Direct appraisal of latex agglutination testing, a convenient alternative to enzyme immunoassay for the detection of rotavirus in childhood gastroenteritis, by comparison of two enzyme immunoassays and two latex tests.

abstract：:We attempted to find a relationship between the microbiological properties of bloodstream isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and the efficacy of vancomycin in the treatment of bacteremia. Vancomycin susceptibility testing was performed, and bactericidal activity was determined for 30 isolat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sakoulas G,Moise-Broder PA,Schentag J,Forrest A,Moellering RC Jr,Eliopoulos GM

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An association between (unculturable) gastrospirillum-like organisms (GLO) and ulcerative lesions in the pars oesophagea in stomachs of swine has been claimed. In dogs GLO detected by microscopy may represent several Helicobacter species or subspecies. Therefore we investigated which Helicobacter spp. are present in s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Roosendaal R,Vos JH,Roumen T,van Vugt R,Cattoli G,Bart A,Klaasen HL,Kuipers EJ,Vandenbroucke-Grauls CM,Kusters JG

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sequenced homologous chromosomal loci from several North American and European isolates of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, as well as from the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia hermsii. Inter- and intraspecies sequence comparisons permitted the design of B. burgdorferi-specific polymerase chain ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rosa PA,Hogan D,Schwan TG

更新日期：1991-03-01 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：:Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is an opportunistic infection with airborne transmission and remains a major cause of respiratory illness among immunocompromised individuals. In recent years, several outbreaks of PCP, occurring mostly in kidney transplant recipients, have been reported. Currently, multilocus se...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Maitte C,Leterrier M,Le Pape P,Miegeville M,Morio F

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal disease and colonization by Helicobacter pylori were determined in 36 asymptomatic volunteers and 30 symptomatic individuals undergoing endoscopy and biopsy. Serum antibody immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA to H. pylori were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Serum antibody to a cytotoxin pro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Leunk RD,Ferguson MA,Morgan DR,Low DE,Simor AE

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The EasyNAT assay was evaluated for the detection of tuberculosis in sputum smears from presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients in an African high-TB and high-HIV setting. The sensitivity of the EasyNAT assay was 66.7%, and the specificity and positive predictive value were 100% for the culture-positive patie...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mhimbira FA,Bholla M,Sasamalo M,Mukurasi W,Hella JJ,Jugheli L,Reither K

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past 2 decades have brought worrying increases in severe Streptococcus pyogenes diseases globally. To investigate and compare the epidemiological patterns of these diseases within Europe, data were collected through a European Union FP-5-funded program (Strep-EURO). Prospective population-based surveillance of sev...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lamagni TL,Darenberg J,Luca-Harari B,Siljander T,Efstratiou A,Henriques-Normark B,Vuopio-Varkila J,Bouvet A,Creti R,Ekelund K,Koliou M,Reinert RR,Stathi A,Strakova L,Ungureanu V,Schalén C,Strep-EURO Study Group.,Jasir A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During July 2000 and October 2001, a total of 595 clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were collected from six medical centers distributed in northern, central, and southern Taiwan. Specimen sources included blood (n = 279), pus (n = 173), sputum (n = 94), body fluids (n = 21), cathe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Huang YC,Su LH,Wu TL,Liu CE,Young TG,Chen PY,Hseuh PR,Lin TY

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B surface antigen was concentrated and purified from plasma by two simple steps of purification. In the first step the antigen was purified 24-fold by polyethylene glycol precipitation. An additional 10-fold purification was achieved by batchwise adsorption to hydroxylapatite and subsequent elution with 0.02...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vnek J,Prince AM

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The highly specific and sensitive latex agglutination test for cryptococcal antigen detection in cerebrospinal fluid is routine in many hospitals. Contamination of cerebrospinal fluid by a minute amount of syneresis fluid (surface condensation) from agar gave a strongly positive reaction which was heat stable, was not...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boom WH,Piper DJ,Ruoff KL,Ferraro MJ

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter soli is a new bacterial species described from forest soil. Five cases of bloodstream infection caused by A. soli clonal isolates are reported here for the first time. The patients were neonates admitted to an intensive care unit. This is a new neonatal pathogen with the potential to cause outbreaks. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pellegrino FL,Vieira VV,Baio PV,dos Santos RM,dos Santos AL,Santos NG,Meohas MM,Santos RT,de Souza TC,da Silva Dias RC,Santoro-Lopes G,Riley LW,Moreira BM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific identification of verocytotoxin (VT)-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) requires the detection of VTs in bacterial culture filtrates or the detection of genes encoding these toxins in bacterial cells by specific DNA probes. The standard method for detecting these toxins involves a time-consuming, labor-int...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Basta M,Karmali M,Lingwood C

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus (VZV), presenting as localized zoster or as disseminated infection, is a common and potentially serious complication in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients. We retrospectively studied anti-VZV immunoglobulin G titers by the immune adherence hemaggluti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Onozawa M,Hashino S,Takahata M,Fujisawa F,Kawamura T,Nakagawa M,Kahata K,Kondo T,Ota S,Tanaka J,Imamura M,Asaka M

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infected aneurysms caused by Yersinia are very uncommon and are principally due to Yersinia enterocolitica. We describe the first case of an infected aneurysm caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in an elderly patient with a history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hadou T,Elfarra M,Alauzet C,Guinet F,Lozniewski A,Lion C

