Comparison of rapid identification assays for Staphylococcus aureus.

abstract：:A methodologic study was performed to compare the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern blot hybridization, two commonly used testing strategies for the detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Three laboratories tested masked aliquots of exfoliated cervical cell specimens obtained from 120 women by c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schiffman MH,Bauer HM,Lorincz AT,Manos MM,Byrne JC,Glass AG,Cadell DM,Howley PM

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten cultivable equine rotavirus isolates, two of North American, six of British, and two of Irish origin, were compared with standard rotavirus strains and with each other by cross neutralization, neutralization with a panel of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), hybridization to a simian rotavirus (SA-11) VP7 gene probe, a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Browning GF,Chalmers RM,Fitzgerald TA,Snodgrass DR

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A direct comparison of two automated blood culture systems was conducted to compare their ability to detect Candida growth. The systems evaluated were the BACTEC 9240 (Bactec) and BacT/ALERT 3D (BacT). The aerobic, anaerobic, and mycology media for each system were evaluated: Bactec Plus Aerobic/F, Plus Anaerobic/F, a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Horvath LL,George BJ,Murray CK,Harrison LS,Hospenthal DR

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Food and Drug Administration published a public health warning on the association of bacterial meningitis and cochlear implants in June 2002. This article reports the first case of group A streptococcal (GAS) meningitis in a cochlear-implanted patient, followed by a review on cochlear implantation and GAS meningit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pettersen G,Ovetchkine P,Tapiero B

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three forms of DNA-based typing procedures for Aspergillus fumigatus isolates have been developed over the last five years. The procedures are random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD), restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) detection, and Southern hybridizations with various repetitive sequence-based pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Anderson MJ,Gull K,Denning DW

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomes of two novel human papillomavirus (HPV) types, HPV68 and HPV70, were cloned from a low-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and a vulvar papilloma, respectively, and partially sequenced. Both types are related to HPV39, a potentially oncogenic virus. HPV68 and HPV70 were also detected in genital intrae...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Longuet M,Beaudenon S,Orth G

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typical and atypical Campylobacter strains were isolated from the colons of cattle and swine by techniques that enabled the selective pressures of antibiotics to be avoided. Some cephalothin-susceptible strains and a strain with an indeterminate hippurate reaction were classified as Campylobacter coli by DNA homology ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ng LK,Taylor DE,Stiles ME

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the abilities of three different avian influenza A viruses to attenuate the wild-type human influenza A/Korea/1/82 (H3N2) virus in squirrel monkeys, chimpanzees, and adult seronegative human volunteers. Two of these, avian influenza A/Mallard/NY/78 and A/Mallard/Alberta/76 viruses, appeared to be satisfac...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Snyder MH,Clements ML,Herrington D,London WT,Tierney EL,Murphy BR

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapidly growing mycobacteria are rarely found in central nervous system infections. We describe a case of polymicrobial infection in a brain abscess including two rapidly growing Mycobacterium species, M. immunogenum and M. llatzerense. The Mycobacterium isolates were distinguishable by molecular methods, and whole-ge...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Greninger AL,Langelier C,Cunningham G,Keh C,Melgar M,Chiu CY,Miller S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data are limited for the performance of enzyme immunoassays for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in conjunctival and nasopharyngeal specimens from infants. The only available data are for one assay, Chlamydiazyme (Abbott Diagnostics). The purpose of this study was to compare a new enzyme immunoassay, Pathfinder ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hammerschlag MR,Roblin PM,Gelling M,Worku M

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased prevalence and the severity of oropharyngeal candidiasis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients are attributed exclusively to the virus-induced immune deficiency of the host. The present study was aimed at answering the question of whether Candida albicans secretory proteinase, a putativ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ollert MW,Wende C,Görlich M,McMullan-Vogel CG,Borg-von Zepelin M,Vogel CW,Korting HC

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard complement fixation (CF) test, a commercial agarose gel immunodiffusion (AGID) test (ImmuCell Corporation, Portland, Maine), and two commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs; Allied Laboratories, Glenwood Springs, Colo. [Allied ELISA], and the CSL, Limited, [Parkville, Victoria, Australia] en...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sockett DC,Conrad TA,Thomas CB,Collins MT

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is an opportunistic infection with airborne transmission and remains a major cause of respiratory illness among immunocompromised individuals. In recent years, several outbreaks of PCP, occurring mostly in kidney transplant recipients, have been reported. Currently, multilocus se...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Maitte C,Leterrier M,Le Pape P,Miegeville M,Morio F

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartonella henselae or Bartonella elizabethae DNA from EDTA-anticoagulated blood samples obtained from four dogs was amplified and sequenced. The results showed that B. elizabethae should be added to the list of Bartonella species (i.e., B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii, B. henselae, and B. clarridgeiae) that are current...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mexas AM,Hancock SI,Breitschwerdt EB

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of supplementing nutrient substrate with various combinations of concentrations of oleic and linoleic acids on the growth of 11 strains of Staphylococcus aureus was assessed. Whereas increasing the concentration of linoleic acid by itself greatly diminished the growth of all 11 strains, concomitant increase...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Campbell IM,Crozier DN,Pawagi AB,Buivids IA

