Molecular species of R-protein antigens produced by clinical isolates of group B streptococci.

abstract：:We analyzed the characteristics of subjects from the same area who were infected with hepatitis C virus genotypes 1 through 4 and subtypes 1a and 1b. Our data are consistent with a rapid evolution in the epidemiology of HCV genotypes and argue against different pathogenic potentials for genotypes 1b and 2. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ravaggi A,Rossini A,Mazza C,Puoti M,Marin MG,Cariani E

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent of genetic and antigenic variation found in a population of human parainfluenza virus type 1 (HPIV-1) during a single local epidemic was investigated. Fifteen HPIV-1 strains isolated from children in 1991 were analyzed. Nucleotide sequence variation in the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase protein (HN) gene demon...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Henrickson KJ,Savatski LL

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we present clinical descriptions of 12 Hawaiian patients from whom Escherichia vulneris or E. hermannii strains were isolated. All but two patients had soft-tissue infections with multiple bacteria, particularly Staphylococcus aureus. The other two had purulent conjunctivitis associated with S. aureus a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pien FD,Shrum S,Swenson JM,Hill BC,Thornsberry C,Farmer JJ 3rd

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early and accurate diagnosis is essential for optimal therapeutic outcomes in patients infected with HIV. Currently, none of the commercially available fourth-generation assays differentiate HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies (Ab) or the HIV-1 p24 antigen (Ag). The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of a novel ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Salmona M,Delarue S,Delaugerre C,Simon F,Maylin S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 23 patients carrying methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in their anterior nares, 6 (26%) also carried methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) as less prevalent flora. In 4 of the 6 patients, the MSSA was unrelated to prevalent MRSA, as determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), multi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boundy S,Zhao Q,Fairbanks C,Folgosa L,Climo M,Archer GL

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic diversity of 123 Streptococcus suis strains of capsular types 2, 1/2, 3, 7, and 9, isolated from pigs in France and from humans in different countries, was evaluated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of DNA restricted with SmaI. The method was highly discriminative (D = 0.98), results were reprodu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Berthelot-Hérault F,Marois C,Gottschalk M,Kobisch M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-Arabinitol (DA) is a useful diagnostic marker for candidiasis in patients with neutropenia and other high-risk groups, but its use in unselected patients with a broad range of underlying diseases and conditions has not been studied. We used an automated enzymatic fluorometric assay to measure serum DA/creatinine rat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yeo SF,Huie S,Sofair AN,Campbell S,Durante A,Wong B

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Etest is a new concept for MIC determinations for antimicrobial agents that is based on a predefined antibiotic gradient on a plastic strip calibrated with a continuous logarithmic MIC scale covering 15 twofold dilutions. Etest was compared with a reference agar dilution method for susceptibility testing of clinical i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hoffner SE,Klintz L,Olsson-Liljequist B,Bolmström A

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using 920 sera, we compared the specificity and reproducibility of the hemagglutination treponemal test for syphilis with those of the fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption test and the microhemagglutination assay for Treponema pallidum antibodies; we found all three tests to be comparable. However, the hemagglut...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Larsen SA,Hambie EA,Pettit DE,Perryman MW,Kraus SJ

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium complex strains isolated in a nosocomial outbreak were characterized at the molecular level. The strains were microbiologically characterized as Mycobacterium bovis. The mpt40 sequence was not present in chromosomal DNA from these strains, supporting the fact that they ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Blázquez J,Espinosa de Los Monteros LE,Samper S,Martín C,Guerrero A,Cobo J,Van Embden J,Baquero F,Gómez-Mampaso E

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vivo model of hub-related catheter sepsis in rabbits is reported. The model was used to investigate the protection offered by a new hub design against external contamination by Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Staphylococcus epidermidis and to reassess the diagnostic value of the semiquantitative culture method in bact...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Segura M,Alía C,Valverde J,Franch G,Torres Rodríguez JM,Sitges-Serra A

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartonella henselae or Bartonella elizabethae DNA from EDTA-anticoagulated blood samples obtained from four dogs was amplified and sequenced. The results showed that B. elizabethae should be added to the list of Bartonella species (i.e., B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii, B. henselae, and B. clarridgeiae) that are current...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mexas AM,Hancock SI,Breitschwerdt EB

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified indirect hemagglutination test for the detection of treponemal antibodies was developed for use with finger-prick blood. By using paired serum and absorbed finger-prick blood from 58 patients from an area previously endemic for yaws and 12 patients without yaws, the modified hemagglutination test was compar...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Backhouse JL,Lee MH,Nesteroff SI,Hudson BJ,Hamilton PA

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jena virus (JV) is a bovine enteric calicivirus that causes diarrhea in calves. The virus is approximately 30 nm in diameter and has a surface morphology similar to the human Norwalk virus. The genome sequence of JV was recently described, and the virus has been assigned to the genus Norovirus of the family CALICIVIRI...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Deng Y,Batten CA,Liu BL,Lambden PR,Elschner M,Günther H,Otto P,Schnürch P,Eichhorn W,Herbst W,Clarke IN

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio vulnificus was isolated from a bacteremic patient. This strain, together with other isolates of V. vulnificus, was compared with V. alginolyticus, V. fluvialis, and V. parahaemolyticus with regard to growth characteristics on enteric agar media (enabling isolation and identification) and production of exoenzyme...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Desmond EP,Janda JM,Adams FI,Bottone EJ

