Evaluation of an immunofluorescent-antibody test for rapid identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in blood cultures.

abstract：:An examination of 45 clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans revealed an unusually high incidence of C. neoformans var. gattii in South Australia (65%) and in the Northern Territory (95%). In assessing all the available data from Australian isolates of C. neoformans, there appeared to be an endemic focus for the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ellis DH

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective media for Vibrio parahaemolyticus, BTB-Teepol agar and modified arabinose-ammonium sulfate-cholate agar, were modified for use in immunological detection of the thermostable direct hemolysin produced by this organism. The modified BTB-Teepol agar and modified arabinose-ammonium sulfate-cholate agar were both...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Honda T,Sornchai C,Takeda Y,Miwatani T

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis and management of pneumonia are limited by the use of culture-based techniques of microbial identification, which may fail to identify unculturable, fastidious, and metabolically active viable but unculturable bacteria. Novel high-throughput culture-independent techniques hold promise but have not been s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dickson RP,Erb-Downward JR,Prescott HC,Martinez FJ,Curtis JL,Lama VN,Huffnagle GB

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida parapsilosis is an increasing cause of bloodstream infections (BSIs) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). It has been a persistent problem in the NICU of Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, since 1987. Fluconazole prophylaxis has been used to con...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sarvikivi E,Lyytikäinen O,Soll DR,Pujol C,Pfaller MA,Richardson M,Koukila-Kähkölä P,Luukkainen P,Saxén H

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fastidious, gram-negative bacterium was isolated from the blood of a 51-year-old man who had acute infectious endocarditis (IE). Characterization of the organism through phenotypic and genotypic analyses revealed the causative role of Cardiobacterium valvarum. This is the third reported case of IE caused by C. valva...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bothelo E,Gouriet F,Fournier PE,Roux V,Habib G,Thuny F,Metras D,Raoult D,Casalta JP

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) typing method has recently been developed and used for typing and subtyping of Salmonella spp., but it is complicated and labor intensive because it has to analyze all spacers in two CRISPR loci. Here, we developed a more convenient and efficient meth...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Li H,Li P,Xie J,Yi S,Yang C,Wang J,Sun J,Liu N,Wang X,Wu Z,Wang L,Hao R,Wang Y,Jia L,Li K,Qiu S,Song H

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dogs orally infected with Neorickettsia helminthoeca developed immunoglobulin G titers against Erlichia risticii, Erlichia sennetsu, and Erlichia canis similar to those against N. helminthoeca antigen, as determined by immunofluorescence. Western immunoblotting showed that the major common antigens shared among the mi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rikihisa Y

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:False sensitivities were occasionally encountered in antibiotic-free chambers of the Autobac I system. This unusual phenomenon occurred randomly among gram-negative bacilli and appears to be colistin-related. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Duckenfield L,Wadke M,Ashton JK

更新日期：1980-10-01 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：:Neutralizing serum antibody to serotype 9 rotavirus WI61 was detected in 41% of 870 Ecuadorian children and 26% of 140 German children. In both areas an age-related prevalence increase was observed. We identified 11 serum samples from Ecuadorian children which neutralized exclusively serotype 9 rotavirus. Thirteen of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brüssow H,Clark HF,Sidoti J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel lateral flow immunochromatographic device (LFD) was evaluated in several veterinary diagnostic laboratories. It was confirmed to be specific for Mycobacterium bovis and M.caprae cells. The performance of the novel LFD was assessed relative to the confirmatory tests routinely applied after culture (spoligotypin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stewart LD,McCallan L,McNair J,McGoldrick A,Morris R,Moyen JL,De Juan Ferré L,Romero B,Alonso E,Parsons SDC,Van Helden P,Araújo FR,Grant IR

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection and quantitation of human immunoglobulin M (IgM), IgG, and IgA antibodies against Yersinia enterocolitica by using lipopolysaccharides as antigens is described. The results obtained with the lipopolysaccharide ELISA were compared with the results of the wh...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Granfors K,Viljanen MK,Toivanen A

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is not always possible to culture feces immediately, and appropriate methods for transport of human specimens, unlike those from animals, have not been fully evaluated. Therefore, we took serial subcultures in two phases from six transport media inoculated with human diarrheal stools known to be positive for Campyl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wang WL,Reller LB,Smallwood B,Luechtefeld NW,Blaser MJ

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteroviral meningoencephalitis was diagnosed in a patient with an immunodeficiency syndrome acquired after treatment with rituximab for a relapsed primary B-cell lymphoma. A second meningoencephalitic episode was diagnosed 6 months later and was successfully treated with a combination of immunoglobulins and pleconari...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Archimbaud C,Bailly JL,Chambon M,Tournilhac O,Travade P,Peigue-Lafeuille H

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and twelve Micrococcaceae isolates were obtained from 82 men with nongonococcal urethritis, 24 women with vaginitis, and 54 girls with vulvovaginitis. Identification and biotyping of these strains were carried out by using the simplified scheme of Kloos and Schleifer (W. E. Kloos and K. H. Schleifer, J. Cl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Baldellon C,Mégraud F

