Evaluation of a clostridial alpha-toxin disk test for rapid presumptive identification of group B streptococci.

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：:Salmonella typhi was isolated from 369 and Salmonella paratyphi A was isolated from 6 of 515 Vietnamese patients with suspected enteric fever. Compared with conventional broth culture of blood, direct plating of the buffy coat had a diagnostic sensitivity of 99.5% (95% confidence interval [CI], 97.1 to 100%). Blood ba...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wain J,Diep TS,Ho VA,Walsh AM,Nguyen TT,Parry CM,White NJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a sensitive assay for Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum (T. pallidum), the agent of veneral syphilis, based upon the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A 658-bp portion of the gene encoding the 47-kDa membrane immunogen was amplified, and the PCR products were probed by DNA-DNA hybridization with a 49...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Burstain JM,Grimprel E,Lukehart SA,Norgard MV,Radolf JD

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 221 isolates of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in Japan were characterized in the present study. The results revealed that clonal serovar Typhimurium definitive phage type 104 strains prevailed and that these strains had drug resistance patterns, integron types, and pulsed-field...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Izumiya H,Terajima J,Matsushita S,Tamura K,Watanabe H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using primers based on the sequence of a species-specific antigen of Helicobacter pylori (P. O'Toole, S.M. Logan, M. Kostrzynska. T. Wadström, and T.J. Trust, J. Bacteriol. 173:505-513, 1991), a protocol was established for detection of this microorganism in gastric biopsy samples by the polymerase chain reaction (...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hammar M,Tyszkiewicz T,Wadström T,O'Toole PW

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VP1 sequences were determined for poliovirus type 1 isolates obtained over a 189-day period from a poliomyelitis patient with common variable immunodeficiency syndrome (a defect in antibody formation). The isolate from the first sample, taken 11 days after onset of paralysis, contained two poliovirus populations, diff...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kew OM,Sutter RW,Nottay BK,McDonough MJ,Prevots DR,Quick L,Pallansch MA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of group B streptococcus (GBS) antigen in urine by latex particle agglutination (LPA) may facilitate the rapid diagnosis of GBS sepsis. We sought to compare three commercial LPA assays with specimens that were spiked with type-specific antigen, group-specific antigen, or type III organisms. There were sensit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ascher DP,Wilson S,Fischer GW

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) encodes 11 envelope glycoproteins, of which glycoprotein G-1 (gG-1) induces a type-specific antibody response. Variability of the gG-1 gene among wild-type strains may be a factor of importance for a reliable serodiagnosis and typing of HSV-1 isolates. Here, we used a gG-1 type-spec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rekabdar E,Tunbäck P,Liljeqvist JA,Lindh M,Bergström T

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Streptococcus bovis group has undergone significant taxonomic changes over the past 2 decades with the advent of new identification methods with higher discriminatory power. Although the current classification system is not yet embraced by all researchers in the field and debate remains over the performance of mol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dekker JP,Lau AF

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro susceptibility patterns of newer beta-lactamase-inhibiting antibiotics ampicillin-sulbactam (A/S) and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (A/C) for 100 consecutive isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii obtained from various clinical samples were studied. The A/C MIC for 86% of the strains was more than 16/8 microgram/m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pandey A,Kapil A,Sood S,Goel V,Das B,Seth P

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine Mycobacterium reference strains representing 10 species and 60 mycobacterial cultures isolated from sputum specimens were studied. These cultures were grown in Bactec 7H12B medium (Becton Dickinson and Co., Paramus, N.J.) supplemented with oleic acid-albumin-dextrose-catalase enrichment broth (Becton Dicki...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chou S,Chedore P,Haddad A,Paul NR,Kasatiya S

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe enzyme immunoassays that use synthetic oligopeptides to discriminate serologically between human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I and II (HTLV-I and HTLV-II) infections. The peptides represented 20-amino acid segments between residues 111 and 130 (MA1) and residues 116 and 135 (MA2) of the p19 gag proteins...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bonis J,Baillou A,Barin F,Verdier M,Janvier B,Denis F

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The way in which the extensive use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has influenced the incidence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) among human immunodeficiency type 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients is not yet understood. The present study assessed whether the incidence of symptomatic VL in HIV-infected patients...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： de La Rosa R,Pineda JA,Delgado J,Macías J,Morillas F,Mira JA,Sánchez-Quijano A,Leal M,Lissen E

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations of nursery outbreaks of Citrobacter diversus sepsis and meningitis have been hampered by lack of adequate epidemiologic markers for the organism. We studied outer membrane protein profiles from clinical isolates of C. diversus by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to determine whe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kline MW,Mason EO Jr,Kaplan SL

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An atypical toxin variant of Clostridium botulinum (strain 657) was isolated from the feces of a 6-week-old female infant whose symptoms and clinical history were consistent with infant botulism. Toxin detected in the feces and the toxin produced by isolates from the feces and from two rectal swabs could be neutralize...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hatheway CL,McCroskey LM,Lombard GL,Dowell VR Jr

