Cellular fatty acid composition of Francisella tularensis.

abstract：:Bacterial vaginosis (BV) remains the most common cause of abnormal vaginal discharge in women of reproductive age and is associated with increased susceptibility to human immunodeficiency virus and sexually transmitted infections and preterm delivery. Present diagnostic methods require access to microscopy and laborat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bradshaw CS,Morton AN,Garland SM,Horvath LB,Kuzevska I,Fairley CK

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichophyton rubrum was easily differentiated from T. mentagrophytes by its ability to assimilate sorbitol with an API 20C AUX strip. One hundred percent of 36 T. rubrum strains and none of 147 T. mentagrophytes strains assimilated sorbitol. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rezusta A,Rubio MC,Alejandre MC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickettsial proteins rOmp A and rOmp B exist in both Rickettsia australis and Rickettsia honei but differ in molecular weight and antigenicity; in addition, they produce distinct immunogenic responses and appear to be to conformationally dependent antigens. Species-specific monoclonal antibodies for other spotted feve...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stenos J,Ross B,Feng HM,Crocquet-Valdes P,Walker D

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comparison of Gram-stained urethral smears with Gen-Probe for the detection of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae in the urethras of males with symptomatic urethritis revealed a 99.6% correlation between the two methods. A simple Gram stain would appear to be the method of choice for the detection of gonorrhea in symptomatic m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Juchau SV,Nackman R,Ruppart D

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A latex agglutination test was evaluated as a method for detection and titration of antiplague antibodies. Slide and microtiter techniques using polystyrene latex particles coated with specific fraction-I-antigen of Yersinia pestis were found to be comparable in specificity and sensitivity to serological tests commonl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Suzuki S,Sakakibara H,Hotta S

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA loads in paired leukocyte and plasma samples from 199 patient visits by 66 patients with CMV retinitis were determined. Leukocyte CMV load determinations had a greater range of values (mean, 24,587 copies/10(6) leukocytes; maximum, 539, 000) than did plasma CMV load determinations (mean, 10,3...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jabs DA,Forman M,Enger C,Jackson JB

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative lactate determinations were performed on cerebrospinal fluids to assess their value in the rapid diagnosis of bacterial and mycotic meningitis and to evaluate their value in assessing the prognosis in these patients. Cerebrospinal fluid lactate concentrations were elevated in all patients with untreated b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Komorowski RA,Farmer SG,Hanson GA,Hause LL

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance characteristics of the Gen-Probe Probe Competition Assay (PCA) used in conjunction with the Gen-Probe PACE 2 and 2C direct detection assays for Chlamydia trachomatis were examined. Data collected by five public health laboratories by using the Gen-Probe PACE 2 were pooled and analyzed. Of 25,081 endoce...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beebe JL,Sharpton TR,Zanto SN,Steece RS,Rogers C,Mottice SL

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium polyanethole sulfonate (SPS; trade name, Liquoid) is a constituent in culture media used to grow bacteria from blood samples from patients suspected of bacteremia. SPS prevents the killing of bacteria by innate cellular and humoral factors. We analyzed the effect of SPS on the three complement activation pathwa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Palarasah Y,Skjoedt MO,Vitved L,Andersen TE,Skjoedt K,Koch C

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of candidemia caused by Candida albicans and Candida glabrata is constantly increasing and is accompanied by the rising use of the few available antifungals. The widespread use of echinocandins and azoles for the treatment of invasive candidemia has enhanced the development of antifungal resistance, resu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vatanshenassan M,Boekhout T,Lass-Flörl C,Lackner M,Schubert S,Kostrzewa M,Sparbier K

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of human rhinovirus (HRV) during severe respiratory disease remains undefined; thus, we aimed to explore the relationship between the HRV molecular subtyping results obtained during severe and asymptomatic childhood infections. Nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal swabs from children (1 to 59 months of age) h...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Baillie VL,Moore DP,Mathunjwa A,Morailane P,Simões EAF,Madhi SA

更新日期：2019-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method was used to classify bovine serum as positive, negative, or doubtful for antibodies to Brucella abortus. Spectrophotometric data from assays of 64 serologically positive and 32 serologically negative bovine sera were analyzed statistically to define the range of spectrophoto...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Heck FC,Williams JD,Pruett J

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis (FACE) is a straightforward, sensitive method for determining the presence and relative abundance of individual oligomannosyl residues in Candida mannoprotein, the major antigenic determinant located on the outer surface of the yeast cell wall. The single terminal alde...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Goins TL,Cutler JE

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ATP-based biocide susceptibility assay for mycobacteria was developed by optimizing the cell lysis and assay conditions. Compared to the conventional agar plating method, the assay was rapid (1.5 h) and showed high sensitivity and specificity as determined by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. The te...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kapoor R,Yadav JS

更新日期：2010-10-01 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 emergence of ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis in recent years has become an important public health issue in Taiwan. The resistant strains that cause human infections are considered to be from pigs. In this study, we characterized 157 swine and 42 human Salmonella serovar Choleraesu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chang CC,Lin YH,Chang CF,Yeh KS,Chiu CH,Chu C,Chien MS,Hsu YM,Tsai LS,Chiou CS

