Isolation of Bacteroides fragilis from the feces of diarrheic calves and lambs.

abstract：:We developed a highly specific, sensitive, and economical hemadsorption immunosorbent technique for the detection of dengue-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody. The technique is based on the reaction of human sera with anti-human IgM immobilized onto a solid phase followed by the detection of dengue-specific IgM ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gunasegaran K,Lim TW,Ahmed A,Aaskov JG,Lam SK,Pang T

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared a direct fluorescent-antibody stain (DFA) and an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) with a standard cell culture technique for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women in an urban family practice setting. We also evaluated a DFA sample in a commercial laboratory to determine the interlaboratory reli...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gann PH,Herrmann JE,Candib L,Hudson RW

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated the diagnostic utility of six antigenic regions of the Toxoplasma gondii MIC2, MIC3, M2AP, GRA3, GRA7, and SAG1 gene products, assembled in recombinant chimeric antigens by genetic engineering, in order to replace the soluble, whole-cell tachyzoite extract in serological assays. Serum samples from 10...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beghetto E,Spadoni A,Bruno L,Buffolano W,Gargano N

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The toluidine red unheated serum test (TRUST) antigen, a macroscopic flocculation test antigen developed by Pettit et al. (J. Clin. Microbiol. 18:1141-1145, 1983) by modifying the color-coded antigen of Kasatiya and Lambert (Appl. Microbiol. 28:317-318, 1974), was compared with the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Parham CE,Pettit DE,Larsen SA,Hambie EA,Perryman MW,McGrew BE

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The classification of viruses is relevant to a number of scientific and clinical disciplines, including the practice of diagnostic virology. Here, we provide an update to our previous review of taxonomic changes for disease-causing viruses in humans and vertebrate animals, covering changes between 2018 and 2020. Recen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Loeffelholz MJ,Fenwick BW

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) remains a common cause of morbidity, with three-quarters of women affected during their lifetimes. Use of antibiotics is an acknowledged trigger for VVC, which adversely affects women's physical and emotional health. Knowledge of patterns of genital Candida species-level identification i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pirotta MV,Garland SM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure was developed for characterization of Chlamydia trachomatis strains by using restriction endonuclease analysis of amplified genes of the major outer membrane protein (MOMP). Reference strains of the 15 serovars (A through K and L1 through L3) and clinical isolates were tested. The nucleotide sequences of t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rodriguez P,Vekris A,de Barbeyrac B,Dutilh B,Bonnet J,Bebear C

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed an accurate nonradioactive colony hybridization assay (NCHA) using a digoxigenin-labeled polynucleotide probe and an antidigoxigenin alkaline phosphatase conjugate for the identification of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) harboring genes for colonization factor antigen I (CFA/I), coli surface anti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sommerfelt H,Grewal HM,Gaastra W,Svennerholm AM,Bhan MK

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we compared a recently developed PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) assay with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) using three different Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains to understand whether repeated subculture in vitro and prolonged storage at room tempera...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shima K,Wu Y,Sugimoto N,Asakura M,Nishimura K,Yamasaki S

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Counterimmunoelectrophoresis was compared with electron microscopy for detection of human reovirus-like agent in fecal specimens. Both tests gave very similar results. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Spence L,Fauvel M,Petro R,Bloch S

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined Enterococcus faecalis strains clinically isolated from 100 patients with urinary tract infections (UTIs) for their susceptibility to levofloxacin (LVX) by measuring the MIC and investigated amino acid mutations by direct DNA sequencing, which were then correlated with LVX resistance. Next, we studied risk ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yasufuku T,Shigemura K,Shirakawa T,Matsumoto M,Nakano Y,Tanaka K,Arakawa S,Kawabata M,Fujisawa M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbiological and molecular characteristics of the rickettsiae isolated from humans with Queensland tick typhus (QTT) caused by Rickettsia australis and the recently described Flinders Island spotted fever (FISF) were compared. Clinically and serologically, the diseases are similar. Cell culture reveals differen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Baird RW,Lloyd M,Stenos J,Ross BC,Stewart RS,Dwyer B

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sapporo-like viruses (SLVs) are associated with acute gastroenteritis in humans. Due to a limited supply of available reagents for diagnosis, little is known about the incidence and pathogenicity of these viruses. We have developed a first-generation generic reverse transcriptase (RT) PCR assay based on a single prime...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vinjé J,Deijl H,van der Heide R,Lewis D,Hedlund KO,Svensson L,Koopmans MP

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The object of this study was to develop a test that would measure antibodies directed against group B streptococcal types Ia, Ib, Ic, II, and III. The type-specific carbohydrate antigens were purified, labeled with 125I, and used to develop a radioimmunoassay. This procedure should be particularly useful in testing hu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wilkinson HW,Jones WL

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively studied 156 patients with a diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia requiring admission. Several respiratory specimens were obtained for the detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae by cell culture and PCR. Three serum samples were obtained from each patient. Serological diagnosis of a C. pneumoniae infect...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Verkooyen RP,Willemse D,Hiep-van Casteren SC,Joulandan SA,Snijder RJ,van den Bosch JM,van Helden HP,Peeters MF,Verbrugh HA