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transrectal prostate biopsy is the most common procedure used to establish the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Prior to biopsy, patients are commonly given ciprofloxacin for prophylaxis. However, a complication of the procedure is infection with ciprofloxacin-resistant organisms, in particular resistant Escherichia co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liss MA,Nakamura KK,Peterson EM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with chronic granulomatous disease have a marked defect in neutrophil oxidative metabolism and microbicidal activity. Asymptomatic mothers of males with the disease can usually be identified as heterozygous carriers by intermediate leukocyte function. Most mothers of females with the disease, however, have no...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mills EL,Rholl KS,Quie PG

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A search has been made for corynebacterial phospholipase D, "ovis toxin," a sphingomyelinase (phosphatidylcholine phosphohydrolase, EC 3.1.4.4), among a wide variety of corynebacteria. Phospholipase D activity has been found in strains exhibiting the biochemical properties characteristic of Corynebacterium pseudotuber...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Barksdale L,Linder R,Sulea IT,Pollice M

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three susceptibility testing procedures were compared to determine fluconazole, itraconazole, and ketoconazole MICs against 47 Candida albicans strains isolated sequentially from the oral cavities of five AIDS patients undergoing azole therapy. They included the broth microdilution method (BM), performed according to ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tortorano AM,Viviani MA,Barchiesi F,Arzeni D,Rigoni AL,Cogliati M,Compagnucci P,Scalise G

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal conditions for demonstrating the presence of infectious human immunodeficiency virus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PMCs) from seropositive individuals involved cocultivation of infected cells with phytohemagglutinin-stimulated PMCs from seronegative donors in the presence of 2 micrograms of Polybrene ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Castro BA,Weiss CD,Wiviott LD,Levy JA

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceftolozane-tazobactam (C/T) is a novel beta-lactam-beta-lactamase inhibitor combination antibiotic approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2014 for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections (in combination with metronidazole) and complicated urinary tract infections. In this study, we evalu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bailey AL,Armstrong T,Dwivedi HP,Denys GA,Hindler J,Campeau S,Traczewski M,Humphries R,Burnham CA

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A new principle that uses anti-immunoglobulin M-coated polystyrene microtiter plates for the detection of immunoglobulin M antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Duermeyer W,Wielaard F,van Gruijthuijsen H,Swinkels J

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-performance liquid chromatography was evaluated as a rapid means of identifying obligately anaerobic gram-positive cocci of medical interest. Isolates were inoculated into a defined chemical medium consisting primarily of amino acids and were incubated aerobically for 1 h at 35 degrees C. After removal of organis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Harpold DJ,Wasilauskas BL

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of catheter-related bloodstream infection by Tsukamurella inchonensis, identified using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, in a patient with myelofibrosis who underwent a bone marrow transplant. Tsukamurella species infections are rare. To our knowledge, this is the first case of T. inchonensis bloodstream inf...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Takebe I,Sawabe E,Ohkusu K,Tojo N,Tohda S

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From November 2000 to October 2001, a reverse transcription-PCR using primers directed to the norovirus RNA polymerase coding region was included in a viral and bacterial routine screening to diagnose sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis among children in Asturias, Spain. The role of noroviruses (8.6% of the positi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boga JA,Melón S,Nicieza I,De Diego I,Villar M,Parra F,De Oña M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fully automated microparticle enzyme immunoassay (EIA), IMx Core, was developed for the detection of antibody against hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc). IMx Core sensitivity was less than 0.5 Paul Ehrlich Institut units per ml and was greater than that of the commercial radioimmunoassay (RIA) or EIA, Corab and Cor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Spronk AM,Schmidt L,Krenc C,Pavlis-Jenkins L,Brady J,Taskar S,Angus-Finn L,Mimms L

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method was developed to obtain purified cryptosporidium oocysts from fecal samples. Oocysts were initially collected by centrifugation through a sucrose density gradient and further purified by passage through glass bead columns. The purified oocysts were antigenically active and sufficiently pure for immunological ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Heyman MB,Shigekuni LK,Ammann AJ

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus is an increasing worldwide problem with major clinical implications. Surveillance is warranted to guide clinicians to provide optimal treatment to patients. To investigate azole resistance in clinical Aspergillus isolates in our institution, a Belgian university hospital, we condu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Montesinos I,Argudín MA,Hites M,Ahajjam F,Dodémont M,Dagyaran C,Bakkali M,Etienne I,Jacobs F,Knoop C,Patteet S,Lagrou K

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capnocytophaga canimorsus is a dog oral commensal that causes rare but severe infections in humans. C. canimorsus was recently shown to be endowed with a capsular polysaccharide implicated in resistance to the innate immune system of the host. Here, we developed the first C. canimorsus capsular serotyping scheme. We d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hess E,Renzi F,Koudad D,Dol M,Cornelis GR

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the use of mannitol salt agar with oxacillin for use as a primary screening medium for the simultaneous detection and identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in clinical surveillance specimens. Oxacillin agar dilution susceptibility tests with mannitol salt agar and Mueller-Hinton ag...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lally RT,Ederer MN,Woolfrey BF

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00