Recurrent breast abscesses caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum.

abstract：:Quantitative PCR on nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) can achieve high sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) compared to microscopic examination of bronchoscopic specimens in a population with low HIV prevalence. Since NPA is a minimally invasive procedure, it is ideal as a screening test ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： To KK,Wong SC,Xu T,Poon RW,Mok KY,Chan JF,Cheng VC,Chan KH,Hung IF,Yuen KY

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of the novel BACTEC MGIT 960 pyrazinamide (PZA) kit (Becton Dickinson Microbiology Systems, Sparks, Md.) was assessed for testing of susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to PZA. Results generated by the BACTEC MGIT 960 system (Becton Dickinson) were compared with those obtained with the BACTEC ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfyffer GE,Palicova F,Rüsch-Gerdes S

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida dubliniensis is a newly recognized fungal pathogen causing mucosal disease in AIDS patients. Although preliminary studies indicate that most strains of C. dubliniensis are susceptible to established antifungal agents, fluconazole-resistant strains have been detected. Furthermore, fluconazole-resistant strains ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfaller MA,Messer SA,Gee S,Joly S,Pujol C,Sullivan DJ,Coleman DC,Soll DR

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For up to 20 to 40% of patients chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), the mode of transmission is still unknown. We demonstrate that tear fluid contains HCV RNA-carrying material with the properties of infectious virus and conclude that smear infection with tear fluid may play a role in HCV transmission. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Feucht HH,Zöllner B,Schröter M,Altrogge H,Laufs R

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study demonstrates that significant reproducibility problems can occur during routine use of the Abbott Laboratories LCx assay for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. These problems can go undetected by the quality control procedures outlined in the manufacturer's package insert. We outline here proc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gronowski AM,Copper S,Baorto D,Murray PR

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristics differentiating Escherichia coli strains that cause cystitis or pyelonephritis from fecal E. coli remain incompletely defined, particularly among adult women in the United States. Accordingly, phylogenetic group, O antigens, and virulence factors (VFs) were analyzed among 329 E. coli isolates from the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnson JR,Owens K,Gajewski A,Kuskowski MA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The studies reported here were undertaken to assess the ability of the outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of Salmonella typhi to induce a humoral immune response in humans with typhoid fever. OMPs were isolated with the nonionic detergent Triton X-100 and were found to be contaminated with approximately 4% lipopolysacchar...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ortiz V,Isibasi A,García-Ortigoza E,Kumate J

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an important cause of cirrhosis and cancer of the liver. HBV is currently classified into eight genotypes, A to H. Accumulated evidence shows that the genotype influences both the clinical course of infection and the response to treatment. We describe a new method for ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Malmström S,Berglin-Enquist I,Lindh M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleic acid sequence of the putative 5'-untranslated (5PUT) region of hepatitis C virus (HCV), determined for samples obtained from a variety of geographic origins, was found to be over 98% conserved among all isolates. On the basis of this signature sequence for HCV, a viral RNA assay was developed by using cDNA...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cha TA,Kolberg J,Irvine B,Stempien M,Beall E,Yano M,Choo QL,Houghton M,Kuo G,Han JH

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively evaluated a new PCR-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit (Onychodiag; BioAdvance, France) for the diagnosis of dermatophytic onychomycosis by testing nail samples from 438 patients with suspected onychomycosis and from 108 healthy controls in three independent laboratories. In two laboratories, sampl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Savin C,Huck S,Rolland C,Benderdouche M,Faure O,Noacco G,Menotti J,Candolfi E,Pelloux H,Grillot R,Coupe S,Derouin F

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microflora associated with three dentoalveolar abscesses was determined by cultural and molecular methods. 16S rRNA genes were randomly amplified by means of conserved eubacterial primers and cloned. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the clones and amplified genes encoding 16S rRNA from the cult...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dymock D,Weightman AJ,Scully C,Wade WG

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiological agents of diarrhea in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), were studied in the period from October 1996 to August 1997. A total of 880 patients with diarrhea visiting medical facilities were examined for Shigella, Salmonella, diarrheagenic Escherichia coli, vibrio, Aeromonas, Campylob...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yamashiro T,Nakasone N,Higa N,Iwanaga M,Insisiengmay S,Phounane T,Munnalath K,Sithivong N,Sisavath L,Phanthauamath B,Chomlasak K,Sisulath P,Vongsanith P

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adhesin-encoding operons (pap, sfa/foc, and afa) have been shown to be prevalent in Escherichia coli strains associated with urinary tract infections. A quick and sensitive assay to identify these operons was developed by using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Three pairs of 25-mer primers were defined from the se...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Le Bouguenec C,Archambaud M,Labigne A

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid detection of mycobacterial disease is essential. Using multiple specimen types and concentrations of mycobacteria, we compared two commercial auramine O stains. The more rapid stain permitted consistent acid-fast bacillus quantitation and exhibited less debris staining, and the staining procedure required less t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hendry C,Dionne K,Hedgepeth A,Carroll K,Parrish N

