Elevated levels of immunoglobulin A to Giardia lamblia during a waterborne outbreak of gastroenteritis.

abstract：:Actinomyces naeslundii is a saprophyte, sometimes a pathogen, of the human oral cavity. Very few extra-oral infections related to this agent have been described. We report the first instance of A. naeslundii as an etiological agent of pelvic actinomycosis in a user of an intrauterine device, an infection so far exclus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bonnez W,Lattimer G,Mohanraj NA,Johnson TH

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple solid-phase enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay procedure for the detection of human antibodies to Entamoeba histolytica was developed which showed a high degree of correlation with the agar gel diffusion, counterelectrophoresis, and indirect hemagglutination methods, as well as with clinical data. The enzyme-l...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lin TM,Halbert SP,Chiu CT,Zarco R

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The density of malaria parasites is a key determinant of whether an infected individual develops fever. While the pyrogenic threshold for malaria parasite density has been well studied, there are no analogous data on the antigen levels associated with fever during infection. Samples from 797 afebrile and 457 febrile o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Plucinski MM,Rogier E,Dimbu PR,Fortes F,Halsey ES,Aidoo M,Smith T

更新日期：2019-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The Digene Hybrid Capture System (DHCS) is a solution hybridization antibody capture assay for the chemiluminescent detection and quantitation of cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in leukocytes. This assay was compared with the CMV antigenemia assay and shell vial and tube cultures for the detection of CMV in 234 blood specim...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mazzulli T,Wood S,Chua R,Walmsley S

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid method for presumptive identification of black-pigmented gram-negative anaerobic rods was developed. Using filter paper spot tests for indole production, sialidase, alpha-glucosidase, beta-glucosidase, alpha-fucosidase, and trypsinlike enzyme activities, 100% of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moncla BJ,Braham P,Rabe LK,Hillier SL

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1998, an outbreak of systemic infections caused by Bacillus cereus occurred in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the University Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Three neonates developed sepsis with positive blood cultures. One neonate died, and the other two neonates recovered. An environm...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Van Der Zwet WC,Parlevliet GA,Savelkoul PH,Stoof J,Kaiser AM,Van Furth AM,Vandenbroucke-Grauls CM

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fimbriae of Porphyromonas gingivalis are filamentous appendages on the cell surface and are thought to be one of the virulence factors. The fimA gene encoding the subunit protein of fimbriae, fimbrillin (FimA), was classified into four typeable variants (types I to IV). We previously examined the distribution of P. gi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nakagawa I,Amano A,Kimura RK,Nakamura T,Kawabata S,Hamada S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the investigation was to evaluate two commercially available identification systems: a new modification of the Staph-Zym system (Rosco, Tåstrup, Denmark) and the Staph ID 32 API system (API System, BioMérieux, Paris, France). A local standard method to be used in routine laboratories was also evaluated....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Renneberg J,Rieneck K,Gutschik E

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of 1% unmodified rice starch and 1% horse serum instead of 2% soluble starch and 5% serum in Granada medium is described. These components result in a medium of increased stability, preventing spoilage after a few days of storage at room temperature. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rosa-Fraile M,Rodríguez-Granger J,Camacho-Muñoz E,Sampedro A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Scottish Meningococcus and Pneumococcus Reference Laboratory (SMPRL) provides a national service for the laboratory confirmation of meningococcal and pneumococcal disease in Scotland. Part of this service includes the serogrouping of meningococcal isolates followed by typing and subtyping. The procedures for this ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Clarke SC,Diggle MA,Edwards GF

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses human papillomavirus (HPV) detection and genotyping in self-sampled genital smears applied to an indicating FTA elute cartridge (FTA cartridge). The study group consisted of 96 women, divided into two sample sets. All samples were analyzed by the HPV SPF(10)-Line Blot 25. Set 1 consisted of 45 wome...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lenselink CH,de Bie RP,van Hamont D,Bakkers JM,Quint WG,Massuger LF,Bekkers RL,Melchers WJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A methodologic study was performed to compare the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern blot hybridization, two commonly used testing strategies for the detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Three laboratories tested masked aliquots of exfoliated cervical cell specimens obtained from 120 women by c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schiffman MH,Bauer HM,Lorincz AT,Manos MM,Byrne JC,Glass AG,Cadell DM,Howley PM

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-four pharyngeal swab samples corresponding to 94 patients with suspected influenza virus infection were inoculated in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells, the conventional cell system for the isolation of influenza virus, and in fibroblastic human embryo lung (MRC-5) cells, a cell system less commonly used f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： de Oña M,Melón S,de la Iglesia P,Hidalgo F,Verdugo AF

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：:Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae is one of the most important causes of nosocomial infections worldwide. After the spread of strains resistant to beta-lactams at the end of the previous century, the diffusion of isolates resistant to carbapenems and colistin is now reducing treatment options and the con...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Onori R,Gaiarsa S,Comandatore F,Pongolini S,Brisse S,Colombo A,Cassani G,Marone P,Grossi P,Minoja G,Bandi C,Sassera D,Toniolo A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a multicenter study, 113 blood samples from 19 organ transplant patients were analyzed for cytomegalovirus by the pp65 antigenemia assay and a quantitative DNA hybridization assay. Overall, there was 84% agreement among the results obtained by the two tests. Fifteen of 16 episodes of active infection were detected ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bossart W,Bienz K,Wunderli W

