Antigenic relationships among some animal rotaviruses: virus neutralization in vitro and cross-protection in piglets.

abstract：:Using a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and an immunoblot assay (IB), we tested sera from 100 patients with erythema migrans (EM) seen in 1991 a the Westchester County Medical Center Lyme Disease Diagnostic Center. Convalescent-phase sera were available from 59 patients. Fifty-five pat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aguero-Rosenfeld ME,Nowakowski J,McKenna DF,Carbonaro CA,Wormser GP

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate and internationally comparable human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA genotyping is essential both for evaluation of HPV vaccines and for effective monitoring and implementation of vaccination programs. The World Health Organization (WHO) HPV Laboratory Network (LabNet) regularly issues international proficiency stud...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Eklund C,Forslund O,Wallin KL,Zhou T,Dillner J,WHO Human Papillomavirus Laboratory Network.

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified CAMP test was used to identify 973 Vibrio cholerae isolates by phenotype. Eltor and non-O1 strains were CAMP positive; classical strains were CAMP negative. Sausage-shaped zones of hemolysis of eltor strains were easily distinguished from narrower bands of non-O1 isolates. For O1 isolates, there was 100% ag...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lesmana M,Subekti D,Tjaniadi P,Pazzaglia G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with infection from bacteremic Bartonella spp., tested using Bartonella Alphaproteobacteria growth medium (BAPGM), were retrospectively categorized into one of two groups that included those whose blood was collected once (group 1; n = 55) or three times (group 2; n = 36) within a 1-week period. Overall, 19 p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pultorak EL,Maggi RG,Mascarelli PE,Breitschwerdt EB

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:A molecular assay based on a rapid DNA extraction protocol and the EnviroAmp Legionella Kits was used to detect Legionella species in bronchoalveolar fluid specimens. All Legionella strains isolated from tap water in hospitals could be detected distinctly. Both sensitivity and specificity were tested. In a prospective...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kessler HH,Reinthaler FF,Pschaid A,Pierer K,Kleinhappl B,Eber E,Marth E

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With improved measles virus (MV) control, the genetic variability of the MV-nucleoprotein hypervariable region (NP-HVR) decreases. Thus, it becomes increasingly difficult to determine the origin of a virus using only this part of the genome. During outbreaks in Europe and Africa, we found MV strains with identical NP-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kessler JR,Kremer JR,Shulga SV,Tikhonova NT,Santibanez S,Mankertz A,Semeiko GV,Samoilovich EO,Tamfum JJ,Pukuta E,Muller CP

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven isolates representing five distinct outbreaks of pneumococcal conjunctivitis were examined for phenotypic and genetic characteristics. None of the strains possessed capsules, and all strains were susceptible to optochin, bile soluble, and Gen-Probe AccuProbe test positive. All 11 isolates were confirmed as Stre...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Carvalho MG,Steigerwalt AG,Thompson T,Jackson D,Facklam RR

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As microbial genomics makes increasingly important contributions to clinical and public health microbiology, the interpretation of whole-genome sequence data by nonspecialists becomes essential. In the absence of capsule-based vaccines, two protein-based vaccines have been used for the prevention of invasive serogroup...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rodrigues CMC,Jolley KA,Smith A,Cameron JC,Feavers IM,Maiden MCJ

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical arbovirus screening requires exclusion of a broad range of viruses with as few assays as possible. We present a reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) for the detection of all species of the genus Alphavirus qualified for exclusion screening (limit of detection [LOD], 5 to 100 RNA copies per reaction across all A...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Grywna K,Kupfer B,Panning M,Drexler JF,Emmerich P,Drosten C,Kümmerer BM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococci) in nine Alaskan communities and used an algorithm combining microbiologic, serologic, and sequential multiplex PCR (MP-PCR) techniques to serotype the isolates. After microbiological identification as pneumococci, isolates (n = 1,135) were ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Miernyk K,Debyle C,Harker-Jones M,Hummel KB,Hennessy T,Wenger J,Rudolph K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the Staphylococcus aureus absorption method, we have modified a commercial radioimmunoassay kit for the determination of total antibody to hepatitis B core antigen so that we can now determine the predominant globulin species of that antibody. One-hundred percent of acute hepatitis B sera had a predominance of i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schable CA,Maynard JE

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronavirus disease (COVID) serological tests are essential to determine the overall seroprevalence of a population and to facilitate exposure estimates within that population. We performed a head-to-head assessment of enzyme immunoassays (EIAs) and point-of-care lateral flow assays (POCTs) to detect severe acute resp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Charlton CL,Kanji JN,Johal K,Bailey A,Plitt SS,MacDonald C,Kunst A,Buss E,Burnes LE,Fonseca K,Berenger BM,Schnabl K,Hu J,Stokes W,Zelyas N,Tipples G

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple enzyme immunoassay has been developed to allow the quantitation of the human response to immunization with pneumococcal polysaccharide. The assay uses the 14-valent vaccine (Pneumovax) as a convenient antigen to adsorb to the solid-phase microdilution plate wells and commercially available isotype-specific an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shyamala GN,Roberton DM,Hosking CS

