Evaluation of cost-effectiveness and rationale for use of a selective culture plate for isolation of Staphylococcus aureus from stool specimens.

abstract：:We describe a novel, rapid, and inexpensive method for the measurement of growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis, and Mycobacterium smegmatis in the presence or absence of detergent. The method, which employs hot NaOH treatment of mycobacterial cells to release total cellular protein, compares favor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Meyers PR,Bourn WR,Steyn LM,van Helden PD,Beyers AD,Brown GD

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of single radial immunodiffusion assays of influenza virus hemagglutinin were found to be greatly altered by small antigenic differences between test and reference strains. When such differences were present, the precise specificity of the antiserum used had a critical effect on the measured hemagglutinin ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rodda SJ,Gallichio HA,Hampson AW

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-reaction between Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and chlamydiae is described. A water-soluble, heat stable, non-dialyzable antigen was extracted from Acinetobacter species by boiling. This antigen fixed complement in the presence of homologous hyperimmune sera from rabbits or guinea pigs and in the presence of het...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brade H,Brunner H

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples of cerebrospinal fluid from 103 patients with aseptic meningitis were tested by PCR for detection of leptospires, and the results were compared with those of the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of immunoglobulin M (ELISA-IgM). Of these samples, 39.80%...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Romero EC,Billerbeck AE,Lando VS,Camargo ED,Souza CC,Yasuda PH

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by a novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2]) began in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019 and spread rapidly worldwide. The response by the Alberta Precision Laboratories, Public Health Laboratory (ProvLab), AB, Canada...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pabbaraju K,Wong AA,Douesnard M,Ma R,Gill K,Dieu P,Fonseca K,Zelyas N,Tipples GA

更新日期：2020-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:An aerobically incubated, agar-based medium was developed for amino acid decarboxylase testing of Enterobacteriaceae family members by replica-plating methods. Results with the new medium agreed 97 to 99% with the reference broth method of Moeller, and no false-positive reactions were encountered. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Maccani JE

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four commercial kits, Oxi/Ferm (OF), API 20E (AP), Minitek (MT; BBL Microbiology Systems), and Flow N/F (NF), were evaluated, without additional tests, for identification of 258 gram-negative nonfermentative rods. OF and MT were read after 48 h of incubation, and AP and NF were read after both 24 and 48 h of incubatio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Appelbaum PC,Stavitz J,Bentz MS,von Kuster LC

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) genome is a linear double-stranded DNA of 152 kpb. It is divided into long and short regions of unique sequences termed U(L) and U(S), respectively, and these are flanked by regions of inverted internal and terminal repeats. Microsatellites are short tandem repeats of 1- to 6-nu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Deback C,Boutolleau D,Depienne C,Luyt CE,Bonnafous P,Gautheret-Dejean A,Garrigue I,Agut H

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trauma intensive care unit (TICU) patients requiring mechanical respiratory support frequently develop ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Oral and oropharyngeal bacteria are believed to be responsible for many cases of VAP, but definitive evidence of this relationship is lacking. Earlier studies used conventional ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bahrani-Mougeot FK,Paster BJ,Coleman S,Barbuto S,Brennan MT,Noll J,Kennedy T,Fox PC,Lockhart PB

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the characteristics of subjects from the same area who were infected with hepatitis C virus genotypes 1 through 4 and subtypes 1a and 1b. Our data are consistent with a rapid evolution in the epidemiology of HCV genotypes and argue against different pathogenic potentials for genotypes 1b and 2. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ravaggi A,Rossini A,Mazza C,Puoti M,Marin MG,Cariani E

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the quantitative levels and the genetic mechanisms of resistance in drug-resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis sampled over a period of 3 years (n = 45; 17 of the isolate were multidrug resistant). Our results led us to hypothesize that some strains categorized as resistant to isoniaz...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Springer B,Calligaris-Maibach RC,Ritter C,Böttger EC

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This collaborative three-center study evaluated NCCLS M38-A document testing conditions and other testing conditions for the antifungal susceptibility testing of 35 isolates of Aspergillus nidulans, A. terreus, Bipolaris hawaiiensis, B. spicifera, Cladophialophora bantiana, Dactylaria constricta, Fusarium solani, Paec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Espinel-Ingroff A,Chaturvedi V,Fothergill A,Rinaldi MG

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years testing responsibilities for high-consequence pathogens have been expanded from national reference laboratories into networks of local and regional laboratories in order to support enhanced disease surveillance and to test for surge capacity. This movement of testing of select agents and high-consequen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hietala SK,Crossley BM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In October 2001, the first disseminated biological warfare attack was perpetrated on American soil. Initially, a few clinical microbiology laboratories were testing specimens from acutely ill patients and also being asked to test nasal swabs from the potentially exposed. Soon after, a significant number of clinical mi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Craft DW,Lee PA,Rowlinson MC

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By use of the nearly perfectly colinear genomes of Rickettsia conorii and Rickettsia prowazekii, we compared the usefulness of three types of sequences for typing of R. conorii isolates: (i) 5 variable coding genes comprising the 16S ribosomal DNA, gltA, ompB, and sca4 (gene D) genes, which are present in both genomes...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fournier PE,Zhu Y,Ogata H,Raoult D

