Ovine-associated Staphylococcus aureus protein with immunochemical similarity to toxic shock syndrome toxin 1.

abstract：:A total of 238 isolates of Providencia stuartii obtained from infected patients in six Dublin hospitals were grouped by using serological and bacteriocin typing methods and tested for sensitivity to a number of antimicrobial agents. Most isolates were resistant to several of these agents. Resistance to tetracycline, r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McHale PJ,Keane CT,Dougan G

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel reverse primer (GLM MR1) was designed for detection of the glmM gene in Helicobacter pylori by PCR. The percentage of amplification in clinical isolates using GLM MR1 was 100% for detection of the glmM gene and 86.36% for the ureA gene. The primer designed is useful for the identification of H. pylori. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Espinoza MG,Vazquez RG,Mendez IM,Vargas CR,Cerezo SG

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new rapid one-step immunochromatographic test using monoclonal antibodies for detection of Helicobacter pylori antigen in stool in children was evaluated on coded stool samples from 159 children (mean age, 9.7 +/- 5.0 years; 118 from Munich, 41 from Vienna): 86 children were H. pylori infected defined by positive cu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Antos D,Crone J,Konstantopoulos N,Koletzko S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous and intraarterial catheters were examined microbiologically and morphologically. Bacteria or yeasts were recovered from 38 of the 63 catheters examined, and Staphylococcus epidermidis was present on 29 of the 38 colonized catheters. Examination of unused Teflon catheters ( Jelco ; Surgikos , Inc., Peterbor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marrie TJ,Costerton JW

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichomonas vaginalis is the most prevalent nonviral sexually transmitted infection worldwide, and improved diagnostic methods are critical for controlling this pathogen. Diagnostic assays that can be used in conjunction with routine chlamydia/gonorrhea nucleic acid-based screening are likely to have the most impact o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Van Der Pol B,Williams JA,Taylor SN,Cammarata CL,Rivers CA,Body BA,Nye M,Fuller D,Schwebke JR,Barnes M,Gaydos CA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of Staphylococcus aureus isolates with intermediate vancomycin susceptibility (VISA) and heteroresistance (hVISA) remains problematic. The population analysis profile/area under the curve (PAP/AUC) is the gold standard but is cumbersome. We compared the performance of two Etest screening methods (macromethod...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Riederer K,Shemes S,Chase P,Musta A,Mar A,Khatib R

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have assessed the time to blood culture positivity as a predictor of clinical outcome in bloodstream infections (BSIs). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the time to positivity (TTP) of blood cultures in patients with Staphylococcus aureus BSIs and to assess its impact on clinical outcome. We perfo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marra AR,Edmond MB,Forbes BA,Wenzel RP,Bearman GM

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) specific for Haemophilus influenzae were generated to identify antigenic determinants shared among encapsulated H. influenzae clones. Sixteen MAbs reacted by Western immunoblot with a protein of an approximate molecular size of 40 kilodaltons corresponding to the P2 major outer membrane pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martin D,Hamel J,Brodeur BR,Musser JM

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The test approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for assessment of the barrier quality of medical exam gloves includes visual inspection and a water leak test. Neither method tests directly the ability of gloves to prevent penetration by microorganisms. Methods that use microorganisms (viruses and bacteria) ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Broyles JM,O'Connell KP,Korniewicz DM

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baculovirus-expressed foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) nonstructural protein 3AB was used as the antigen in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. This assay allowed the differentiation of vaccinated from infected pigs. Serial studies were performed using sera collected from pigs in the field. Positive reactions wer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chung WB,Sorensen KJ,Liao PC,Yang PC,Jong MH

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus; Qiagen, Germantown, MD) interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) received FDA clearance in 2017 and will replace the prior version of the assay, the QFT-Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT). Here, we compared performances of the QFT-Plus assay and the QFT-GIT version in a diverse patient populat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Theel ES,Hilgart H,Breen-Lyles M,McCoy K,Flury R,Breeher LE,Wilson J,Sia IG,Whitaker JA,Clain J,Aksamit TR,Escalante P

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 800 colonies suggestive of Salmonella, Shigella, or Yersinia species isolated on stool differential agar media were inoculated onto both conventional biochemical test media (triple sugar iron agar, urea agar, and phenylalanine agar) and Entero Pathogen Screen cards of the AutoMicrobic system (Vitek Systems,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Villasante PA,Agulla A,Merino FJ,Pérez T,Ladrón de Guevara C,Velasco AC

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple new agar medium containing L-canavanine, glycine, and bromthymol blue was found to give a clearer and more accurate distinction between serotype A or D (Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans) and serotype B or C (C. neoformans var. gattii) than creatinine-dextrose-bromthymol blue or glycine-cycloheximide-ph...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kwon-Chung KJ,Polacheck I,Bennett JE