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies to cytomegalovirus-induced late antigens by an indirect immunofluorescence assay was improved by the use of monoclonal antibodies to human IgM. Nonspecific background fluorescence was absent, facilitating the reading of the slides and the detection of a specific fluor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zerbini M,Musiani M,Gentilomi G,La Placa M

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At various times after orthopedic operations (more than a few weeks, with an average of 29.9 days), 11 patients had a sudden onset of high temperature (average 38.9 degrees C) and local cellulitis at different sites on the operated sides. The wounds had completely healed, without complicated infections, when the cellu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kitamura T,Kawamura Y,Ohkusu K,Masaki T,Iwashita H,Sawa T,Fujii S,Okamoto T,Akaike T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional culture techniques are limited in the ability to detect multiple Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in nasopharyngeal (NP) secretions. We developed an immunoblot (IB) method with monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to detect S. pneumoniae and to identify serotypes. NP specimens stored in skim milk-tryptone-gluco...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bronsdon MA,O'Brien KL,Facklam RR,Whitney CG,Schwartz B,Carlone GM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysis and filtration of blood culture specimens were combined with impedance detection of bacterial growth to facilitate the diagnosis of bacteremia. A blood lysis-filtration technique (Zierdt et al., 1976) was coupled to a simple, inexpensive automated detection system. The practical and technical aspects of the impe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kagan RL,Schuette WH,Zierdt CH,MacLowry JD

更新日期：1977-01-01 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：:Macrorestriction profile analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) was used to distinguish between seven isolates of Cowdria ruminantium from geographically different areas. Characteristic profiles were generated for each isolate by using the restriction endonucleases KspI, SalI, and SmaI with chromosomal si...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： de Villiers EP,Brayton KA,Zweygarth E,Allsopp BA

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiplex method using the SNaPshot technique was developed to screen for six common mycobacterial species: Mycobacteria tuberculosis, M. avium, M. intracellulare, M. chelonae, M. kansasii, and M. gordonae. A total of 468 mycobacterial clinical isolates were subjected to analysis for the presence of the six mycobact...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wang H,Yue J,Han M,Yang J,Zhao Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During July 2000 and October 2001, a total of 595 clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were collected from six medical centers distributed in northern, central, and southern Taiwan. Specimen sources included blood (n = 279), pus (n = 173), sputum (n = 94), body fluids (n = 21), cathe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Huang YC,Su LH,Wu TL,Liu CE,Young TG,Chen PY,Hseuh PR,Lin TY

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human erythrocyte receptor which mediates mannose-resistant hemagglutination by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli possessing colonization factor antigen II is not universally distributed among donors. Mannose-resistant hemagglutination-positive erythrocytes are more common among black donors than nonblack donors; t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Evans DJ Jr,Evans DG,Diaz SR,Graham DY

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of gastroduodenal diseases is related to the diversity of Helicobacter pylori strains. CagA-positive strains are more likely to cause gastric cancer than CagA-negative strains. Based on EPIYA (Glu-Pro-Ile-Tyr-Ala) motifs at the carboxyl terminus corresponding to phosphorylation sites, H. pylori CagA i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Truong BX,Mai VT,Tanaka H,Ly le T,Thong TM,Hai HH,Van Long D,Furumatsu K,Yoshida M,Kutsumi H,Azuma T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the first isolation of a new Shigella flexneri serotype, designated 4s, in Beijing, China. Genotypic and phenotypic profiling suggests that this isolate is a clone of the S. flexneri serotype X variant reference strain. Of particular concern is the multidrug resistance exhibited by this isolate. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Qiu S,Wang Z,Chen C,Liu N,Jia L,Liu W,Wang L,Hao R,Zhang L,Wang Y,Song H

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:Diagnostic use of a direct fluorescent-antibody test for detection of Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli in human fecal specimens (n = 497) was compared with detection by culturing (specificity, 99.7%; sensitivity, 40%). Conjugates were prepared from immunoglobulin G antibody against 22 Lior C. jejuni and C. coli refere...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hodge DS,Prescott JF,Shewen PE

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-nine isolates of clinical origin, tentatively identified as Scopulariopsis or Microascus, were morphologically and molecularly characterized by a combined analysis of the D1/D2 domains of the 28S rRNA gene and a fragment of the elongation factor 1-α gene (EF1-α) sequences. The most prevalent species was Scopula...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sandoval-Denis M,Sutton DA,Fothergill AW,Cano-Lira J,Gené J,Decock CA,de Hoog GS,Guarro J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Buruli ulcer, an infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is, after tuberculosis and leprosy, the third most common mycobacterial disease. The mode of transmission of M. ulcerans is not exactly known, but since Buruli ulcer often occurs in focalized swampy areas, it is assumed that there is a reservoir of the patho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rondini S,Mensah-Quainoo E,Troll H,Bodmer T,Pluschke G

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of a total of 1043 macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates collected from 24 countries as part of PROTEKT 1999-2000, 71 isolates tested positive for both the mef(A) and erm(B) genes. Of 69 isolates subjected to further molecular investigations, all were resistant to tetracycline, 63 (91.3%) were resistan...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Farrell DJ,Morrissey I,Bakker S,Morris L,Buckridge S,Felmingham D

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00