Apparent colistin-related false sensitivity with the Autobac I system.

abstract：:An outbreak of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning occurred among attendees of a firehouse luncheon. The predominant symptoms of diarrhea (100%) and abdominal pain (81%) among case-patients, the mean incubation period (13.4 h), and the mean duration of illness (21.2 h) were all characteristic of C. perfringens ente...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gross TP,Kamara LB,Hatheway CL,Powers P,Libonati JP,Harmon SM,Israel E

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1974 to 1994, 2,033 specimens from children were submitted for cultures for anaerobic bacteria. Eighty-three Veillonella spp. were recovered from 83 children (4%). Most Veillonella species were recovered from abscesses, aspiration pneumonias, burns, bites, and sinuses. The infections were polymicrobial in 79 (95%...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brook I

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biotin-avidin-amplified indirect immunofluorescence method was used to demonstrate specific serum immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies in nephropathia epidemica, the Scandinavian type of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. The antigen in the test was the cross-reacting agent of Korean hemorrhagic fever, Hantaan viru...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Settergren B,Juto P,Wadell G

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastocystis hominis is now gaining acceptance as an agent of human intestinal disease. A case-control study of the cause of gastroenteritis in children less than 6 years old was conducted. A total of 500 stool specimens were examined by wet mount preparation, formalin-ether concentration, Sheather's sugar flotation t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nimri LF

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High incidence rates of isoniazid-, rifampin-, and multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis have been reported in countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU). Genotypic (unlike phenotypic) drug resistance assays do not require viable cultures but require accurate knowledge of both the target gene and the mutations associat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nikolayevsky V,Brown T,Balabanova Y,Ruddy M,Fedorin I,Drobniewski F

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitive peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PXAPX) method individually and in conjunction with the Papanicolaou (PAP) stain was used to detect herpes simplex virus (HSV) in specimens from human female genitalia. Initial studies using a model system of HSV-1 or HSV-2-infected Vero cells established (i) acetone as the most...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pearson NS,Fleagle G,Docherty JJ

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection is a common complication in late-stage AIDS. We describe a patient seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus with a disseminated infection caused by mycobacteria. Acid-fast rods were visible by microscopy in stool and bone marrow and in specimens from skin, liver, spleen,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kirschner P,Vogel U,Hein R,Böttger EC

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six rapid agglutination tests for identification of Staphylococcus aureus were evaluated by using 62 strains of S. aureus, 63 strains of S. saprophyticus, and 67 strains of other coagulase-negative staphylococci. S. saprophyticus was responsible for 19 of 26 false-positive results and 20 uninterpretable reactions. Thu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gregson DB,Low DE,Skulnick M,Simor AE

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium group JK organisms were isolated from lung fluid aspirated with a fine needle from one of four thick-walled cavitary lesions in a 72-year-old female. Cultures and stains for mycobacteria and fungi were negative. The patient was successfully treated with an 8-week course of vancomycin. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McNaughton RD,Villanueva RR,Donnelly R,Freedman J,Nawrot R

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While Corynebacterium ulcerans can mimic classical diphtheria, extrapharyngeal infections are extremely rare. Sequencing of the diphtheria toxin (DT)-encoding tox gene of two C. ulcerans isolates from extrapharyngeal infections revealed differences from C. diphtheriae DT sequences, mainly in the translocation and rece...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sing A,Hogardt M,Bierschenk S,Heesemann J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A DNA microarray for detection of Campylobacter spp. was recently developed and applied to detect Campylobacter spp. directly from chicken feces. Sixty-five pooled chicken cloacal swab samples from 650 individual broiler chickens were included in the study. The results of Campylobacter sp. detection obtained with DNA ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Keramas G,Bang DD,Lund M,Madsen M,Bunkenborg H,Telleman P,Christensen CB

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnant cows were successfully hyperimmunized with all four human rotavirus serotypes, resulting in a 100-fold increase in neutralizing milk antibody titers over those of controls. Milk antibodies were isolated batchwise from 1,000 kg of pooled milk for the first 10 lactation days, yielding 10 kg of freeze-dried milk...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brüssow H,Hilpert H,Walther I,Sidoti J,Mietens C,Bachmann P

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of 177 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains for the presence of egc and tst revealed that 60 strains carried at least one of the tested genes. MRSA strains were classified by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis into four clones belonging to agr groups I and III. Toxin genotypes were related...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chini V,Dimitracopoulos G,Spiliopoulou I

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi expresses a conserved, species-specific 39-kDa protein (P39) that can stimulate antibodies during human infection. To confirm that anti-P39 antibodies are produced consistently in animals exposed to infectious spirochetes, white-footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus, and laboratory white mice, Mus musc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Simpson WJ,Burgdorfer W,Schrumpf ME,Karstens RH,Schwan TG

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An Escherichia coli rRNA probe was compared with a combination of O serotyping, phage susceptibility, and biotype pattern for the type identification of strains of Enterobacter cloacae. Forty-five isolates of E. cloacae from 36 patients in nine hospitals were examined. By conventional typing, only 26 (57.7%) could be ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Garaizar J,Kaufmann ME,Pitt TL

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 122 adenovirus type 4 (Ad4) strains isolated from patients with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis at an eye clinic in Sapporo, Japan, from 1985 to 1989 were identified as Ad4a. By the use of HinfI and TaqI restriction endonucleases, these Ad4a strains were classified into 12 subgenome types. During this observa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Itakura S,Aoki K,Sawada H,Ishiguro N,Shinagawa M

