Prevalence of thymidine-dependent Staphylococcus aureus in patients with cystic fibrosis.

abstract：:Clinical isolates of group B streptococci from body fluids and mucosal surfaces were examined for production of a trypsin-resistant antigen known as R protein. R protein was extracted with 1% trypsin from cells grown in a semidefined medium. The extracts were tested by immunodiffusion in agarose with a panel of antise...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Flores AE,Ferrieri P

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 4,409 stool specimens from infants less than 5 years of age seeking treatment for diarrhea in Matlab, Bangladesh, were tested for the presence of adenoviruses by using an enzyme immunoassay (EIA). EIA-positive stool samples were serotyped with monoclonal antibodies specific for adenovirus type 40 (Ad40) and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jarecki-Khan K,Tzipori SR,Unicomb LE

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growth medium with a specific oxidation-reduction potential containing peptone, dextrose, sodium succinate, sodium lactate, gelatin, sodium bicarbonate and blue tetrazolium, an indicator dye, in a tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane buffer was used to detect the presence of microorganisms in blood. The procedure involve...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shih CN,Balish E

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of the application of a range of typing procedures to the identification and classification of 6,264 cultures of nontuberculous mycobacteria from human sources and the environment are reported. Seroagglutination, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay applied to whole bacteria or the glycolipid typing antige...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tsang AY,Denner JC,Brennan PJ,McClatchy JK

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the utility of the commercial Allplex genital ulcer real-time PCR multiplex assay for detecting Treponema pallidum, herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) and 2 (HSV-2), and Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L (lymphogranuloma venereum [LGV]) DNA in mucosal and genital ulcers in the context of suspected syphilis. In ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Grange PA,Jary A,Isnard C,Burrel S,Boutolleau D,Touati A,Bébéar C,Saule J,Martinet P,Robert JL,Moulene D,Vermersch-Langlin A,Benhaddou N,Janier M,Dupin N

更新日期：2021-01-21 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：:Between 1 and 2% of the population in the developed world experiences a nonhealing or chronic wound characterized by an apparent arrest in a stage dominated by inflammatory processes. Lately, research groups have proposed that bacteria might be involved in and contribute to the lack of healing of these wounds. To inve...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kirketerp-Møller K,Jensen PØ,Fazli M,Madsen KG,Pedersen J,Moser C,Tolker-Nielsen T,Høiby N,Givskov M,Bjarnsholt T

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluations of screening tests for bacteriuria have traditionally compared the test results with those of quantitative urine cultures. However, many patients with symptomatic urinary tract infections can have less than 10(5) CFU/ml in their urine. Therefore, the results of urine culture and three screening tests (Bac-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Murray PR,Smith TB,McKinney TC Jr

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercial chemiluminescent DNA probes (Accuprobe; Gen-Probe, San Diego, Calif.) for the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) complex, M. avium complex (MAC), M. gordonae, and M. kansasii were evaluated with 134 clinical isolates. These included 36 MTB complex, 40 MAC, 27 M. gordonae, 9 M. kansasii, and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lebrun L,Espinasse F,Poveda JD,Vincent-Levy-Frebault V

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA fingerprint profiles and somatic serotypes of 71 Pasteurella multocida capsule serogroup B isolates, 13 capsule serogroup E isolates, and 16 somatic reference serotype strains were compared. Each of the 16 reference somatic serotypes had a unique DNA fingerprint profile with the HhaI restriction endonuclease. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wilson MA,Rimler RB,Hoffman LJ

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and RNA electropherotypes of rotavirus in stools or rectal swabs of children with diarrhea were studied for three rotavirus seasons (1981 through 1984) in Philadelphia, Pa. We used a simplified RNA analysis method involving polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by silver staining. Phosphate-buffere...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dolan KT,Twist EM,Horton-Slight P,Forrer C,Bell LM Jr,Plotkin SA,Clark HF

更新日期：1985-05-01 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：:Restriction fragment length polymorphism and hybridization of DNA extracted from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, nontuberculous mycobacteria, and nonmycobacterial species with a probe derived from IS6110 confirmed that IS6110 was specific to M. tuberculosis complex. In addition, DNA amplification with IS6110-specific prim...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Githui WA,Wilson SM,Drobniewski FA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of hospital infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa was investigated by pyocin typing. The typing method, which determined the pyocin activity of clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa on 27 indicator strains, was 43.7% reproducible, but elimination of 9 indicator strains doubled the reproducibility and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bruun FN,McGarrity GJ,Blakemore WS,Coriell LL

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To simplify the serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae, a dot bot assay has been developed and compared with the standard quellung reaction in 1,082 isolates. The technique has been demonstrated to be sensitive, specific, easy to perform, and inexpensive. The dot blot assay could be useful when large numbers of pneumo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fenoll A,Jado I,Vicioso D,Casal J

