Double-label immunofluorescence method for simultaneous detection of adenovirus and herpes simplex virus from the eye.

abstract：:The performance characteristics of three real-time influenza A/B virus reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) assays and two real-time 2009 H1N1 RT-PCR assays were evaluated using previously characterized clinical specimens. A total of 150 respiratory specimens from children (30 influenza A/H1 virus-, 30 influenza A/H3 vi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Selvaraju SB,Selvarangan R

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Brazil, Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis resistant to various antimicrobials, including cephalosporins, has been identified as an etiological agent of severe gastroenteritis in hospitalized children since 1994. In this study, 35 serovar Infantis strains, isolated from children admitted to four different Rio de ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fonseca EL,Mykytczuk OL,Asensi MD,Reis EM,Ferraz LR,Paula FL,Ng LK,Rodrigues DP

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sputum obtained from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) is highly viscous and often heterogeneous in bacterial distribution. Adding dithiothreitol (DTT) is the standard method for liquefaction prior to processing sputum for molecular detection assays. To determine if DTT treatment homogenizes the bacterial distributio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stokell JR,Khan A,Steck TR

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter spp. are important nosocomial pathogens reported with increasing frequency in outbreaks of cross-infection during the past 2 decades. The majority of such outbreaks are caused by Acinetobacter baumannii. To investigate whether desiccation tolerance may be involved in the ability of certain strains of A. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jawad A,Seifert H,Snelling AM,Heritage J,Hawkey PM

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-six nontuberculous mycobacterial isolates obtained from patients living in Greece were analyzed with the GenoType Mycobacterium CM (for common mycobacteria) and AS (for additional species) assays. GenoType correctly identified all but one of the mycobacterial species. For this species, additional probes should...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gitti Z,Neonakis I,Fanti G,Kontos F,Maraki S,Tselentis Y

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humoral immune response to intestinal Rhodococcus (Corynebacterium) equi in horses was studied by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Anti-R. equi immunoglobulin M (IgM), IgG, and IgA antibodies were demonstrated in the healthy horse population. Adult horse levels of anti-R. equi IgM and IgG antibodies were reached by ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Takai S,Kawazu S,Tsubaki S

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two in a group of five naturally seropositive donkey stallions were found to shed equine arteritis virus (EAV) in their semen as demonstrated by virus isolation. Direct intramuscular inoculation of sonicated semen from one virus-shedding stallion (S3) caused clinical disease in two donkeys from which virus was recover...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Paweska JT,Volkmann DH,Barnard BJ,Chirnside ED

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standardization of sequence chromatogram analysis is required for consistent genotypic tropism determination across laboratories. A freely available, fast, and automated chromatogram analysis tool (RECall) provided tropism interpretations equivalent to those of manual sequence editing of 521 V3 loop HIV-1 population s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pou C,Bellido R,Casadellà M,Puig T,Clotet B,Harrigan R,Paredes R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent emergence of the multidrug-resistant and pathogenic yeast Candida auris continues to cause public health concern worldwide. C. auris is alarming because it causes health care-associated outbreaks and can establish invasive infections with high mortality rates. Transmission between patients is facilitated by...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sexton DJ,Kordalewska M,Bentz ML,Welsh RM,Perlin DS,Litvintseva AP

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:An organism resembling Corynebacterium striatum was isolated from the blood of a patient with acute aortic valvular insufficiency and no history of valvular heart disease. At autopsy, histopathologic examination of the aortic valve revealed pleomorphic gram-positive bacilli and destruction of valvular tissue. Our isol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Markowitz SM,Coudron PE

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, R. E. Bumgarner, D. Harrison, and J. E. Hsu (J Clin Microbiol 58:e00121-19, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00121-19) address in a retrospective analysis that clonality of Cutibacterium acnes isolates from deep tissue specimens obtained from patients during revi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schuetz AN

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of 0.05% sodium polyanethol sulfonate on the growth of 24 strains of Neisseria meningitidis in broth medium was examined; several of the strains were markedly inhibited. A paper disk method was evolved for screening the sensitivity of various bacteria to sodium polyanethol sulfonate on solid medium; the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Eng J,Iveland H

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An evaluation was undertaken to determine the optimal method for testing the susceptibilities of 100 clinical isolates and two reference strains of Enterococcus spp. to vancomycin in vitro. Six testing methods were studied by using the following media and incubation times: agar screen with the Synergy Quad Plate (Reme...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kohner PC,Patel R,Uhl JR,Garin KM,Hopkins MK,Wegener LT,Cockerill FR 3rd

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium hathewayi is a newly described Clostridium species isolated from the feces of healthy human individuals, but its clinical significance is not known. We describe a case of human infection associated with C. hathewayi. The bacterium (strain HKU18) was isolated from the blood culture of a 39-year-old patient ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Woo PC,Lau SK,Woo GK,Fung AM,Yiu VP,Yuen KY

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method, using commercial disks to detect Escherichia coli mutator strains, is proposed. The breakpoint for detecting strains with a mutation frequency >/=5 x 10(-7) was established at >/=70 and >/=20 colonies in the inhibition zone of fosfomycin and rifampin disks, respectively, after seeding 100 microl of an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Galán JC,Tato M,Baquero MR,Turrientes C,Baquero F,Martinez JL