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous chylothorax is rare in adults. We present an unusual case that was complicated by Prevotella bivia empyema. Full recovery was achieved with chest tube drainage and prompt treatment with intravenous clindamycin. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Di Marco Berardino A,Inchingolo R,Smargiassi A,Re A,Torelli R,Fiori B,d'Inzeo T,Corbo GM,Valente S,Sanguinetti M,Spanu T

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a blood spot test for syphilis antibody using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) technology. Dried blood was eluted by buffered saline or, for a supplementary confirmatory test, by treponemal-antibody test diluent. Eluates were diluted in an absorption buffer (Calypte Biomedical, Berkeley, Calif.) ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stevens R,Pass K,Fuller S,Wiznia A,Noble L,Duva S,Neal M

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus are closely related pathogenic organisms that are difficult to differentiate phenotypically or genotypically. It is well known that vegetative and spore forms of bacilli are quite distinct both morphologically and chemically, but spore-specific chemical markers allowing these spe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fox A,Black GE,Fox K,Rostovtseva S

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An echovirus 3 (Echo3) strain (strain LR31G7) was isolated from a sewage treatment plant in Greece in 2005. Full-genome molecular, phylogenetic, and SimPlot analyses were conducted in order to reveal the evolutionary pathways of the isolate. Nucleotide and phylogenetic analyses of part of the VP1 genomic region reveal...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kyriakopoulou Z,Dedepsidis E,Pliaka V,Tsakogiannis D,Pratti A,Levidiotou-Stefanou S,Markoulatos P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aeromonas caviae was recovered as the sole potential enteric pathogen from the stools of 14 of 17 symptomatic children (10 younger than 1 year of age) while Aeromonas hydrophila, Aeromonas sobria, and Plesiomonas shigelloides were isolated once each. The infants from whom A. caviae was isolated all presented with a wa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Namdari H,Bottone EJ

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the genetic diversity and dynamicity of circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Thailand using nearly neutral molecular markers. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based genotypes of 1,414 culture-positive M. tuberculosis isolates from 1,282 pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and 132 extr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Srilohasin P,Chaiprasert A,Tokunaga K,Nishida N,Prammananan T,Smittipat N,Mahasirimongkol S,Chaiyasirinroje B,Yanai H,Palittapongarnpim P

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular typing of 246 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from unselected patients in Thailand showed that 10 (4.1%) were actually Staphylococcus argenteus. Contrary to the suggestion that S. argenteus is less virulent than S. aureus, we demonstrated comparable rates of morbidity, death, and health care-associated infect...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thaipadungpanit J,Amornchai P,Nickerson EK,Wongsuvan G,Wuthiekanun V,Limmathurotsakul D,Peacock SJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We implemented hospital information system (HIS) alerts to deter unnecessary test orders for ovum and parasite (O&P) exams and Clostridium difficile PCR. The HIS alerts decreased noncompliant O&P orders (orders after >72 h of hospitalization) from 49.8% to 30.9%, an overall decrease of 19%, and reduced noncompliant C....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Otto CC,Shuptar SL,Milord P,Essick CJ,Nevrekar R,Granovsky SL,Seo SK,Babady NE,Martin SC,Tang YW,Pessin MS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic compositions of 71 isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from Poland were determined by spoligotyping. Nearly 80% of the isolates belonged to either the T or the Haarlem family. The genotypic diversity was largely due to variation within those families. The scarcity of imported genotypes s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Augustynowicz-Kopec E,Jagielski T,Zwolska Z

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-hundred consecutive, single patient isolates of Enterobacter spp., Serratia spp., Citrobacter spp., and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were evaluated for AmpC production using a variety of inducer-substrate antibiotic combinations in a disk approximation format. The combinations examined included cefoxitin-piperacillin, i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dunne WM Jr,Hardin DJ

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescent children were surveyed for colonization with Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum by culturing urine specimens. Rates were compared between three study groups: (i) 397 children attending parochial schools, (ii) 293 children attending an adolescent clinic specializing in adjustment problems, and (ii...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Foy H,Kenny G,Bor E,Hammar S,Hickman R

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartonella endocarditis is a severe disease for which blood cultures frequently remain negative. We tested three PCR assays by using specimens of serum sampled early during the disease from 43 patients diagnosed in our laboratory as having Bartonella endocarditis on the basis of serological, culture, and/or valvular m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zeaiter Z,Fournier PE,Greub G,Raoult D

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our nursery, we identified neonates with positive urine latex particle agglutination (LPA) tests for group B streptococcus (GBS) antigen who did not have corroborating cultural evidence of infection. To investigate the mechanisms underlying these apparent false-positive reactions, we examined the urine LPA test in ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Harris MC,Deuber C,Polin RA,Nachamkin I

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The way in which the extensive use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has influenced the incidence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) among human immunodeficiency type 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients is not yet understood. The present study assessed whether the incidence of symptomatic VL in HIV-infected patients...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： de La Rosa R,Pineda JA,Delgado J,Macías J,Morillas F,Mira JA,Sánchez-Quijano A,Leal M,Lissen E

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00