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis. In northeast Thailand, this gram-negative bacterium is a major cause of mortality from septicemia. The definitive diagnosis of this disease is made by bacterial culture. In this study, we produced a monoclonal antibody (MAb) specific to the 30-kDa protei...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pongsunk S,Thirawattanasuk N,Piyasangthong N,Ekpo P

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of septicemia caused by Pseudomonas stutzeri belonging to the unusual biotype Vb-3 in a patient with multiple myeloma is described. The origin of the septicemia was attributed to a community-acquired pneumonia. The bacteriology and pathogenicity of P. stutzeri are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Potvliege C,Jonckheer J,Lenclud C,Hansen W

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted to compare three automated systems and the Gram stain for their ability to detect significant bacteriuria. A total of 1,000 urine specimens were evaluated by Autobac MTS (General Diagnostics), Auto Microbic system (AMS; Vitek Systems, Inc.), and MS-2 (Abbott Laboratories) and compared with a semi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pezzlo MT,Tan GL,Peterson EM,de la Maza LM

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus ST45 is a major global MRSA lineage with huge strain diversity and a high clinical impact. It is one of the most prevalent carrier lineages but also frequently causes severe invasive disease, such as bacteremia. Little is known about its evolutionary history. In this study, we used whole-genome s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Effelsberg N,Stegger M,Peitzmann L,Altinok O,Coombs GW,Pichon B,Kearns A,Randad PR,Heaney CD,Bletz S,Schaumburg F,Mellmann A

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty human clinical Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellulare complex strains isolated in Greece were characterized to the species level by PCR with three sets of primers specific for one or both species. M. avium predominated in both human immunodeficiency virus-positive and -negative patients, but the frequency of M. i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kyriakopoulos AM,Tassios PT,Matsiota-Bernard P,Marinis E,Tsaousidou S,Legakis NJ

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study demonstrates the dynamics in the epidemiology of hepatitis C virus subtypes. Subtypes 3a and 4a have become increasingly prevalent in patients where an infection within recent years can be assumed. Evidence is presented that the subtypes observed among younger patients can spread rapidly and lead to signifi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schröter M,Zöllner B,Schäfer P,Reimer A,Müller M,Laufs R,Feucht HH

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study, 139 serial blood samples from 15 transplant recipients were assessed for the presence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) by virus isolation (CMV viremia) and by direct staining of CMV antigens (CMV Ag) in blood leukocytes (CMV antigenemia). CMV was isolated from 23 samples, whereas CMV Ag was detected in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van der Bij W,Schirm J,Torensma R,van Son WJ,Tegzess AM,The TH

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to describe the frequency of positive Aspergillus tests in COVID-19 patients and investigate the association between COVID-19 and a positive Aspergillus test result. We compared the proportion of positive Aspergillus tests in COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU for > 24 hours with two contr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yusuf E,Vonk A,van den Akker JPC,Bode L,Sips GJ,Rijnders BJA,de Steenwinkel J,Verkaik NJ,Vogel M,van der Eerden M,van Westreenen M

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A genotyping study of 285 Hybrid Capture 2 low-risk probe cocktail-positive specimens showed cross-reactivity with several untargeted human papillomavirus genotypes. Cross-reactivity was often clinically beneficial due to the detection of untargeted low-risk genotypes. A total of 8.4% of positive results, usually weak...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poljak M,Kocjan BJ,Kovanda A,Lunar MM,Lepej SZ,Planinic A,Seme K,Vince A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MARC-145 cell line is commonly used to isolate porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) for diagnostics, research and vaccine production, but it yields frustratingly low success rates of virus isolation (VI). ZMAC cell line, derived from porcine alveolar macrophages, has become available but its uti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yim-Im W,Huang H,Park J,Wang C,Calzada G,Gauger P,Harmon K,Main R,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A diagnostic test for feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV) infection based on a nested PCR (nPCR) assay was developed and tested with FIPV, feline enteric coronavirus (FECV), canine coronavirus (CCV), and transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) and clinical fluid samples from cats with effusive feline infecti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gamble DA,Lobbiani A,Gramegna M,Moore LE,Colucci G

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common causes of chronic diarrhea among travelers worldwide include protozoan parasites. The majority of parasitic infections are caused by Giardia duodenalis, Entamoeba histolytica, Cryptosporidium parvum, and Cryptosporidium hominis Similarly, these species cause the majority of parasitic diarrhea acquired in the Un...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Madison-Antenucci S,Relich RF,Doyle L,Espina N,Fuller D,Karchmer T,Lainesse A,Mortensen JE,Pancholi P,Veros W,Harrington SM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the abilities of three different avian influenza A viruses to attenuate the wild-type human influenza A/Korea/1/82 (H3N2) virus in squirrel monkeys, chimpanzees, and adult seronegative human volunteers. Two of these, avian influenza A/Mallard/NY/78 and A/Mallard/Alberta/76 viruses, appeared to be satisfac...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Snyder MH,Clements ML,Herrington D,London WT,Tierney EL,Murphy BR

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive PCR assay that detects the thermophilic campylobacters C. jejuni, C. coli, C. lari, and C. upsaliensis is reported. Furthermore, by digestion of the PCR products with two restriction enzymes, species differentiation was demonstrated. Thus, the present method has the potential to be used for both detection ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fermér C,Engvall EO

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00