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is essential for efficient treatment and control of this pathogen. The amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS) was used to detect mutations in the rifampin resistance-determining region of the rpoB gene. A total of 39 rifampin-resistant M. tuberc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fan XY,Hu ZY,Xu FH,Yan ZQ,Guo SQ,Li ZM

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of the human RNA viruses, calicivirus and astrovirus, requires high sensitivity and broad reactivity. A novel single-tube nested reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) method is described here, in which all of the required reagents are included in the one tube; however, those required for the nested amplific...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ratcliff RM,Doherty JC,Higgins GD

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel PCR primer pair was used to detect the presence of cmeC in 131 Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli strains isolated from various hosts (cattle, turkeys, humans, and pigs). DNA sequence analysis revealed a high degree of genetic variation between the two species, while extremely limited genetic variation among iso...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fakhr MK,Logue CM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains emerged as agents of human disease, two types of toxin were identified: Shiga toxin type 1 (Stx1) (almost identical to Shiga toxin produced by Shigella dysenteriae type 1) and the immunologically distinct type 2 (Stx2). Subsequently, numerous STEC strains have...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Scheutz F,Teel LD,Beutin L,Piérard D,Buvens G,Karch H,Mellmann A,Caprioli A,Tozzoli R,Morabito S,Strockbine NA,Melton-Celsa AR,Sanchez M,Persson S,O'Brien AD

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterogeneity and the increasing clinical importance of the Enterobacter cloacae complex have often been discussed. However, little is known about molecular factors causing pathogenicity within this nomenspecies. Here, we analyzed the genetic differences between an avirulent plant isolate and a pathogenic strain c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kremer AN,Hoffmann H

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microagglutination and micro-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) tests with easily prepared, safe, heat-killed antigens for detecting antibodies to the legionnaires disease organism have been developed. A safranin-stained whole-cell antigen is used in the microagglutination test, and a simply prepared soluble an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Farshy CE,Klein GC,Feeley JC

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-eight isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans were collected from 30 patients at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics from December 1987 through December 1994. The susceptibility of each isolate was determined against fluconazole, itraconazole, amphotericin B, and flucytosine. Of the 98 isolates, 53 were re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Klepser ME,Pfaller MA

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In West African countries such as Ghana, efficient human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing is a priority in the fight against AIDS. A new immunochromatographic rapid test, Determine HIV-1/2 (Abbott Diagnostics, North Chicago, Ill.), that detects antibodies against HIV type 1 (HIV-1) and/or HIV-2 was evaluated using...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aidoo S,Ampofo WK,Brandful JA,Nuvor SV,Ansah JK,Nii-Trebi N,Barnor JS,Apeagyei F,Sata T,Ofori-Adjei D,Ishikawa K

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the development of a fully automated real-time PCR assay for the quantitative detection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in plasma with EDTA (EDTA plasma). The MagNA Pure LC instrument was used for automated DNA purification and automated preparation of PCR mixtures. Real-time PCR was performed on the Light...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Leb V,Stöcher M,Valentine-Thon E,Hölzl G,Kessler H,Stekel H,Berg J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simplified procedure for serotyping Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli on the basis of thermostable antigens was developed and tested for its applicability as a routine typing method. The assay involves the sensitization of erythrocytes with an antigenic extract and performance of a slide agglutination assa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mills SD,Congi RV,Hennessy JN,Penner JL

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：: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：:A laboratory-based surveillance network of 11 clinical virological laboratories for influenza viruses was established in Taiwan under the coordination of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Taiwan. From October 2000 to March 2004, 3,244 influenza viruses were isolated, including 1,969 influenza A and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shih SR,Chen GW,Yang CC,Yang WZ,Liu DP,Lin JH,Chiu SC,Chen HY,Tsao KC,Huang CG,Huang YL,Mok CK,Chen CJ,Lin TY,Wang JR,Kao CL,Lin KH,Chen LK,Eng HL,Liu YC,Chen PY,Lin JS,Wang JH,Lin CW,Chan YJ,Lu JJ,Hsi

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Limulus amoebocyte lysate (LAL) test was evaluated for rapid detection of gram-negative bacteriuria in an adult patient population. Time to gelation of a standard LAL preparation was used as a measure of significant (greater than 10(5) bacteria per ml) gram-negative bacteriuria, and the results of 190 LAL assays w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nachum R,Shanbrom E

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of disseminated Scedosporium/Pseudallescheria infection due to Pseudallescheria boydii sensu stricto after lung transplantation in a patient with cystic fibrosis. Dissemination occurred under voriconazole. Despite surgery and combination therapy with voriconazole, caspofungin, and terbinafine, the pat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Morio F,Horeau-Langlard D,Gay-Andrieu F,Talarmin JP,Haloun A,Treilhaud M,Despins P,Jossic F,Nourry L,Danner-Boucher I,Pattier S,Bouchara JP,Le Pape P,Miegeville M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00