Campylobacter hyointestinalis: an opportunistic enteropathogen?

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：:Staphylococcus aureus produced an inhibitory factor that suppressed slime formation by Psuudomonas aeruginosa but had little effect on the growth of the organism. The inhibitory factor was not found in broth cultures but could be extracted from cultures grown on solid agar. The inhibitory factor moderately inhibited g...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shibl AM,Al-Sowaygh IA

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two rapid, simple, and reliable procedures for routine purification of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA from serum. HBV DNA could be purified from 24 serum samples in 1.5 to 2 h and was recovered in the initial reaction vessel. Both procedures have in common that HBV DNA is complexed with silica particles in th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boom R,Sol CJ,Heijtink R,Wertheim-van Dillen PM,van der Noordaa J

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

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：:Patients with infection from bacteremic Bartonella spp., tested using Bartonella Alphaproteobacteria growth medium (BAPGM), were retrospectively categorized into one of two groups that included those whose blood was collected once (group 1; n = 55) or three times (group 2; n = 36) within a 1-week period. Overall, 19 p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pultorak EL,Maggi RG,Mascarelli PE,Breitschwerdt EB

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we determined the sequence of the EcoRI-PstI fragment of the plasmid pCVD432, also termed the enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAggEC) probe. A primer pair complementary to this probe was designed for PCR amplification of a 630-bp region. Comparison of the analysis of the EAggEC probe sequence with t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schmidt H,Knop C,Franke S,Aleksic S,Heesemann J,Karch H

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biotyping scheme using improved media and methods for the detection of hippurate hydrolysis, rapid H2S production, and DNA hydrolysis was applied to 1,826 cultures of Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli and "Campylobacter laridis" isolates from human and nonhuman sources. Four biotypes were identified among C. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lior H

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed for the titration of antibodies in human sera to influenza virus neuraminidase, employing partially purified N1 neuraminidase. Specificity of the test was demonstrated, and the test was more sensitive than either the conventional neuraminidase inhibition or plaque siz...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Khan MW,Gallagher M,Bucher D,Cerini CP,Kilbourne ED

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new commercial method intended to exclude the presence of Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., and Yersinia enterocolitica and to presumptively identify Salmonella isolates within 2 h after primary isolation from stool specimens was evaluated. This system is marketed in Europe as API Z and in the United States as Rapid S...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Teti G,Burdash NM,Zamboni C,Fava C,Tomasello F,Mastroeni P

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two national surveys were conducted to describe the incidence and prevalence of Enterobacter aerogenes in 21 Belgian hospitals in 1996 and 1997 and to characterize the genotypic diversity and the antimicrobial resistance profiles of clinical strains of E. aerogenes isolated from hospitalized patients in Belgium in 199...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： De Gheldre Y,Struelens MJ,Glupczynski Y,De Mol P,Maes N,Nonhoff C,Chetoui H,Sion C,Ronveaux O,Vaneechoutte M,Groupement pour le Dépistage, l'Etude et la Prevention des Infections Hospitalières (GDEPIH-GOSPIZ).

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A duplex real-time SYBR Green LightCycler PCR (LC-PCR) assay with DNA extraction using the QIAamp DNA Stool Mini kit was evaluated with regard to detection of 8 of 17 species of food- or waterborne pathogens in five stool specimens in 2 h or less. The protocol used the same LC-PCR with 20 pairs of specific primers. Th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fukushima H,Tsunomori Y,Seki R

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BBL CHROMagar VanRE (CVRE) was compared with bile esculin azide agar plus vancomycin to screen for vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) colonization. CVRE distinguishes Enterococcus faecalis (green colonies) from Enterococcus faecium (mauve colonies) on the basis of chromogenic substrate use. CVRE sensitivity and s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kallstrom G,Doern CD,Dunne WM Jr

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since their first detection in 1988, penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates have rapidly spread in Iceland to account for close to 20% of all pneumococcal disease in that country by 1993. The major component (70%) of the resistant pneumococci identified from 1989 to 1992 was the progeny of a single mul...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vilhelmsson SE,Tomasz A,Kristinsson KG

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared four methods for serotyping isolates of Haemophilus influenzae. Slide agglutination with commercial antisera (Difco Laboratories and Wellcome Diagnostics), coagglutination (Phadebact Haemophilus Test [Pharmacia Fine Chemicals]), latex agglutination with affinity-purified anticapsular antibody, and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Himmelreich CA,Barenkamp SJ,Storch GA

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease with a high case fatality risk and is caused by the SFTS virus (SFTSV). A retrospective study conducted after the first identification of an SFTS patient in Japan revealed that SFTS is endemic to the region, and the virus exists indig...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yoshikawa T,Fukushi S,Tani H,Fukuma A,Taniguchi S,Toda S,Shimazu Y,Yano K,Morimitsu T,Ando K,Yoshikawa A,Kan M,Kato N,Motoya T,Kuzuguchi T,Nishino Y,Osako H,Yumisashi T,Kida K,Suzuki F,Takimoto H,Kitamoto H,Ma

