New cause for false-positive results with the cryptococcal antigen test by latex agglutination.

abstract：:In an evaluation of the API 20NE for the identification of Burkholderia spp., 792/800 (99%) Burkholderia pseudomallei and 17/19 (89%) B. cepacia isolates were correctly identified but 10 B. mallei and 98 B. thailandensis isolates were not correctly identified. A latex agglutination test was positive for 796/800 (99.5%...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Amornchai P,Chierakul W,Wuthiekanun V,Mahakhunkijcharoen Y,Phetsouvanh R,Currie BJ,Newton PN,van Vinh Chau N,Wongratanacheewin S,Day NP,Peacock SJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：:A quantitative PCR assay for the detection of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) (variants A and B) and HHV-7 DNAs in clinical samples was developed. The assay uses a nonhomologous internal standard (IS) for each virus that is coamplified with the wild-type target sequence in the same vial and with the same pair of primers. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Secchiero P,Zella D,Crowley RW,Gallo RC,Lusso P

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We implemented hospital information system (HIS) alerts to deter unnecessary test orders for ovum and parasite (O&P) exams and Clostridium difficile PCR. The HIS alerts decreased noncompliant O&P orders (orders after >72 h of hospitalization) from 49.8% to 30.9%, an overall decrease of 19%, and reduced noncompliant C....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Otto CC,Shuptar SL,Milord P,Essick CJ,Nevrekar R,Granovsky SL,Seo SK,Babady NE,Martin SC,Tang YW,Pessin MS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surveillance methods that measure St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) virus activity in nature may provide forewarning of its epidemic occurrence in humans. An antigen capture enzyme immunoassay was developed to detect SLE virus in infected mosquitoes. The assay detected purified SLE viral antigen at a concentration of 62 pg...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tsai TF,Bolin RA,Montoya M,Bailey RE,Francy DB,Jozan M,Roehrig JT

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have conducted an international quality assurance study of filovirus, Lassa virus, and orthopox virus PCR with 24 participants. Of the participating laboratories, 45.8 and 66.7% detected virus in all plasma samples, which contained > or = 5,000 and > or = 100,000 copies per ml, respectively. Sensitivity levels were...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Niedrig M,Schmitz H,Becker S,Günther S,ter Meulen J,Meyer H,Ellerbrok H,Nitsche A,Gelderblom HR,Drosten C

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera representing 16 different primate species were surveyed by indirect immunofluorescence for evidence of antibody to Legionella pneumophila. The presence of antibody in Old and New World monkeys and in apes supports previous observations of the ubiquity of Legionella pneumophila. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Helmke RJ,Kalter SS,Heberling RL

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of centrifugation (700 x g, 60 min) in a plaque assay markedly increased (mean, 2.9-fold) the infectivity of all 42 influenza virus strains tested, compared with no centrifugation. Of 13 influenza virus strains isolated from 390 clinical specimens, 9 (69%) were efficiently isolated by the centrifugation assay ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Seno M,Kanamoto Y,Takao S,Takei N,Fukuda S,Umisa H

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus ducreyi ATCC 33922, a virulent, well-characterized strain, was used to construct a genomic library in a bacteriophage expression vector. Three DNA fragments were selected for use as probes on the basis of their ability to encode H. ducreyi-specific proteins, as demonstrated by reactivity with rabbit polycl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Parsons LM,Shayegani M,Waring AL,Bopp LH

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to compare methods for subtyping Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B isolates, 96 isolates obtained from various locations in the United States and northwestern Europe were subtyped by five methods: monoclonal antibody (MAb)-based serotyping and serosubtyping, DNA macrorestriction analysis by pulsed-field gel ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Swaminathan B,Matar GM,Reeves MW,Graves LM,Ajello G,Bibb WF,Helsel LO,Morales M,Dronavalli H,el-Swify M,DeWitt W,Hunter SB

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive rolling-circle amplification (RCA)-based method utilizing species-specific padlock probes targeted to the internal transcribed spacer 2 region of the fungal ribosomal DNA gene complex was developed. The assay was rapid (2 hours) and specific. Of 28 fungal isolates (16 of Candida, six of Aspergillus, and si...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhou X,Kong F,Sorrell TC,Wang H,Duan Y,Chen SC

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rose Bengal and counterimmunoelectrophoresis, two tests that detect antibodies against different structural antigens, when carried out on spinal fluid permitted rapid diagnosis of human Brucella meningitis. The Rose Bengal test was positive in five out of five patients studied, and counterimmunoelectrophoresis was pos...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Díaz R,Maraví-Poma E,Delgado G,Rivero A

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High incidence rates of isoniazid-, rifampin-, and multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis have been reported in countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU). Genotypic (unlike phenotypic) drug resistance assays do not require viable cultures but require accurate knowledge of both the target gene and the mutations associat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nikolayevsky V,Brown T,Balabanova Y,Ruddy M,Fedorin I,Drobniewski F

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaginal isolates of Candida albicans from human immunodeficiency virus-positive (HIV+) and HIV- women with or without candidal vaginitis were examined for secretory aspartyl proteinase (Sap) production in vitro and in vivo and for the possible correlation of Sap production with pathology and antimycotic susceptibility...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： de Bernardis F,Mondello F,Scaravelli G,Pachì A,Girolamo A,Agatensi L,Cassone A

