Measurement of amikacin in serum by a latex agglutination inhibition test.

abstract：:Mycobacterium microti is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex of bacteria. This species was originally identified as a pathogen of small rodents and shrews and was associated with limited diversity and a much reduced spoligotype pattern. More recently, specific deletions of chromosomal DNA have been show...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith NH,Crawshaw T,Parry J,Birtles RJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic polymorphisms in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum mediate alterations in sensitivity to important antimalarial drugs. Surveillance for these polymorphisms is helpful in assessing the prevalence of drug resistance and designing strategies for malaria control. Multiple methods are available for the ass...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： LeClair NP,Conrad MD,Baliraine FN,Nsanzabana C,Nsobya SL,Rosenthal PJ

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV 16) plays a cardinal role in the pathogenesis of cervical cancer. HPV 16 has intratypic variants which show different geographical distributions and different oncogenic potentials. To analyze the presence of sequence variations of HPV 16 variants in northeast China, 71 cervical carcin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shang Q,Wang Y,Fang Y,Wei L,Chen S,Sun Y,Li B,Zhang F,Gu H

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymerase chain reaction was used to detect human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with exanthem subitum. Amplified products were detected by agarose gel electrophoresis and dot blot hybridization with a cloned DNA probe. No cross-hybridization with DNAs of five other ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kondo K,Hayakawa Y,Mori H,Sato S,Kondo T,Takahashi K,Minamishima Y,Takahashi M,Yamanishi K

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of the 10-micrograms clindamycin disk was evaluated for susceptibility testing of anaerobes by the aerobic thioglycolate broth disk method. A good correlation between the aerobic thioglycolate broth disk method and the reference agar dilution procedure of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Toohey KL,Kurzynski TA,Schell RF,Birk RJ,Zabransky RJ

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard broth microdilution (with and without bovine serum albumin [BSA] supplementation), tube dilution, and agar dilution susceptibility tests were compared for determining ramoplanin MICs. With a data base of 246 clinical isolates of gram-positive bacteria from 33 U.S. sites, it was shown that (i) agar and tube di...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kenny MT,Brackman MA

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed an easy and rapid detection and identification system for the diagnosis of mycobacterial diseases. The system is based on selective amplification by PCR of mycobacteria with primers based on the genes coding for 16S rRNA. During PCR, a label (digoxigenin-11-dUTP) is incorporated with biotinylated spe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： De Beenhouwer H,Liang Z,De Rijk P,Van Eekeren C,Portaels F

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid and accurate tests are currently needed to identify individuals with high levels of Loa loa microfilaria (mf), so that these individuals may be excluded from mass ivermectin administration campaigns against onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis being conducted in areas where Onchocerca volvulus, Wuchereria ban...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Drame PM,Fink DL,Kamgno J,Herrick JA,Nutman TB

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new direct immunofluorescence monoclonal antibody (DFA) method (Genetic Systems, Inc., Seattle, Wash.) for identification of Pneumocystis carinii in induced sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage specimens was compared in a blinded study with an established Giemsa stain method. We evaluated 148 consecutive clinical speci...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wolfson JS,Waldron MA,Sierra LS

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Broad-spectrum analysis for pathogens in patients with respiratory tract infections is becoming more relevant as the number of potential infectious agents is still increasing. Here we describe the new multiparameter RespiFinder assay, which is based on the multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) techno...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Reijans M,Dingemans G,Klaassen CH,Meis JF,Keijdener J,Mulders B,Eadie K,van Leeuwen W,van Belkum A,Horrevorts AM,Simons G

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A urease-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been developed for the detection of reagin antibodies in serum. Visuwell Reagin (ADI Diagnostics Inc., Rexdale, Ontario, Canada) is a non-treponemal screening test for the serodiagnosis of syphilis which has the benefits of large batch testing, automatabilit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： White TJ,Fuller SA

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 serotype C was found in 545 of 712 Ethiopian patients by peptide enzyme immunoassay. Serotyping failed in 146 samples due to the absence of V3 antibodies or multiple reactivities. In 6 of 34 samples, discordant results were obtained by serotyping and genotyping, possibly due to dive...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sherefa K,Sällberg M,Johansson B,Salminen M,Sönnerborg A

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CHROMagar Candida is a selective and differential chromogenic medium that has been shown to be useful for identification of Candida albicans, Candida krusei, Candida tropicalis, and perhaps Candida glabrata. Colony morphology and color have been well defined when CHROMagar Candida has been used to isolate yeast direct...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Horvath LL,Hospenthal DR,Murray CK,Dooley DP

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic neutralization in blood culture media from two automated systems was evaluated by measuring the recovery of organisms and times to detection in simulated cultures. Overall, BD Bactec Plus media (Bactec FX system) outperformed TREK 80 ml Redox media (VersaTREK system), although results suggest a relative rat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Miller NS,Rogan D,Orr BL,Whitney D

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An accurate, rapid, and inexpensive method was developed for detecting and enumerating bacteria adherent to Foley urinary catheters based on malachite green staining of acridine orange-prestained specimens. This method has proven to be quick and reliable and will find application in quantitative studies of biomaterial...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ladd TI,Schmiel D,Nickel JC,Costerton JW

