Detection of Clostridium difficile toxin in various tissue culture monolayers.

abstract：:We systematically evaluated 5 methods for testing daptomycin versus 48 Enterococcus faecalis, 51 Enterococcus faecium, and 50 Staphylococcus aureus isolates using (i and ii) broth microdilution (BMD) with 50-mg/liter calcium medium supplementation (reference method) and 30-mg/liter calcium medium supplementation (BMD3...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kirn TJ,Onyeaso E,Syed M,Weinstein MP

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared 14 molecular assays for their ability to detect the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples. Three approaches were followed. First, by using DNA from Mycobacterium bovis BCG, we determined the detection limits of the assays using routine molecular methods. Second, in orde...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Akkerman OW,van der Werf TS,de Boer M,de Beer JL,Rahim Z,Rossen JW,van Soolingen D,Kerstjens HA,van der Zanden AG

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 drug resistance (HIVDR) assays are important tools in clinical management of HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and surveillance of drug-resistant variants at population levels. The high cost associated with commercial assays hinders their use in resource-limited settings. We adopted and valid...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Inzaule S,Yang C,Kasembeli A,Nafisa L,Okonji J,Oyaro B,Lando R,Mills LA,Laserson K,Thomas T,Nkengasong J,Zeh C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the dried MicroScan microdilution panel, Synergy Quad plate agar dilution, and high-potency disk diffusion screening methods for the detection of high-level aminoglycoside resistance in 815 enterococcal bloodstream isolates. Agreement between the three methods was 99% when testing for high-level gentamicin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Murdoch DR,Mirrett S,Harrell LJ,Donabedian SM,Zervos MJ,Reller LB

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

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：:The binding of human immunoglobulin G by Fc receptors in herpes simplex virus (HSV)-infected cells can cause false-positive interpretations in the immunofluorescence test for HSV antibody. When the infected cell smears were treated with 10% glacial acetic acid for 5 min and rinsed in phosphate-buffered saline before t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gallo D

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the performance of the Rapidec Carba NP test, which was introduced recently into the market for the detection of carbapenemase production in a broad spectrum of β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates. In total, 252 clinical Enterobacteriaceae isolates that had been genetically ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hombach M,von Gunten B,Castelberg C,Bloemberg GV

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the Difco ESP 384 blood culture system with the pediatric Septi-Chek system for the detection of bloodstream infections in pediatric patients. A total of 10,762 blood culture sets included an ESP aerobic bottle and a Septi-Chek bottle. From these cultures, a total of 278 organisms classified as probable pa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Welby PL,Keller DS,Storch GA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing incidence of invasive aspergillosis, a life-threatening infection in immunocompromised patients, emphasizes the need to improve the diagnostic tools for this disease. We established a LightCycler-based real-time PCR assay to detect and quantify rapidly, specifically, and sensitively Aspergillus fumigatu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Spiess B,Buchheidt D,Baust C,Skladny H,Seifarth W,Zeilfelder U,Leib-Mösch C,Mörz H,Hehlmann R

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed and assessed the diagnostic value of a novel quantitative nested real-time (QNRT) PCR assay targeting the internal transcribed spacer region of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) in a guinea pig model of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Groups of 5 immunosuppressed animals that were infected using an aerosol chamber w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lengerova M,Kocmanova I,Racil Z,Hrncirova K,Pospisilova S,Mayer J,Najvar LK,Wiederhold NP,Kirkpatrick WR,Patterson TF

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development and application of a double-label immunofluorescence method which has the potential to screen for single or dual infections from any site, in single shell vial cultures, is described. In this study, a total of 1,141 ocular specimens were inoculated in shell vials, centrifuged at 15,000 X g for 1 h, inc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Walpita P,Darougar S

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-seven bacterial clones producing human recombinant monoclonal antibody Fab fragments (rFabs) reactive to herpes simplex virus (HSV) antigens were selected from a human combinatorial antibody library constructed in a phage-display vector by a panning procedure against an HSV lysate. Thirty-four of the HSV-specif...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cattani P,Rossolini GM,Cresti S,Santangelo R,Burton DR,Williamson RA,Sanna PP,Fadda G

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first reported case of native valve endocarditis caused by Engyodontium album. This fungus, rarely seen as a human pathogen, is separated from Tritirachium species by its lack of pigmentation and from Beauveria species by the presence of conidiogenous cells in whorls. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Augustinsky J,Kammeyer P,Husain A,deHoog GS,Libertin CR

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a colorimetric polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay in kit form to detect directly human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) proviral gag sequences in peripheral blood cells from 68 healthy blood donors, 51 subjects at risk for HIV infection, 122 patients with HIV-1 infection, 11 patients with indeter...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pane F,Buttò S,Gobbo ML,Franco M,Butteroni C,Pastore L,Maiorano G,Foggia M,Cataldo PT,Guarino A

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NucliSENS easyMAG automated system was compared to the column-based Qiagen method for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) or cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA extraction from whole blood before viral load determination using the corresponding R-gene amplification kits. Both extraction techniques exhibited a total agreement of 81.3% ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pillet S,Bourlet T,Pozzetto B

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dogs orally infected with Neorickettsia helminthoeca developed immunoglobulin G titers against Erlichia risticii, Erlichia sennetsu, and Erlichia canis similar to those against N. helminthoeca antigen, as determined by immunofluorescence. Western immunoblotting showed that the major common antigens shared among the mi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rikihisa Y

