Scanning and transmission electron microscopy of in situ bacterial colonization of intravenous and intraarterial catheters.

abstract：:The L1 major capsid proteins of six human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) strains were expressed in insect cells by using recombinant baculoviruses. Virus-like particles (VLPs) which appeared similar to empty virions were identified by electron microscopy for all HPV strains investigated. However, the yield of VLPs pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Touze A,El Mehdaoui S,Sizaret PY,Mougin C,Muñoz N,Coursaget P

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potomac horse fever is an acute systemic equine disease caused by Ehrlichia risticii. Currently, serologic methods are widely used to diagnose this disease. However, serologic methods cannot determine whether the horse is presently infected or has been exposed to ehrlichial antigens in the past. The purpose of the pre...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mott J,Rikihisa Y,Zhang Y,Reed SM,Yu CY

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic tests for respiratory viral infections have traditionally been performed on nasopharyngeal swabs or washings. Reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) is rapid, sensitive, and specific for viral infection diagnosis but is rarely applied to sputum samples. Thus, we evaluated the diagnostic yield of RT-PCR for dete...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Falsey AR,Formica MA,Walsh EE

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:We used genotypic and phenotypic assays to estimate the frequency of X4/DM viruses in 131 patients infected with non-subtype-B viruses at the time of primary HIV-1 infection (PHI). All patients were enrolled in the French PRIMO Cohort from 1996 to 2007. Most strains belonged to CRF02_AG (51.1%) and subtype A (14.5%). ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Frange P,Chaix ML,Raymond S,Galimand J,Deveau C,Meyer L,Goujard C,Rouzioux C,Izopet J,French ANRS CO 06 PRIMO Cohort Study Group.

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The supposedly first outbreak of hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection in Sweden occurred among intravenous drug addicts in the Malmö area in the mid-1970s. Stored sera from this outbreak were used for viral RNA extraction and analysis. By sequence comparisons, the HDV genomes from those Swedish patients fell into two sep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhang YY,Hansson BG

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 216 fecal and intestinal samples collected from nursing or weaned diarrheic pigs in the United States and Canada, 57 were identified as group A rotavirus positive by RNA electrophoresis and silver staining. Fifty-seven and 52 rotavirus-positive samples were analyzed by hybridization with Gottfried and OSU PCR-deriv...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rosen BI,Parwani AV,Lopez S,Flores J,Saif LJ

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically important species of Candida and related organisms were compared for extent of nucleotide divergence in the 5' end of the large-subunit (26S) ribosomal DNA (rDNA) gene. This rDNA region is sufficiently variable to allow reliable separation of all known clinically significant yeast species. Of the 204 descri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kurtzman CP,Robnett CJ

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An echovirus 3 (Echo3) strain (strain LR31G7) was isolated from a sewage treatment plant in Greece in 2005. Full-genome molecular, phylogenetic, and SimPlot analyses were conducted in order to reveal the evolutionary pathways of the isolate. Nucleotide and phylogenetic analyses of part of the VP1 genomic region reveal...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kyriakopoulou Z,Dedepsidis E,Pliaka V,Tsakogiannis D,Pratti A,Levidiotou-Stefanou S,Markoulatos P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the Islet Isolation Laboratory of the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, manual sterility testing data show that contamination rates are 57.7% for pancreas transport fluid, 4.3% for postpurification islet samples, and 0% for pretransplant islet samples. This pilot study presents the BacT/Alert System as a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Murray L,McGowan N,Fleming J,Bailey L

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A specific PCR for the detection of a variant of the gene encoding Shiga toxin 1 (stx(1)) called stx(1(OX3)) (GenBank accession no. Z36901) was developed. The PCR was used to investigate 148 Stx(1)-producing Escherichia coli strains from human patients (n = 72), cattle (n = 27), sheep (n = 48), and a goat (n = 1) for ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Koch C,Hertwig S,Lurz R,Appel B,Beutin L

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New blood culture media containing antibiotic-binding polymeric beads have been developed for the BacT/Alert (bioMérieux, Inc., Durham, NC) blood culture system. To assess the performance of these new media, we compared the new BacT/Alert aerobic medium (FA Plus) with resins to BacT/Alert FA medium with activated char...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kirn TJ,Mirrett S,Reller LB,Weinstein MP

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-seven bacterial clones producing human recombinant monoclonal antibody Fab fragments (rFabs) reactive to herpes simplex virus (HSV) antigens were selected from a human combinatorial antibody library constructed in a phage-display vector by a panning procedure against an HSV lysate. Thirty-four of the HSV-specif...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cattani P,Rossolini GM,Cresti S,Santangelo R,Burton DR,Williamson RA,Sanna PP,Fadda G

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candidate live-virus vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus are being developed and are beginning to be evaluated in clinical trials. To distinguish candidate vaccine strains from wild-type strains isolated during these trials, we developed PCR assays specific to two sets of candidate vaccine strains. The two sets w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zheng H,Peret TC,Randolph VB,Crowley JC,Anderson LJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed for the detection of circulating free and complexed staphylococcal antigens in various clinical categories of staphylococcal infections. Circulating immune complexes were studied by the polyethylene glycol precipitation method. Circulating immune complexes and staphyl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lentino JR,Rytel MW

