Comparison of the Raji cell line fluorescent antibody to membrane antigen test and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for determination of immunity to varicella-zoster virus.

abstract：:We report herein a case of Bartholin's gland abscess caused by Brucella melitensis. Clinical microbiology laboratory workers in areas where this disease is endemic should be familiar with the bacteriological features of this organism and consider the possibility of a brucellar etiology in a broad range of clinical set...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peled N,David Y,Yagupsky P

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development and evaluation of a new selective medium (colistin-oxolinic acid-blood agar) for streptococci is described. Streptococci of medical and veterinary importance grew well on the medium. Gram-negative organisms, staphylococci. Bacillus spp., and coryneforms are all inhibited. It was concluded that the medi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Petts DN

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mueller-Hinton (MH) agar media from various commercial sources, either supplemented or not supplemented with 5% sheep blood, were studied to determine their effect on disk diffusion susceptibility testing results obtained with 90 strains of group D streptococci and four cephalosporins. The cephalosporins investigated ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sahm DF,Baker CN,Jones RN,Thornsberry C

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-free and cell-associated human immunodeficiency virus cultures suspended in 10% serum remained infectious for several weeks at room temperature. The stability was further increased when cell-associated virus was suspended in neat serum. When dried onto a glass coverslip, virus remained infectious for several days...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van Bueren J,Simpson RA,Jacobs P,Cookson BD

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae strains represents a major threat for hospitalized patients. We document the dissemination and control of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clones in a Greek hospital. During a 3-year study period (January 2009 to December 2011), carbapenem...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poulou A,Voulgari E,Vrioni G,Xidopoulos G,Pliagkos A,Chatzipantazi V,Markou F,Tsakris A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 700 bacterial species or phylotypes, of which over 50% have not been cultivated, have been detected in the oral cavity. Our purposes were (i) to utilize culture-independent molecular techniques to extend our knowledge on the breadth of bacterial diversity in the healthy human oral cavity, including not-yet-c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aas JA,Paster BJ,Stokes LN,Olsen I,Dewhirst FE

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diarrheal diseases are highly prevalent in Bangladesh. However, the relative contribution of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli organisms--those that are enterotoxigenic (ETEC), enteropathogenic (EPEC), enteroinvasive, enterohemorrhagic, enteroaggregative, and diffuse adherent--to diarrhea in Bangladeshi populations is no...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Albert MJ,Faruque SM,Faruque AS,Neogi PK,Ansaruzzaman M,Bhuiyan NA,Alam K,Akbar MS

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR-single-strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) analysis is a rapid and convenient technique for the detection of mutations and allelic variants. We have adapted this technique for the identification of bacteria by PCR with fluorescein-labeled primers chosen from the conserved regions of the 16S rRNA gene flank...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Widjojoatmodjo MN,Fluit AC,Verhoef J

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the use of highly purified viral proteins in the solid-phase radioimmunoassay (SPRIA) procedure is not practical for routine diagnostic serology, the procedure was adapted for use with the crude antigens now commonly used to diagnose St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) virus infections. SLE and various other alpha- and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wolff KL,Muth DJ,Hudson BW,Trent DW

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tularemia is the zoonotic disease caused by the gram-negative coccobacillus Francisella tularensis. Its wide distribution in the environment poses a challenge for understanding the transmission, ecology, and epidemiology of the disease. F. tularensis is also considered a potential biological weapon due to its extreme ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Versage JL,Severin DD,Chu MC,Petersen JM

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stable dwarf forms of Staphylococcus aureus have been identified in clinical specimens as the sole or predominant isolate in eight cases. These organisms have been shown to be menadione or thiamine dependent, i.e., cultivation in the presence of one of these agents has permitted growth of colonies which appear typical...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Acar JF,Goldstein FW,Lagrange P

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of enterovirus 71 (EV71) infection has greatly increased in the Asian Pacific region since 1997. Several large outbreaks, caused by different subgenogroups of EV71, occurred with high rates of morbidity and a substantial number of deaths. In 2007, 58 cases of EV71 infection requiring hospitalization were...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van der Sanden S,Koopmans M,Uslu G,van der Avoort H,Dutch Working Group for Clinical Virology.

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous and intraarterial catheters were examined microbiologically and morphologically. Bacteria or yeasts were recovered from 38 of the 63 catheters examined, and Staphylococcus epidermidis was present on 29 of the 38 colonized catheters. Examination of unused Teflon catheters ( Jelco ; Surgikos , Inc., Peterbor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marrie TJ,Costerton JW

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Achromobacter species are increasingly being detected in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, with an unclear epidemiology and impact. We studied a cohort of patients attending a Canadian adult CF clinic who had positive sputum cultures for Achromobacter species in the period from 1984 to 2013. Infection was categorized as ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Edwards BD,Greysson-Wong J,Somayaji R,Waddell B,Whelan FJ,Storey DG,Rabin HR,Surette MG,Parkins MD