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudobacteremias in blood cultures performed on the BACTEC radiometric blood culture system have been reported. We report three cases of cross contamination with Mycobacterium avium that occurred when mycobacteria were cultured with the BACTEC 460 TB system. Malfunction of the needle sterilization heating block was d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vannier AM,Tarrand JJ,Murray PR

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma bovis is a major bovine pathogen associated with bovine respiratory disease complex and is responsible for substantial economic losses worldwide. M. bovis is also associated with other clinical presentations in cattle, including mastitis, otitis, arthritis, and reproductive disorders. To gain a better under...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rosales RS,Churchward CP,Schnee C,Sachse K,Lysnyansky I,Catania S,Iob L,Ayling RD,Nicholas RA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since their first detection in 1988, penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates have rapidly spread in Iceland to account for close to 20% of all pneumococcal disease in that country by 1993. The major component (70%) of the resistant pneumococci identified from 1989 to 1992 was the progeny of a single mul...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vilhelmsson SE,Tomasz A,Kristinsson KG

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Achromobacter species are increasingly being detected in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, with an unclear epidemiology and impact. We studied a cohort of patients attending a Canadian adult CF clinic who had positive sputum cultures for Achromobacter species in the period from 1984 to 2013. Infection was categorized as ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Edwards BD,Greysson-Wong J,Somayaji R,Waddell B,Whelan FJ,Storey DG,Rabin HR,Surette MG,Parkins MD

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first case of disseminated infection with both Actinomyces graevenitzii and Mycobacterium tuberculosis and review the medical literature. Concomitant actinomycosis and tuberculosis is very rare. The potential of the facultatively aerobic, newly described A. graevenitzii for disseminated invasive infectio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tietz A,Aldridge KE,Figueroa JE

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from a tertiary public hospital in Singapore revealed that multisusceptible strains had gradually started to replace the endemic multiresistant strain (ST239-MRSA-III) since 2002. Molecular typing showed that this was a predomin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hsu LY,Koh TH,Singh K,Kang ML,Kurup A,Tan BH

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The commercially available diagnostic tests for syphilis are mostly based on the use of extracted antigens of Treponema pallidum. Pronounced cross-reactivities with other spirochete antigens are often reported. The aim of this study was to validate a novel multiparametric assay (the assay performed with the kit) INNO-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ebel A,Vanneste L,Cardinaels M,Sablon E,Samson I,De Bosschere K,Hulstaert F,Zrein M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested 606 specimens for cytomegalovirus infection. Fifty-two specimens were positive by conventional culture versus forty-three by pre-cytopathic effect detection. Twenty-nine specimens were positive by both methods. Because of toxicity, specimens should be set up on both conventional and shell vial culture system...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rabella N,Drew WL

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from Brucella-infected bovines were analyzed by immunoblotting by using sonicated cell extracts of B. melitensis or B. abortus and a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with monoclonal antibodies against outer membrane proteins (OMPs) with molecular masses of 10, 16.5, 19, 25 to 27, 36 to 38, an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cloeckaert A,Kerkhofs P,Limet JN

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of septicemia caused by Pseudomonas stutzeri belonging to the unusual biotype Vb-3 in a patient with multiple myeloma is described. The origin of the septicemia was attributed to a community-acquired pneumonia. The bacteriology and pathogenicity of P. stutzeri are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Potvliege C,Jonckheer J,Lenclud C,Hansen W

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The API Staph-Ident system was evaluated as a means for identifying the species of bovine strains of staphylococci routinely isolated from quarter-milk samples. The species identity of 314 of 581 (54%) isolates of staphylococci was correctly determined by this method. The API Staph-Ident system was more accurate in co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Langlois BE,Harmon RJ,Akers K

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fimbriae of Porphyromonas gingivalis are filamentous appendages on the cell surface and are thought to be one of the virulence factors. The fimA gene encoding the subunit protein of fimbriae, fimbrillin (FimA), was classified into four typeable variants (types I to IV). We previously examined the distribution of P. gi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nakagawa I,Amano A,Kimura RK,Nakamura T,Kawabata S,Hamada S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivation of penicillin and gentamicin in cultures was achieved by using monoclonal antibodies against these antibiotics. A viridans group streptococcus (penicillin MIC, less than or equal to 0.06 micrograms/ml) and Escherichia coli ATCC 35218 (gentamicin MIC, less than or equal to 1 microgram/ml) were able to grow...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sierra-Madero JG,Caulfield MJ,Hall GS,Washington JA

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microfiltration has become a popular procedure for the concentration and enumeration of bacteria. We developed a rapid and sensitive method for the differentiation of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, utilizing a polycarbonate membrane filter, crystal violet, iodine, 95% ethanol, and 6% carbol fuchsin, that ca...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Romero S,Schell RF,Pennell DR

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00