Cavitating pneumonia caused by Corynebacterium group JK.

abstract：:Rhesus and cynomolgus monkey kidney tissue cultures and two continuous lines, Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) and LLC-MK2, were compared in titrations and isolations of influenza and parainfluenza viruses. Tube cultures were inoculated with laboratory virus strains or stored patient specimens and observed for hemadso...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Frank AL,Couch RB,Griffis CA,Baxter BD

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:INNO-LiPA and PapType human papillomavirus (HPV) genotyping assays were compared for detection of HPV genotypes on archival vulvar tissue. The INNO-LiPA assay detected 49 HPV-16 infections, compared with 47 detected by the PapType assay. The INNO-LiPA assay detected amplifiable DNA in 59 (91%) biopsy specimens, compar...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tan SE,Garland SM,Rumbold AR,Tabrizi SN

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 1-year period, the prevalence of thymidine-dependent (TD) Staphylococcus aureus in patients at two geographically distinct cystic fibrosis (CF) centers was determined. Of 200 CF patients who had their respiratory secretions cultured, 95 harbored S. aureus, and 20 (21%) had TD S. aureus as their predominant st...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gilligan PH,Gage PA,Welch DF,Muszynski MJ,Wait KR

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, no agar-based susceptibility testing method has been standardized for testing dermatophytes. We describe a newly developed agar-based method employing disk diffusion assay to test the susceptibility of 47 isolates of dermatophytes against 8 antifungals. Our results show that the method is reproducible, is s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nweze EI,Mukherjee PK,Ghannoum MA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method was developed to obtain purified cryptosporidium oocysts from fecal samples. Oocysts were initially collected by centrifugation through a sucrose density gradient and further purified by passage through glass bead columns. The purified oocysts were antigenically active and sufficiently pure for immunological ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Heyman MB,Shigekuni LK,Ammann AJ

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five percent of 108 nontypable strains of Staphylococcus aureus from clinical and environmental sources were phage typable after heat shock and acridine orange treatment. Although phage patterns were produced by different types of treatment, the same phage groups were present, showing specificity. The newly typa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Perkins RE,Kundsin RB

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) technique was evaluated as a procedure for rapid detection and identification of members of the Bacteroidaceae. Antisera were prepared against 31 members of this family, including species of Bacteroides and Fusobacterium commonly isolated from human infections. The antisera had d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stauffer LR,Hill EO,Holland JW,Altemeier WA

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza epidemics arise through the accumulation of viral genetic changes, culminating in a novel antigenic type that is able to escape host immunity. Following an outbreak of the A/Fujian/411/2002-like strains in Asia, including China, Japan, and South Korea, in 2002, Australia and New Zealand experienced substanti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kang S,Yang IS,Lee JY,Park Y,Oh HB,Kang C,Kim KH

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the isolation of Pseudomonas putrefaciens from an intra-abdominal abscess in a patient with colonic carcinoma and from bile in two patients with biliary tract disease. In all three cases, P. putrefaciens was isolated in mixed culture with enteric bacteria. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marne C,Pallarés R,Sitges-Serra A

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaginal discharge specimens from 105 women were examined by wet mount, culture, and a new direct immunofluorescence assay to detect Trichomonas vaginalis. The organism was detected by culture in 31 patients, by direct immunofluorescence in 26 patients, and by wet mount in 21 patients. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith RF

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of gastroduodenal diseases is related to the diversity of Helicobacter pylori strains. CagA-positive strains are more likely to cause gastric cancer than CagA-negative strains. Based on EPIYA (Glu-Pro-Ile-Tyr-Ala) motifs at the carboxyl terminus corresponding to phosphorylation sites, H. pylori CagA i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Truong BX,Mai VT,Tanaka H,Ly le T,Thong TM,Hai HH,Van Long D,Furumatsu K,Yoshida M,Kutsumi H,Azuma T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 254 isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci were tested in parallel for novobiocin susceptibility by using P agar and Mueller-Hinton agar. Zones of inhibition of 16 mm or less around a 5-micrograms novobiocin disk on Mueller-Hinton agar indicated novobiocin resistance, as demonstrated by Staphylococcus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Almeida RJ,Jorgensen JH

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three young adult rhesus monkeys from China were evaluated for the presence of Helicobacter pylori. Gastric body and antral biopsy samples were tested for H. pylori by PCR analysis, culture, rapid urease testing, and histologic evaluation. Serologic testing to detect H. pylori immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Handt LK,Fox JG,Yan LL,Shen Z,Pouch WJ,Ngai D,Motzel SL,Nolan TE,Klein HJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tests commonly used for routine determination of anti-Toxoplasma gondii immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies show a high level of consistency. However, considerable variations between commercial screening tests are still observed in detecting antibodies present at low concentrations, leading to a number of discrepant and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Franck J,Garin YJ,Dumon H

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven isolates representing five distinct outbreaks of pneumococcal conjunctivitis were examined for phenotypic and genetic characteristics. None of the strains possessed capsules, and all strains were susceptible to optochin, bile soluble, and Gen-Probe AccuProbe test positive. All 11 isolates were confirmed as Stre...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Carvalho MG,Steigerwalt AG,Thompson T,Jackson D,Facklam RR