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three antigenic variants of the H3N2 subtype of wild-type influenza A virus (representing the years 1968, 1972, and 1974) were examined for their sensitivity to interferon and for their ability to induce local respiratory tract interferon in volunteers. In addition, the time of appearance of symptoms in infected volun...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Richman DD,Murphy BR,Baron S,Uhlendorf C

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several problems remain before molecular biology-based techniques, such as PCR, are widely accepted for the detection of infectious agents. Among the most formidable of these problems are the inability of the tests to distinguish between viable and nonviable organisms. We approached this problem by using the fact that...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jou NT,Yoshimori RB,Mason GR,Louie JS,Liebling MR

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GB virus C (GBV-C) markers were analyzed in two to three generations in three families with documented vertical transmission of GBV-C. None of the maternal grandparents had GBV-C markers, whereas the male spouses had GBV-C envelope 2 antibodies. Evidence was found for intrafamilial transmission but not for GBV-C trans...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chen M,Fischler B,Hultgren C,Halasz R,Nemeth A,Sällberg M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytochrome b (cytb) gene quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay was developed to diagnose malaria in travelers. First, manual and automated DNA extractions were compared and automated DNA extraction of 400 μl of blood was found to be more efficient. Sensitivity was estimated using the WHO international standard for Plasmodiu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Farrugia C,Cabaret O,Botterel F,Bories C,Foulet F,Costa JM,Bretagne S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degree of DNA banding pattern polymorphism exhibited by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREM) strains isolated on a renal unit over an 11-month period was investigated. Thirty VREM strains from different patients were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE; with extended run and optimal puls...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Morrison D,Woodford N,Barrett SP,Sisson P,Cookson BD

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedure coupled to an enzyme-linked oligonucleotide sorbent assay (ELOSA; a PCR-ELOSA) identified all 24 serotypic variants of bluetongue virus (BTV) without identifying any of six viruses belonging to the related epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus serogroup. The PCR-ELOSA detected...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Katz JB,Alstad AD,Gustafson GA,Moser KM

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic relatedness of Streptococcus milleri group isolates from the airways of cystic fibrosis patients was determined by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. This study reveals no evidence for patient-to-patient transmission in our patient population; however, within individual patients, complex inter- and in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sibley CD,Sibley KA,Leong TA,Grinwis ME,Parkins MD,Rabin HR,Surette MG

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is the major cause of bacterial meningitis. We report a case of meningitis due to a mixed infection with two distinct strains of S. pneumoniae: one penicillin-resistant strain of serotype 9V and one penicillin-susceptible strain of serotype 7. The two strains exhibited different pulsed-field g...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chaves F,Campelo C,Sanz F,Otero JR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis. This condition most often presents as pneumonia and bacteremia, with mortality rates of 9% to 70%. Therefore, early identification of this organism may aid in directing appropriate management. This study aimed to use the Vitek matrix-assisted laser desor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gassiep I,Armstrong M,Norton RE

更新日期：2019-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a rare but sight-threatening ocular infection. Outbreaks have been associated with contaminated water and contact lens wear. The epidemiology and pathology may be associated with unique genotypes. We determined the Rns genotype for 37 clinical isolates from 23 patients presenting at the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ledee DR,Iovieno A,Miller D,Mandal N,Diaz M,Fell J,Fini ME,Alfonso EC

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the validity of cultures of fluid collected through drainage catheters, we reviewed retrospectively fluid specimens that had been collected through catheters in place for at least 2 days. These specimens were taken from patients at a large tertiary-care hospital. A total of 974 specimens representing 620 pa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Everts RJ,Heneghan JP,Adholla PO,Reller LB

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The name "Campylobacter hyointestinalis" sp. nov. is proposed for a Campylobacter species that was isolated from the intestines of pigs with proliferative enteritis. "C. hyointestinalis" is also found in the feces of cattle and has been isolated from the intestine of a hamster. "C. hyointestinalis" is distinguished fr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gebhart CJ,Edmonds P,Ward GE,Kurtz HJ,Brenner DJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA fingerprint profiles and serotypes of 63 avian Pasteurella multocida field isolates, 13 attenuated vaccine isolates (propagated from vaccines manufactured by five companies), and 16 somatic reference strains were compared. DNA fingerprinting established the relationship of isolates that could not be distinguis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wilson MA,Morgan MJ,Barger GE

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve bacterial species including Streptococcus uberis, S. parauberis, S. agalactiae, S. dysgalactiae, S. bovis, S. mitis, S. salivarius, S. saccharolyticus, Enterococcus faecium, E. faecalis, E. avium, and Aerococcus viridans were examined for their 16S ribosomal DNA fingerprint patterns. Oligonucleotide primers com...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jayarao BM,Doré JJ Jr,Oliver SP

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a method for the simultaneous identification of up to three Mycoplasma species by the use of contrast-labeled fluorescent antibodies against two species and peroxidase-labeled antibody against a third species. The procedure enabled the rapid identification of colonies of three artificially mixed avian Myco...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bencina D,Bradbury JM

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00