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a multi-health center study, a new rapid optical immunoassay (OIA) for the detection of Shiga toxin types 1 and 2, the BioStar OIA SHIGATOX kit (Inverness Medical Professional Diagnostics, Inc.), was used to prospectively screen 742 fresh fecal samples for Shiga toxins in parallel with the Premier enterohemorrhagic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Teel LD,Daly JA,Jerris RC,Maul D,Svanas G,O'Brien AD,Park CH

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigenic cross-reactive characteristics of herpes B virus and herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 are responsible for false-positive diagnoses by serological assays in humans and macaques. In the present study, we developed a fluorometric indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with rec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fujima A,Ochiai Y,Saito A,Omori Y,Noda A,Kazuyama Y,Shoji H,Tanabayashi K,Ueda F,Yoshikawa Y,Hondo R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VlsE, the variable surface antigen of Borrelia burgdorferi, contains an immunodominant conserved region named IR(6). In the present study, the diagnostic performance of a peptide enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on a 26-mer synthetic peptide (C(6)) with the IR(6) sequence was explored. Sensitivity was a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liang FT,Steere AC,Marques AR,Johnson BJ,Miller JN,Philipp MT

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 145 clinical strains of Candida species were tested by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute M27-A3 methodology to determine if replacing water with dimethyl sulfoxide as the solvent for fluconazole and flucytosine impacted the in vitro potency. No significant differences in MIC values were observ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fothergill AW,Sanders C,Wiederhold NP

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We attempted to find a relationship between the microbiological properties of bloodstream isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and the efficacy of vancomycin in the treatment of bacteremia. Vancomycin susceptibility testing was performed, and bactericidal activity was determined for 30 isolat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sakoulas G,Moise-Broder PA,Schentag J,Forrest A,Moellering RC Jr,Eliopoulos GM

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe dehydrating gastroenteritis in infants. To date, 10 different serotypes of rotavirus have been identified in human stools. While four or five serotypes dominate, serotype circulation varies with season and geography. Since our laboratory has been involved in the development...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： DiStefano DJ,Kraiouchkine N,Mallette L,Maliga M,Kulnis G,Keller PM,Clark HF,Shaw AR

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the feasibility of a molecular strategy based on identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by IS6110 PCR or Cobas Amplicor PCR, and rpoB PCR-DNA sequencing of the 81-bp rifampin resistance determining region (RRDR) for direct detection of rifampin resistance in respiratory specimens. A collecti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yam WC,Tam CM,Leung CC,Tong HL,Chan KH,Leung ET,Wong KC,Yew WW,Seto WH,Yuen KY,Ho PL

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of 177 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains for the presence of egc and tst revealed that 60 strains carried at least one of the tested genes. MRSA strains were classified by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis into four clones belonging to agr groups I and III. Toxin genotypes were related...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chini V,Dimitracopoulos G,Spiliopoulou I

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the rise in the incidence of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) and the expanding spectrum of fungal pathogens, early and accurate identification of the causative pathogen is essential. We developed a panfungal PCR assay that targets the internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) region of the ribosomal DNA gene cluste...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lau A,Chen S,Sorrell T,Carter D,Malik R,Martin P,Halliday C

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nasopharyngeal Haemophilus influenzae flora of healthy children in a day care center was analyzed by repeated sampling during 4 winter months. The average carrier rate was 39%, but 74% of the children became colonized at some time during the study. The H. influenzae isolates were identified by capsular type, bioty...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Trottier S,Stenberg K,Svanborg-Edén C

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR-amplified 16S rRNA gene sequences were obtained directly from tissue specimens from eight cats with presumptive feline leprosy. Acid-fast bacilli were observed in sections from all eight specimens, but culture for mycobacteria was successful for one specimen only. Analysis of the V2 variable region of each 16S rRN...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hughes MS,Ball NW,Beck LA,de Lisle GW,Skuce RA,Neill SD

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-reaction between Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and chlamydiae is described. A water-soluble, heat stable, non-dialyzable antigen was extracted from Acinetobacter species by boiling. This antigen fixed complement in the presence of homologous hyperimmune sera from rabbits or guinea pigs and in the presence of het...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brade H,Brunner H

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a Linear Array test/retest analysis using cytologic specimens from 198 women. A total of 67.2% of samples had the same human papillomavirus (HPV) types detected in both tests (type-specific positive agreement was 83.3% overall [Kappa = 0.9] and 86.8% for carcinogenic types [Kappa = 0.92]). Discordance was...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Koshiol J,Dunn ST,Walker JL,Zuna RE,Schiffman M,Sherman ME,Gold MA,Allen RA,Zhang R,Wang SS,Wentzensen N

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infected aneurysms caused by Yersinia are very uncommon and are principally due to Yersinia enterocolitica. We describe the first case of an infected aneurysm caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in an elderly patient with a history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hadou T,Elfarra M,Alauzet C,Guinet F,Lozniewski A,Lion C

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabies virus found worldwide and prevalent throughout the United States continues to be a public health concern. Direct-fluorescent antibody (DFA) detection remains the gold standard for rabies virus diagnostics. Assessing the utility of a high-throughput molecular platform such as the QIAsymphony SP/AS, in conjunctio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dupuis M,Brunt S,Appler K,Davis A,Rudd R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00