Three cases of neonatal meningitis caused by Enterobacter sakazakii in powdered milk.

abstract：:We isolated and characterized a Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal-specific DNA region by arbitrary PCR. The fragment contains open reading frames encoding two potential glycosyltransferases possibly involved in capsular polysaccharide or lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis. In order to evaluate the possibility that this region ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Falklind S,Stark M,Albert MJ,Uhlén M,Lundeberg J,Weintraub A

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe emaciation and mortalities suggestive of mycobacterial infections were recently reported for both adult and young wild red deer (Cervus elaphus) in the southeastern part of Belgium. In deer, tuberculous lesions are not pathognomonic of Mycobacterium bovis infection due to gross and microscopic similarities with...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Godfroid J,Delcorps C,Irenge LM,Walravens K,Marché S,Gala JL

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-performance liquid chromatography was evaluated as a rapid means of identifying obligately anaerobic gram-positive cocci of medical interest. Isolates were inoculated into a defined chemical medium consisting primarily of amino acids and were incubated aerobically for 1 h at 35 degrees C. After removal of organis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Harpold DJ,Wasilauskas BL

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified indirect hemagglutination test which enabled Pasteurella haemolytica to be serotyped in 3 h is described. There was 100% correlation with the conventional test for both the 15 prototype strains and the 50 field isolates. It was found that nonviable cultures could also be serotyped. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fraser J,Donachie W,Quirie M,Gilmour NJ

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data are limited for the performance of enzyme immunoassays for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in conjunctival and nasopharyngeal specimens from infants. The only available data are for one assay, Chlamydiazyme (Abbott Diagnostics). The purpose of this study was to compare a new enzyme immunoassay, Pathfinder ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hammerschlag MR,Roblin PM,Gelling M,Worku M

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of a direct sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detecting Aspergillus galactomannan was compared with that of the Pastorex Aspergillus antigen latex agglutination (LA) test by using 532 serum samples from 61 patients at risk for invasive aspergillosis. The ELISA gave positive results...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Verweij PE,Stynen D,Rijs AJ,de Pauw BE,Hoogkamp-Korstanje JA,Meis JF

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-seven strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were typed by random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of macrorestriction fragments. Stains were clustered on the basis of interpretative criteria as presented previously for the PFGE analysis. Clusters of strains were al...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Renders N,Römling U,Verbrugh H,van Belkum A

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluations of screening tests for bacteriuria have traditionally compared the test results with those of quantitative urine cultures. However, many patients with symptomatic urinary tract infections can have less than 10(5) CFU/ml in their urine. Therefore, the results of urine culture and three screening tests (Bac-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Murray PR,Smith TB,McKinney TC Jr

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the first isolation of a new Shigella flexneri serotype, designated 4s, in Beijing, China. Genotypic and phenotypic profiling suggests that this isolate is a clone of the S. flexneri serotype X variant reference strain. Of particular concern is the multidrug resistance exhibited by this isolate. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Qiu S,Wang Z,Chen C,Liu N,Jia L,Liu W,Wang L,Hao R,Zhang L,Wang Y,Song H

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of class D extended-spectrum oxacillinases (ES-OXAs) in ceftazidime-resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is often underestimated by double-disk synergy tests (DDST) using clavulanate. A DDST with a customized distance between a disk of ceftazidime or cefepime and inhibitors (clavulanate and imipe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hocquet D,Dehecq B,Bertrand X,Plésiat P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) specific for Haemophilus influenzae were generated to identify antigenic determinants shared among encapsulated H. influenzae clones. Sixteen MAbs reacted by Western immunoblot with a protein of an approximate molecular size of 40 kilodaltons corresponding to the P2 major outer membrane pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martin D,Hamel J,Brodeur BR,Musser JM

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three strains of a Pasteurella haemolytica-like bacterium were isolated from lesions of a progressive granuloma of cattle in southern Brazil. Their characteristics and their differentiation from P. haemolytica varieties and Actinobacillus lignieresii are described. The name "Pasteurella granulomatis" is proposed for t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ribeiro GA,Carter GR,Frederiksen W,Riet-Correa F

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei causes significant global morbidity and mortality, with the highest disease burden in parts of Asia where culture-based diagnosis is often not available. We prospectively evaluated the Active Melioidosis Detect (AMD; InBios International, USA) lateral flow immunoassay (LFI) for rapid detectio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Woods KL,Boutthasavong L,NicFhogartaigh C,Lee SJ,Davong V,AuCoin DP,Dance DAB

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is now recognized as the major agent responsible for nosocomial diarrhea in adults. Among the genotyping methods available, arbitrarily primed PCR (AP-PCR), PCR-ribotyping, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) have been widely used for investigating outbreaks of C. difficile infections. Ho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bidet P,Lalande V,Salauze B,Burghoffer B,Avesani V,Delmée M,Rossier A,Barbut F,Petit JC

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Buruli ulcer, an infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is, after tuberculosis and leprosy, the third most common mycobacterial disease. The mode of transmission of M. ulcerans is not exactly known, but since Buruli ulcer often occurs in focalized swampy areas, it is assumed that there is a reservoir of the patho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rondini S,Mensah-Quainoo E,Troll H,Bodmer T,Pluschke G