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV) causes acute and relapsing symptoms characterized by ulcerative lesions. Laboratory diagnosis of HSV in cutaneous or mucocutaneous lesions has historically been performed with the use of viral cell culture systems; however, these tests are laborious and suffer decreased sensitivity for advan...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Faron ML,Ledeboer NA,Patel A,Beqa SH,Yen-Lieberman B,Kohn D,Leber AL,Mayne D,Northern WI,Buchan BW

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the first isolation of a new Shigella flexneri serotype, designated 4s, in Beijing, China. Genotypic and phenotypic profiling suggests that this isolate is a clone of the S. flexneri serotype X variant reference strain. Of particular concern is the multidrug resistance exhibited by this isolate. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Qiu S,Wang Z,Chen C,Liu N,Jia L,Liu W,Wang L,Hao R,Zhang L,Wang Y,Song H

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given that the integration of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) into the host genome occurs preferentially with the disruption of the E2 gene, a ratio of E2 to E7 gene copies is often used as a marker for integration. It is largely undetermined, however, whether ratio estimates are affected by HPV intratypic variat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jiang M,Baseman JG,Koutsky LA,Feng Q,Mao C,Kiviat NB,Xi LF

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A commercially available endotoxin assay (CS-TAL) employing a chromogenic peptide and an amebocyte lysate from the Japanese horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, gave a positive result with aqueous extracts of all 15 strains of Candida albicans and 1 strain each of Candida tropicalis, Cryptococcus neoformans, and a ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hodes DS,Heon D,Hass A,Hyatt AC,Hodes HL

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shortly after adopting a 6-week-old cat, a veterinarian was bitten on the left index finger. Within 3 weeks, he developed headache, fever, and left axillary lymphadenopathy. Initial blood cultures from the cat and veterinarian were sterile. Repeat cultures from the cat grew Bartonella-like organisms with lophotrichous...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kordick DL,Hilyard EJ,Hadfield TL,Wilson KH,Steigerwalt AG,Brenner DJ,Breitschwerdt EB

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival of anaerobic and aerobic bacteria in a commercially available, non-supportive, gassed (oxygen-free) transport container (Anaport) was evaluated quantitatively. Saline-suspended obligate anaerobes survived significantly better in the gassed container in aerobic control tubes (P less than 0.025, t test), and co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chow AW,Cunningham PJ,Guze LB

更新日期：1976-02-01 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：:Direct tube coagulase testing for identification of Staphylococcus aureus from BACTEC culture broth showed a sensitivity, a specificity, and positive and negative predicative values of 34%, 100%, 100%, and 80.2% with 2 h of incubation and 65%, 98.7, 99.7%, and 88.6% with 4 h of incubation. Anaerobic blood culture cont...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Qian Q,Eichelberger K,Kirby JE

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively compared the utility of a fungal isolation device (Isolator) versus conventional techniques for recovering fungal organisms from blood cultures obtained from neutropenic cancer patients. Positive cultures were deemed true pathogens, possible pathogens, or contaminants according to laboratory and cli...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Creger RJ,Weeman KE,Jacobs MR,Morrissey A,Parker P,Fox RM,Lazarus HM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the molecular epidemiologic characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains have demonstrated their genetic and geographical diversity. In addition, it has been reported that there are genetic differences between community-associated (CA) and health care-associated (HA) MRSA st...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Park C,Lee DG,Kim SW,Choi SM,Park SH,Chun HS,Choi JH,Yoo JH,Shin WS,Kang JH,Kim JH,Lee SY,Kim SM,Pyun BY

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, rapid procedure to separate Pneumocystis carinii obtained by lavage of lungs of steroid-treated rats from rat leukocytes is described. Commercially available monoclonal antibody to rat common leukocyte determinants is used to sediment the leukocytes, resulting in supernatant fluid containing P. carinii cells...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pesanti EL,McCarron BA

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of the novel BACTEC MGIT 960 pyrazinamide (PZA) kit (Becton Dickinson Microbiology Systems, Sparks, Md.) was assessed for testing of susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to PZA. Results generated by the BACTEC MGIT 960 system (Becton Dickinson) were compared with those obtained with the BACTEC ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfyffer GE,Palicova F,Rüsch-Gerdes S

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobes are an important but uncommon cause of bloodstream infections (BSIs). For pediatric patients, routine inclusion of an anaerobic blood culture alongside the aerobic remains controversial. We implemented automatic anaerobic blood culture alongside aerobic blood cultures in a pediatric emergency department (ED)...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dien Bard J,Chang TP,Yee R,Manshadi K,Lichtenfeld N,Choi HJ,Festekjian A

更新日期：2020-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CMRSA) strains are being isolated with increasing frequency around the world. In Western Australia CMRSA are endemic in geographically remote communities and have been found to belong to five different contour-clamped homogeneous electric field (CHEF) electrophore...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： O'Brien FG,Lim TT,Chong FN,Coombs GW,Enright MC,Robinson DA,Monk A,Saïd-Salim B,Kreiswirth BN,Grubb WB

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four of eleven affected dogs died despite aggressive treatment during a 2015 focal outbreak of hemorrhagic gastroenteritis following a stay in a pet housing facility. Routine diagnostic investigations failed to identify a specific cause. Virus isolation from fresh necropsy tissues yielded a calicivirus with sequence h...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Renshaw RW,Griffing J,Weisman J,Crofton LM,Laverack MA,Poston RP,Duhamel GE,Dubovi EJ

更新日期：2018-04-25 00:00:00