First report of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis of the foot caused by Phoma minutella.

abstract：:The antigenic cross-reactive characteristics of herpes B virus and herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 are responsible for false-positive diagnoses by serological assays in humans and macaques. In the present study, we developed a fluorometric indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with rec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fujima A,Ochiai Y,Saito A,Omori Y,Noda A,Kazuyama Y,Shoji H,Tanabayashi K,Ueda F,Yoshikawa Y,Hondo R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entamoeba histolytica is an intestinal parasite causing significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. More tools are needed to understand the epidemiology and molecular pathogenesis of amebiasis. A cDNA library was constructed by using poly(A)+ RNA isolated from an axenic strain of E. histolytica, HM1:IMSS, which exp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Burch DJ,Li E,Reed S,Jackson TF,Stanley SL Jr

更新日期：1991-04-01 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：: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：:Campylobacter jejuni from sporadic cases and outbreaks of gastroenteritis were serotyped on the basis of heat-extracted soluble thermostable antigens identified with the use of the passive hemagglutination technique. A total of 168 isolates were separated into 45 different types. The largest proportion of the isolates...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McMyne PM,Penner JL,Mathias RG,Black WA,Hennessy JN

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic neutralization in blood culture media from two automated systems was evaluated by measuring the recovery of organisms and times to detection in simulated cultures. Overall, BD Bactec Plus media (Bactec FX system) outperformed TREK 80 ml Redox media (VersaTREK system), although results suggest a relative rat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Miller NS,Rogan D,Orr BL,Whitney D

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicilliosis, caused by the dimorphic fungus Penicillium marneffei, is an important opportunistic systemic fungal infection affecting immunocompromised individuals living in areas where penicilliosis is endemic. We have demonstrated previously that a urinary enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with purified rab...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Desakorn V,Simpson AJ,Wuthiekanun V,Sahassananda D,Rajanuwong A,Pitisuttithum P,Howe PA,Smith MD,White NJ

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive and reproducible enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is described for the detection of immunoglobulin M and antibodies with specifity for human cytomegalovirus (CMV) early (CMV-EA) and late (CMV-LA) antigens. The emphasis is on the production of high-quality CMV antigens, CMV-EA and CMV-LA separately...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Middeldorp JM,Jongsma J,ter Haar A,Schirm J,The TH

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-reaction between Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and chlamydiae is described. A water-soluble, heat stable, non-dialyzable antigen was extracted from Acinetobacter species by boiling. This antigen fixed complement in the presence of homologous hyperimmune sera from rabbits or guinea pigs and in the presence of het...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brade H,Brunner H

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotype -specificity of Staphylococcus aureus of human and canine origins has been found to be associated with thermolabile agglutinogens represented in S. aureus strains 17 and 61218, respectively. Both strains also have exhibited a common thermostable antigen. On that basis, absorbed antisera have been developed for...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Live I

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen different serogroup strains of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and two strains of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 were examined for the presence of plasmids and plasmid-mediated properties, calcium growth dependency, and autoagglutination. Two Y. enterocolitica strains and eight serogroup (IA, IIA, IIC, III, IVA, VB,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ishiguro N,Nakaoka Y,Sato G,Tsubokura M

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the clinical performance of the FilmArray blood culture identification (BCID) panel in the identification of microorganisms from positive blood culture bottles inoculated with sterile body fluids. All organisms included in the FA BCID panel were accurately identified in 84/84 (100%) and 18/24 (75%) sample...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Altun O,Almuhayawi M,Ullberg M,Özenci V

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 1,835 Yersinia spp. were isolated from 925 (60.5%) of 1,530 wild mice and from 139 (79.9%) of 174 moles living in mountainous areas of eastern Shimane Prefecture, Japan. The Yersinia spp. included 1,106 Yersinia enterocolitica, 26 Y. enterocolitica-like, 176 Yersinia mollaretii, 149 Yersinia frederiksenii, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fukushima H,Gomyoda M,Kaneko S

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic and phylogenetic characteristics of human enterovirus 71 (EV71) and coxsackievirus A16 (CA16) sampled from children with hand, foot, and mouth disease in Shenzhen, People's Republic of China, over a 6-year period (1999 to 2004) were examined with reverse transcription-PCR and DNA sequencing. Out of 147 sto...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Li L,He Y,Yang H,Zhu J,Xu X,Dong J,Zhu Y,Jin Q

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter isolates associated with casualties from the Iraq conflict from the United States were compared with those from the United Kingdom by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and integron analysis. Representatives of the main outbreak strain associated with casualties from both countries were indistinguishable i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Turton JF,Kaufmann ME,Gill MJ,Pike R,Scott PT,Fishbain J,Craft D,Deye G,Riddell S,Lindler LE,Pitt TL

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis produces novel superantigenic toxins designated YPMa (Y. pseudotuberculosis-derived mitogen), YPMb, and YPMc and has a pathogenicity island termed HPI (high-pathogenicity island) and R-HPI (the right-hand part of the HPI with truncation in its left-hand part) on the chromosome. Analysis of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fukushima H,Matsuda Y,Seki R,Tsubokura M,Takeda N,Shubin FN,Paik IK,Zheng XB

