Pseudomonas stutzeri pneumonia and septicemia in a patient with multiple myeloma.

abstract：:This report describes the results of an 11-laboratory study to determine if a cefoxitin broth microdilution MIC test could predict the presence of mecA in staphylococci. Using breakpoints of < or = 4 microg/ml for mecA-negative and > or = 6 or 8 microg/ml for mecA-positive isolates, sensitivity and specificity based o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Swenson JM,Brasso WB,Ferraro MJ,Hardy DJ,Knapp CC,Lonsway D,McAllister S,Reller LB,Sader HS,Shortridge D,Skov R,Weinstein MP,Zimmer BL,Patel JB

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A search has been made for corynebacterial phospholipase D, "ovis toxin," a sphingomyelinase (phosphatidylcholine phosphohydrolase, EC 3.1.4.4), among a wide variety of corynebacteria. Phospholipase D activity has been found in strains exhibiting the biochemical properties characteristic of Corynebacterium pseudotuber...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Barksdale L,Linder R,Sulea IT,Pollice M

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alere i RSV is a novel rapid test which applies a nicking enzyme amplification reaction to detect respiratory syncytial virus in point-of-care settings. In this study, we evaluated the Alere i RSV assay by using frozen nasopharyngeal swab samples that were collected in viral transport medium from children hospitalized...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peters RM,Schnee SV,Tabatabai J,Schnitzler P,Pfeil J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need to evaluate antiviral treatment response and the emergence of resistance have made the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viral load assay a major feature of the diagnostic monitoring of HIV-infected individuals. The objective of this study was to evaluate the utility of the recently In Vitro Diagnostic Medic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Oliver AR,Pereira SF,Clark DA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The newly formulated Mycobacterium kansasii AccuProbe was evaluated, and the results obtained with the new version were compared to the results obtained with the old version of this test by using 116 M. kansasii strains, 1 Mycobacterium gastri strain, and 19 strains of several mycobacterial species. The sensitivity of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Richter E,Niemann S,Rüsch-Gerdes S,Hoffner S

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported an outbreak of invasive aspergillosis in the major heart surgery unit of Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain (T. Peláez, P. Muñoz, J. Guinea, M. Valerio, M. Giannella, C. H. W. Klaassen, and E. Bouza, Clin. Infect. Dis., in press). Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated from clinical samples from...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Guinea J,García de Viedma D,Peláez T,Escribano P,Muñoz P,Meis JF,Klaassen CH,Bouza E

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodotorula species are emerging pathogens in immunocompromised patients. We report the in vitro activities of eight antifungals against 64 Rhodotorula isolates collected in surveillance programs between 1987 and 2003. Rhodotorula strains are resistant in vitro to fluconazole (MIC at which 50% of the isolates tested a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Diekema DJ,Petroelje B,Messer SA,Hollis RJ,Pfaller MA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from Brucella-infected bovines were analyzed by immunoblotting by using sonicated cell extracts of B. melitensis or B. abortus and a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with monoclonal antibodies against outer membrane proteins (OMPs) with molecular masses of 10, 16.5, 19, 25 to 27, 36 to 38, an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cloeckaert A,Kerkhofs P,Limet JN

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simple sample-processing methods for PCR detection of Porphyromonas gingivalis, a major pathogen causing adult periodontitis, from saliva were studied. The ability to detect P. gingivalis from 118 salivary samples by PCR after boiling and Chelex 100 processing was compared with bacterial culture. P. gingivalis was det...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mättö J,Saarela M,Alaluusua S,Oja V,Jousimies-Somer H,Asikainen S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typical and atypical Campylobacter strains were isolated from the colons of cattle and swine by techniques that enabled the selective pressures of antibiotics to be avoided. Some cephalothin-susceptible strains and a strain with an indeterminate hippurate reaction were classified as Campylobacter coli by DNA homology ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ng LK,Taylor DE,Stiles ME

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report Campylobacter fetus meningitis associated with endocarditis in a 75-year-old diabetic man after he consumed raw liver. C. fetus was isolated from blood samples and cerebrospinal fluid. Cure was obtained with combined intravenous imipenem-gentamicin for 4 weeks; no relapse occurred after 6 months of follow-up...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Suy F,Le Dû D,Roux AL,Hanachi M,Dinh A,Crémieux AC

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a stress test, the recently introduced RapID CB Plus system (Remel Inc. [formerly Innovative Diagnostic Systems], Norcross, Ga.) was challenged with a diverse set of gram-positive rods comprising 345 strains of coryneform bacteria and 33 strains of Listeria spp. representing a total of 49 different taxa. Overall, w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Funke G,Peters K,Aravena-Roman M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serogrouping of Bacteroides nodosus is based on antigenic differences in fimbriae of the different New Zealand prototype strains. Because of the time needed to isolate and grow pure cultures of B. nodosus and the difficulty in distinguishing between different serogroups because of cross-agglutination, a new DNA-based ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： John GH,Carlson JO,Kimberling CV,Ellis RP

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A uracil-to-cytosine mutation at nucleotide position 472 of oral poliovirus vaccine type 3 (OPV3) contributes to the development of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP). To analyze OPV3 shedding patterns, we previously used the multistep method of mutant analysis by PCR and enzyme cleavage (MAPREC). This ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gnanashanmugam D,Falkovitz-Halpern MS,Dodge A,Fang M,Wong LJ,Esparza M,Hammon R,Rivas-Merelles EE,Santos JI,Maldonado Y