更新日期：1982-12-01 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：:A proficiency testing scheme for the leptospirosis microscopic agglutination test was provided to 37 laboratories in 23 countries in 2002 (round 1) and to 60 laboratories in 34 countries in 2003 (round 2). Thirty-four laboratories participated in both rounds. Each panel consisted of five rabbit serum samples, four of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chappel RJ,Goris M,Palmer MF,Hartskeerl RA

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a recently discovered paramyxovirus that is known to cause respiratory tract infections in children and immunocompromised individuals. Given the difficulties of identifying hMPV by conventional culture, molecular techniques could improve the detection of this virus in clinical specimens...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dare R,Sanghavi S,Bullotta A,Keightley MC,George KS,Wadowsky RM,Paterson DL,McCurry KR,Reinhart TA,Husain S,Rinaldo CR

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulase-negative staphylococcus isolates were identified using Sensititre GPID plates and API strips (n = 156). For selected isolates, partial sequencing of the 16S rRNA, sodA, and tuf genes was performed. The Sensititre plates correctly identified 68.9% of isolates, with a concordance of 86% for Staphylococcus haem...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Garza-González E,Morfin-Otero R,Macedo P,Gonzalez GM,Llaca-Díaz JM,Perez-Gómez R,Rodriguez-Noriega E

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The volume of blood sampled for blood culture determines its sensitivity. We measured low mean blood volumes in submitted aerobic (8.38 ± 3.88 ml) and anaerobic (7.16 ± 3.83 ml) blood culture bottles. Educational seminars were held for phlebotomy teams, and renewed measurements thereafter revealed significantly higher...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van Ingen J,Hilt N,Bosboom R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study involved the rapid, direct identification of Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Enterococcus sp., and Streptococcus agalactiae from positive blood culture bottles (BACTEC, Johnston Laboratories, Inc.) by using the AccuProbe (Gen-Probe, San Diego, Calif...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Davis TE,Fuller DD

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To differentiate the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies, LightCycler real-time PCR was used for the fluorescence (SYBR Green I) melting curve analysis of borrelial recA gene PCR products. The specific melting temperature analyzed is a function of the GC/AT ratio, length, and nucleotide sequence of the amplifi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pietilä J,He Q,Oksi J,Viljanen MK

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histoplasmosis is an important systemic fungal infection, particularly among immunocompromised individuals, who may develop a progressive disseminated form which is often fatal if it is untreated. In such patients, the detection of antibody responses for both diagnosis and follow-up may be of limited use, whereas the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gómez BL,Figueroa JI,Hamilton AJ,Diez S,Rojas M,Tobón A,Restrepo A,Hay RJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of previously described chemically defined media for the growth of Legionella pneumophila showed that these media supported poor growth of several strains of L. pneumophila and did not support growth of certain of the Legionella species described later. Growth was stimulated by the dialysate from yeast extr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pine L,Franzus MJ,Malcolm GB

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:Immunoblots were used to study the immunoglobulin G response to Borrelia burgdorferi in experimentally and naturally exposed dogs. Adsorption studies confirmed that the antibodies were specific for B. burgdorferi. Experimentally exposed dogs were asymptomatic. Naturally exposed dogs included both asymptomatic animals ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Greene RT,Walker RL,Nicholson WL,Heidner HW,Levine JF,Burgess EC,Wyand M,Breitschwerdt EB,Berkhoff HA

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many laboratory workers prefer the rhodamine-auramine method of staining acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in primary specimen smears rather than carbol fuchsin stains because the stain is more readily interpreted and yields greater sensitivity. The increasing incidence of AFB infections serves as an impetus to optimize the rho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McCarter YS,Robinson A

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the genetic diversity and dynamicity of circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Thailand using nearly neutral molecular markers. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based genotypes of 1,414 culture-positive M. tuberculosis isolates from 1,282 pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and 132 extr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Srilohasin P,Chaiprasert A,Tokunaga K,Nishida N,Prammananan T,Smittipat N,Mahasirimongkol S,Chaiyasirinroje B,Yanai H,Palittapongarnpim P

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the course of an OXA-48-producing Enterobacteriaceae (OPE) outbreak that started in March 2012 in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Jerusalem, Israel. During the peak of the outbreak (January to August 2012), there were 49 patients who had proven or suspected acquisition of OPE in the NICU,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Adler A,Solter E,Masarwa S,Miller-Roll T,Abu-Libdeh B,Khammash H,Najem K,Dekadek S,Stein-Zamir C,Nubani N,Kunbar A,Assous MV,Carmeli Y,Schwaber MJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of candidate antiviral drugs against Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), and HHV-8 is hampered by the lack of convenient laboratory assays. We developed real-time quantitative PCR assays performed on supernatants of lymphoma cell lines and determined the 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC5...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bounaadja L,Piret J,Goyette N,Boivin G

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00