Severe progressive subcutaneous abscesses and necrotizing tenosynovitis caused by Rhodococcus aurantiacus.

abstract：:We compared putative molecular markers of virulence (vacA, cagA, and iceA) of Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from 52 adult duodenal ulcer patients from West Bengal, India, with those of H. pylori strains isolated from 48 adult healthy volunteers from the same region. On the basis of genotyping by PCR, we conclud...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chattopadhyay S,Datta S,Chowdhury A,Chowdhury S,Mukhopadhyay AK,Rajendran K,Bhattacharya SK,Berg DE,Nair GB

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and -2, respectively) nuclear antigens were used to identify cells infected with HSV-1 or -2 by indirect immunofluorescence in conjunction with flow cytometry after virus amplification of MRC-5 cell monolayers. The results indicate th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McSharry JJ,Costantino R,McSharry MB,Venezia RA,Lehman JM

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples from patients at high risk for invasive aspergillosis (IA) were prospectively collected and analyzed for the presence of molecular markers of fungal infection. Serum specimens were screened for galactomannan and Aspergillus DNA, and whole-blood specimens were screened only for Aspergillus DNA. Fungal infection...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Springer J,Morton CO,Perry M,Heinz WJ,Paholcsek M,Alzheimer M,Rogers TR,Barnes RA,Einsele H,Loeffler J,White PL

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the microbiologic and clinical value of primary broth culture of wound specimens collected with swabs and submitted to the laboratory in transport medium, we compared the results of primary agar culture with the results of a corresponding primary broth culture for 344 aerobic specimens and 176 anaer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Silletti RP,Ailey E,Sun S,Tang D

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations of nursery outbreaks of Citrobacter diversus sepsis and meningitis have been hampered by lack of adequate epidemiologic markers for the organism. We studied outer membrane protein profiles from clinical isolates of C. diversus by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to determine whe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kline MW,Mason EO Jr,Kaplan SL

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotavirus G and P types from 716 children with acute diarrhea in Dijon from 1995 to 1998 and throughout France during the winter of 1997-1998 were analyzed by reverse transcription-PCR. P[8],G1 predominated, followed by P[8],G4, which emerged during the last winter. G9 and P[6] strains were detected at low frequencies...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bon F,Fromantin C,Aho S,Pothier P,Kohli E

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-year-old man sustained a crush injury to the tibia, which subsequently became infected with Saksenaea vasiformis. He was treated with debridement and a free myocutaneous flap, but amputation was necessary because of mycotic osteomyelitis. S. vasiformis was recovered and identified on the basis of its characterist...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pierce PF,Wood MB,Roberts GD,Fitzgerald RH Jr,Robertson C,Edson RS

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The R/B and Minitek systems for the identification of Enterobacteriaceae were evaluated, and the results were compared with those obtained by conventional methods. Both systems were rapid and allowed correct identification of about 85% of the 294 isolates (23 species) examined. The individual biochemical reactions sho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shayegani M,Hubbard ME,Hiscott T,McGlynn D

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 100 strains of enterococci, 83% reduced litmus milk within 4 h. None of the 100 non-enterococcal streptococci tested were positive. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schierl EA,Blazevic DJ

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple procedure for the selective isolation of the protective species-specific protein antigens (SPAs) of Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia prowazekii was developed to permit use of the SPAs in the immunodiagnosis and immunoprophylaxis of typhus infections. Although the SPAs were readily extracted from lysozyme- or d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dasch GA

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and 2 (anti-HIV 1 and 2) test is described. It uses recombinant p24 and peptides covering gp32, gp41, and gp120 to identify HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections. This test has been shown to be specific (99.5%) and sensitive (99.8%). In this respect, the assay was equal or superior ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hess G,Avillez F,Lourenco MH,D'Agostino F,Cambie G,Piot P,Vercauteren G,Michl U,Melchior W,Bayer H

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of wild rats from a known scrub typhus focus in the Philippines with cyclophosphamide did not significantly enhance the isolation rate of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi using mouse inoculation techniques. Similarly, cyclophosphamide treatment of mice inoculated with organs of wild rats did not increase the recover...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van Peenen PF,Ho CM,See R

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative studies on the detection of bovine serum immunoglobulin G antibodies to bluetongue virus with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, an immunodiffusion method, and a serum neutralization assay demonstrated complete concordance between the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and the serum neutralization assay ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poli G,Stott J,Liu YS,Manning JS

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family members of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected hemodialysis patients had a high rate (8.1%) of HCV infection and were often infected by the same genotype of HCV as the renal patients. Renal patients who had a longer history of hemodialysis or more frequent arteriovenous shunt replacement posed a higher risk to the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ho MS,Yang CS,Chen PJ,Mau YC

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-plex clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-based typing technique (spoligotyping) was recently developed at the French National Reference Center for Legionella. It allows the subtyping of the Legionella pneumophila sequence type 1/Paris pulsotype. In this report, we present the transfe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gomgnimbou MK,Ginevra C,Peron-Cane C,Versapuech M,Refrégier G,Jacotin N,Sola C,Jarraud S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human milk obtained from 21 American nursing mothers was studied for the presence of secretory immunoglobulin A antibody to rotavirus, the most common etiological agent of infantile gastroenteritis. Antibody was quantitated by adaptation of a recently described solid-phase radioimmunoassay technique that employs simia...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cukor G,Blacklow NR,Capozza FE,Panjvani ZF,Bednarek F

