Comparison of physiologic tests used to identify non-beta-hemolytic aerococci, enterococci, and streptococci.

abstract：:Two molecular fingerprinting techniques, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), were used to investigate the epidemiological relatedness among Clostridium difficile isolates from suspected outbreaks in three general hospitals. Analysis by PFGE yielded inconclusive da...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Klaassen CH,van Haren HA,Horrevorts AM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the MicroScan Pos MIC Type 6 panel and AMS-Vitek Gram Positive Susceptibility Card (GPS-TA) to agar dilution screen plates for the detection of high-level aminoglycoside resistance in 182 enterococcal isolates. The specificity of the two commercial systems was 100%, with the exception of one susceptible is...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Szeto S,Louie M,Low DE,Patel M,Simor AE

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classifications of the Campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus and venerealis were first described in 1959 and were based on the source of isolation (intestinal versus genital) and the ability of the strains to proliferate in the genital tract of cows. Two phenotypic assays (1% glycine tolerance and H2S production) were ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van der Graaf-van Bloois L,Miller WG,Yee E,Rijnsburger M,Wagenaar JA,Duim B

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Escherichia coli isolated from a child with diarrhea was biochemically similar and antigenically identical (O and K antigens) to the standard strain of E. coli O group 29 and was positive in the Serény test for invasiveness, which suggests that it can cause a Shigella-like illness. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Toledo MR,Reis MH,Almeida RG,Trabulsi LR

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and simple method for extracting specific cell-free antigens of Coccidioides immitis and Histoplasma capsulatum from agar slant cultures was developed. The extracts were analyzed in immunodiffusion tests for the presence of C. immitis or H. capsulatum specific antigens. These extracts were compared with cultur...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kaufman L,Standard P

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA encoding two repeat units of 120-kDa protein of Ehrlichia chaffeensis was cloned into the expression vector pGEX and expressed in Escherichia coli. The sensitivity and specificity of a dot blot assay for detection of human antibodies with the recombinant protein were 86 and 100%, respectively, compared with an ind...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yu XJ,Crocquet-Valdes P,Cullman LC,Walker DH

更新日期：1996-11-01 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 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：:We retrospectively compared the utility of a fungal isolation device (Isolator) versus conventional techniques for recovering fungal organisms from blood cultures obtained from neutropenic cancer patients. Positive cultures were deemed true pathogens, possible pathogens, or contaminants according to laboratory and cli...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Creger RJ,Weeman KE,Jacobs MR,Morrissey A,Parker P,Fox RM,Lazarus HM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenolphthalein diphosphate was incorporated into a primary blood agar medium for use in performing quantitative urine cultures. Phosphatase-negative staphylococci, such as Staphylococcus saprophyticus, were differentiated from phosphatase-positive species, such as Staphylococcus epidermidis, by spot testing colonies ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pickett DA,Welch DF

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A commercially available latex agglutination reagent, Directigen (Hynson, Westcott & Dunning, Div. Becton Dickinson & Co., Baltimore, Md.), in which a murine monoclonal antibody to group B streptococcal (GBS) antigen is the active component, was evaluated by using body fluid specimens from 94 sick infants. Antigen was...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rench MA,Metzger TG,Baker CJ

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years testing responsibilities for high-consequence pathogens have been expanded from national reference laboratories into networks of local and regional laboratories in order to support enhanced disease surveillance and to test for surge capacity. This movement of testing of select agents and high-consequen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hietala SK,Crossley BM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The staphylococcal methicillin resistance determinant, mecA, resides on a mobile genetic element, staphylococcus chromosomal cassette mec (SCCmec). The distribution of SCCmec in nature is limited to relatively few clonal complexes of related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). We have previously report...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Katayama Y,Robinson DA,Enright MC,Chambers HF

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten cultivable equine rotavirus isolates, two of North American, six of British, and two of Irish origin, were compared with standard rotavirus strains and with each other by cross neutralization, neutralization with a panel of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), hybridization to a simian rotavirus (SA-11) VP7 gene probe, a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Browning GF,Chalmers RM,Fitzgerald TA,Snodgrass DR

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a surveillance program associated with the Italian clinical trial for the evaluation of new acellular pertussis vaccines, two bacterial isolates were obtained in cultures of samples from immunocompetent infants who had episodes of cough. Both clinical isolates were identified as Bordetella bronchiseptica by bio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stefanelli P,Mastrantonio P,Hausman SZ,Giuliano M,Burns DL

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potential causes of congenital infection include Toxoplasma gondii and viruses such as cytomegalovirus (CMV), enterovirus, hepatitis C virus, herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and -2), human herpesvirus types 6, 7, and 8, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, parvovirus, rubella virus, and varicella-zoster virus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McIver CJ,Jacques CF,Chow SS,Munro SC,Scott GM,Roberts JA,Craig ME,Rawlinson WD

