Experimental reproduction of Potomac horse fever in horses with a newly isolated Ehrlichia organism.

abstract：:The development of a novel normalized quantitative competitive real-time PCR on the LightCycler instrument (NQC-LC-PCR) and its application to the quantification of cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in clinical samples are described. A heterologous competitor DNA was spiked into test samples and served as an internal amplific...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stöcher M,Berg J

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method for determining the MICs for Aspergillus species with slant-shaking incubation is described. The method was rapid (24 h), produced sharp visual end points, and showed high reproducibility. Additionally, MICs measured by this method correlated well with, as well as were two- to sixfold lower than, those by...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yamada H,Kohno S,Maesaki S,Koga H,Kaku M,Hara K,Tanaka H

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that some, but not all, Escherichia coli strains isolated from urine adhere, in vitro, to the surface of uroepithelial or vaginal cells. In the present study, 212 strains, isolated from urine of 212 infected patients, were tested for adhesion by using an in vitro human cell line assay. A variable deg...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chabanon G,Hartley CL,Richmond MH

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vivo model of hub-related catheter sepsis in rabbits is reported. The model was used to investigate the protection offered by a new hub design against external contamination by Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Staphylococcus epidermidis and to reassess the diagnostic value of the semiquantitative culture method in bact...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Segura M,Alía C,Valverde J,Franch G,Torres Rodríguez JM,Sitges-Serra A

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a single-tube multiplex real-time PCR method for the detection of the eight most common Candida species causing septicemia: Candida albicans, C. dubliniensis, C. famata, C. glabrata, C. guilliermondii, C. krusei, C. parapsilosis, and C. tropicalis. The method developed targets the RNase P RNA gene RP...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Innings A,Ullberg M,Johansson A,Rubin CJ,Noreus N,Isaksson M,Herrmann B

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 49 adenovirus type 3 (Ad3) strains from patients with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis at an eye clinic in Sapporo, Japan, from 1983 to 1986 were classified into either genome type Ad3f (26 strains) or Ad3g (23 strains). By the use of Hinf1 and TaqI restriction endonucleases, they were classified into 11 and 3...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Itakura S,Aoki K,Sawada H,Shinagawa M

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen representative pathogenic bacterial species were used to create septicemia in rabbits, by injecting 10(6) colony-forming units into the marginal ear vein. At a selected time, usually 30 to 60 min after injection, heart blood was drawn into heparin and dispensed in 5.0-,0.5-, and 0.1-ml volumes into duplicate ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zierdt CH,Peterson DL,Swan JC,MacLowry JD

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified indirect hemagglutination test which enabled Pasteurella haemolytica to be serotyped in 3 h is described. There was 100% correlation with the conventional test for both the 15 prototype strains and the 50 field isolates. It was found that nonviable cultures could also be serotyped. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fraser J,Donachie W,Quirie M,Gilmour NJ

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimum essential medium supplemented with either 7% fetal bovine serum or 2% fetal bovine serum and 1.5% low protein serum replacement (Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo.) factor was used to evaluate the growth of Vero 76 cells (E-6 clone) in a cell culture bioreactor. Three different microcarriers, collagen-coated p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： White LA,Ades EW

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because strains of Staphylococcus aureus that are resistant to penicillinase-resistant penicillins may be difficult to detect in the clinical laboratory, a variety of changes in methodology have been suggested to increase their detection. In 1984, the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center experienced...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mulligan ME,Citron DM,Kwok RY,Wheelock JP,Farrohi FK,Hindler JA,Johnston L

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine-, cytochalasin B-, and cycloheximide-treated and untreated McCoy cells were inoculated with representative strains of Chlamydia trachomatis serotypes, as well as with clinical specimens from a pediatric population, and the quality and quantity of the cytoplasmic inclusions were ex...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： La Scolea LJ Jr,Keddell JE

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus influenzae type e biotype 4 was isolated from a single antemortem blood culture obtained from a 60-year-old, white male with abdominal carcinomatosis. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cawthern TH,Marraro RV,McCleskey FK

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated the diagnostic utility of eleven Toxoplasma gondii recombinant antigens (P22 [SAG2], P24 [GRA1], P25, P28 [GRA2], P29 [GRA7], P30 [SAG1], P35, P41 [GRA4], P54 [ROP2], P66 [ROP1], and P68) in immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM recombinant enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (Rec-ELISAs). Following an initi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aubert D,Maine GT,Villena I,Hunt JC,Howard L,Sheu M,Brojanac S,Chovan LE,Nowlan SF,Pinon JM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have amplified and sequenced the 5.8S and 28S ribosomal DNA genes and intergenic regions of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, strain Pb01. Using primers specifically designed for both ribosomal DNA regions, we were able to discriminate between P. brasiliensis and other human pathogenic fungi by PCR. The use of this mo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Motoyama AB,Venancio EJ,Brandão GO,Petrofeza-Silva S,Pereira IS,Soares CM,Felipe MS