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of molecular identification techniques has revealed an increasing number of new species within Aspergillus section Terrei. We phenotyped a set of 26 clinical isolates that showed genetic differences from Aspergillus terreus sensu stricto by analyzing sequences from PCR-amplified β-tubulin and calmodulin genes ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Guinea J,Sandoval-Denis M,Escribano P,Peláez T,Guarro J,Bouza E

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parameters like zone reading, inoculum density, and plate streaking influence the precision and accuracy of disk diffusion antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST). While improved reading precision has been demonstrated using automated imaging systems, standardization of the inoculum and of plate streaking have not bee...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hombach M,Maurer FP,Pfiffner T,Böttger EC,Furrer R

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An accurate, rapid, and inexpensive method was developed for detecting and enumerating bacteria adherent to Foley urinary catheters based on malachite green staining of acridine orange-prestained specimens. This method has proven to be quick and reliable and will find application in quantitative studies of biomaterial...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ladd TI,Schmiel D,Nickel JC,Costerton JW

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have amplified and sequenced the 5.8S and 28S ribosomal DNA genes and intergenic regions of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, strain Pb01. Using primers specifically designed for both ribosomal DNA regions, we were able to discriminate between P. brasiliensis and other human pathogenic fungi by PCR. The use of this mo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Motoyama AB,Venancio EJ,Brandão GO,Petrofeza-Silva S,Pereira IS,Soares CM,Felipe MS

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen Minnesota and Wisconsin dogs with granulocytic ehrlichosis were studied. The diagnoses were made by finding ehrlichia morulae in peripheral blood neutrophils. Eight dogs were studied retrospectively, and nine dogs were studied prospectively. The medical records of all dogs were reviewed. Eighty-eight percent...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Greig B,Asanovich KM,Armstrong PJ,Dumler JS

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactivation of an uncommon type I/III recombinant-genotype Toxoplasma gondii strain resulted in unusually severe encephalitis and chorioretinitis associated with a cerebral salt wasting syndrome in an African human immunodeficiency virus patient. This observation suggests an influence of the parasite genotype on ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Genot S,Franck J,Forel JM,Rebaudet S,Ajzenberg D,de Paula AM,Dardé ML,Stein A,Ranque S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identity of each of 239 yeasts, encompassing 9 genera and 30 species, was determined with the Quantum II and API 20C identification systems. With API 20C results accepted as being correct, Quantum II proved to be 92% accurate in identification of common isolates, e.g., Candida albicans and Torulopsis glabrata, but...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Salkin IF,Schadow KH,Bankaitis LA,McGinnis MR,Kemna ME

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae has been emerging as the leading cause of liver abscess in diabetic patients. Results of molecular typing of K. pneumoniae isolates from two siblings with liver abscess, their family members, and the environment suggest a possibility of cross infection of liver abscess by the fecal-oral route wit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chiu CH,Su LH,Wu TL,Hung IJ

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously described microbroth kinetic system (J. Meletiadis, J. F. Meis, J. W. Mouton, and P. E. Verweij, J. Clin. Microbiol. 39:478-484, 2001) based on continuous monitoring of changes in the optical density of fungal growth was used to describe turbidimetric growth curves of different filamentous fungi in the pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Meletiadis J,te Dorsthorst DT,Verweij PE

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four methods for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in vaginal secretions from 88 symptomatic patients were compared: wet-mount examination, Kupferberg liquid medium, Hirsch charcoal agar, and the Papanicolaou smear. Hirsch diphasic slants and Kupferberg medium did not significantly differ in sensitivity from dire...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thomason JL,Gelbart SM,Sobun JF,Schulien MB,Hamilton PR

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New blood culture media containing antibiotic-binding polymeric beads have been developed for the BacT/Alert (bioMérieux, Inc., Durham, NC) blood culture system. To assess the performance of these new media, we compared the new BacT/Alert aerobic medium (FA Plus) with resins to BacT/Alert FA medium with activated char...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kirn TJ,Mirrett S,Reller LB,Weinstein MP

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autopsy specimens of lung tissues from 15 patients that contracted legionellosis during the 1976 Philadelphia outbreak of Legionnaires disease were examined for the presence of Legionella organisms and soluble antigens by indirect fluorescent-antibody (IFA) testing and by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brown SL,Bibb WF,McKinney RM

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to extended-spectrum β-lactam antibiotics has led to a greater reliance upon carbapenems, but the expression of carbapenemases threatens to limit the utility of these drugs. Current methods to detect carbapenemase activity are suboptimal, requiring prolonged incubations during which ineffective therapy may ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kulkarni MV,Zurita AN,Pyka JS,Murray TS,Hodsdon ME,Peaper DR

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, especially among those at the extremes of age. Its capsular polysaccharide is essential for systemic virulence. Over 90 serologically distinct pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides (serotypes) are recognized, but they are u...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Geno KA,Saad JS,Nahm MH

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia hermannii was isolated in pure culture from a patient with acute purulent conjunctivitis after a minor ocular injury. This is the first report of E. hermannii isolated as the sole pathogen from an infected site without prior antibiotic exposure, confirming the pathogenic potential of the microorganism. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poulou A,Dimitroulia E,Markou F,Tsakris A

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00