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes of sarcoidosis are unknown. In this study, we report the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and Propionibacterium granulosum DNA in a significant proportion of Greek patients with sarcoidosis. Human herpesvirus 8 DNA was not detected in sarcoid tissues from Greek patients. Our findings are discu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gazouli M,Ikonomopoulos J,Trigidou R,Foteinou M,Kittas C,Gorgoulis V

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the performances of 2 PCR assays (BD GeneOhm and Seegene ACE) for direct detection of tcdB from stool specimens. The concordance rate between BD and Seegene was 96.3%. The sensitivities, specificities, positive predictive values (PPVs), and negative predictive values (NPVs) of BD and Seegene were 95.7%, 9...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shin BM,Mun SJ,Yoo SJ,Kuak EY

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 254 isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci were tested in parallel for novobiocin susceptibility by using P agar and Mueller-Hinton agar. Zones of inhibition of 16 mm or less around a 5-micrograms novobiocin disk on Mueller-Hinton agar indicated novobiocin resistance, as demonstrated by Staphylococcus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Almeida RJ,Jorgensen JH

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the adoption of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) for Clostridium difficile diagnosis and their impact on stool rejection policies and C. difficile positivity rates. Of the laboratories with complete surveys, 51 (43%) reported using NAAT in 2011. Laboratories using NAAT had stricter rejection policie...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cohen J,Limbago B,Dumyati G,Holzbauer S,Johnston H,Perlmutter R,Dunn J,Nadle J,Lyons C,Phipps E,Beldavs Z,Clark LA,Lessa FC,CDC's Clostridium difficile Infection Surveillance Investigators.

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia pneumoniae is an important human respiratory pathogen. Classification of C. pneumoniae isolates into distinguishable serovars or genotypes has not yet been reported. To determine whether antigenic or molecular variants among C. pneumoniae isolates exist, six strains were studied via immunoblot analysis and D...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jantos CA,Heck S,Roggendorf R,Sen-Gupta M,Hegemann JH

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Test strips for the detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 were investigated using specimens from risk groups in Thailand (141 reactive; 445 nonreactive) in a local Thai laboratory. The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity were both 100%. Using a set of seroconversion panels, the sensitivity ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pagcharoenpol P,Burgess-Cassler A,Schramm W

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence-based typing (SBT), analogous to multilocus sequence typing (MLST), is the current "gold standard" typing method for investigation of legionellosis outbreaks caused by Legionella pneumophila However, as common sequence types (STs) cause many infections, some investigations remain unresolved. In this study, va...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： David S,Mentasti M,Tewolde R,Aslett M,Harris SR,Afshar B,Underwood A,Fry NK,Parkhill J,Harrison TG

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In comparative studies, Hemo-De (PMP Medical Industries, Inc., Irving, Tex.) was found to be a suitable replacement for ethyl acetate in the Formalin-ethyl acetate concentration technique. With essentially equivalent recovery rates for both procedures, the Formalin-Hemo-De concentration technique is considered to be t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Neimeister R,Logan AL,Gerber B,Egleton JH,Kleger B

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beagle dogs inoculated intravenously with 1.75 x 10(9) viable Encephalitozoon cuniculi spores at 12.5 months of age were monitored for 18 months to assess infection in the adult dog. Parameters monitored included packed cell volume, total and differential leukocyte counts, and humoral and cellular responses to infecti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Szabo JR,Shadduck JA

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella isolates have traditionally been classified by serotyping, the serologic identification of two surface antigens, O-polysaccharide and flagellin protein. Serotyping has been of great value in understanding the epidemiology of Salmonella and investigating disease outbreaks; however, production and quality con...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McQuiston JR,Parrenas R,Ortiz-Rivera M,Gheesling L,Brenner F,Fields PI

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood culture contamination greatly affects clinical decisions. Hence, it is of interest to assess the influence of factors such as the volume of blood drawn and the site of blood draw on the rates of blood culture contamination. In a retrospective study, blood cultures from infants and children up to 18 years of age ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gonsalves WI,Cornish N,Moore M,Chen A,Varman M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatase activity was found to be applicable as a criterion for the differentiation of Mycoplasma salivarium and Mycoplasma orale, predominant constituents of oral mycoplasmal flora. Therefore, a simple procedure for the phosphatase activity assay was established as a screening test for the differentiation of oral ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shibata K,Totsuka M,Watanabe T

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 242 isolates were recovered from 76 patients with invasive diseases, 89 with scarlet fever, and 77 with pharyngitis. The most frequent emm types were types 12 (43.4%), 4 (18.2%), and 1 (16.9%). emm12 reemerged in 2005 and peaked in 2007. emm11 was recovered only from patients with invasive disease. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Su YF,Wang SM,Lin YL,Chuang WJ,Lin YS,Wu JJ,Lin MT,Liu CC

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a quick genetic approach to screen variants of the intimin gene (eae) by using a heteroduplex mobility assay (HMA) that targets the 5' conserved region of eae. The eae variants were categorized into 4 major HMA types and 10 minor subtypes. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ito K,Iida M,Yamazaki M,Moriya K,Moroishi S,Yatsuyanagi J,Kurazono T,Hiruta N,Ratchtrachenchai OA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the performance of the Rapidec Carba NP test, which was introduced recently into the market for the detection of carbapenemase production in a broad spectrum of β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates. In total, 252 clinical Enterobacteriaceae isolates that had been genetically ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hombach M,von Gunten B,Castelberg C,Bloemberg GV

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00