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yan JJ,Zheng PX,Wang MC,Tsai SH,Wang LR,Wu JJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the risk of a nosocomial spread of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis (P. carinii hominis), air filter samples from rooms of P. carinii pneumonia (PCP) patients, adjacent corridors, and other hospital environments have been investigated for the presence of P. carinii hominis. Amplified DNA from air filter...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Olsson M,Lidman C,Latouche S,Björkman A,Roux P,Linder E,Wahlgren M

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and sensitive PCR assay for the detection of Candida albicans DNA in serum was established. DNA from human serum samples was purified using the QIAamp blood kit, which proved to be a fast and simple method for isolating minute amounts of Candida DNA from clinical specimens for diagnosis of invasive candidiasis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wahyuningsih R,Freisleben HJ,Sonntag HG,Schnitzler P

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opisthorchis viverrini is an important food-borne trematode in Southeast Asia. The infection causes significant morbidity in terms of hepatobiliary diseases and cholangiocarcinoma. The aim of this study was to improve the sensitivity of the PCR-based diagnosis of O. viverrini infection. A new fecal DNA extraction prot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Duenngai K,Sithithaworn P,Rudrappa UK,Iddya K,Laha T,Stensvold CR,Strandgaard H,Johansen MV

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cobas-Bact (Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland) new rotor for the identification (ID) in 4 h 20 min of 33 members of the family Enterobacteriaceae to genus and species level was evaluated by testing 444 strains of which 398 belonged to common species and 46 belonged to rare species of Enterobacteriaceae. Each s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wenger A,Tissières LJ,Praplan FR,Kamm WR,Bille J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group B Streptococcus detection directly from Copan ESwab collected samples, using the BD Max GBS assay, was evaluated on receipt in the laboratory and after 24 h at room temperature. Results were compared to those using Lim broth enrichment PCR and culture. No significant difference was observed between 24 h ESwab an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Silbert S,Rocchetti TT,Gostnell A,Kubasek C,Widen R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Procedures for differentiation between wild and vaccine-derived strains of poliovirus are required, particularly in countries where wild and vaccine-related strains coexist. For this differentiation, we tested the method of Inouye and Hondo (S. Inouye and R. Hondo, Arch. Virol. 129:311-316, 1993) for discrimination of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Takeda N,Sakae K,Agboatwalla M,Isomura S,Hondo R,Inouye S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested 16,191 strains of Candida against posaconazole and voriconazole, using the CLSI M27-A3 broth microdilution (BMD) method (24-h incubation), in order to define wild-type (WT) populations and epidemiological cutoff values (ECVs). From 2001 to 2009, 8,619 isolates of Candida albicans, 2,415 isolates of C. glabra...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfaller MA,Boyken L,Hollis RJ,Kroeger J,Messer SA,Tendolkar S,Diekema DJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication of Sendai virus, pneumonia virus of mice, and SV5 was investigated in tracheal organ cultures from 2- to 4-day-old and 2- and 4-week-old hamsters, and viral infectivity in tracheal explants was compared with that in tissue culture monolayers. Explants from 2- to 4-day-old hamsters produced higher titers of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schiff LJ

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated a newly commercial enzyme immunoassay (EIA) (Biotest Legionella Urin Antigen EIA; Biotest AG, Dreieich, Germany) for detection of antigens of all Legionella pneumophila serogroups with a relatively wide spectrum of cross-reactivity as well as antigens of other Legionella spp. by comparing its sensitivity ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Domínguez JA,Galí N,Pedroso P,Fargas A,Padilla E,Manterola JM,Matas L

