Humoral immune response to polypeptides of Ureaplasma urealyticum in women with postpartum fever.

abstract：:Microagglutination and micro-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) tests with easily prepared, safe, heat-killed antigens for detecting antibodies to the legionnaires disease organism have been developed. A safranin-stained whole-cell antigen is used in the microagglutination test, and a simply prepared soluble an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Farshy CE,Klein GC,Feeley JC

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 522 patients with Propionibacterium acnes bacteremia (PAB), 18 (3.5%) had clinically significant PAB. Of these 18 patients, 10 (55.6%) had hospital-acquired bacteremia and 6 (33.3%) had undergone invasive procedures before development of PAB. One patient with a ventricular septal defect presented with infective end...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Park HJ,Na S,Park SY,Moon SM,Cho OH,Park KH,Chong YP,Kim SH,Lee SO,Kim YS,Woo JH,Kim MN,Choi SH

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:The CO2, O2, and pH levels of commercially available blood culture bottles with tryptic soy broth medium from five different manufacturers were compared. Ranges of 1.3 to 6.9% for CO2, 1.1 to 6.0% for O2, and pH 6.94 to 7.26 were found. Different venting procedures revealed that blood culture bottles from which the ru...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Welch WD,Porschen RK,Zarifi SZ

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of 1,486 men attending two sexually transmitted disease clinics, of whom 891 had no symptoms of urethritis, we compared an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) (Baxter-Bartels, formerly Northumbria AntigEnz) of urine sediment to urethral culture for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis. C. trachomatis prevalence by c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sanders JW,Hook EW 3rd,Welsh LE,Shepherd ME,Quinn TC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates were studied by comparing chromosomal DNA fingerprint patterns produced by digestion of chromosomal DNA with BamHI, followed by agarose electrophoresis and hybridization with radiolabeled probes of insertion sequence IS6110. DNA fingerprints of 14 isolates from separate members of f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mazurek GH,Cave MD,Eisenach KD,Wallace RJ Jr,Bates JH,Crawford JT

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthopsis deltoidea was found to be the cause of an olecranon bursitis in a 79-year-old golfer. Serial histological sections of the olecranon bursa showed faintly stained, brown-walled, septate, hyphal elements in the centers of the necrotic debris. The combination of bursectomy and flucytosine treatment cured the inf...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kwon-Chung KJ,Droller DD

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two species of Bartonella, a novel Bartonella clarridgeiae-like bacterium and B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii, were isolated from rural dogs and gray foxes in northern California. A novel B. clarridgeiae-like species was isolated from 3 (1.7%) of 182 dogs and 22 (42%) of 53 gray foxes, while B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Henn JB,Gabriel MW,Kasten RW,Brown RN,Theis JH,Foley JE,Chomel BB

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis (PRA) of the hsp65 gene (A. Telenti, F. Marchesi, M. Balz, F. Bally, E. C. Böttger, and T. Bodmer, J. Clin. Microbiol. 31:175-178, 1993) was applied to 108 mycobacterial isolates representing 34 species to evaluate its potential as a rapid reference method. A total...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Devallois A,Goh KS,Rastogi N

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-min latex agglutination test kit, Culturette Brand Ten-Minute Group A Strep ID (Marion Scientific, Div. of Marion Laboratories, Inc., Kansas City, Mo.), was assessed for the rapid detection of group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus directly from a throat swab. Four hundred and thirty-five throat swab specimens from...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chang MJ,Mohla C

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is an opportunistic infection with airborne transmission and remains a major cause of respiratory illness among immunocompromised individuals. In recent years, several outbreaks of PCP, occurring mostly in kidney transplant recipients, have been reported. Currently, multilocus se...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Maitte C,Leterrier M,Le Pape P,Miegeville M,Morio F

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-dose cefepime-tazobactam (1:1; WCK 4282), a novel antibacterial combination consisting of the β-lactamase inhibitor tazobactam and a fourth-generation cephalosporin, is under clinical development for the treatment of serious Gram-negative infections. A quality control (QC) study was performed to establish disk di...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Riedel S,Huband MD,Sader HS,Flamm RK,Jones RN

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a rapid test to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing isolates and specifically strain GC1237, coming from a sub-Saharan country, is needed due to its alarming wide spread on Gran Canaria Island (Spain). A rapid test that detects IS6110 present between dnaA and dnaN in the Beijing strains and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Millán-Lou MI,Alonso H,Gavín P,Hernández-Febles M,Campos-Herrero MI,Copado R,Cañas F,Kremer K,Caminero JA,Martín C,Samper S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new colorimetric Vitek 2 YST card was evaluated for identification of yeasts (136 strains) with respect to the influence of different source media. The Vitek 2 YST card achieved satisfactory results for all yeast species tested, with the exception of Candida guilliermondii, Candida norvegensis, Candida parapsilosi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Valenza G,Strasen J,Schäfer F,Frosch M,Kurzai O,Abele-Horn M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 192 hybridomas were developed from mice immunized with Rickettsia japonica, a newly identified spotted fever group rickettsia pathogenic for humans. Of these hybridomas, 101 were species specific, 37 were spotted fever group reactive, and the other 54 were also reactive with one or more of the other pathoge...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Uchiyama T,Uchida T,Walker DH