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of chromosomal markers for rapid detection of Bacillus anthracis is difficult because significant chromosomal homology exists among B. anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis. We evaluated the bacterial gyrA gene as a potential chromosomal marker for B. anthracis. A real-time PCR assay wa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hurtle W,Bode E,Kulesh DA,Kaplan RS,Garrison J,Bridge D,House M,Frye MS,Loveless B,Norwood D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sputum specimens received for the diagnosis of tuberculosis or other mycobacterial infections were tested by a ligase chain reaction (LCR)-based assay and acid-fast stain and culture techniques. Results from the LCR assay (Abbott LCx Mycobacterium tuberculosis [MTB] Assay) were compared to results from standard cultur...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moore DF,Curry JI

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Routine bacterial cultures of corneal scrapings from seven cats with either ulcerative feline keratitis, keratomalacia, or both yielded colonies which were identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing as Mycoplasma felis (six cases) and Mycoplasma gateae (one case). Identification of the pathogens allowed the use of less em...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gray LD,Ketring KL,Tang YW

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma hominis most frequently causes diseases of the genitourinary tract. Extragenital infections are uncommon, with almost all occurring in immunosuppressed persons or those predisposed due to trauma or surgery. We present the case of a previously well man who developed an M. hominis-associated parapharyngeal ab...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kennedy KJ,Prince S,Makeham T

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are no previous reports of human infection due to Acinetobacter baylyi. In this study, we report on six patients with bacteremia due to A. baylyi, based on analysis of the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer and the 16S rRNA gene. All six patients had multiple underlying diseases. The infection was nosocomially acqui...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chen TL,Siu LK,Lee YT,Chen CP,Huang LY,Wu RC,Cho WL,Fung CP

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microflora associated with three dentoalveolar abscesses was determined by cultural and molecular methods. 16S rRNA genes were randomly amplified by means of conserved eubacterial primers and cloned. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the clones and amplified genes encoding 16S rRNA from the cult...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dymock D,Weightman AJ,Scully C,Wade WG

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two Hoffmann-La Roche products were evaluated in parallel for their ability to identify 321 strains of the family Enterobacteriaceae. The first product was the well-established Enterotube II, which correctly identified 90% of the isolates after 24 h of incubation. The second was the ID-E rotor, originally designed for...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Holmes B

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) due to Rhodococcus equi in an immunocompetent individual was successfully treated by combining surgery and antibiotics. The R. equi-targeted antimicrobial agents erythromycin and rifampin were used only after surgical resection of the lesion and identification of the infective or...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Napoleão F,Damasco PV,Camello TC,do Vale MD,de Andrade AF,Hirata R Jr,de Mattos-Guaraldi AL

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarium species are saprophytic molds which cause disseminated or localized infections in humans. Disseminated Fusarium infection can cause significant morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. We present a case of disseminated fusariosis caused by Fusarium verticillioides in a patient with acute lymphob...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tezcan G,Ozhak-Baysan B,Alastruey-Izquierdo A,Ogunc D,Ongut G,Yildiran ST,Hazar V,Cuenca-Estrella M,Rodriguez-Tudela JL

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Helicobacter pylori strains possessing the cag pathogenicity island (PaI) are associated with the development of gastroduodenal diseases, including gastric cancer. cag PaI products induce the secretion of interleukin-8 (IL-8) from epithelial cells and facilitate the translocation of CagA into the cell cytosol. In East...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhang Y,Argent RH,Letley DP,Thomas RJ,Atherton JC

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species of dermatophytes are classified into three anamorphic (asexual) genera, Epidermophyton, Microsporum, and Trichophyton. Conventional methods used to identify dermatophytes are often lengthy and may be inconclusive because of atypical microscopic or colony morphology. Based on the internal transcribed spacer 1 (...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Li HC,Bouchara JP,Hsu MM,Barton R,Chang TC

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) is causally associated with anal cancer, as HPV DNA is detected in up to 90% of anal intraepithelial neoplasias and anal cancers. With the gradual increase of anal cancer rates, there is a growing need to establish reliable and clinically relevant methods to detect anal cancer precursors. In...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Low HC,Silver MI,Brown BJ,Leng CY,Blas MM,Gravitt PE,Woo YL

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many truly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody-negative serum samples may be unnecessarily subjected to costly and time-consuming Western blots (immunoblots). An investigation was undertaken to evaluate the efficiency of using a recombinant protein-based enzyme immunosorbent assay (EIA; Cambridge BioScience [C...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lepine DG,Neumann PW,Frenette SL,O'Shaughnessy MV

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using a single synthetic oligonucleotide primer pair in the polymerase chain reaction, we amplified specific Shiga-like-toxin (SLT) gene segments from DNAs of 20 clinical Escherichia coli isolates, irrespective of whether they produce SLT-I, SLT-II, or heretofore uncategorized SLTs. These segments were not detectab...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Karch H,Meyer T

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera (920) were tested to evaluate the use of heated versus unheated sera in the hemagglutination treponemal test for syphilis. The heated and unheated samples were tested on the same day with the hemagglutination treponemal test for syphilis kit according to the manufacturer's protocol. Agreement of results between t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hambie EA,Larsen SA,Perryman MW,Pettit DE,Feeley JC

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00