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlation of β-glucan (BG) levels with clinical outcomes in invasive candidiasis (IC) remains unknown. Patients with proven IC were followed prospectively from diagnosis to outcome with twice-weekly serum BG sampling. Correlation of BG with clinical outcome was assessed in each patient. BG levels tend to decreas...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sims CR,Jaijakul S,Mohr J,Rodriguez J,Finkelman M,Ostrosky-Zeichner L

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrazinamide is important in tuberculosis treatment, as it is bactericidal to semidormant mycobacteria not killed by other antituberculosis drugs. Pyrazinamide is also one of the cornerstone drugs retained in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). However, due to technical difficulties, routine dr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mphahlele M,Syre H,Valvatne H,Stavrum R,Mannsåker T,Muthivhi T,Weyer K,Fourie PB,Grewal HM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the sensitivity and specificity of quantitative mycobacterial culture against results obtained by using the polymerase chain reaction for the detection of DNA from organisms of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in 82 clinical specimens from patients suspected of having tuberculosis. Two amplifica...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pierre C,Lecossier D,Boussougant Y,Bocart D,Joly V,Yeni P,Hance AJ

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated three molecular methods for identification of Francisella strains: pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis, and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The analysis was performed with 54 Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica, 5 F. tularensis subsp. tularensis, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： García Del Blanco N,Dobson ME,Vela AI,De La Puente VA,Gutiérrez CB,Hadfield TL,Kuhnert P,Frey J,Domínguez L,Rodríguez Ferri EF

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an uncommon clinical presentation of a unique case of fatal invasive fungal cerebral vasculitis due to Arthrographis kalrae in a nonimmunocompromised host. The identity of the fungus was determined by morphological characteristics and by analysis of internal transcribed spacer 1 sequences and was confirmed b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pichon N,Ajzenberg D,Desnos-Ollivier M,Clavel M,Gantier JC,Labrousse F

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequences of mink astroviruses collected from 11 farms in Denmark and Sweden were analyzed and found to be homologous with one another but different from those of other astroviruses. A species-specific reverse transcriptase-PCR for mink astrovirus was established and shown to be suitable for the analysis of clinic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mittelholzer C,Englund L,Hedlund KO,Dietz HH,Svensson L

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new Salmonella serotypes belonging to Kauffmann's subgenus I (F. Kauffmann, The Bacteriology of Enterobacteriaceae, 1966) were identified. These serotypes were Salmonella brazos 6,14,18:a:e,n,z15, Salmonella midway 6,14,24:d:1,7, and Salmonella balboa 48a, 48b:z41:monophasic. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sutch KE,Blackburn BO

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and the M. avium-M. intracellulare complex (MAC) directly from primary BACTEC cultures was evaluated by using acridinium-ester-labeled DNA probes (AccuProbe; GenProbe, Inc., San Diego, Calif.). In preliminary experiments, blood present in samples was ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Evans KD,Nakasone AS,Sutherland PA,de la Maza LM,Peterson EM

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether both tissue culture and PCR on a sequence from the repetitive rDNA could contribute to the diagnosis of toxoplasmosis, blood samples and, if they were available, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and aqueous humor samples from 72 human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive patients with suspected toxoplas...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dupon M,Cazenave J,Pellegrin JL,Ragnaud JM,Cheyrou A,Fischer I,Leng B,Lacut JY

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Well-defined Legionella pneumophila strains were analyzed by amplification of variable genomic regions with arbitrary and repeat sequence primers. Clinical and environmental outbreak-related isolates showed closely related amplicon patterns. Eleven strains of unrelated origins displayed 10 distinct patterns. Fingerpri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van Belkum A,Struelens M,Quint W

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To detect Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization, the nasopharynx is sampled using a swab placed in skim milk-tryptone-glucose-glycerol (STGG) transport medium, and then the swab specimen or STGG medium is cultured or subjected to PCR. We evaluated the effect of swab composition and compared the sensitivities of detect...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rubin LG,Rizvi A,Baer A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A selective medium (CFAT) was developed for the detection and enumeration of Actinomyces viscosus and Actinomyces naeslundii in dental plaque. Neutral acriflavin and potassium tellurite were used in combination with the known selective agents cadmium and fluoride to eliminate most of the competing plaque flora. Compos...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zylber LJ,Jordan HV

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodotorula species are emerging pathogens in immunocompromised patients. We report the in vitro activities of eight antifungals against 64 Rhodotorula isolates collected in surveillance programs between 1987 and 2003. Rhodotorula strains are resistant in vitro to fluconazole (MIC at which 50% of the isolates tested a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Diekema DJ,Petroelje B,Messer SA,Hollis RJ,Pfaller MA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) based on the detection of specific antibodies in serum are commonly used for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Several commercial kits are available, and some of them allow the use of whole-blood samples instead of serum. An RDT is much more user-friendly for blood samples tha...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kumar D,Khanal B,Tiwary P,Mudavath SL,Tiwary NK,Singh R,Koirala K,Boelaert M,Rijal S,Sundar S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old man with severe peripheral vascular disease developed nosocomial septicemia which was caused by the gram-negative bacterium CDC group IV c-2, presumably from a plantar abscess on the left foot. Recovery followed amputation of the infected extremity and antibiotic therapy. This is the first reported case ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Crowe HM,Brecher SM

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00