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fimbriae of Porphyromonas gingivalis are filamentous appendages on the cell surface and are thought to be one of the virulence factors. The fimA gene encoding the subunit protein of fimbriae, fimbrillin (FimA), was classified into four typeable variants (types I to IV). We previously examined the distribution of P. gi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nakagawa I,Amano A,Kimura RK,Nakamura T,Kawabata S,Hamada S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated a method to reduce oxygen tension and produce anaerobic conditions conveniently by coculture with a nonfermentative organism. The biochemical reactions of 94 strains representing 41 different species were determined using prereduced media and gas chromatography according to standard methods. The standa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hussain Z,Bürger H,Lannigan R,Groves DJ

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the performance characteristics of a new, real-time nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) assay that incorporates molecular beacon technology for detection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). The quantitative results were comparable to those obtained with three leading commercially...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McClernon DR,Vavro C,St Clair M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 1, serotype O:21 was isolated from feces or rectal washings of three members of one family in northwestern Saskatchewan. The three isolates gave positive pathogenicity tests in guinea pigs with cultures grown at 22 degrees C as inoculum. All three cases showed clinical symptoms consiste...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martin T,Kasian GF,Stead S

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serratia ficaria was isolated from sputum in a 62-year-old man and from tracheal aspiration fluid in a 62-year-old woman with acute respiratory distress. These strains are the second and third isolations of S. ficaria from human sources. The case reports are presented, together with the laboratory findings and the bio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brouillard JA,Hansen W,Compere A

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli isolates that cause detachment of cell monolayers during in vitro adherence assays (cell-detaching E. coli [CDEC]) were recently reported as a potential new group of enteropathogenic bacteria. In the present study, 269 E. coli isolates from feces of children 1 to 5 years of age were identified as CDEC...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marques LR,Abe CM,Griffin PM,Gomes TA

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) has been steadily increasing in countries of the former USSR. The availability of rapid and reliable methods for the detection of drug resistance to second-line drugs is vital for adequate patient management. We evaluated the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ignatyeva O,Kontsevaya I,Kovalyov A,Balabanova Y,Nikolayevskyy V,Toit K,Dragan A,Maxim D,Mironova S,Kummik T,Muntean I,Koshkarova E,Drobniewski F

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera representing 16 different primate species were surveyed by indirect immunofluorescence for evidence of antibody to Legionella pneumophila. The presence of antibody in Old and New World monkeys and in apes supports previous observations of the ubiquity of Legionella pneumophila. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Helmke RJ,Kalter SS,Heberling RL

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cowdria ruminantium causes severe, often fatal disease in domestic ruminants, whereas wildlife species usually are not affected. Blood and bone marrow samples from healthy, free-ranging Zimbabwean ungulates were taken during translocation from areas harboring Amblyomma ticks and tested for the presence of C. ruminanti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kock ND,van Vliet AH,Charlton K,Jongejan F

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gas-liquid chromatographic (GLC) profiles of cellular fatty acids and metabolic products were useful in identifying strains of Peptococcus saccharolyticus, Peptococcus asaccharolyticus, Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, Peptostreptococcus micros, and Streptococcus intermedius. The GLC results supported the recent taxonom...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lambert MA,Armfield AY

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 2011 to December 2013, a total of 262 samples, from 188 patients suspected of having syphilis were tested for the presence of treponemal DNA by PCR amplification of five chromosomal loci, including the polA (TP0105), tmpC (TP0319), TP0136, TP0548, and 23S rRNA genes. Altogether, 146 samples from 103 patie...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Grillová L,Pĕtrošová H,Mikalová L,Strnadel R,Dastychová E,Kuklová I,Kojanová M,Kreidlová M,Vaňousová D,Hercogová J,Procházka P,Zákoucká H,Krchňáková A,Vašků V,Šmajs D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The IS200-like insertion sequence (IS) is a 708-bp element recently found in Yersinia pestis. Its nucleotide sequence is 85% identical to that of IS200 recovered in most Salmonella enterica isolates. It is also present in multiple copies in Y. pseudotuberculosis. In contrast, this IS is found in some (biotype 1B strai...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Odaert M,Berche P,Simonet M

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid identification of blood culture isolates and antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) results play critical roles for the optimal treatment of patients with bloodstream infections. Whereas others have looked at the time to detection in automated culture systems, we examined the overall time from specimen coll...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tabak YP,Vankeepuram L,Ye G,Jeffers K,Gupta V,Murray PR

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Initially, multilocus enzyme electrophoresis was used to examine genetic relationships among 63 isolates of Mycobacterium bovis and 13 other members of the M. tuberculosis complex. The isolates were divided into five electrophoretic types, with a mean genetic diversity of 0.1. The strains were genetically homogenous, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Feizabadi MM,Robertson ID,Cousins DV,Hampson DJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiplexed biomarker bundle consisting of nine different inflammation markers was evaluated regarding their diagnostic and prognostic performances in 159 adult systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) patients enrolled at the emergency department. Fibronectin, interleukin-8 (IL-8), biotin, and neutrophil gela...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Reichsoellner M,Raggam RB,Wagner J,Krause R,Hoenigl M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method for determining the MICs for Aspergillus species with slant-shaking incubation is described. The method was rapid (24 h), produced sharp visual end points, and showed high reproducibility. Additionally, MICs measured by this method correlated well with, as well as were two- to sixfold lower than, those by...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yamada H,Kohno S,Maesaki S,Koga H,Kaku M,Hara K,Tanaka H

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00