Comparison of two rapid microscopic methods and culture for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in ocular and nasopharyngeal specimens from infants.

abstract：:The usefulness of Candida ID 2 (CAID2) reformulated medium (bioMérieux, France) has been compared with that of the former Candida ID (CAID; bioMérieux), Albicans ID 2 (ALB2; bioMérieux), and CHROMagar Candida (CAC; Chromagar, France) chromogenic media for the isolation and presumptive identification of clinically rele...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Eraso E,Moragues MD,Villar-Vidal M,Sahand IH,González-Gómez N,Pontón J,Quindós G

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-dose cefepime-tazobactam (1:1; WCK 4282), a novel antibacterial combination consisting of the β-lactamase inhibitor tazobactam and a fourth-generation cephalosporin, is under clinical development for the treatment of serious Gram-negative infections. A quality control (QC) study was performed to establish disk di...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Riedel S,Huband MD,Sader HS,Flamm RK,Jones RN

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production and characterization of five monoclonal antibodies to Mycobacterium tuberculosis are described. Specificity of the monoclonal antibodies was tested against other mycobacterial species by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunoblots. HGT 3a, an immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody, recognizes a molecu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kadival GV,Chaparas SD

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the electrophoretic profiles of the outer membrane proteins could be used to differentiate Campylobacter jejuni (16 strains) from Campylobacter coli (10 strains). This observation was confirmed by the study of DNA homology obtained by a quantitative filter hybridization method. The hippurate hydrolysis tes...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Derclaye I,Delor I,Van Bouchaute M,Moureau P,Wauters G,Cornelis GR

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present report describes an analysis of two virulence genes of Helicobacter pylori. Parts of the cagA gene, as well as parts from the signal (s) and middle (m) regions of the mosaic vacA gene, were amplified with biotin-labelled PCR primers and the products were subsequently analyzed by a single-step reverse hybri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van Doorn LJ,Figueiredo C,Rossau R,Jannes G,van Asbroek M,Sousa JC,Carneiro F,Quint WG

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diarrheal diseases are highly prevalent in Bangladesh. However, the relative contribution of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli organisms--those that are enterotoxigenic (ETEC), enteropathogenic (EPEC), enteroinvasive, enterohemorrhagic, enteroaggregative, and diffuse adherent--to diarrhea in Bangladeshi populations is no...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Albert MJ,Faruque SM,Faruque AS,Neogi PK,Ansaruzzaman M,Bhuiyan NA,Alam K,Akbar MS

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the molecular epidemiologic characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains have demonstrated their genetic and geographical diversity. In addition, it has been reported that there are genetic differences between community-associated (CA) and health care-associated (HA) MRSA st...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Park C,Lee DG,Kim SW,Choi SM,Park SH,Chun HS,Choi JH,Yoo JH,Shin WS,Kang JH,Kim JH,Lee SY,Kim SM,Pyun BY

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A trunk of human cytidylate-phosphate-deoxyguanylate-binding protein/CXXC finger protein 1 (CFP1), immobilized onto an aminohexyl-Sepharose column, can be used as a preanalytical tool for the selective enrichment of bacterial DNA from mixed solutions with high amounts of human background DNA for nucleic acid amplifica...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sachse S,Straube E,Lehmann M,Bauer M,Russwurm S,Schmidt KH

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a multifaceted rapid response by the scientific community, bringing researchers, health officials, and industry together to address the ongoing public health emergency. To meet this challenge, participants need an informed approach for working safely with the etiological agent, t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Welch SR,Davies KA,Buczkowski H,Hettiarachchi N,Green N,Arnold U,Jones M,Hannah MJ,Evans R,Burton C,Burton JE,Guiver M,Cane PA,Woodford N,Bruce CB,Roberts ADG,Killip MJ

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty staphylococcal strains that produced toxic shock syndrome (TSS) toxin 1 and that were isolated from patients with TSS were characterized. One strain had more properties that were characteristic of Staphylococcus hyicus than of Staphylococcus aureus. Forty-four strains had the same properties or differed in only ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aliu B,Bergdoll MS

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we compared typed F. nucleatum strains with isolates from various human periodontal diseases, canines, and a Macaca mulatta monkey. All isolates displayed biochemical reactions similar to those of the typed strains in the API 20A system (Analytab Products, Plainville, N.Y.). The human and monkey ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vincent JW,Falkler WA Jr,Craig JA

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) is an emulsion PCR process that performs absolute quantitation of nucleic acids. We developed a ddPCR assay for Chlamydia trachomatis infections and found it to be accurate and precise. Using PCR mixtures containing plasmids engineered to include the PCR target sequences, we were able to qu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Roberts CH,Last A,Molina-Gonzalez S,Cassama E,Butcher R,Nabicassa M,McCarthy E,Burr SE,Mabey DC,Bailey RL,Holland MJ

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori was grown in low numbers from the saliva of one of nine patients who were positive for gastric H. pylori. The saliva-derived isolate from this patient was identical to the antral biopsy-derived isolate from the same patient and differed from isolates cultured from the antral biopsies of all other p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ferguson DA Jr,Li C,Patel NR,Mayberry WR,Chi DS,Thomas E

