Modified coagglutination procedure for the serological grouping of streptococci.

abstract：:Of 522 patients with Propionibacterium acnes bacteremia (PAB), 18 (3.5%) had clinically significant PAB. Of these 18 patients, 10 (55.6%) had hospital-acquired bacteremia and 6 (33.3%) had undergone invasive procedures before development of PAB. One patient with a ventricular septal defect presented with infective end...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Park HJ,Na S,Park SY,Moon SM,Cho OH,Park KH,Chong YP,Kim SH,Lee SO,Kim YS,Woo JH,Kim MN,Choi SH

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of a herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1-specific anti-glycoprotein C-1 monoclonal antibody (MAb) and a type 2-specific anti-glycoprotein G-2 MAb for typing of 2,400 clinical HSV-1 isolates and 2,400 clinical HSV-2 isolates, respectively, using an enzyme immunoas...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liljeqvist JA,Svennerholm B,Bergström T

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phialemonium obovatum was found to be the cause of osteomyelitis in a German shepherd dog. Histologic examination of the biopsied material from the left tibia revealed septate, irregularly branched hyphae, swollen cells, and ovate-to-spherical cells divided by a transverse septum. The majority of the fungal elements w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lomax LG,Cole JR,Padhye AA,Ajello L,Chandler FW,Smith BR

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR detecting the protein D (hpd) and fuculose kinase (fucK) genes showed high sensitivity and specificity for identifying Haemophilus influenzae and differentiating it from H. haemolyticus. Phylogenetic analysis using the 16S rRNA gene demonstrated two distinct groups for H. influenzae and H. haemolyticus. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Theodore MJ,Anderson RD,Wang X,Katz LS,Vuong JT,Bell ME,Juni BA,Lowther SA,Lynfield R,MacNeil JR,Mayer LW

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared trends of annual resistance rates calculated from results for all isolates and for the first isolate of Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter baumannii per patient over a 3-year period from 2001 through 2003. Antimicrobial susceptibility results of inpatients were extracted from a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lee SO,Cho YK,Kim SY,Lee ES,Park SY,Seo YH

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 1995 to May 1998, 57 episodes of bacteremia due to viridans group streptococci were identified in 50 febrile neutropenic patients with hematologic malignancies. Four patients experienced two separate episodes of streptococcal bacteremia, and one patient had four separate episodes of streptococcal bacterem...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wisplinghoff H,Reinert RR,Cornely O,Seifert H

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norovirus (NV) is the most common causative agent of nonbacterial gastroenteritis. Reports of surveillance of NV in facilities that reported outbreaks are frequently found in publications, but reports of that in facilities without outbreaks are not found. We investigated the molecular epidemiology of NV isolates deriv...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Okabayashi T,Yokota S,Ohkoshi Y,Ohuchi H,Yoshida Y,Kikuchi M,Yano K,Fujii N

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Broth microdilution and disk diffusion susceptibility testing were performed on 73 strains of Pasteurella species isolated from human infections and on five American Type Culture Collection strains of Pasteurella species. Both methods appear reliable for testing susceptibilities of Pasteurella species. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Citron DM,Warren YA,Fernandez HT,Goldstein MA,Tyrrell KL,Goldstein EJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant opportunistic pathogens have become endemic to the veterinary hospital environment. Escherichia coli isolates resistant to 12 antibiotics were isolated from two dogs that were housed in the intensive care unit at The University of Georgia Veterinary Teaching Hospital within 48 h of each other. Revi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sanchez S,McCrackin Stevenson MA,Hudson CR,Maier M,Buffington T,Dam Q,Maurer JJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 1,013 isolates of Enterobacteriaceae were identified in parallel by the Repliscan (Cathra International, Ontario, Canada) and API 20E (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.) systems. There was a 62% agreement at the genus level between the two systems. Of the 38% discrepant results, Repliscan classified 22% as...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Woolfrey BF,Quall CO,Fox JM

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Escherichia coli isolated from a child with diarrhea was biochemically similar and antigenically identical (O and K antigens) to the standard strain of E. coli O group 29 and was positive in the Serény test for invasiveness, which suggests that it can cause a Shigella-like illness. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Toledo MR,Reis MH,Almeida RG,Trabulsi LR

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Routine anaerobic subcultures of macroscopically negative blood culture bottles, performed within 1 day of receipt of the culture and after 5 days of incubation, were evaluated. Anaerobes were recovered from 207 (12.3%) of the total 1,688 positive cultures and, of these, 154 were only detected macroscopically, 11 only...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Murray PR,Sondag JE

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunofluorescent-antibody test was developed for rapid detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in blood cultures. The test uses a murine monoclonal antibody specific for all strains of P. aeruginosa. In initial tests, bright uniform immunofluorescence signals were seen when each of the 17 international serotypes, as w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Counts GW,Schwartz RW,Ulness BK,Hamilton DJ,Rosok MJ,Cunningham MD,Tam MR,Darveau RP

更新日期：1988-06-01 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：:We first noted the appearance of thymidine-requiring, gram-negative bacilli in clinical specimens 2 years ago. Since then we have seen 10 patients colonized or infected with these organisms. These strains do not grow on Mueller-Hinton media, growth on MacConkey agar is variable, and growth in API 20E (Analytab Product...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： King CH,Shlaes DM,Dul MJ