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella bronchiseptica and toxigenic Pasteurella multocida are the etiologic agents of swine atrophic rhinitis. Methods currently used for their identification are time-consuming and suffer from a lack of sensitivity. We describe a colony lift-hybridization assay for detection of B. bronchiseptica and toxigenic P. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Register KB,Lee RM,Thomson C

更新日期：1998-11-01 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 increased incidence of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease in two hospitals prompted investigation of possible environmental sources. In the search for an effective DNA-typing technique for use in hospital epidemiology, the performance and convenience of three methods-SfiI macrorestriction analysis (MRA), amplified f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jonas D,Meyer HG,Matthes P,Hartung D,Jahn B,Daschner FD,Jansen B

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection is a common complication in late-stage AIDS. We describe a patient seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus with a disseminated infection caused by mycobacteria. Acid-fast rods were visible by microscopy in stool and bone marrow and in specimens from skin, liver, spleen,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kirschner P,Vogel U,Hein R,Böttger EC

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lyme disease-associated spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, is maintained in enzootic cycles involving Ixodes ticks and small mammals. Previous studies demonstrated that B. burgdorferi expresses outer surface protein A (OspA) but not OspC when residing in the midgut of unfed ticks. However, after ticks feed on blood...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schwan TG,Piesman J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercially available latex agglutination and coagglutination reagents were evaluated for their ability to detect bacterial antigens in the sera of 165 patients to determine their suitability for rapid diagnosis of pneumonia. These reagents were used to detect the polysaccharide capsular antigens of Haemophilus influ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martin SJ,Hoganson DA,Thomas ET

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reference strains of serotypes 1 to 12 of Actinobacillus (Haemophilus) pleuropneumoniae were cultured in Eagle minimal essential medium with 10% Serum Plus. Culture supernatants were examined for cytotoxicity to alveolar macrophages and for the ability to hemolyze sheep erythrocytes. All strains except the reference s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kamp EM,van Leengoed LA

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rothia spp. are Gram-positive cocco-bacilli that cause a wide range of serious infections, especially in immunocompromised hosts. Risk factors for Rothia mucilaginosa (previously known as Stomatococcus mucilaginosus) bacteremia include prolonged and profound neutropenia, malignancy, and an indwelling vascular foreign ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ramanan P,Barreto JN,Osmon DR,Tosh PK

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study estimated the regional and age- and gender-specific seroprevalences of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 in Ontario, Canada. Stored serum specimens from subjects aged 15 to 44 years, including men (n = 979), women not under prenatal care (n = 638), and women under prenatal care (n = 701) submitt...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Howard M,Sellors JW,Jang D,Robinson NJ,Fearon M,Kaczorowski J,Chernesky M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred ninety isolates of Escherichia coli were investigated for the production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs). Fourteen (4.8%) of the 290 strains were found to produce ESBLs. Each of the 14 strains produced one or two ESBLs, as follows: 10 strains produced TEM-52, 1 strain produced SHV-2a, 1 strain...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pai H,Lyu S,Lee JH,Kim J,Kwon Y,Kim JW,Choe KW

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytochrome b (cytb) gene quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay was developed to diagnose malaria in travelers. First, manual and automated DNA extractions were compared and automated DNA extraction of 400 μl of blood was found to be more efficient. Sensitivity was estimated using the WHO international standard for Plasmodiu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Farrugia C,Cabaret O,Botterel F,Bories C,Foulet F,Costa JM,Bretagne S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study of nasopharyngeal colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae was performed among 573 children attending 29 day-care centers (DCCs) in Norway prior to the start of mass vaccination with the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7). A sensitive sampling method was employed, including tr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vestrheim DF,Høiby EA,Aaberge IS,Caugant DA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CLSI (formerly NCCLS) M38-A document for antifungal susceptibility testing of filamentous fungi does not describe guidelines for echinocandins. A multicenter study (eight centers) evaluated inter- and intralaboratory reproducibilities of two reading times (24 and 48 h or 48 and 72 h) and two end points (MICs and m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Espinel-Ingroff A,Fothergill A,Ghannoum M,Manavathu E,Ostrosky-Zeichner L,Pfaller MA,Rinaldi MG,Schell W,Walsh TJ

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the Phoenix automated microbiology system (BD Diagnostic Systems, Sparks, MD) for the identification (ID) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of challenge and clinical staphylococci and enterococci recovered from patients in a tertiary-care medical center. In total, 424 isolates were tested: 90...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Carroll KC,Borek AP,Burger C,Glanz B,Bhally H,Henciak S,Flayhart DC

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An association between (unculturable) gastrospirillum-like organisms (GLO) and ulcerative lesions in the pars oesophagea in stomachs of swine has been claimed. In dogs GLO detected by microscopy may represent several Helicobacter species or subspecies. Therefore we investigated which Helicobacter spp. are present in s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Roosendaal R,Vos JH,Roumen T,van Vugt R,Cattoli G,Bart A,Klaasen HL,Kuipers EJ,Vandenbroucke-Grauls CM,Kusters JG

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is, in contrast to non-type b H. influenzae, associated with severe invasive disease, such as meningitis and epiglottitis, in small children. To date, accurate H. influenzae capsule typing requires PCR, a time-consuming and cumbersome method. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionizat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Månsson V,Resman F,Kostrzewa M,Nilson B,Riesbeck K

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00