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus agalactiae causes severe invasive disease in humans and mastitis in cattle. Temporally matched bovine milk isolates and clinical human invasive isolates (52 each) collected in New York State over 18 months were characterized by molecular subtyping and phenotypic methods to probe the interspecies transmis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sukhnanand S,Dogan B,Ayodele MO,Zadoks RN,Craver MP,Dumas NB,Schukken YH,Boor KJ,Wiedmann M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method, using commercial disks to detect Escherichia coli mutator strains, is proposed. The breakpoint for detecting strains with a mutation frequency >/=5 x 10(-7) was established at >/=70 and >/=20 colonies in the inhibition zone of fosfomycin and rifampin disks, respectively, after seeding 100 microl of an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Galán JC,Tato M,Baquero MR,Turrientes C,Baquero F,Martinez JL

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), particularly livestock-associated MRSA (LA-MRSA) in pigs and pork. The genotypic relatedness of isolates on the farm, at slaughter, and at the retail level was assessed. Paired nasal and perianal swab sa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Molla B,Byrne M,Abley M,Mathews J,Jackson CR,Fedorka-Cray P,Sreevatsan S,Wang P,Gebreyes WA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The way in which the extensive use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has influenced the incidence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) among human immunodeficiency type 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients is not yet understood. The present study assessed whether the incidence of symptomatic VL in HIV-infected patients...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： de La Rosa R,Pineda JA,Delgado J,Macías J,Morillas F,Mira JA,Sánchez-Quijano A,Leal M,Lissen E

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 non-B subtypes/circulating recombinant forms (CRFs) are increasing worldwide. Since subtype identification can be clinically relevant, we assessed the added value in HIV-1 subtyping using updated molecular phylogeny (Mphy) and the performance of routinely used automated tools. Updated Mphy (2015 updated referenc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fabeni L,Berno G,Fokam J,Bertoli A,Alteri C,Gori C,Forbici F,Takou D,Vergori A,Zaccarelli M,Maffongelli G,Borghi V,Latini A,Pennica A,Mastroianni CM,Montella F,Mussini C,Andreoni M,Antinori A,Perno CF,Santoro MM,

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common causes of chronic diarrhea among travelers worldwide include protozoan parasites. The majority of parasitic infections are caused by Giardia duodenalis, Entamoeba histolytica, Cryptosporidium parvum, and Cryptosporidium hominis Similarly, these species cause the majority of parasitic diarrhea acquired in the Un...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Madison-Antenucci S,Relich RF,Doyle L,Espina N,Fuller D,Karchmer T,Lainesse A,Mortensen JE,Pancholi P,Veros W,Harrington SM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osiris is a video zone size reader for disk diffusion tests featuring a built-in extended expert system (EES). The efficacy of the EES for the identification of the beta-lactam susceptibility phenotypes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates was evaluated. Thirteen beta-lactams were tested in four laboratories by the disk...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bert F,Ould-Hocine Z,Juvin M,Dubois V,Loncle-Provot V,Lefranc V,Quentin C,Lambert N,Arlet G

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We implemented hospital information system (HIS) alerts to deter unnecessary test orders for ovum and parasite (O&P) exams and Clostridium difficile PCR. The HIS alerts decreased noncompliant O&P orders (orders after >72 h of hospitalization) from 49.8% to 30.9%, an overall decrease of 19%, and reduced noncompliant C....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Otto CC,Shuptar SL,Milord P,Essick CJ,Nevrekar R,Granovsky SL,Seo SK,Babady NE,Martin SC,Tang YW,Pessin MS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent genotypic survey of beta-lactam-resistant pneumococci recovered in different areas of United States during 1997, eight clonal types that each represented 3 to 40 isolates accounted for 134 of 144 isolates (G. Gherardi, C. Whitney, R. Facklam, and B. Beall, J. Infect. Dis. 181:216-229, 2000). We determined ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beall B,Gherardi G,Facklam RR,Hollingshead SK

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized patients tested for Clostridium difficile and determine the correlation between pretest probability for C. difficile infection (CDI) and assay results. Patients with testing ordered for C. difficile were enrolled and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kwon JH,Reske KA,Hink T,Burnham CA,Dubberke ER

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sheep and human erythrocytes, partially processed by Staphylococcus aureus or Clostridium perfringens, were susceptible to lysis in the presence of Propionibacterium acnes. P. acnes liberated a lipase that was detected on Tween 80 agar and also on phospholipase C-precipitated egg yolk agar. Such a lipase might have co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Choudhury TK

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serotyping scheme for Enterobacter cloacae based on heat-stable somatic antigens is described. A total of 28 antisera were prepared in rabbits, and titers of agglutinins were high (greater than 640). Some cross-reactions were observed, and 11 sera required absorption before routine use. Of 300 clinical isolates from...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gaston MA,Bucher C,Pitt TL

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four HIV rapid tests were subjected to field validation in Panama and compared to an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay/Multispot-based testing algorithm. The sensitivities of Determine, Uni-Gold, SD Bioline, and INSTI were 99.8%. The specificities of Determine, SD-Bioline, and Uni-Gold were 100%, and the specificity o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Juarez SI,Nuñez AE,Aranda MM,Mojica D,Kim AA,Parekh B

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an examination of arginine-utilizing Mycoplasma species, simple fluorogenic and chromogenic tests were used to demonstrate high levels of arginine aminopeptidase activity in unwashed, unconcentrated broth and agar cultures in all strains of 5 species and low levels of activity in all strains of 14 species. Four spe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ball HJ,Neill SD,Reid RL

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00