Evaluation of colistin and nalidixic acid in Todd-Hewitt broth for selective isolation of group B streptocci.

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：:The technique of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) was adapted and optimized to study Haemophilus ducreyi isolates. A panel of 43 strains isolated from chancroid patients from different countries in Africa, Europe, North America, and Asia were characterized. The strains were also studied with respect to lipoolig...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mbwana J,Bölin I,Lyamuya E,Mhalu F,Lagergård T

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections due to biochemically typical Yersinia enterocolitica usually present as gastroenteritis, mesenteric lymphadenitis, terminal ileitis, and septicemia often with visceral abscesses. In these instances, the isolates have been biochemically typical and of well-established serotypes, namely 0:3 or 0:9 and, in the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bottone EJ

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scedosporium prolificans is a soil saprophyte that is associated with a large variety of infectious processes and with respiratory colonization in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. We report the first described case of S. prolificans keratouveitis associated with the intraocular long-term retention of a ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Arthur S,Steed LL,Apple DJ,Peng Q,Howard G,Escobar-Gomez M

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivation of penicillin and gentamicin in cultures was achieved by using monoclonal antibodies against these antibiotics. A viridans group streptococcus (penicillin MIC, less than or equal to 0.06 micrograms/ml) and Escherichia coli ATCC 35218 (gentamicin MIC, less than or equal to 1 microgram/ml) were able to grow...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sierra-Madero JG,Caulfield MJ,Hall GS,Washington JA

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether methicillin (meticillin)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates with low-level mupirocin resistance can serve as recipients of a pSK41-like plasmid conferring high-level mupirocin resistance without substantial fitness cost. Our results suggest that acquisition of the plasmid conferrin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mongkolrattanothai K,Pumfrey L,Mankin P,Gray BM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristics differentiating Escherichia coli strains that cause cystitis or pyelonephritis from fecal E. coli remain incompletely defined, particularly among adult women in the United States. Accordingly, phylogenetic group, O antigens, and virulence factors (VFs) were analyzed among 329 E. coli isolates from the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnson JR,Owens K,Gajewski A,Kuskowski MA

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：:By an immunomagnetic-bead (IMB) separation technique, isolation of Helicobacter pylori from gastrointestinal and fecal samples of gnotobiotic mice infected with the microorganism was tried. The isolation rate of H. pylori from stomach samples after IMB separation was not higher than that of direct culture of the sampl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Osaki T,Taguchi H,Yamaguchi H,Kamiya S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Leifson staining method was used to diagnose Helicobacter pylori infection and was compared to histology, culture, and the rapid urease test (RUT). Histology gave the best sensitivity (98%), compared to Leifson staining (97%), culture (92%), and RUT (85%) (P < 0.005). Leifson staining is a sensitive, rapid, econom...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Piccolomini R,Di Bonaventura G,Neri M,Di Girolamo A,Catamo G,Pizzigallo E

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus was isolated from the stools of two homosexual males. One was asymptomatic at the time of isolation. The other presented with diarrhea. Both isolates were initially grown at 42 degrees C. This organism should be included among the list of organisms that are found in homosexual males. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Devlin HR,McIntyre L

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antifungal susceptibility testing of pathogenic molds is being developed. A simple screening semisolid agar antifungal susceptibility (SAAS) test accurately measures susceptibilities of yeasts. The performance of the SAAS screening test for filamentous fungi was assessed by comparing MICs of four antifungals (amphoter...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kuzucu C,Rapino B,McDermott L,Hadley S

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended confirming positive screening tests for Chlamydia trachomatis when positive predictive values are <90%. It is accepted that less sensitive tests (i.e., culture and immunoassays) should not be used to confirm the results of more sensitive nucleic acid amplifica...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schachter J,Hook EW,Martin DH,Willis D,Fine P,Fuller D,Jordan J,Janda WM,Chernesky M

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:Infectious gastroenteritis is one of the most common diseases in young children. To clarify the infectious etiology of diarrhea in Danish children less than 5 years of age, we conducted a 2-year prospective case-control study. Stools from 424 children with diarrhea and 870 asymptomatic age-matched controls were examin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Olesen B,Neimann J,Böttiger B,Ethelberg S,Schiellerup P,Jensen C,Helms M,Scheutz F,Olsen KE,Krogfelt K,Petersen E,Mølbak K,Gerner-Smidt P

