Identification of serotype 9 human rotavirus by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with monoclonal antibodies.

abstract：:Bacterial vaginosis (BV) remains the most common cause of abnormal vaginal discharge in women of reproductive age and is associated with increased susceptibility to human immunodeficiency virus and sexually transmitted infections and preterm delivery. Present diagnostic methods require access to microscopy and laborat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bradshaw CS,Morton AN,Garland SM,Horvath LB,Kuzevska I,Fairley CK

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cluster of Mycobacterium ulcerans infections has recently occurred on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. Previous cases of infection have generally been located around Bairnsdale in southeast Gippsland. The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological relationship between these strains and other strains ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jackson K,Edwards R,Leslie DE,Hayman J

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunoblot assay for the serological diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection was evaluated. Serum samples from patients whose gastric biopsy specimens were known to be positive or negative for H. pylori on culture were used to establish interpretive criteria for the immunoblot assay. A panel of sera from patient...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nilsson I,Ljungh A,Aleljung P,Wadström T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercially prepared fluorescein-labeled antihuman antibodies were labed with 125I and used to compre specific herpes simplex virus antibody titers as determined by indirect fluorescent antibody and radioimmunoassay techniques. Total virus-specific immunoglobulin and virus-specific immunoglobulin G titers did not var...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Parkinson AJ,Kalmakoff J

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A search has been made for corynebacterial phospholipase D, "ovis toxin," a sphingomyelinase (phosphatidylcholine phosphohydrolase, EC 3.1.4.4), among a wide variety of corynebacteria. Phospholipase D activity has been found in strains exhibiting the biochemical properties characteristic of Corynebacterium pseudotuber...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Barksdale L,Linder R,Sulea IT,Pollice M

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two closely related species of Rochalimaea, Rochalimaea quintana and Rochalimaea henselae, are nutritionally fastidious but can be cultivated on bacteriologic media from the blood of patients with diverse clinical presentations. We report a case of culture-proven R. henselae bacteremia in a child with persistent fever...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Welch DF,Hensel DM,Pickett DA,San Joaquin VH,Robinson A,Slater LN

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown by analysis with monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies that outer surface protein C (OspC) of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato is highly heterogeneous. To determine if the heterogeneity has a genetic basis, the genes of 18 different B. burgdorferi sensu lato strains have been amplified by PCR, cloned, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jauris-Heipke S,Liegl G,Preac-Mursic V,Rössler D,Schwab E,Soutschek E,Will G,Wilske B

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unbiased nontargeted metagenomic RNA sequencing (UMERS) has the advantage to detect known as well as unknown pathogens and, thus, can significantly improve the detection of viral, bacterial, parasitic, and fungal sequences in public health settings. In particular, conventional diagnostic methods successfully identify ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fischer N,Indenbirken D,Meyer T,Lütgehetmann M,Lellek H,Spohn M,Aepfelbacher M,Alawi M,Grundhoff A

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed neutralizing antibody titers to adenovirus serotype 5 (Ad5) and six rare adenovirus serotypes, serotypes 11, 35, 50, 26, 48, and 49, in pediatric populations in sub-Saharan Africa. We observed a clear age dependence of Ad5-specific neutralizing antibody titers. These data will help to guide the development...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thorner AR,Vogels R,Kaspers J,Weverling GJ,Holterman L,Lemckert AA,Dilraj A,McNally LM,Jeena PM,Jepsen S,Abbink P,Nanda A,Swanson PE,Bates AT,O'Brien KL,Havenga MJ,Goudsmit J,Barouch DH

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is a major health problem in newborns and children. Early detection of pathogens allows initiation of appropriate antimicrobial therapy that strongly correlates with positive outcomes. Multiplex PCR has the potential to rapidly identify bloodstream infections, compensating for the loss of blood culture sensitiv...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lucignano B,Ranno S,Liesenfeld O,Pizzorno B,Putignani L,Bernaschi P,Menichella D

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mumps-specific antibody levels before and after vaccination with live mumps vaccines were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and neutralization tests. A correlation was found between neutralization titers and optical density in ELISA. However, postvaccination sera from some vaccinees who failed to...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sakata H,Hishiyama M,Sugiura A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Participants in the College of American Pathologists' Mycobacteriology E proficiency testing survey in 1993 were asked to complete a questionnaire addressing mycobacterial test methods, test volume, and frequency of detection of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). A similar questionnaire had been distribu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Woods GL,Witebsky FG

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence of sensitized bacterial suspensions, reactive with either fluorescein-labeled or rhodamine-labeled antiglobulins, could be quantitatively distinguished in dual-labeled preparations by fluorescence immunoassay. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gillis TP,Thompson JJ

更新日期：1978-09-01 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：:The relationship of coagulase-negative staphylococcal slime production and adherence with the development and outcome of bloodstream infections in two Finnish hospitals was evaluated. Analysis of 64 strains from 62 adult septicemias disclosed 34 (53%) adherent slime producers. In comparison, only 142 (29%) of 489 sing...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kotilainen P

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pseudooutbreak of cryptococcal meningitis was caused by the use of contaminated albumin solution used in the preparation of Papanicolaou-stained slides of cerebrospinal fluid. Organisms were seen in cytocentrifuge preparations, but not in India ink preparations of cerebrospinal fluid specimens. Cryptococcal antigen ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hopfer RL,Katz RL,Fainstein V

