Comparative analysis of serum antibody responses to Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A by cystic fibrosis and intensive care unit patients.

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to measure nasal-wash and serum isotype-specific hemagglutinin antibody responses in 109 seronegative (hemagglutination-inhibiting titer less than or equal to 1:8) adults vaccinated intranasally with live attenuated A/Washington/897/80 (H3N2) or A/California/10/78 (H1N1) c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Clements ML,Murphy BR

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A VIM metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Aeromonas hydrophila strain carrying an integron-borne bla(VIM-4) gene was isolated from a cirrhotic patient's fecal sample in a Budapest hospital. The variable region of this integron is identical with that of a previously characterized integron from Pseudomonas aeruginosa clini...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Libisch B,Giske CG,Kovács B,Tóth TG,Füzi M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the seroprevalence of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection in central and southern Italy, sera from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seronegative subjects, with and without Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), were analyzed by immunofluorescence assay, using BC-3, a cell line latently infected with HHV-8....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cattani P,Capuano M,Cerimele F,La Parola IL,Santangelo R,Masini C,Cerimele D,Fadda G

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:Salmonella enterica serovar Senftenberg is a common nontyphoidal Salmonella serotype which causes human Salmonella infections worldwide. In this study, 182 S. Senftenberg isolates, including 17 atypical non-hydrogen sulfide (H2S)-producing isolates, were detected in China from 2005 to 2011. The microbiological and gen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yi S,Xie J,Liu N,Li P,Xu X,Li H,Sun J,Wang J,Liang B,Yang C,Wang X,Hao R,Wang L,Wu Z,Zhang J,Wang Y,Huang L,Sun Y,Klena JD,Meng J,Qiu S,Song H

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elimination of leprosy continues to be a challenge, with the disease remaining endemic in several countries. India accounts for the highest number of cases, and the identification of child cases indicates recent transmission. Genetic markers, like variable-number tandem repeats (VNTRs) and single-nucleotide polymo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kuruwa S,Vissa V,Mistry N

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing number of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains has stimulated the interest of investigators in finding a rapid method for susceptibility testing. We used commercially available rRNA DNA-bioluminescence-labelled probes (Accu-Probe, Gen Probe, Inc. San Diego, Calif.) for this purpose. Th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martin-Casabona N,Xairó Mimó D,González T,Rossello J,Arcalis L

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a rapid test to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing isolates and specifically strain GC1237, coming from a sub-Saharan country, is needed due to its alarming wide spread on Gran Canaria Island (Spain). A rapid test that detects IS6110 present between dnaA and dnaN in the Beijing strains and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Millán-Lou MI,Alonso H,Gavín P,Hernández-Febles M,Campos-Herrero MI,Copado R,Cañas F,Kremer K,Caminero JA,Martín C,Samper S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite advances in the standardization of quantitative DNAemia tests and efforts to better understand and characterize the performance of reference materials in different assays, it remains unclear how the commutability performance of reference materials is related to intra- and interassay agreement. Building upon pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tang L,Su Y,Gu Z,Caliendo AM,Pounds S,Hayden RT

更新日期：2019-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of antibodies to dengue virus is described. This method correlates well with a hemagglutination inhibition technique. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay can also be specific for human immunoglobulin M antibodies when a mu-chain-specific antiglobulin-enzyme conj...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dittmar D,Cleary TJ,Castro A

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic respiratory tract infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus are common in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Recently, it was shown in a few CF patients that S. aureus isolates produce capsular polysaccharides (CPs). However, it is not known whether this is a common feature and whether an immune response to ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Albus A,Fournier JM,Wolz C,Boutonnier A,Ranke M,Høiby N,Hochkeppel H,Döring G

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) typing method has recently been developed and used for typing and subtyping of Salmonella spp., but it is complicated and labor intensive because it has to analyze all spacers in two CRISPR loci. Here, we developed a more convenient and efficient meth...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Li H,Li P,Xie J,Yi S,Yang C,Wang J,Sun J,Liu N,Wang X,Wu Z,Wang L,Hao R,Wang Y,Jia L,Li K,Qiu S,Song H

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the diagnostic value of antibody to Blastomyces dermatitidis A precipitin arcs for identifying B. dermatitidis cultures by the exoantigen technique with 88 isolates from the United States and Canada, 12 from Africa, and 1 each from India and Israel. In addition, we studied 190 mycelial-form isolates of ot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kaufman L,Standard PG,Weeks RJ,Padhye AA

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The object of this study was to develop a test that would measure antibodies directed against group B streptococcal types Ia, Ib, Ic, II, and III. The type-specific carbohydrate antigens were purified, labeled with 125I, and used to develop a radioimmunoassay. This procedure should be particularly useful in testing hu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wilkinson HW,Jones WL

