Species-specific detection of Legionella pneumophila in water by DNA amplification and hybridization.

abstract：:Cellulosimicrobium funkei is a rare, opportunistic pathogen. We describe a case of bacteremia and possibly prosthetic valve endocarditis by this organism in a nonimmunocompromised patient. Useful phenotypic tests for differentiating C. funkei from Cellulosimicrobium cellulans and Cellulosimicrobium terreum include mot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Petkar H,Li A,Bunce N,Duffy K,Malnick H,Shah JJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coprological examination based on egg detection in stool samples is currently used as the gold standard for the diagnosis of human fascioliasis. However, this method is not effective during the acute phase of the disease and has poor sensitivity during the chronic phase. Serodiagnosis has become an excellent alternati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cabán-Hernández K,Gaudier JF,Ruiz-Jiménez C,Espino AM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an evaluation of the API 20NE for the identification of Burkholderia spp., 792/800 (99%) Burkholderia pseudomallei and 17/19 (89%) B. cepacia isolates were correctly identified but 10 B. mallei and 98 B. thailandensis isolates were not correctly identified. A latex agglutination test was positive for 796/800 (99.5%...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Amornchai P,Chierakul W,Wuthiekanun V,Mahakhunkijcharoen Y,Phetsouvanh R,Currie BJ,Newton PN,van Vinh Chau N,Wongratanacheewin S,Day NP,Peacock SJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specimens of colonic mucosa from two pigs with diarrhea were examined by light and electron microscopy. The epithelial surfaces of both pigs were extensively colonized by large spirochetes morphologically compatible with Treponema hyodysenteriae or Treponema innocens. The microorganisms were intimately attached end-on...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jacques M,Girard C,Higgins R,Goyette G

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent genotypic survey of beta-lactam-resistant pneumococci recovered in different areas of United States during 1997, eight clonal types that each represented 3 to 40 isolates accounted for 134 of 144 isolates (G. Gherardi, C. Whitney, R. Facklam, and B. Beall, J. Infect. Dis. 181:216-229, 2000). We determined ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beall B,Gherardi G,Facklam RR,Hollingshead SK

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genotypic typing by restriction fragment length polymorphism and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed that two neonates in a neonatal ward were infected with the same Campylobacter jejuni strain. Isolates from the mother and brother of the index patient were identical to each other but distinct from the neonatal ty...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Llovo J,Mateo E,Muñoz A,Urquijo M,On SL,Fernández-Astorga A

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causative agent of Johne's disease is Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. This is a chronic, debilitating gastrointestinal disorder that affects ruminants and is responsible for significant economic loss. The specimen processing method that combines C(18)-carboxypropylbetaine (CB-18) treatment and lytic e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thornton CG,MacLellan KM,Stabel JR,Carothers C,Whitlock RH,Passen S

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several unusual fatty acids characterized strains of Francisella tularensis. Long-chain (C20-C26) acids and the hydroxy acids 2-hydroxy-decanoate, 3-hydroxy-hexadecanoate, and 3-hydroxy-octadecanoate appeared to be of special diagnostic value. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jantzen E,Berdal BP,Omland T

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasopharyngeal secretions from adults and children were obtained in Stockholm, Sweden, for routine diagnosis of influenza A virus, influenza B virus, respiratory syncytial (RS) virus, parainfluenza type 3 virus, and adenovirus infections by demonstration of viral antigens directly in the specimens. The cells in nasoph...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Grandien M,Pettersson CA,Gardner PS,Linde A,Stanton A

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas mendocina has been isolated from soil and water samples. Although it has been recovered from some human clinical samples, its pathogenic role has not yet been documented. We report the first known case of endocarditis in humans due to P. mendocina. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aragone MR,Maurizi DM,Clara LO,Navarro Estrada JL,Ascione A

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NucliSENS easyMAG automated system was compared to the column-based Qiagen method for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) or cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA extraction from whole blood before viral load determination using the corresponding R-gene amplification kits. Both extraction techniques exhibited a total agreement of 81.3% ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pillet S,Bourlet T,Pozzetto B

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of Helicobacter DNA species has been investigated in the biliary epithelium of patients with biliary diseases. However, conflicting results have been observed that may have been due to the small number of subjects studied, difficulty in obtaining a healthy control group, absence of controlling for confoun...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Silva CP,Pereira-Lima JC,Oliveira AG,Guerra JB,Marques DL,Sarmanho L,Cabral MM,Queiroz DM

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human infections with Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Senftenberg are often associated with exposure to poultry flocks, farm environments, or contaminated food. The recent emergence of multidrug-resistant isolates has raised public health concerns. In this study, comparative genomics and phenotypic ana...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Abd El Ghany M,Shi X,Li Y,Ansari HR,Hill-Cawthorne GA,Ho YS,Naeem R,Pickard D,Klena JD,Xu X,Pain A,Hu Q