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capnocytophaga is a genus of gram-negative rods involved mainly in bacteremia in immunocompromised hosts. Here we report a case of Capnocytophaga peritonitis in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. The disease appeared as a superinfection during antimicrobial therapy of a previous episode of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Esteban J,Albalate M,Caramelo C,Reyero A,Carriazo MA,Hernandez J,Ortiz A,Soriano F

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The findings from a preliminary assessment of a new instrument designed for the inoculation and spreading of specimens for microbiological analysis onto agar plates are described. The study found that the instrument was able to select full or biplates from a number of input cassettes, each containing different agar ty...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Glasson JH,Guthrie LH,Nielsen DJ,Bethell FA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the first isolation of the ameba Balamuthia mandrillaris from an environmental soil sample associated with a fatal case of amebic encephalitis in a northern California child. Isolation of the ameba into culture from autopsied brain tissue confirmed the presence of Balamuthia: In trying to locate ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schuster FL,Dunnebacke TH,Booton GC,Yagi S,Kohlmeier CK,Glaser C,Vugia D,Bakardjiev A,Azimi P,Maddux-Gonzalez M,Martinez AJ,Visvesvara GS

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated quantitative real-time PCR to establish the diagnosis of rotavirus gastroenteritis in a high-disease-burden population in Malawi using enzyme immunoassay as the gold standard diagnostic test. In 146 children with acute gastroenteritis and 65 asymptomatic children, we defined a cutoff point in the threshol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bennett A,Bar-Zeev N,Jere KC,Tate JE,Parashar UD,Nakagomi O,Heyderman RS,French N,Iturriza-Gomara M,Cunliffe NA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV) causes acute and relapsing symptoms characterized by ulcerative lesions. Laboratory diagnosis of HSV in cutaneous or mucocutaneous lesions has historically been performed with the use of viral cell culture systems; however, these tests are laborious and suffer decreased sensitivity for advan...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Faron ML,Ledeboer NA,Patel A,Beqa SH,Yen-Lieberman B,Kohn D,Leber AL,Mayne D,Northern WI,Buchan BW

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-year-old patient developed severe shock due to administration of a Yersinia enterocolitica-contaminated red blood cell concentrate. Y. enterocolitica (serotype O:9, biotype II) was cultivated from the residual blood in the blood bag and from a stool sample of the blood donor. In the donor's plasma immunoglobulin ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Strobel E,Heesemann J,Mayer G,Peters J,Müller-Weihrich S,Emmerling P

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirates of liver abscesses were analyzed for Entamoeba histolytica. PCR detected a gene encoding a 30-kDa protein in all samples but detected the ribosomal DNA gene in only 14 (33.3%) samples. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay detected antigen in 41 (97.6%) samples. PCR analysis of a strain-specific antigen (SSG) re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zengzhu G,Bracha R,Nuchamowitz Y,Cheng-I W,Mirelman D

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hybrid Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) strains of multilocus sequence type 141 (ST141) cause both urinary tract infections and diarrhea in humans and are phylogenetically positioned between STEC and UPEC strains. We used comparative genomic analysis of 85 temporally and s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gati NS,Middendorf-Bauchart B,Bletz S,Dobrindt U,Mellmann A

更新日期：2019-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequencing of the VP1 hypervariable region of the human enterovirus (HEV) genome has become the reference test for typing field isolates. This study describes a new strategy for typing HEV at the serotype level that uses a reverse transcription-PCR assay targeting the central part of the VP2 capsid protein. Two pa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nasri D,Bouslama L,Omar S,Saoudin H,Bourlet T,Aouni M,Pozzetto B,Pillet S

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：:Candidate live-virus vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus are being developed and are beginning to be evaluated in clinical trials. To distinguish candidate vaccine strains from wild-type strains isolated during these trials, we developed PCR assays specific to two sets of candidate vaccine strains. The two sets w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zheng H,Peret TC,Randolph VB,Crowley JC,Anderson LJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the adoption of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) for Clostridium difficile diagnosis and their impact on stool rejection policies and C. difficile positivity rates. Of the laboratories with complete surveys, 51 (43%) reported using NAAT in 2011. Laboratories using NAAT had stricter rejection policie...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cohen J,Limbago B,Dumyati G,Holzbauer S,Johnston H,Perlmutter R,Dunn J,Nadle J,Lyons C,Phipps E,Beldavs Z,Clark LA,Lessa FC,CDC's Clostridium difficile Infection Surveillance Investigators.

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of an rRNA-derived oligonucleotide probe for Neisseria gonorrhoeae was tested with 187 N. gonorrhoeae isolates, 81 Neisseria meningitidis isolates, and several strains of other bacterial species. The probe proved to be 100% specific and 100% sensitive. N. gonorrhoeae cells could also be reliably identi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rossau R,Duhamel M,Van Dyck E,Piot P,Van Heuverswyn H

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of the excellent performance of rapid tuberculosis (TB) nucleic acid amplification (NAA) tests and the clear benefits of immediate diagnosis of TB disease, NAA tests frequently are not used in the diagnosis of pulmonary TB cases, particularly TB cases with smear-negative sputa. Public health laboratories prim...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Han LL,Elvin P,Bernardo J

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00