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum malaria is highly endemic in the three most affected countries in the current epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa. As EVD and malaria are clinically indistinguishable, both remain part of the differential diagnosis of ill travelers from returning from areas of EVD transmission. W...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lau R,Wang A,Chong-Kit A,Ralevski F,Boggild AK

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneously occurring urinary tract infection (UTI) in dogs was exploited as an experiment of nature to gain insights into UTI pathogenesis in humans. Concurrent urinary and rectal Escherichia coli isolates from 37 dogs with UTI were compared with respect to phylogenetic background, O antigens, and extended virulenc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnson JR,Kaster N,Kuskowski MA,Ling GV

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 151 Escherichia coli strains resistant to cefotaxime and ceftazidime were isolated during a prospective surveillance study. These strains were characterized by clinical, microbiological, and molecular analyses and were distributed into four clusters of 103, 11, 6, and 5 isolates, along with 25 unrelated str...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Oteo J,Navarro C,Cercenado E,Delgado-Iribarren A,Wilhelmi I,Orden B,García C,Miguelañez S,Pérez-Vázquez M,García-Cobos S,Aracil B,Bautista V,Campos J

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health microbiology laboratories (PHLs) are on the cusp of unprecedented improvements in pathogen identification, antibiotic resistance detection, and outbreak investigation by using whole-genome sequencing (WGS). However, considerable challenges remain due to the lack of common standards. Here, we describe the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kozyreva VK,Truong CL,Greninger AL,Crandall J,Mukhopadhyay R,Chaturvedi V

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although TT virus (TTV) was isolated from a cryptogenic posttransfusion hepatitis patient, its pathogenic role remains unclear. It has been reported that the majority of the healthy population is infected with TTV. To elucidate the differences between TTV infection in patients with liver diseases and TTV infection in ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kato T,Mizokami M,Mukaide M,Orito E,Ohno T,Nakano T,Tanaka Y,Kato H,Sugauchi F,Ueda R,Hirashima N,Shimamatsu K,Kage M,Kojiro M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) pathovar strains, which are associated with Crohn's disease, share many genetic and phenotypic features with extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) strains, but little is known about the level of genetic similarity between the two pathovars. We aimed to determine the frequ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martinez-Medina M,Mora A,Blanco M,López C,Alonso MP,Bonacorsi S,Nicolas-Chanoine MH,Darfeuille-Michaud A,Garcia-Gil J,Blanco J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter cetorum sp. nov. has been cultured from the stomach of Atlantic white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus acutus) and the feces of Pacific white-sided (L. obliquidens) and Atlantic bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) dolphins and a beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas). H. cetorum has high homology to Helicobacter ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Harper CG,Whary MT,Feng Y,Rhinehart HL,Wells RS,Xu S,Taylor NS,Fox JG

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess whether PCR is applicable for monitoring the efficacy of antituberculous treatment, respiratory specimens obtained during treatment and follow-up from sputum smear-positive tuberculosis (TB) patients were examined. First, results of smear, culture, and PCR for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTB) and an ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thomsen VO,Kok-Jensen A,Buser M,Philippi-Schulz S,Burkardt HJ

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement fixation (CF) test is the current reference serologic test for the diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. However, it is reported to be insensitive and nonspecific, and it is labor intensive. To determine if a faster and more sensitive diagnosis of M. pneumoniae could be obtained, we examined 50 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thacker WL,Talkington DF

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), particularly livestock-associated MRSA (LA-MRSA) in pigs and pork. The genotypic relatedness of isolates on the farm, at slaughter, and at the retail level was assessed. Paired nasal and perianal swab sa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Molla B,Byrne M,Abley M,Mathews J,Jackson CR,Fedorka-Cray P,Sreevatsan S,Wang P,Gebreyes WA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus gattii emerged in North America in 1999 as a human and veterinary pathogen on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The emergent subtype, VGIIa, and the closely related subtype VGIIb can now be found in the United States in Washington, Oregon, and California. We performed multilocus sequence typing and anti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Iqbal N,DeBess EE,Wohrle R,Sun B,Nett RJ,Ahlquist AM,Chiller T,Lockhart SR,Cryptococcus gattii Public Health Working Group.

更新日期：2010-02-01 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 commercially available latex agglutination reagent, Directigen (Hynson, Westcott & Dunning, Div. Becton Dickinson & Co., Baltimore, Md.), in which a murine monoclonal antibody to group B streptococcal (GBS) antigen is the active component, was evaluated by using body fluid specimens from 94 sick infants. Antigen was...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rench MA,Metzger TG,Baker CJ

更新日期：1984-11-01 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：:Recovery of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria from clinical specimens maintained in the Copan Venturi Transystem and the Becton Dickinson Port-a-Cul transport was assessed. Of 54 anaerobes, 53 were recovered after 4 h, and 52 were recovered after 24 h, from both systems. After 48 h, 45 and 50 were recovered from the two ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Citron DM,Warren YA,Hudspeth MK,Goldstein EJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00