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biotype analysis was performed on serologically nontypable Haemophilus influenzae isolates from the middle ear effusions and nasopharynges of 33 children with chronic otitis media with effusion (serous otitis media). Over 50% of the H. influenzae isolates from the middle ears belonged to biotype II. The incidence of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： DeMaria TF,Lim DJ,Barnishan J,Ayers LW,Birck HG

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE) for detection of serum antibodies to staphylococcal teichoic acids was evaluated against teichoic acids prepared by sonic treatment or lysostaphin extraction of Staphylococcus aureus (Lafferty strain). Of 54 patient sera from suspected cases of staphylococcal endocarditis,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Leffell MS,Folds JD,Wasilauskas B

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Escherichia coli isolated from a child with diarrhea was biochemically similar and antigenically identical (O and K antigens) to the standard strain of E. coli O group 29 and was positive in the Serény test for invasiveness, which suggests that it can cause a Shigella-like illness. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Toledo MR,Reis MH,Almeida RG,Trabulsi LR

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the performance of a double-antigen sandwich recombinant enzyme immunoassay (EIA; Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Ill.) and compared it with that of a synthetic-peptide-based EIA (Biochem Immunosystems, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) for the detection of human immunodeficiency type 1 (HIV-1) and HIV-2 a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Galli RA,Castriciano S,Fearon M,Major C,Choi KW,Mahony J,Chernesky M

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect hemagglutinating and immunofluorescent antibody responses to Herpesvirus hominis types 1 and 2 were compared to neutralizing antibody responses in infected humans from whom H. hominis type 1 or 2 was isolated. The indirect immunofluorescent antibody test was shown to be the most sensitive and specific for pri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnson LD,Fuccillo DA,Stalder H,Oxman MA,Fraser CE,Madden DL

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is a novel nucleic acid amplification method in which reagents react rapidly and efficiently, with a high specificity, under isothermal conditions. We used a LAMP assay for the detection of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), and varic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kaneko H,Iida T,Aoki K,Ohno S,Suzutani T

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Swedish bovine and a Dutch human phage set for coagulase-negative staphylococci were used to phage type coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from bovine milk from Minnesota dairy herds. A comparison was also made of the deoxyribonuclease activity of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from bovine milk in ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Holmberg O,Lyon RH,Price D,Farnsworth RJ

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven commercial rotavirus antigen assays were compared with in-house PCR methods for detecting rotavirus in stool specimens. The assay sensitivities were 80% to 100%, while the specificities were 54.3% for one commercial immunochromatographic (ICT) method and 99.4% to 100% for other assays. Thus, except for one comme...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ye S,Lambert SB,Grimwood K,Roczo-Farkas S,Nimmo GR,Sloots TP,Kirkwood CD,Whiley DM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the development and evaluation of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of antibodies to Entamoeba histolytica. Highly sensitive and reproducible results were obtained in antigen-coated plates prepared by air-drying at 37 degrees C. Comparison of the ELISA with indirect f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yang J,Kennedy MT

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared molecular, immunochemical, and cytotoxic assays for the detection of diphtheria toxin from 55 isolates of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans originally isolated in five different countries. The suitabilities and accuracies of these assays for the laboratory diagnosis of diphtheri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Efstratiou A,Engler KH,Dawes CS,Sesardic D

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the inadequate automation in the amplification and sequencing procedures, the use of 16S rRNA gene sequence-based methods in clinical microbiology laboratories is largely limited to identification of strains that are difficult to identify by phenotypic methods. In this study, using conventional full-sequence 16...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Woo PC,Ng KH,Lau SK,Yip KT,Fung AM,Leung KW,Tam DM,Que TL,Yuen KY

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The longus type IV pilus structural gene (lngA) was sought among 217 clinical enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains isolated in Argentina. lngA was present in 20.7% of the isolates and was highly associated with ETEC producing heat-stable toxin and the most common colonization factors. The prevalence of long...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pichel MG,Binsztein N,Qadri F,Girón JA

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) is a sensitive method for detection of RNA virus nucleic acid sequences in clinical respiratory specimens. Previous studies have focused on RT-PCR for a single virus, but this approach is limited by the inability to establish a specific etiology when the RT-PCR result is negative and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gilbert LL,Dakhama A,Bone BM,Thomas EE,Hegele RG

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis (PRA) using the novel region of the rpoB gene was developed for rapid and precise identification of mycobacteria to the species level. A total of 50 mycobacterial reference strains and 3 related bacterial strains were used to amplify the 360-bp region of rpoB, and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lee H,Park HJ,Cho SN,Bai GH,Kim SJ

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An echovirus 3 (Echo3) strain (strain LR31G7) was isolated from a sewage treatment plant in Greece in 2005. Full-genome molecular, phylogenetic, and SimPlot analyses were conducted in order to reveal the evolutionary pathways of the isolate. Nucleotide and phylogenetic analyses of part of the VP1 genomic region reveal...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kyriakopoulou Z,Dedepsidis E,Pliaka V,Tsakogiannis D,Pratti A,Levidiotou-Stefanou S,Markoulatos P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00