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular types of the Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii species complex that infect dogs and cats differ regionally and with host species. Antifungal drug susceptibility can vary with molecular type, but the susceptibility of Cryptococcus isolates from dogs and cats is largely unknown. Cryptococcus isolates...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Singer LM,Meyer W,Firacative C,Thompson GR 3rd,Samitz E,Sykes JE

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain analysis cannot be used for the investigation of active lyssavirus infection in healthy bats because most bat species are protected by conservation directives. Consequently, serology remains the only tool for performing virological studies on natural bat populations; however, the presence of antibodies merely re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Echevarría JE,Avellón A,Juste J,Vera M,Ibáñez C

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated 677 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains from humans to determine their serotypes, virulence genes, and clinical signs in patients. Six different Shiga toxin types (1, 1c, 2, 2c, 2d, and 2e) were distributed in the STEC strains. Intimin (eae) genes were present in 62.6% of the str...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beutin L,Krause G,Zimmermann S,Kaulfuss S,Gleier K

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

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：:Malaria-specific rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) targeting aldolase show highly variable sensitivities. We assessed diversity in Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax aldolases by sequencing the coding genes from parasites of various origins. The results show that aldolases are highly conserved, indicating that antigenic d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lee N,Baker J,Bell D,McCarthy J,Cheng Q

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four commercial kits, Oxi/Ferm (OF), API 20E (AP), Minitek (MT; BBL Microbiology Systems), and Flow N/F (NF), were evaluated, without additional tests, for identification of 258 gram-negative nonfermentative rods. OF and MT were read after 48 h of incubation, and AP and NF were read after both 24 and 48 h of incubatio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Appelbaum PC,Stavitz J,Bentz MS,von Kuster LC

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents the case of a patient with a massive pyelonephritis and a urosepsis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. This case is unusual as the focus was distant from the respiratory tract, the usual primary site of infection caused by this organism. No other primary site of infection was documented. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dufke S,Kunze-Kronawitter H,Schubert S

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method has been developed for demonstration of heat-labile (LT) enterotoxin produced by Escherichia coli. This method is based upon the release of LT from bacteria grown directly onto agar plates which have been coated with ganglioside GM1. Toxin bound to the GM1 solid state is subsequently demonstrated by means...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Czerkinsky CC,Svennerholm AM

更新日期：1983-06-01 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：:The new commercial assay GenoType Mycobacterium, intended for the identification of mycobacteria, was evaluated with a panel of 197 strains belonging to 86 different taxa. The system, which relies on solid-phase reverse hybridization, is composed of two different kits: GenoType CM for the identification of more freque...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Russo C,Tortoli E,Menichella D

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Branched DNA (bDNA) assays to quantify human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) consist of three distinct steps, including sample processing, hybridization, and detection, and utilize the System 340 platform for plate incubation and washing. Sample processing differs: HIV-1 from 1 ml of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Elbeik T,Markowitz N,Nassos P,Kumar U,Beringer S,Haller B,Ng V

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. P. aeruginosa toxin is one of several proposed virulence factors which may be responsible for chronic P. aeruginosa infections in these patients. With a highly specific, sensitive, and quantita...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cukor G,Blacklow NR,Nowak NA,Rich CM,Braverman LE,Fischer RA

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human erythrocyte receptor which mediates mannose-resistant hemagglutination by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli possessing colonization factor antigen II is not universally distributed among donors. Mannose-resistant hemagglutination-positive erythrocytes are more common among black donors than nonblack donors; t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Evans DJ Jr,Evans DG,Diaz SR,Graham DY

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ureaplasma parvum and Ureaplasma urealyticum are sexually transmitted, opportunistic pathogens of the human urogenital tract. There are 14 known serovars distributed between the two species. For decades, it has been postulated based upon limited data that virulence is related to serotype specificity. The results were ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Xiao L,Paralanov V,Glass JI,Duffy LB,Robertson JA,Cassell GH,Chen Y,Waites KB

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Misidentification of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) may delay appropriate treatment. We investigated 20 clinical isolates identified as Kocuria spp. by the Vitek 2 system. All were identified as CoNS by 16S rRNA gene sequencing (18 Staphylococcus epidermidis, 1 Staphylococcus haemolyticus). Four Kocuria isola...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ben-Ami R,Navon-Venezia S,Schwartz D,Schlezinger Y,Mekuzas Y,Carmeli Y

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is the causative agent of Johne's disease (JD) in cattle and may be associated with Crohn's disease (CD) in humans. It is the slowest growing of the cultivable mycobacteria, and culture from clinical, veterinary, food, or environmental specimens can take 4 months or even lon...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Imirzalioglu C,Dahmen H,Hain T,Billion A,Kuenne C,Chakraborty T,Domann E

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00