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murex hybrid capture DNA assay (HCS) is a solution hybridization antibody capture assay for detection and quantitation of cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in leukocytes. To determine whether CMV HCS is sensitive enough to initiate and monitor antiviral therapy after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT), 51 consecutive ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hebart H,Gamer D,Loeffler J,Mueller C,Sinzger C,Jahn G,Bader P,Klingebiel T,Kanz L,Einsele H

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prereduced, anaerobically sterilized system of tubed media (PRAS II; Scott Laboratories, Fiskeville, R.I.) was evaluated for accuracy in the identification of anerobic microorganisms. PRAS II was found to be a rapid and accurate identification system for obligate anaerobes which does not require the use of gas cannu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beaucage CM,Onderdonk AB

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance characteristics of the Gen-Probe Probe Competition Assay (PCA) used in conjunction with the Gen-Probe PACE 2 and 2C direct detection assays for Chlamydia trachomatis were examined. Data collected by five public health laboratories by using the Gen-Probe PACE 2 were pooled and analyzed. Of 25,081 endoce...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beebe JL,Sharpton TR,Zanto SN,Steece RS,Rogers C,Mottice SL

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 141 independent strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with different heterogeneities in the exo gene (exoS, exoT, exoU, and exoY) background were examined for their pathogenic roles. Results indicated that the exoU gene is the major contributor to cytotoxicity in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells but is not relat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lin HH,Huang SP,Teng HC,Ji DD,Chen YS,Chen YL

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:Seven rotavirus strains dually reactive to serotype G1- and G2-specific monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) from hospitalized children with rotavirus diarrhea were culture adapted. Six strains were neutralized with G1 antiserum to a higher titer than that of G2, and one was neutralized with G1 and G2 antisera to equal titers...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ranshing SS,Kelkar SD

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriuria due to Salmonella typhi usually occurs following recent typhoid fever or in chronic carrier states. Data from 18 patients with S. typhi bacteriuria, seen during 5 years, were analyzed. Fourteen patients had localized urinary tract infection due to S. typhi. Four others had bacteriuria, probably associated ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mathai E,John TJ,Rani M,Mathai D,Chacko N,Nath V,Cherian AM

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Performance in proficiency testing (PT) schemes is an objective measure of a laboratory's best performance. We examined the performance of participants in two parasitology PT schemes in South Africa from 2004 through 2010. The average rates of acceptable scores over the period were 58% and 66% for the stool and blood ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poonsamy B,Dini L,Frean J

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of real-time quantitative PCR (5' nuclease PCR assay) as a tool to study the gastrointestinal microflora that adheres to the colonic mucosa was evaluated. We developed primers and probes based on the 16S ribosomal DNA gene sequences for the detection of Escherichia coli and Bacteroides vulgatus. DNA was isolat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Huijsdens XW,Linskens RK,Mak M,Meuwissen SG,Vandenbroucke-Grauls CM,Savelkoul PH

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that a group of Chlamydia strains known as TWAR, which are now proposed to be a new species called Chlamydia pneumoniae, may be a frequent cause of respiratory disease in the United States and many other countries. Current serotesting methods do not allow rapid screening of large numbers of samp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ladany S,Black CM,Farshy CE,Ossewaarde JM,Barnes RC

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is, in contrast to non-type b H. influenzae, associated with severe invasive disease, such as meningitis and epiglottitis, in small children. To date, accurate H. influenzae capsule typing requires PCR, a time-consuming and cumbersome method. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionizat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Månsson V,Resman F,Kostrzewa M,Nilson B,Riesbeck K

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A replicator method for screening Staphylococcus aureus isolates for synergistic hemolytic activity is described. The technique should also be useful for assessing the hemolytic activity of staphylococci and streptococci on different lots or brands of blood agar because the inoculum and the distances between spot inoc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boyce JM

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single multiplexed assays could replace the standard 2-tiered (STT) algorithm recommended for the laboratory diagnosis of Lyme disease if they perform with a specificity and a sensitivity superior or equal to those of the STT algorithm. We used human serum rigorously characterized to be sera from patients with acute- ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Arumugam S,Nayak S,Williams T,di Santa Maria FS,Guedes MS,Chaves RC,Linder V,Marques AR,Horn EJ,Wong SJ,Sia SK,Gomes-Solecki M

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A lymph node excision was performed on a 45-year-old woman with left cervical swelling. The disorder which developed after the patient had undergone oral surgery for a severe periodontal disease failed to respond to antimicrobial chemotherapy. A mycobacterial strain subsequently identified by high-performance liquid c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Piersimoni C,Goteri G,Nista D,Mariottini A,Mazzarelli G,Bornigia S

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid dot blot hybridization assay for the detection of B19 parvovirus DNA in human sera was developed. Small portions of four serum samples were mixed, filtered onto a nylon membrane, and hybridized with a digoxigenin-labeled DNA probe; for each membrane, 380 serum samples could be tested. When a dot was positive b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zerbini M,Musiani M,Venturoli S,Gallinella G,Gibellini D,Gentilomi G,La Placa M

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00