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently described genus Pandoraea contains five named species (Pandoraea apista, Pandoraea pulmonicola, Pandoraea pnomenusa, Pandoraea sputorum, and Pandoraea norimbergensis) and four unnamed genomospecies. Pandoraea spp. have mainly been recovered from the respiratory tracts of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Acc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Coenye T,Liu L,Vandamme P,LiPuma JJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A point prevalence culture survey was carried out to investigate the prevalence of fecal carriage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) among patients admitted to an 800-bed general hospital where no VRE had been isolated previously. Twenty-two of 636 patients (3.5%) were found to be VRE carriers. Eighteen strains...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gordts B,Van Landuyt H,Ieven M,Vandamme P,Goossens H

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An accurate, rapid, and inexpensive method was developed for detecting and enumerating bacteria adherent to Foley urinary catheters based on malachite green staining of acridine orange-prestained specimens. This method has proven to be quick and reliable and will find application in quantitative studies of biomaterial...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ladd TI,Schmiel D,Nickel JC,Costerton JW

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crude extracts of Dolichos biflorus can be coupled to polystyrene particles to yield an agglutination reagent for the detection of group C streptococcal antigen extracts. The reagent is relatively inexpensive and simple to prepare and can be employed for the definitive identification of this beta-hemolytic streptococc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Slifkin M,Gil GM

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ewingella americana was isolated from two blood cultures from a 75-year-old male after cholecystectomy. The characteristics of this strain are compared with the reported biochemical characteristics of 44 American strains. Previously described infections and pseudoinfections with E. americana are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Devreese K,Claeys G,Verschraegen G

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis is one of the major causative agents of adult periodontitis. One of the features of this periodontal pathogen is its ability to attach to a variety of oral bacterial surfaces and to colonize subgingival dental plaque. We have shown that Streptococcus cristatus CC5A inhibits expression of fimA,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wang BY,Wu J,Lamont RJ,Lin X,Xie H

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until now, serologic tests that distinguish the closely related human T-cell lymphotropic virus types I (HTLV-I) and II (HTLV-II) infections have not been available. Synthetic peptide assays, employing peptides derived from the core and envelope proteins of HTLV-I and HTLV-II (SynthEIA and Select-HTLV tests), were eva...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lal RB,Heneine W,Rudolph DL,Present WB,Hofhienz D,Hartley TM,Khabbaz RF,Kaplan JE

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and sensitive PCR assay for the detection of Candida albicans DNA in serum was established. DNA from human serum samples was purified using the QIAamp blood kit, which proved to be a fast and simple method for isolating minute amounts of Candida DNA from clinical specimens for diagnosis of invasive candidiasis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wahyuningsih R,Freisleben HJ,Sonntag HG,Schnitzler P

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two cases in Brazil of human subcutaneous infections due to Phaeoacremonium spp. The first case was caused by Phaeoacremonium aleophilum. The patient presented with a unique fistulized nodule on the left ankle. The fungus was detected by direct microscopic examination and was isolated repeatedly from mater...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Guarro J,Alves SH,Gené J,Grazziotin NA,Mazzuco R,Dalmagro C,Capilla J,Zaror L,Mayayo E

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the performance characteristics of a new, real-time nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) assay that incorporates molecular beacon technology for detection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). The quantitative results were comparable to those obtained with three leading commercially...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McClernon DR,Vavro C,St Clair M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four independent molecular methods were used to characterize the Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar choleraesuis live vaccine strains SC-54 and Suisaloral and to differentiate them from S. choleraesuis field isolates. Plasmid analysis revealed the presence of seven plasmid profiles. A virulence plasmid of 52-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Weide-Botjes M,Liebisch B,Schwarz S,Watts JL

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moxalactam is highly hydrolyzed by plasmid-mediated metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs), whereas it is poorly inactivated by serine-active carbapenemases. This study demonstrated that moxalactam resistance constituted an effective screen for MBL expression in enterobacteria, which could be confirmed, even in low-MBL-producing...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pluquet E,Arlet G,Bingen E,Drieux L,Mammeri H

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the measurement of antibodies directed against cell surface antigens of Vibrio cholerae (CSA ELISA) was developed. NaN3-killed whole cells of V. cholerae, adsorbed to polystyrene tubes, were used as immobilized antigens. The assay was capable of detecting antibodies directed ag...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cryz SJ Jr,Fürer E,Germanier R

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-nine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains, isolated during 1980 to 1990, were classified as MRSA Aggl- (14 strains) and MRSA Aggl+ (65 strains) strains on the basis of test results in slide agglutination assays designed to detect fibrinogen-binding protein (clumping factor) and protein A ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kuusela P,Hildén P,Savolainen K,Vuento M,Lyytikäinen O,Vuopio-Varkila J

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00