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously described sequence-based epidemiological typing method for clinical and environmental isolates of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 was extended by the investigation of three additional gene targets and modification of one of the previous targets. Excellent typeability, reproducibility, and epidemiologic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gaia V,Fry NK,Afshar B,Lück PC,Meugnier H,Etienne J,Peduzzi R,Harrison TG

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of coinfection of Campylobacter species in dogs was determined using four isolation methods. In 26% of the positive-testing stools, multiple Campylobacter species were identified. The use of multiple isolation methods as well as the time lapse between sampling and processing are important for detection ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Koene MG,Houwers DJ,Dijkstra JR,Duim B,Wagenaar JA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little information is available about the genetic variability of Leishmania populations and the possible correlations with ecoepidemiological features of leishmaniases. The present study was carried out in French Guiana, a country where cutaneous leishmaniases (CL) are endemic over the whole territory. The genetic pol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rotureau B,Ravel C,Nacher M,Couppié P,Curtet I,Dedet JP,Carme B

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：:There is a greatly increased interest in Herpesvirus hominis infections especially those of type 2 associated with genital lesions or neonatal disease. Physicians are eager to confirm the clinical impression with a specific virologic diagnosis such as isolation of the agent and its typing, and type-specific antibody r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hanna L,Keshishyan H,Jawetz E,Coleman VR

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of antibodies to dengue virus is described. This method correlates well with a hemagglutination inhibition technique. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay can also be specific for human immunoglobulin M antibodies when a mu-chain-specific antiglobulin-enzyme conj...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dittmar D,Cleary TJ,Castro A

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A passive hemagglutination (PHA) assay for antibody to Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin is described which utilizes chromic chloride-treated ovine erythrocytes coated with purified toxin. PHA antitoxin titers correlated well with those obtained by a cytotoxicity neutralization assay (r = 0.91, P less than 0.001), where...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pollack M,Taylor NS

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid detection and accurate identification of methicillin-resistant staphylococci are critical for the effective management of infections caused by these organisms. We describe a multiplex PCR-based assay for the direct detection of methicillin-resistant staphylococci from blood culture bottles (BacT/Alert; Organon-T...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Louie L,Goodfellow J,Mathieu P,Glatt A,Louie M,Simor AE

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A neutralizing monoclonal antibody, B37:1, against a human rotavirus (B37) with a "super-short" RNA pattern was derived. The antibody gave serotype-specific reactions with a panel of standard rotaviruses and was reactive in an enzyme immunoassay. Epidemiological studies of this new human serotype should now be possibl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tursi JM,Albert MJ,Bishop RF

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three human rotavirus (HRV) VP4 serotypes and one subtype have been described on the basis of a fourfold or an eightfold-or-greater difference in neutralization titer when tested with hyperimmune antisera to recombinant VP4 or VP8* (serotypes P1A, P1B, P2, and P3). To start to analyze the antigenic basis underlying se...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Padilla-Noriega L,Werner-Eckert R,Mackow ER,Gorziglia M,Larralde G,Taniguchi K,Greenberg HB

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartonella henselae or Bartonella elizabethae DNA from EDTA-anticoagulated blood samples obtained from four dogs was amplified and sequenced. The results showed that B. elizabethae should be added to the list of Bartonella species (i.e., B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii, B. henselae, and B. clarridgeiae) that are current...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mexas AM,Hancock SI,Breitschwerdt EB

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：:Paired serum samples from 93 patients suspected of having measles were assayed for measles virus-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies by an enzyme immunoassay (EIA), and the results were compared with results from a complement fixation assay and an EIA for measles virus IgG. By using significant serologic rises ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mayo DR,Brennan T,Cormier DP,Hadler J,Lamb P

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the plasmid profiles of 136 Shigella isolates in Bangladesh to determine whether plasmid profiles could be used for differentiation of strains for epidemiological studies. Many different plasmid patterns were observed within each species, indicating that many genetically different strains of Shigella are re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tacket CO,Shahid N,Huq MI,Alim AR,Cohen ML

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of previously described chemically defined media for the growth of Legionella pneumophila showed that these media supported poor growth of several strains of L. pneumophila and did not support growth of certain of the Legionella species described later. Growth was stimulated by the dialysate from yeast extr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pine L,Franzus MJ,Malcolm GB

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00