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reversed passive latex agglutination (RPLA) assay for determining the toxigenicity of Corynebacterium diphtheriae is presented. Rabbit antitoxin antiserum was raised by using commercially available diphtheria toxoid. This antiserum reacted with the diphtheria toxin when the culture supernatant was assayed by Western...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Toma C,Sisavath L,Iwanaga M

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates were obtained from 24 patients between March and May 2004 at the Centre Hospitalier de Polynésie Française, Tahiti, French Polynesia. The isolates were multidrug resistant, produced the carbapenemase OXA-23, and belonged to a single clone presenting several subtype...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Naas T,Levy M,Hirschauer C,Marchandin H,Nordmann P

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 452 samples that were positive by the Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) assay and MGIT 960 system (MGIT), 440 and 10 Mycobacterium tuberculosis samples were detected as rifampin susceptible and rifampin resistant, respectively. Two isolates that were rifampin susceptible by the MGIT system were rifampin resistant by the Xpe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mokaddas E,Ahmad S,Eldeen HS,Al-Mutairi N

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sheep and guinea pigs were immunized with cellular and extracellular antigen from Legionella pneumophila bacteria. After immunization, the animals developed immunoglobulin G titers against the immunizing agent. The same sera were also tested in a Mycoplasma pneumoniae complement fixation test. All the preimmunization ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Berdal BP,Eng J

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain analysis cannot be used for the investigation of active lyssavirus infection in healthy bats because most bat species are protected by conservation directives. Consequently, serology remains the only tool for performing virological studies on natural bat populations; however, the presence of antibodies merely re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Echevarría JE,Avellón A,Juste J,Vera M,Ibáñez C

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mold Aureobasidium pullulans was isolated on several nutrient media from a splenic abscess in a patient with disseminated lymphoma. Examination of stained smears and paraffin sections revealed fungal structures characteristic of this organism. This is the first reported association of A. pullulans with an opportun...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Salkin IF,Martinez JA,Kemna ME

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral and cutaneous leishmaniases are heterogenous entities. The Leishmania species that a given patient harbors usually cannot be determined clinically, and this identification is essential to prescribe the best species-specific therapeutic regimen. Our diagnosis procedure includes a real-time PCR assay targeted a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Foulet F,Botterel F,Buffet P,Morizot G,Rivollet D,Deniau M,Pratlong F,Costa JM,Bretagne S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 2009 H1N1 influenza A outbreak, 773 children were tested for influenza by direct fluorescent-antibody testing with PCR confirmation. Direct fluorescent-antibody testing has a specificity of 99.6% but a sensitivity of only 65.0%. Physicians should recognize diagnostic limitations of direct fluorescent-antibo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bakerman P,Balasuriya L,Fried O,Tellez D,Garcia-Filion P,Dalton H

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interfering substances have been reported to inhibit PCR assays for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical specimens. Using an internal control, we determined that 52% of respiratory specimens interfered with our PCR assay. On the basis of these findings, we tried to circumvent the problem by s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Forbes BA,Hicks KE

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to linezolid is rare in clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis. A strain resistant to this antimicrobial but susceptible to vancomycin was found to cause central venous catheter colonization in a patient who never received linezolid. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marra AR,Major Y,Edmond MB

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Asia, bla(KPC) detection has been limited to East Asia and not yet seen in Southeast Asia. We report four bla(KPC-2)-containing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from two different hospitals in Singapore. All isolates belonged to strain type 11 (ST11) and were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFG...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Balm MN,Ngan G,Jureen R,Lin RT,Teo J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid method for the detection of acetylneuraminyl hydrolase, EC 3.2.1.18 (sialidase or neuraminidase), was developed by using 2'-(4-methylumbelliferyl)alpha-D-N-acetylneuraminic acid as substrate in a filter paper spot test. The method was compared to conventional assays that use 2'-(4-methylumbelliferyl)alpha-D-N-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moncla BJ,Braham P

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of diagnostic susceptibility tests for CEM-101, a new fluoroketolide, was addressed by structured studies to determine the optimal disk diffusion test concentration and effects of various testing conditions or supplements and to establish the quality control (QC) ranges for reference broth microdilutio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jones RN,Ross JE,Rhomberg PR,Quality Control Working Group.

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a field trial conducted in cooperation with pediatricians in private practice, 198 nasopharyngeal swabs from children with suspected whooping cough were placed into charcoal-horse-blood transport medium with cephalexin (40 mg/liter). After preincubation at 36 degrees C for 1 to 2 days, the transport systems were ma...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hoppe JE,Weiss A,Wörz S

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A duplex PCR to detect Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis was developed with the insertion sequences IS481 (B. pertussis) and IS1001 (B. parapertussis) and evaluated with specimens from 520 consecutive patients presenting with possible pertussis. No culture-positive-PCR-negative results occurred, giving...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Farrell DJ,Daggard G,Mukkur TK

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capnocytophaga ochracea is a gram-negative, fusiform bacillus which is part of the normal human oral flora. This organism is often isolated from periodontal lesions of patients with periodontitis and is associated with sepsis in granulocytopenic patients. We report here a case of endocarditis caused by C. ochracea. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Buu-Hoi AY,Joundy S,Acar JF

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00