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A commercial multiplex PCR (hyplex SuperBug ID) was tested with a collection of 132 clinical Enterobacteriaceae strains producing different carbapenemases. The sensitivity for the detection of KPC-, VIM-, NDM-, and OXA-48-encoding genes was 100%, whereas two IMP variants were missed. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kaase M,Szabados F,Wassill L,Gatermann SG

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent Zaire Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak in West Africa illustrates clearly the need for additional studies with humans and animals to elucidate the ecology of Ebola viruses (EBVs). In this study, we developed a serological assay based on the Luminex technology. Nine recombinant proteins representing different vir...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ayouba A,Touré A,Butel C,Keita AK,Binetruy F,Sow MS,Foulongne V,Delaporte E,Peeters M

更新日期：2016-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of PCR-based molecular typing of Helicobacter pylori strains by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of a 1, 161-bp nucleotide sequence of the midregion of the vacA gene are reported. A total of 48 H. pylori strains isolated from gastric biopsy specimens obtained from 18 patients with peptic u...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Donati M,Storni E,D'Apote L,Moreno S,Tucci A,Poli L,Cevenini R

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunochromatographic test (ICT) kits for the rapid detection of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM antibodies to Burkholderia pseudomallei were compared to the indirect hemagglutination (IHA) assay. In 138 culture-confirmed melioidosis cases, sensitivities were 80, 77, and 88% for IHA, ICT IgG, and ICT IgM, respectively....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： O'Brien M,Freeman K,Lum G,Cheng AC,Jacups SP,Currie BJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we determined the sequences of four intimin variant genes detected in attaching and effacing Escherichia coli isolates of human origin. Three of them were novel and were designated eae-eta (eta), eae-iota (iota), and eae-kappa (kappa). The fourth was identical to the recently described eae-zeta (zeta), ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhang WL,Köhler B,Oswald E,Beutin L,Karch H,Morabito S,Caprioli A,Suerbaum S,Schmidt H

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (MAC-ELISA) serves as a valuable tool for the diagnosis of acute flaviviral infections, since IgM antibody titers are detectable early, peak at about 2 weeks postinfection, and subsequently decline to lower levels over the next few mo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Holmes DA,Purdy DE,Chao DY,Noga AJ,Chang GJ

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel one-step, closed-tube, loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for detecting Entamoeba histolytica, one of the leading causes of morbidity in developing countries, was developed. The sensitivity of the LAMP assay is 1 parasite per reaction. A total of 130 clinical samples were analyzed, and the res...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liang SY,Chan YH,Hsia KT,Lee JL,Kuo MC,Hwa KY,Chan CW,Chiang TY,Chen JS,Wu FT,Ji DD

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:mRNAs of human papillomaviruses (HPV) 16 and 18 were detected in cancer-derived cell lines and genital tract biopsy specimens by a novel hybridization assay. Biotinylated whole genomic HPV DNA probes were hybridized in solution to extracted total nucleic acids. Hybrids between the labeled probes and RNA transcripts we...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Coutlée F,Shah KV,Rader JS,Currie JL,Viscidi RP

更新日期：1991-05-01 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：:We report the first case of a postoperative wound infection caused by Vibrio metschnikovii on the lower right leg of a patient after saphenectomy. Compared to the healing of an uninfected site, that of the right leg was delayed, and a cure was achieved by intensified wound care. Several swabs taken from the infected s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Linde HJ,Kobuch R,Jayasinghe S,Reischl U,Lehn N,Kaulfuss S,Beutin L

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of pneumonia with a fatal outcome caused by a nonhemolytic strain of Streptococcus pyogenes. This strain was isolated in pure growth from blood cultures and was fully identified biochemically. Such strains will be difficult to recognize and isolate from sites with heavy growth of normal flora. This ph...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Taylor MB,Barkham T

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In anticipation of rotavirus vaccine introduction in Saudi Arabia, this study was undertaken to determine the distribution of the G and P genotypes of rotaviruses in order to examine whether there was any emerging serotype or unusual strain circulating in children in Saudi Arabia. Of 984 stool specimens collected betw...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kheyami AM,Nakagomi T,Nakagomi O,Dove W,Hart CA,Cunliffe NA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two multiplex PCRs were developed for the detection of necrotoxigenic Escherichia coli virulence genes. M1 contained the primers for the toxins and the aerobactin, and M2 contained the primers for the adhesins. They were validated by single PCRs performed with reference E. coli strains and by multiplex PCRs with necro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Van Bost S,Jacquemin E,Oswald E,Mainil J

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the use of mannitol salt agar with oxacillin for use as a primary screening medium for the simultaneous detection and identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in clinical surveillance specimens. Oxacillin agar dilution susceptibility tests with mannitol salt agar and Mueller-Hinton ag...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lally RT,Ederer MN,Woolfrey BF

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases (KPCs) are considered a serious threat to antibiotic therapy, as they confer resistance to carbapenems, which are used to treat extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria. Here, we describe the development and evaluation of a DNA microarray for the detection and gen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peter H,Berggrav K,Thomas P,Pfeifer Y,Witte W,Templeton K,Bachmann TT

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:Antibiotic neutralization in blood culture media from two automated systems was evaluated by measuring the recovery of organisms and times to detection in simulated cultures. Overall, BD Bactec Plus media (Bactec FX system) outperformed TREK 80 ml Redox media (VersaTREK system), although results suggest a relative rat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Miller NS,Rogan D,Orr BL,Whitney D

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00