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traveler's diarrhea (TD) is the most common infectious illness acquired by visitors to developing nations. The purpose of this study was to utilize molecular diagnostic techniques to determine the prevalence of norovirus (NoV) in TD occurring among visitors from the United States to Guatemala and Mexico. Stool samples...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chapin AR,Carpenter CM,Dudley WC,Gibson LC,Pratdesaba R,Torres O,Sanchez D,Belkind-Gerson J,Nyquist I,Kärnell A,Gustafsson B,Halpern JL,Bourgeois AL,Schwab KJ

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To objectively assess the value of examining multiple sputum specimens in maximizing the sensitivity of detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, we retrospectively reviewed the acid-fast bacillus smear and culture results of patients diagnosed with culture-proven pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) at Hennepin County Medical ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nelson SM,Deike MA,Cartwright CP

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first outbreak of Candida haemulonii fungemia is described. The seven isolates from the blood of four neonates were identified by DNA sequencing of the ribosomal DNA. They were all resistant to amphotericin B, fluconazole, and itraconazole. This report highlights the emergence of C. haemulonii as an opportunistic ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Khan ZU,Al-Sweih NA,Ahmad S,Al-Kazemi N,Khan S,Joseph L,Chandy R

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A commercially available endotoxin assay (CS-TAL) employing a chromogenic peptide and an amebocyte lysate from the Japanese horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, gave a positive result with aqueous extracts of all 15 strains of Candida albicans and 1 strain each of Candida tropicalis, Cryptococcus neoformans, and a ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hodes DS,Heon D,Hass A,Hyatt AC,Hodes HL

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of a gp41 assay, created using reagents designed for use with the OpenGene DNA Sequencing System, was evaluated using a panel of plasma samples obtained from enfuvirtide-naive and -experienced human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected subjects. Resulting sequence data were highly accurate compared t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marcial M,Lu J,Deeks SG,Ziermann R,Kuritzkes DR

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison of three different commercial media was made to assess their recovery of anaerobic organisms from the blood stream. The three media used were the 50-ml brain heart infusion broth with added CO2 (Pfizer), the 50-ml Thiol broth with added CO2 (Difco), and the 50-ml prereduced, supplemented peptone broth in ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mangels JI,Lindberg LH,Vosti KL

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A blind volunteer was inoculated in one eye with an isolate of Chlamydia trachomatis in 1961 and followed for 20 years. During this time, many observations were made of his clinical responses to the first inoculation and several subsequent inoculations with the same and other strains, chlamydial shedding, and antibody...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hanna L,Jawetz E,Dawson CR,Thygeson P

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Todd-Hewitt broth (THB) containing colistin and nalidixic acid was compared with four other media with respect to efficacy of isolation of group B streptocci. It was effective as plain THB, THB with gentamicin and nalidixic acid and blood, and THB with colistin, nalidixic acid, and blood. THB with gentamicin and nalid...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fenton LJ,Harper MH

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The global spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) that are often resistant to most, if not all, classes of antibiotics is a major public health concern. The NDM-1 carbapenemase is among the most worrisome carbapenemases given its rapid worldwide spread. We have developed and evaluated a lateral flo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boutal H,Naas T,Devilliers K,Oueslati S,Dortet L,Bernabeu S,Simon S,Volland H

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to better understand the role of Mycobacterium leprae nasal carriage in the maintenance of infection reservoirs and transmission of leprosy, we applied a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that detected a 531-bp fragment of the pra gene of M. leprae on nasal swab specimens collected through a total population su...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Klatser PR,van Beers S,Madjid B,Day R,de Wit MY

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated homology between a 181-bp fragment of IS6110 and DNA from mycobacteria other than tuberculosis-causing mycobacteria (MOTT). Genomic DNA from 14 strains of MOTT was digested with PvuII and was hybridized with a probe derived from the 181-bp fragment and the INS1/INS2 international standa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McHugh TD,Newport LE,Gillespie SH

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four isolates of Actinobacillus seminis were typed by PCR ribotyping, repetitive extragenic palindromic element (REP)-based PCR, and enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC)-based PCR. Five types were distinguished by REP-PCR, and nine types were distinguished by ERIC-PCR. PCR ribotyping produced ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Appuhamy S,Coote JG,Low JC,Parton R

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current studies indicate that a significant percentage of healthy blood donors carry Chlamydia pneumoniae in their blood. Although the clinical significance of such findings is unknown, eradication of such bacteria from blood components may contribute to transfusion safety. Deletion of C. pneumoniae in Red Blood Cell ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ikejima H,Friedman H,Leparc GF,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of a 2003 survey carried out in Italy to evaluate the prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing enterobacteria are presented. Eleven Italian Microbiology Laboratories investigated 9,076 consecutive nonreplicate isolates (inpatients, 6,850; outpatients, 2,226). ESBL screening was performed...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Luzzaro F,Mezzatesta M,Mugnaioli C,Perilli M,Stefani S,Amicosante G,Rossolini GM,Toniolo A

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00