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A streptococcus (GAS) species cause bacterial pharyngitis in both adults and children. Early and accurate diagnosis of GAS is important for appropriate antibiotic therapy to prevent GAS sequalae. The Revogene Strep A molecular assay (Meridian Bioscience Canada Inc, Quebec City, QC, Canada) is an automated real-t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Banerjee D,Michael J,Schmitt B,Salimnia H,Mhaissen N,Goldfarb DM,Lachance P,Faron ML,Aufderheide T,Ledeboer N,Weissfeld A,Selvarangan R

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella pertussis is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes respiratory infections in humans. Ongoing molecular surveillance of B. pertussis acellular vaccine (aP) antigens is critical for understanding the interaction between evolutionary pressures, disease pathogenesis, and vaccine effectiveness. Methods currently...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marchand-Austin A,Tsang RSW,Guthrie JL,Ma JH,Lim GH,Crowcroft NS,Deeks SL,Farrell DJ,Jamieson FB

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fourth-generation QuantiFERON test for tuberculosis infection, QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) has replaced the earlier version, QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT). A clinical need exists for information about agreement between QFT-Plus and other tests. We conducted this study to assess agreement of test re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Venkatappa TK,Punnoose R,Katz DJ,Higgins MP,Banaei N,Graviss EA,Belknap RW,Ho CS

更新日期：2019-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibody (MAb)-based sandwich direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (MSD-ELISA) methods that can detect foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) antigens, both multiserotype (MSD-ELISA/MS) (for O, A, C, and Asia 1) and single-serotype (MSD-ELISA/SS) (for O, A, and Asia 1, specifically), were developed. MAb 1H...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Morioka K,Fukai K,Yoshida K,Yamazoe R,Onozato H,Ohashi S,Tsuda T,Sakamoto K

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culture of autologous CD4 lymphocytes from peripheral blood mononuclear cells compared favorably with two other methods for the measurement of cell-associated human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). For subjects with undetectable HIV-1 RNA levels in plasma, there was a 10,000-fold range of cell-associated virus d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tremblay CL,Giguel F,Merrill DP,Wong JT,Rosenberg E,Kalams S,Walker BD,D'Aquila RT,Hirsch MS

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several species within the Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) have emerged as significant opportunistic pathogens of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). BCC infection is typically associated with a poor clinical prognosis and decreased survival. These factors, combined with the existence of highly transmissible epidem...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brown AR,Govan JR

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 15 to 35% of patients with a first episode of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea relapse within 2 months. Between 1994 and 1997, strains from 93 hospitalized patients with C. difficile recurrences were fingerprinted by using both serotyping and PCR-ribotyping. The results showed that 48.4% of clin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Barbut F,Richard A,Hamadi K,Chomette V,Burghoffer B,Petit JC

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiserum specific for Salmonella O3 antigen was raised by immunization of rabbits with an artificial glycoconjugate consisting of the synthetic trisaccharide beta-D- Manp (1----4)-alpha-L- Rhap (1----3)-alpha-D-Galp covalently linked to bovine serum albumin (beta- MRG -BSA). Enzyme immunoassays showed that only lipop...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ekwall E,Norberg T,Svenson SB,Lindberg AA

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent case report of a child infected with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) of serotype O118:H16 in Bavaria, in association with the isolation of a bovine O118 strain on the same farm (A. Weber, H. Klie, H. Richter, P. Gallien, M. Timm, and K. W. Perlberg, Berl. Muench. Tieraerztl. Wochenschr. 110:211-213,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wieler LH,Busse B,Steinrück H,Beutin L,Weber A,Karch H,Baljer G

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of 177 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains for the presence of egc and tst revealed that 60 strains carried at least one of the tested genes. MRSA strains were classified by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis into four clones belonging to agr groups I and III. Toxin genotypes were related...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chini V,Dimitracopoulos G,Spiliopoulou I

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefaclor is less stable than most cephalosporins in media at 35 degrees C. We demonstrated that the activity of cefaclor in Mueller-Hinton agar diminishes continuously at 4 degrees C, resulting in a loss of two-thirds of the activity within 21 days. We recommend that agar dilution plates for this cephalosporin be prep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Surprenant AM,Preston DA

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Isolator 10 lysis-centrifugation blood culture system (E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, Del.) was compared with the BACTEC radiometric method (Johnston Laboratories, Inc., Towson, Md.) with 6B and 7D broth media for the recovery of bacteria and yeasts. From 11,000 blood cultures, 1,174 clinically ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brannon P,Kiehn TE

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared culture results to investigate the influence of antimicrobial-loaded cement on sonicate fluid culture positivity for the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection. Fifty-four subjects were assessed. The sensitivities of sonicate fluid culture were 77.8% (14 of 18) in subjects with an antimicrobial-loaded cem...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Park KH,Greenwood-Quaintance KE,Hanssen AD,Abdel MP,Patel R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Staphylococcus aureus to clot plasma through conformational activation of prothrombin by staphylocoagulase is used to distinguish S. aureus from coagulase-negative staphylococci. We show that while the direct thrombin inhibitor dabigatran inhibits staphylocoagulase activity, the clinical use of dabigatr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vanassche T,Verhaegen J,Peetermans WE,Hoylaerts MF,Verhamme P

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00