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of 1,486 men attending two sexually transmitted disease clinics, of whom 891 had no symptoms of urethritis, we compared an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) (Baxter-Bartels, formerly Northumbria AntigEnz) of urine sediment to urethral culture for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis. C. trachomatis prevalence by c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sanders JW,Hook EW 3rd,Welsh LE,Shepherd ME,Quinn TC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter rectus was isolated under routine anaerobic conditions (no additional hydrogen gas in the atmosphere) from an oral, nonperiodontal abscess from a patient with gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma. We report the first case of a palate abscess caused by C. rectus and review the literature and atmospheric requir...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mahlen SD,Clarridge JE 3rd

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations of nursery outbreaks of Citrobacter diversus sepsis and meningitis have been hampered by lack of adequate epidemiologic markers for the organism. We studied outer membrane protein profiles from clinical isolates of C. diversus by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to determine whe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kline MW,Mason EO Jr,Kaplan SL

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia pneumoniae is a newly recognized organism associated with respiratory tract infections. Asymptomatic infection with C. pneumoniae, although it has been suggested to occur, has not been previously documented. We describe two asymptomatic individuals infected with this organism; these infections demonstrate th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hyman CL,Augenbraun MH,Roblin PM,Schachter J,Hammerschlag MR

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that some, but not all, Escherichia coli strains isolated from urine adhere, in vitro, to the surface of uroepithelial or vaginal cells. In the present study, 212 strains, isolated from urine of 212 infected patients, were tested for adhesion by using an in vitro human cell line assay. A variable deg...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chabanon G,Hartley CL,Richmond MH

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 271 Enterobacter blood culture isolates from 12 hospitals, extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) prevalence varied between 0% and 30% per hospital. High prevalence was associated with dissemination, indicating the potential relevance of infection control measures. Screening with cefepime or Vitek 2, followed by a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stuart JC,Diederen B,Al Naiemi N,Fluit A,Arents N,Thijsen S,Vlaminckx B,Mouton JW,Leverstein-van Hall M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capsular-like envelope of Legionella pneumophila strains Togus 1 (serotype 2) and Philadelphia 1 (serotype 1) was isolated and purified by column chromatography on Sepharose 6B. Antibody raised in rabbits to these two antigenic materials did not cross-react in gel diffusion. Upon electrophoresis followed by gel di...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith RA,DiGiorgio S,Darner J,Wilhelm A

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 53 strains of enterococci, including recently isolated strains with high-level resistance to vancomycin, were tested for vancomycin susceptibility by broth microdilution and disk diffusion using Mueller-Hinton media with and without supplementation with 5% blood. By using currently published parameters of t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Swenson JM,Hill BC,Thornsberry C

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biochemical characteristics and the presence of human Fc(gamma) receptors of 52 throat isolates of group C beta-hemolytic streptococci were examined. Among these isolates, 38 were identified as "Streptococcus milleri" and 14 were identified as "Streptococcus equisimilis." The differentiation of group C "S. equisim...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lebrun L,Guibert M,Wallet P,de Maneville MM,Pillot J

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of antibody induced by vaccination with recombinant gp160 (rgp160) to bind to native and recombinant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoproteins was measured. Thirty-three HIV-1-seronegative healthy adult volunteers were injected four times with 40 or 80 micrograms of an HIV-1LAV env...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gorse GJ,Frey SE,Newman FK,Belshe RB

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical Clostridium difficile isolates of patients with diarrhea or pseudomembranous colitis usually produce both toxin A and toxin B, but an increasing number of reports mention infections due to toxin A-negative, toxin B-positive (A(-)/B(+)) strains. Thirty-nine clinical toxin A(-)/B(+) isolates, and 12 other unrel...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van den Berg RJ,Claas EC,Oyib DH,Klaassen CH,Dijkshoorn L,Brazier JS,Kuijper EJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrated that sodium gluconate was the factor causing false-positive galactomannan (GM) antigenemia of Plasma-Lyte hydration solution. Infusion of sodium gluconate-containing solution but not gluconate-free Plasma-Lyte resulted in positive serum GM antigenemia. Serum GM concentrations also correlated with the v...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Petraitiene R,Petraitis V,Witt JR 3rd,Durkin MM,Bacher JD,Wheat LJ,Walsh TJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:Bordetella pertussis is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes respiratory infections in humans. Ongoing molecular surveillance of B. pertussis acellular vaccine (aP) antigens is critical for understanding the interaction between evolutionary pressures, disease pathogenesis, and vaccine effectiveness. Methods currently...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marchand-Austin A,Tsang RSW,Guthrie JL,Ma JH,Lim GH,Crowcroft NS,Deeks SL,Farrell DJ,Jamieson FB

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to human papilloma virus (HPV) type 16 (HPV-16) E6 and E7 proteins in serum are markers for HPV-associated invasive cervical carcinoma. We compared two assays, a radioimmunoprecipitation assay with in vitro-translated HPV-16 E6 and E7 proteins and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with E6 and E7 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sun Y,Shah KV,Müller M,Muñoz N,Bosch XF,Viscidi RP

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-one isolates of nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS) that were previously isolated from the human mouth were regarded as consisting of 7 Streptococcus defectivus isolates, 78 Streptococcus adjacens isolates, and 6 Gemella morbillorum isolates. However, recent references to the taxonomic reclassification of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sato S,Kanamoto T,Inoue M

更新日期：1999-08-01 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