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia cyriacigeorgica is a recently characterized species within the genus of Nocardia. We report a brain abscess, following a primary pulmonary colonization, due to this species in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient. This case confirms that isolation of Nocardia in sputum is associated with a high ris...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Barnaud G,Deschamps C,Manceron V,Mortier E,Laurent F,Bert F,Boiron P,Vinceneux P,Branger C

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Widespread use of conjugate pneumococcal polysaccharide-protein vaccines may alter the spectrum of pneumococci producing invasive disease. Novel sensitive diagnostic methods would be valuable for monitoring the epidemiology of pneumococcal disease within populations and vaccine recipients. Ideally, these methods shoul...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Leeming JP,Cartwright K,Morris R,Martin SA,Smith MD,South-West Pneumococcus Study Group.

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymerase chain reaction was used to detect genomic sequences of the positive-stranded RNA of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a member of the family Togaviridae. Using a set of 20-bp primers located within the conserved 3' region of the BVDV genome, we were able to consistently amplify a 205-bp target sequenc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lopez OJ,Osorio FA,Donis RO

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combination of two systems for the serotyping of Edwardsiella tarda developed independently at the National Institute of Health, Tokyo, Japan, and the Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Ga., has enabled a single serotyping scheme comprising 61 O groups and 45 H antigens to be established for international use. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tamura K,Sakazaki R,McWhorter AC,Kosako Y

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from patients with paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), histoplasmosis (HP), or Jorge Lobo's disease (JL) were titrated against purified gp43 from Paracoccidioides brasiliensis by using both enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunoprecipitation (IPP) reactions with 125I-labeled antigens. In IPP, PCM sera and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Puccia R,Travassos LR

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) nonstructural 1 (NS1) protein constitute a marker of natural JEV infection among populations vaccinated with inactivated JE vaccine. In Japan, with few recent human JE cases, the natural infection rate is critical to evaluate the necessity of continuing JE vaccination. A...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Konishi E,Shoda M,Ajiro N,Kondo T

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a previous survey, five extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing enterobacteria (ESBLE) (two Enterobacter aerogenes isolates expressing TEM-24 b, two Escherichia coli isolates expressing TEM-21 or TEM-24 b, and one Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate expressing SHV-4/TEM-15) responsible for urinary tract inf...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Arpin C,Dubois V,Maugein J,Jullin J,Dutilh B,Brochet JP,Larribet G,Fischer I,Quentin C

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testing efforts for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been burdened by the scarcity of testing materials and personal protective equipment for health care workers. The simple and painless process of saliva collection allows for widespread testing, but enthusiasm is hampered by variable ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yee R,Truong TT,Pannaraj PS,Eubanks N,Gai E,Jumarang J,Turner L,Peralta A,Lee Y,Dien Bard J

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 189 Candida albicans isolates have been typed by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. The results obtained confirm the clonal mode of reproduction of C. albicans. The C. albicans populations found in the oropharynx of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, in the oropharynx of healthy carriers,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boerlin P,Boerlin-Petzold F,Goudet J,Durussel C,Pagani JL,Chave JP,Bille J

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transferable plasmid encoding SHV-12 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, TEM-116, and aminoglycoside resistance was responsible for two sequential clonal outbreaks of Enterobacter cloacae and Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria. A similar plasmid was present among isolates of four different bacterial species. Recognition...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Naiemi NA,Duim B,Savelkoul PH,Spanjaard L,de Jonge E,Bart A,Vandenbroucke-Grauls CM,de Jong MD

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterium with a spiral shape and bipolar, single, sheathed flagella was isolated from the livers of mice with active, chronic hepatitis. The bacteria also colonized the cecal and colonic mucosae of mice. The bacterium grew at 37 degrees C under microaerophilic and anaerobic conditions, rapidly hydrolyzed urea, was ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fox JG,Dewhirst FE,Tully JG,Paster BJ,Yan L,Taylor NS,Collins MJ Jr,Gorelick PL,Ward JM

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection via perinatal transmission is common in the Asia-Pacific region, but related quasispecies (QS) characteristics are not yet defined. To investigate the homologous, full-length HBV QS after perinatal infection and their clinical implications, five pairs of mother-daughter patien...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liu F,Yu DM,Huang SY,Yu JL,Zhang DH,Gong QM,Zhang XX

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species of the genus Bartonella are currently recognized in growing numbers and are involved in an increasing variety of human diseases, mainly trench fever, Carrion's disease, bacillary angiomatosis, endocarditis, cat scratch disease, neuroretinitis, and asymptomatic bacteremia. Such a wide spectrum of infections mak...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Houpikian P,Raoult D

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The L1 major capsid proteins of six human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) strains were expressed in insect cells by using recombinant baculoviruses. Virus-like particles (VLPs) which appeared similar to empty virions were identified by electron microscopy for all HPV strains investigated. However, the yield of VLPs pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Touze A,El Mehdaoui S,Sizaret PY,Mougin C,Muñoz N,Coursaget P

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi expresses a conserved, species-specific 39-kDa protein (P39) that can stimulate antibodies during human infection. To confirm that anti-P39 antibodies are produced consistently in animals exposed to infectious spirochetes, white-footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus, and laboratory white mice, Mus musc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Simpson WJ,Burgdorfer W,Schrumpf ME,Karstens RH,Schwan TG

更新日期：1991-02-01 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