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishment of latently infected cell lines from primary effusion lymphomas (PEL) presently is the most efficient system for the propagation of clinical strains of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) in culture. Here we describe a new approach to culture productively replicating HHV-8 from patient samples. A BJAB-derived B-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gasperini P,Barbierato M,Martinelli C,Rigotti P,Marchini F,Masserizzi G,Leoncini F,Chieco-Bianchi L,Schulz TF,Calabrò ML

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three variants of a Corynebacterium diphtheriae subsp. mitis strain belfanti, two toxigenic (phage types 7 and 11) and one nontoxigenic (phage type 7), were simultaneously isolated from the throat of an adult. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chang DN,Laughren GS,Chalvardjian NE

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:McCoy cells treated with cycloheximide, iododeoxyuridine, and DEAE-dextran and untreated McCoy cells were inoculated with two stock strains of Chlamydia trachomatis and with 231 urethral specimens from men, 53 (23%) of which contained C. trachomatis. Isolation rates, number and quality of inclusions, and quality of th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Benes S,McCormack WM

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus epidermidis, a human commensal, is a common cause of bacteremia in immunocompromised patients with indwelling medical devices. We report a case of isolated cervical adenitis caused by S. epidermidis in an immunocompetent patient and comment on the presumed pathogenesis. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ryan-Poirier K,Patrick CC

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-resolution melt (HRM) analysis can identify sequence polymorphisms by comparing the melting curves of amplicons generated by real-time PCR amplification. We describe the application of this technique to identify Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis types I, II, and III. The HRM approach was based on ty...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Castellanos E,Aranaz A,De Buck J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence of spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae was obtained from flea pools and individual ticks collected at three sites in northwestern Peru within the focus of an outbreak of febrile disease in humans attributed, in part, to SFG rickettsia infections. Molecular identification of the etiologic agents from these s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Blair PJ,Jiang J,Schoeler GB,Moron C,Anaya E,Cespedes M,Cruz C,Felices V,Guevara C,Mendoza L,Villaseca P,Sumner JW,Richards AL,Olson JG

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to a highly homogeneous genetic composition, the subtyping of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis strains to an epidemiologically relevant level remains intangible for pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). We reported previously on a highly discriminatory PFGE-based subtyping scheme for S. enterica serovar ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zheng J,Keys CE,Zhao S,Ahmed R,Meng J,Brown EW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histoplasmosis is an important systemic fungal infection, particularly among immunocompromised individuals, who may develop a progressive disseminated form which is often fatal if it is untreated. In such patients, the detection of antibody responses for both diagnosis and follow-up may be of limited use, whereas the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gómez BL,Figueroa JI,Hamilton AJ,Diez S,Rojas M,Tobón A,Restrepo A,Hay RJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia brasiliensis, the second most frequently isolated aerobic actinomycete in the clinical laboratory, is usually associated with localized cutaneous infections. However, 22% of 238 N. brasiliensis isolates from the United States and 12% of 66 isolates from Queensland, Australia, which had been collected over a 1...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wallace RJ Jr,Brown BA,Blacklock Z,Ulrich R,Jost K,Brown JM,McNeil MM,Onyi G,Steingrube VA,Gibson J

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A real-time PCR assay was developed targeting the bla(KPC) responsible for Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-mediated carbapenem resistance and was validated for testing colonies or enrichment broth cultures. The assay accurately detects KPC-containing strains with high analytical specificity and sensitivity. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mangold KA,Santiano K,Broekman R,Krafft CA,Voss B,Wang V,Hacek DM,Usacheva EA,Thomson RB Jr,Kaul KL,Peterson LR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of Staphylococcus aureus isolates with intermediate vancomycin susceptibility (VISA) and heteroresistance (hVISA) remains problematic. The population analysis profile/area under the curve (PAP/AUC) is the gold standard but is cumbersome. We compared the performance of two Etest screening methods (macromethod...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Riederer K,Shemes S,Chase P,Musta A,Mar A,Khatib R

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 4,409 stool specimens from infants less than 5 years of age seeking treatment for diarrhea in Matlab, Bangladesh, were tested for the presence of adenoviruses by using an enzyme immunoassay (EIA). EIA-positive stool samples were serotyped with monoclonal antibodies specific for adenovirus type 40 (Ad40) and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jarecki-Khan K,Tzipori SR,Unicomb LE

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This three-center collaborative study was conducted to evaluate samples of the Microbial Profile System (MPS) antimicrobial microdilution panels [previously produced by Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co., (3M Co.), St. Paul, Minn. and currently produced by Flow Laboratories, Inc., Rockville, Md.). This was a three-p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gerlach EH,Jones RN,Barry AL

更新日期：1983-03-01 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 Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) has revised several breakpoints since 2010 for bacteria that grow aerobically. In 2019, these revisions include changes to the ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin breakpoints for the Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, daptomycin breakpoints for Enterococcus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Humphries RM,Abbott AN,Hindler JA

更新日期：2019-05-24 00:00:00