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether DNA detection of high-risk human papillomavirus could represent a reliable screening technique and a useful follow-up method, we investigated the performance of the Hybrid Capture II assay in detecting high-grade cervical lesions. The test positivity at 1.86 pg/ml had a high sensitivity (94.7%) an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lin HP,Huang YY,Wu HY,Kao JT

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent and importance of genotype heterogeneity of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis within lungs have not previously been investigated. Two hundred forty PCR clones obtained from respiratory specimens and lung segments from three patients with fatal P. carinii pneumonia were investigated to detect genetic diver...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Helweg-Larsen J,Lundgren B,Lundgren JD

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodococcus equi infection is increasing in regions with high HIV prevalence worldwide. The microbiological features and clinical mimicry of tuberculosis infection pose diagnostic challenges in high-tuberculosis-incidence settings. We present two HIV-associated cases of R. equi infection from Vietnam and discuss the u...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Le T,Cash-Goldwasser S,Tho PV,Lan NP,Campbell JI,van Doorn HR,Lam NT,Trung NV,Trinh DT,Van Kinh N,Wertheim HF

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：:The NCCLS M38-A document does not describe guidelines for testing caspofungin acetate (MK-0991) and other echinocandins against molds. This study evaluated the susceptibilities of 200 isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus, A. flavus, A. nidulans, A. niger, and A. terreus to caspofungin (MICs and minimum effective concentr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Espinel-Ingroff A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) variant B is frequently identified in peripheral blood, but identification of HHV-6 variant A is relatively rare. We devised a PCR-based method for sensitive, simultaneous detection of both HHV-6 variants. The method was applied to 34 lung tissue specimens that were previously shown to cont...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cone RW,Huang ML,Hackman RC,Corey L

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of new acquisition of antibiotic-resistant organisms (AROs) in community-based skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) is not well studied. To define the incidence, persistence of, and time to new colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fisch J,Lansing B,Wang L,Symons K,Cherian K,McNamara S,Mody L

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida auris is an emerging worldwide fungal pathogen. Over the past 20 years, 61 patient isolates of C. auris (4 blood and 57 ear) have been obtained from 13 hospitals in Korea. Here, we reanalyzed those molecularly identified isolates using two matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kwon YJ,Shin JH,Byun SA,Choi MJ,Won EJ,Lee D,Lee SY,Chun S,Lee JH,Choi HJ,Kee SJ,Kim SH,Shin MG

更新日期：2019-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the rise in the incidence of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) and the expanding spectrum of fungal pathogens, early and accurate identification of the causative pathogen is essential. We developed a panfungal PCR assay that targets the internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) region of the ribosomal DNA gene cluste...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lau A,Chen S,Sorrell T,Carter D,Malik R,Martin P,Halliday C

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-year-old patient developed severe shock due to administration of a Yersinia enterocolitica-contaminated red blood cell concentrate. Y. enterocolitica (serotype O:9, biotype II) was cultivated from the residual blood in the blood bag and from a stool sample of the blood donor. In the donor's plasma immunoglobulin ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Strobel E,Heesemann J,Mayer G,Peters J,Müller-Weihrich S,Emmerling P

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first case of spontaneous intrapartum Atopobium vaginae bacteremia identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The bacterium was misidentified by RapID ANA II, API Rapid ID 32A, and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). The likely source of bacteremia wa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chan JF,Lau SK,Curreem SO,To KK,Leung SS,Cheng VC,Yuen KY,Woo PC

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-nine isolates of clinical origin, tentatively identified as Scopulariopsis or Microascus, were morphologically and molecularly characterized by a combined analysis of the D1/D2 domains of the 28S rRNA gene and a fragment of the elongation factor 1-α gene (EF1-α) sequences. The most prevalent species was Scopula...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sandoval-Denis M,Sutton DA,Fothergill AW,Cano-Lira J,Gené J,Decock CA,de Hoog GS,Guarro J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent Lassa virus strains from Nigeria were completely or partially sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the predominance of lineage II and III strains, the existence of a previously undescribed (sub)lineage in Nigeria, and the directional spread of virus in the southern part of the country. The Bayesian analysi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ehichioya DU,Hass M,Becker-Ziaja B,Ehimuan J,Asogun DA,Fichet-Calvet E,Kleinsteuber K,Lelke M,ter Meulen J,Akpede GO,Omilabu SA,Günther S,Olschläger S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared a direct fluorescent-antibody stain (DFA) and an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) with a standard cell culture technique for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women in an urban family practice setting. We also evaluated a DFA sample in a commercial laboratory to determine the interlaboratory reli...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gann PH,Herrmann JE,Candib L,Hudson RW

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:mRNAs of human papillomaviruses (HPV) 16 and 18 were detected in cancer-derived cell lines and genital tract biopsy specimens by a novel hybridization assay. Biotinylated whole genomic HPV DNA probes were hybridized in solution to extracted total nucleic acids. Hybrids between the labeled probes and RNA transcripts we...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Coutlée F,Shah KV,Rader JS,Currie JL,Viscidi RP

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00