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiserum to a purified type R lipopolysaccharide antigen isolated from Neisseria gonorrhoeae was used in a slide agglutination test and compared with conventional carbohydrate utilization and fluorescent antibody tests to confirm the identity of laboratory cultures classified as typical or "atypical" N. gonorrhoeae. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Arko RJ,Wong KH,Peacock WL

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the characteristics of subjects from the same area who were infected with hepatitis C virus genotypes 1 through 4 and subtypes 1a and 1b. Our data are consistent with a rapid evolution in the epidemiology of HCV genotypes and argue against different pathogenic potentials for genotypes 1b and 2. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ravaggi A,Rossini A,Mazza C,Puoti M,Marin MG,Cariani E

更新日期：1996-11-01 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 detection of the human RNA viruses, calicivirus and astrovirus, requires high sensitivity and broad reactivity. A novel single-tube nested reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) method is described here, in which all of the required reagents are included in the one tube; however, those required for the nested amplific...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ratcliff RM,Doherty JC,Higgins GD

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida dubliniensis is often associated with C. albicans in cultures. Easy-to-perform selective isolation procedures for these closely related species do not exist. Therefore, we evaluated previously described discriminatory phenotypic markers for C. dubliniensis. A total of 150 oral rinses from human immunodeficienc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tintelnot K,Haase G,Seibold M,Bergmann F,Staemmler M,Franz T,Naumann D

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the performance of three commercially available monoclonal antibodies for confirmation of the presence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in cell culture by examining their abilities to stain inclusions of eight strains of C. pneumoniae. The antibodies tested were two unconjugated C. pneumoniae-specific monoclonal r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Montalban GS,Roblin PM,Hammerschlag MR

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood culture records from 1994 to 1995 from five U.S. medical centers all using the Difco ESP continuous monitoring blood culture system were reviewed retrospectively. Among a total of 7,362 isolates of bacteria and yeasts, only 0.1% of possibly significant isolates would have been missed had blood cultures been rout...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Doern GV,Brueggemann AB,Dunne WM,Jenkins SG,Halstead DC,McLaughlin JC

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is a major cause of antibiotic-associated gastrointestinal illness. Recently, an increased incidence of hospital-acquired infections with severe outcomes has been reported in North America and Europe. Current molecular-typing methods for detection of outbreaks and nosocomial transmission are labo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marsh JW,O'Leary MM,Shutt KA,Pasculle AW,Johnson S,Gerding DN,Muto CA,Harrison LH

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:Phenotypic, genotypic, and toxin gene analyses have not yet been done all in one for the Nigerian Staphylococcus aureus population. This study provides a comprehensive overview of the molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of S. aureus strains at the largest university clinic in Ibadan, Nigeria. From 1,300 patie...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ghebremedhin B,Olugbosi MO,Raji AM,Layer F,Bakare RA,König B,König W

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigenic sites on the nucleocapsid (N) protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (SARS-CoV) were mapped by Pepscan analysis with overlapping peptides that span the N protein sequence. Two major immunodominant epitopes located in the C-terminal region (amino acids [aa] 362 to 412) and middle regi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： He Y,Zhou Y,Wu H,Kou Z,Liu S,Jiang S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastomyces dermatitidis and Histoplasma capsulatum are dimorphic fungi that often cause self-limited respiratory infections. However, they may also cause severe disseminated disease, depending on the level of the exposure to the organism and the host immune status. In addition, patients with infections caused by thes...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Babady NE,Buckwalter SP,Hall L,Le Febre KM,Binnicker MJ,Wengenack NL

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of group B streptococcus (GBS) antigen in urine by latex particle agglutination (LPA) may facilitate the rapid diagnosis of GBS sepsis. We sought to compare three commercial LPA assays with specimens that were spiked with type-specific antigen, group-specific antigen, or type III organisms. There were sensit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ascher DP,Wilson S,Fischer GW

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to find a reliable method for the detection and identification of fungi in fungus balls of the maxillary sinus and to evaluate the spectrum of fungi in these samples. One hundred twelve samples were obtained from patients with histologically proven fungal infections; 81 samples were paraffin-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Willinger B,Obradovic A,Selitsch B,Beck-Mannagetta J,Buzina W,Braun H,Apfalter P,Hirschl AM,Makristathis A,Rotter M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A competitive inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on a major surface protein 5 (MSP5) B-cell epitope conserved among Anaplasma species was used to detect goats infected with Anaplasma ovis. We examined strains of A. ovis isolated from goats in Kenya and demonstrated that MSP5 and the target B-ce...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ndung'u LW,Aguirre C,Rurangirwa FR,McElwain TF,McGuire TC,Knowles DP,Palmer GH

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00