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During pregnancy, Plasmodium falciparum infection of the placenta frequently occurs in the absence of parasites in peripheral blood. We investigated the abilities of the OptiMAL rapid immunochromatographic strip test for P. falciparum lactate dehydrogenase and species-specific PCR performed on peripheral blood to dete...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mankhambo L,Kanjala M,Rudman S,Lema VM,Rogerson SJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Asia, bla(KPC) detection has been limited to East Asia and not yet seen in Southeast Asia. We report four bla(KPC-2)-containing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from two different hospitals in Singapore. All isolates belonged to strain type 11 (ST11) and were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFG...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Balm MN,Ngan G,Jureen R,Lin RT,Teo J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined an antiserum agar method to study its reliability in screening Staphylococcus aureus strains for capsule production. The encapsulated S. aureus Smith diffuse strain was compared with its nonencapsulated variant, Smith compact, in CCY medium containing 0.5% NaCl and 5.0% Smith diffuse rabbit antiserum. A ha...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： West TE,Apicella MA

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Congo red-magnesium oxalate agar medium was developed to detect expression of virulence-associated calcium dependency and Congo red absorption in Yersinia enterocolitica. Of the 157 pathogenic serotypes tested, 119 (75.8%) were positive; 98% of nonpathogenic serotypes and strains of three other Yersinia species were...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Riley G,Toma S

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Alere i Influenza A&B assay is a newly developed rapid molecular assay which has the potential to generate results within 15 min from sample collection. In this study, we evaluated the Alere i Influenza A&B assay by using salvaged frozen respiratory specimens that were collected in viral transport medium from chil...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bell JJ,Selvarangan R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-three isolates of Streptococcus uberis from various sources were examined for the presence of a common antigen. Initially, a serum was produced in rabbits which, by using rocket line immunoelectrophoresis, proved to react with identity to all of the S. uberis crude extracts as well as group B and E streptococcal...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jones KF,Norcross NL

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two strains of a previously undescribed Actinomyces-like bacterium were recovered in pure culture from infected root canals of teeth. Analysis by biochemical testing and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of whole-cell proteins indicated that the strains closely resembled each other phenotypically but were distinct fr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Collins MD,Hoyles L,Kalfas S,Sundquist G,Monsen T,Nikolaitchouk N,Falsen E

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumonia has been identified as a major cause of poor lamb survival in indigenous herds of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) in central Idaho. Pasteurella haemolytica was isolated from five adult Rocky Mountain bighorn ewes captured from a free-ranging herd in central Idaho. The lambs from two...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jaworski MD,Ward AC,Hunter DL,Wesley IV

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A micro enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect the presence of amoebic antigen in polyethylene-glycol-precipitated circulating immune complexes (CIC). A cutoff dilution of greater than 1:160 for the precipitates was taken to be of clinical significance. Among the patients with amoebic liver abscess, 93% ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vinayak VK,Purnima,Singh K,Venkatwswarlu K,Nain CK,Mehta SK

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morganella ("Proteus") morganii is the only species in the recently proposed genus Morganella, but we suspect there are yet undescribed species in the genus. Two candidates for new species were recently investigated. Nineteen strains isolated from clinical specimens resembled M. morganii but were lysine positive and n...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hickman FW,Framer JJ 3rd,Steigerwalt AG,Brenner DJ

更新日期：1980-07-01 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 colony immunoblot method was developed for serotyping the capsular polysaccharides expressed by Staphylococcus aureus isolates. The method was rapid and specific and was performed with either polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies specific for each of the capsule types. S. aureus isolates were obtained from patients wi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lee JC,Liu MJ,Parsonnet J,Arbeit RD

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method able to detect Yersinia pseudotuberculosis strains in 30 min by using six primers designed by targeting the inv gene. This method is more sensitive than PCR and might be a useful tool for detecting and identifying Y. pseudotuberculosis. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Horisaka T,Fujita K,Iwata T,Nakadai A,Okatani AT,Horikita T,Taniguchi T,Honda E,Yokomizo Y,Hayashidani H

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel lateral flow immunochromatographic device (LFD) was evaluated in several veterinary diagnostic laboratories. It was confirmed to be specific for Mycobacterium bovis and M.caprae cells. The performance of the novel LFD was assessed relative to the confirmatory tests routinely applied after culture (spoligotypin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stewart LD,McCallan L,McNair J,McGoldrick A,Morris R,Moyen JL,De Juan Ferré L,Romero B,Alonso E,Parsons SDC,Van Helden P,Araújo FR,Grant IR

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00