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous cell lines were tested for their potential use in distinguishing pathogenic from nonpathogenic Listeria species. Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii strains were lethal for mice, and culture filtrates were cytotoxic for cultured cells and hemolytic for sheep erythrocytes, while Listeria innocua, Li...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Farber JM,Speirs JI

更新日期：1987-08-01 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：:Lyme borreliosis is a tick-borne disease caused by the Borrelia burgdorferisensu lato complex. Bio-Rad Laboratories has developed a fully automated multiplex bead-based assay for the detection of IgM and IgG antibodies to B. burgdorferi The BioPlex 2200 Lyme Total assay exhibits an improved rate of seropositivity in p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hahm JB,Breneman JW 4th,Liu J,Rabkina S,Zheng W,Zhou S,Walker RP,Kaul R

更新日期：2020-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A washing procedure that removed maximum numbers of contaminating microorganisms from whole surgical gloves was developed. Washing, coupled with membrane filtration, proved to be a simple and effective method for bioburden determinations on whole gloves. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lammerding AM,Day DF

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two brands of thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose agar and Monsur taurocholate tellurite gelatin (TTG) agar were compared with two newly developed media, sucrose tellurite teepol agar and Vibrio parahaemolyticus agar for isolation and identification of Vibrio cholerae. The thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Morris GK,Merson MH,Huq I,Kibrya AK,Black R

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 1-year survey of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) prevalence in central France, 2,143 samples were investigated by PCR for Shiga toxin-encoding genes. A total of 330 (70%) of 471 fecal samples collected from healthy cattle at the Clermont-Ferrand slaughterhouse, 47 (11%) of 411 beef samples, 60 (...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pradel N,Livrelli V,De Champs C,Palcoux JB,Reynaud A,Scheutz F,Sirot J,Joly B,Forestier C

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two commercially available reagents, latex particles (Bactigen) and Staphylococcus aureus suspensions (Phadebact), were compared for the detection of the capsular polyribitol phosphate antigen of Haemophilus influenzae type b in 18 pediatric patients with proven infections due to H. influenzae type b. Whereas both tes...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Riera L

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a simple method for the rapid detection of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) that uses a one-tube reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) and total RNA extracted directly from a variety of bovine specimens, including whole blood and tissues. Reagents for both RT and PCR were combined in a one-tube, single-buff...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hamel AL,Wasylyshen MD,Nayar GP

更新日期：1995-02-01 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 presence of Helicobacter DNA species has been investigated in the biliary epithelium of patients with biliary diseases. However, conflicting results have been observed that may have been due to the small number of subjects studied, difficulty in obtaining a healthy control group, absence of controlling for confoun...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Silva CP,Pereira-Lima JC,Oliveira AG,Guerra JB,Marques DL,Sarmanho L,Cabral MM,Queiroz DM

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49-year-old woman with a 15-year history of HIV-hepatitis C virus coinfection had aortic valve and ascending aorta replacement in 2007. She presented with abdominal pain, episodic diarrhea, and profuse sweating in 2010. Thoracoabdominal positron emission tomography-computed tomography finally suggested infectious ao...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rougemont M,Ratib O,Wintsch J,Schrenzel J,Hirschel B

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new Salmonella serotypes belonging to Kauffmann's subgenus I (F. Kauffmann, The Bacteriology of Enterobacteriaceae, 1966) were identified. These serotypes were Salmonella brazos 6,14,18:a:e,n,z15, Salmonella midway 6,14,24:d:1,7, and Salmonella balboa 48a, 48b:z41:monophasic. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sutch KE,Blackburn BO

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 4 (HCV-4) infection is considered to be difficult to treat and has become increasingly prevalent in European countries, including The Netherlands. Using a molecular epidemiological approach, the present study investigates the genetic diversity and evolutionary origin of HCV-4 in Amster...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： de Bruijne J,Schinkel J,Prins M,Koekkoek SM,Aronson SJ,van Ballegooijen MW,Reesink HW,Molenkamp R,van de Laar TJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An accurate, rapid, and inexpensive method was developed for detecting and enumerating bacteria adherent to Foley urinary catheters based on malachite green staining of acridine orange-prestained specimens. This method has proven to be quick and reliable and will find application in quantitative studies of biomaterial...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ladd TI,Schmiel D,Nickel JC,Costerton JW

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) nonstructural 1 (NS1) protein constitute a marker of natural JEV infection among populations vaccinated with inactivated JE vaccine. In Japan, with few recent human JE cases, the natural infection rate is critical to evaluate the necessity of continuing JE vaccination. A...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Konishi E,Shoda M,Ajiro N,Kondo T

更新日期：2004-11-01 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