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-one isolates of nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS) that were previously isolated from the human mouth were regarded as consisting of 7 Streptococcus defectivus isolates, 78 Streptococcus adjacens isolates, and 6 Gemella morbillorum isolates. However, recent references to the taxonomic reclassification of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sato S,Kanamoto T,Inoue M

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae strains represents a major threat for hospitalized patients. We document the dissemination and control of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clones in a Greek hospital. During a 3-year study period (January 2009 to December 2011), carbapenem...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poulou A,Voulgari E,Vrioni G,Xidopoulos G,Pliagkos A,Chatzipantazi V,Markou F,Tsakris A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to characterize an unusual mycobacterial isolate from a 44-year-old patient living in France, we applied phenotypic characterizations and various previously described molecular methods for the taxonomic classification of mycobacteria. The results of the investigations were compared to those obtained in a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chemlal K,Huys G,Laval F,Vincent V,Savage C,Gutierrez C,Laneelle MA,Swings J,Meyers WM,Daffe M,Portaels F

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of a herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1-specific anti-glycoprotein C-1 monoclonal antibody (MAb) and a type 2-specific anti-glycoprotein G-2 MAb for typing of 2,400 clinical HSV-1 isolates and 2,400 clinical HSV-2 isolates, respectively, using an enzyme immunoas...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liljeqvist JA,Svennerholm B,Bergström T

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In clinical laboratories, diagnosis of imported malaria is commonly performed by microscopy. However, the volume of specimens is generally low and maintaining proficiency in reading blood smears, particularly at the species level, is challenging in this setting. To address this problem, the Provincial Laboratory for P...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shokoples S,Mukhi SN,Scott AN,Yanow SK

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory tract infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Even with the advancement of diagnostic tools, the causative agent of 20 to 30% of upper respiratory tract infections go undiagnosed. Recently, a newly identified human respiratory virus, human metapneumovirus (hMPV), was discovered...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Regev L,Hindiyeh M,Shulman LM,Barak A,Levy V,Azar R,Shalev Y,Grossman Z,Mendelson E

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is isolated and characterized using traditional culture and sensitivity methodologies that are slow and offer limited information on the organism. In contrast, DNA microarray technology can provide detailed, clinically relevant information on the isolate by detecting the presen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Spence RP,Wright V,Ala-Aldeen DA,Turner DP,Wooldridge KG,James R

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-three clinical isolates of charcoal-black-pigmented, gram-positive coryneform rods were received for identification by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and were provisionally designated CDC fermentative coryneform group 4 (FCG4). Forty-five of these were characterized by morphological, physio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Daneshvar MI,Hollis DG,Weyant RS,Jordan JG,MacGregor JP,Morey RE,Whitney AM,Brenner DJ,Steigerwalt AG,Helsel LO,Raney PM,Patel JB,Levett PN,Brown JM

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We undertook a controlled study of children younger than 5 years in Bangladesh to determine whether enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) was associated with diarrhea in this population. ETBF was isolated from 22 (6.1%) of 358 patients and 5 (1.2%) of 425 controls (P = 0.0001). In children younger than 1 year, h...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sack RB,Albert MJ,Alam K,Neogi PK,Akbar MS

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variability of disease manifestations has been noted in patients with Lyme disease. A contributing factor to this variation may be the number of spirochetes present in infected patients. We evaluated clinical and laboratory findings for patients with erythema migrans with regard to the number of Borrelia burgdorferi o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liveris D,Wang G,Girao G,Byrne DW,Nowakowski J,McKenna D,Nadelman R,Wormser GP,Schwartz I

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aerobically incubated, agar-based medium was developed for amino acid decarboxylase testing of Enterobacteriaceae family members by replica-plating methods. Results with the new medium agreed 97 to 99% with the reference broth method of Moeller, and no false-positive reactions were encountered. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Maccani JE

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiologic role of oral treponemes in human periodontitis is still under debate. Although seen by dark-field microscopy in large numbers, their possible role is still unclear since they comprise some 60 different phylotypes, most of which are still uncultured. To determine their status as mere commensals or opportu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moter A,Riep B,Haban V,Heuner K,Siebert G,Berning M,Wyss C,Ehmke B,Flemmig TF,Göbel UB

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospira is a highly diverse genus comprising many species and serogroups in Brazil as well as all over the world. However, a study by arbitrarily primed PCR of 44 leptospiral strains isolated from humans during three different outbreaks in Brazilian urban centers reveals that 43 of 44 isolates exhibit very similar ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pereira MM,Matsuo MG,Bauab AR,Vasconcelos SA,Moraes ZM,Baranton G,Saint Girons I

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In anticipation of rotavirus vaccine introduction in Saudi Arabia, this study was undertaken to determine the distribution of the G and P genotypes of rotaviruses in order to examine whether there was any emerging serotype or unusual strain circulating in children in Saudi Arabia. Of 984 stool specimens collected betw...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kheyami AM,Nakagomi T,Nakagomi O,Dove W,Hart CA,Cunliffe NA

更新日期：2008-04-01 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