Evaluation of an automated, computerized system (automicrobic system) for Enterobacteriaceae identification.

abstract：:The QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus; Qiagen, Germantown, MD) interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) received FDA clearance in 2017 and will replace the prior version of the assay, the QFT-Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT). Here, we compared performances of the QFT-Plus assay and the QFT-GIT version in a diverse patient populat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Theel ES,Hilgart H,Breen-Lyles M,McCoy K,Flury R,Breeher LE,Wilson J,Sia IG,Whitaker JA,Clain J,Aksamit TR,Escalante P

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We first noted the appearance of thymidine-requiring, gram-negative bacilli in clinical specimens 2 years ago. Since then we have seen 10 patients colonized or infected with these organisms. These strains do not grow on Mueller-Hinton media, growth on MacConkey agar is variable, and growth in API 20E (Analytab Product...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： King CH,Shlaes DM,Dul MJ

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a large prospective comparison, the illumigene test detected Clostridium difficile in 98% of toxin-positive and 58% of toxin-negative samples confirmed positive by other methods. The Xpert was uniformly sensitive. Most samples with discrepant results had C. difficile concentrations below the illumigene limit of det...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gyorke CE,Wang S,Leslie JL,Cohen SH,Solnick JV,Polage CR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three commercial chromogenic agar media were evaluated for Streptococcus agalactiae screening in 200 vaginal swabs from pregnant women. The sensitivity and specificity were 94.3% and 100% for Granada medium (bioMérieux), 100% and 90.3% for Brilliance GBS medium (Thermo Fisher Scientific), and 100% and 98.8% for ChromI...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Verhoeven PO,Noyel P,Bonneau J,Carricajo A,Fonsale N,Ros A,Pozzetto B,Grattard F

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight Staphylococcus aureus strains initially identified by Vitek GPS-BS or GPS-SA cards as resistant to oxacillin, but susceptible to most non-beta-lactam antibiotics, were found on further testing to be susceptible to oxacillin and ceftizoxime by disk diffusion tests. For all these strains, the MICs of oxacillin wer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ribeiro J,Vieira FD,King T,D'Arezzo JB,Boyce JM

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) has been considered a potential candidate for human vaccines because of its serotype-independent protective immunity. Nasopharyngeal (NP) pneumococcal colonization is highly prevalent in infants and precedes the invasive disease. Thus, prevention of NP colonization may reduce the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pimenta FC,Ribeiro-Dias F,Brandileone MC,Miyaji EN,Leite LC,Sgambatti de Andrade AL

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of human immunoglobulin G by Fc receptors in herpes simplex virus (HSV)-infected cells can cause false-positive interpretations in the immunofluorescence test for HSV antibody. When the infected cell smears were treated with 10% glacial acetic acid for 5 min and rinsed in phosphate-buffered saline before t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gallo D

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two serotypes of exfoliatin, A and B, previously reported by Kondo et al. (1974) were examined for their presence in 43 strains of Staphylococcus aureus, most of which were isolated from patients with Ritter's disease and impetigo. The tested strains consisted of 24 strains of phage group II and 19 strains not of phag...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kondo I,Sakurai S,Sarai Y,Futaki S

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-h nonisotopic DNA probe assay for the direct detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urogenital specimens has recently been modified (PACE 2; Gen-Probe, San Diego, Calif.). The new assay format was developed to increase the sensitivity of the assay and simplify procedural steps. In this study, the new DNA probe test...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Panke ES,Yang LI,Leist PA,Magevney P,Fry RJ,Lee RF

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protease phenotypes expressed by isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients were evaluated. The majority of isolates tested produced elastase (65%) or alkaline protease (64%) or both. The mucoid phenotype expressed by many CF isolates of P. aeruginosa did not absolutely restrict the expr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jagger KS,Bahner DR,Warren RL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A DNA macroarray containing 465 intragenic amplicons was designed to identify Staphylococcus aureus at the species level and to type S. aureus isolates. The genes selected included those encoding (i) S. aureus-specific proteins, (ii) staphylococcal and enterococcal proteins mediating antibiotic resistance and factors ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Trad S,Allignet J,Frangeul L,Davi M,Vergassola M,Couve E,Morvan A,Kechrid A,Buchrieser C,Glaser P,El-Solh N

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory tract specimens from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) require unique processing by clinical microbiology laboratories to ensure detection of all potential pathogens. The present study sought to determine the compliance of microbiology laboratories in the United States with recently published recommendati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhou J,Garber E,Desai M,Saiman L

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：: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：:RNA of the newly identified human metapneumovirus (HMPV) was detected in nasopharyngeal aspirates of 11 of 63 (17.5%) young children with respiratory tract disease. Markers of infection caused by another member of the Pneumovirinae subfamily of the family Paramyxoviridae, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), were identi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Viazov S,Ratjen F,Scheidhauer R,Fiedler M,Roggendorf M

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：:Spontaneously occurring urinary tract infection (UTI) in dogs was exploited as an experiment of nature to gain insights into UTI pathogenesis in humans. Concurrent urinary and rectal Escherichia coli isolates from 37 dogs with UTI were compared with respect to phylogenetic background, O antigens, and extended virulenc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnson JR,Kaster N,Kuskowski MA,Ling GV

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of immunoglobulin M (IgM) detection in the early diagnosis of influenza A was examined in a prospective study during an outbreak of influenza A/Philippines/2/82 (H3N2) virus infection in February and March 1986. The IgM response was investigated in sera from 64 adults with influenzalike symptoms; we found a ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vikerfors T,Lindegren G,Grandien M,van der Logt J

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Mycobacterium avium, and many other nontuberculous mycobacteria are worldwide distributed microorganisms of major medical and veterinary importance. Considering the growing epidemiologic significance of wildlife-livestock-human interrelation, developing rapid detection tools of high...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sevilla IA,Molina E,Elguezabal N,Pérez V,Garrido JM,Juste RA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigenic cross-reactive characteristics of herpes B virus and herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 are responsible for false-positive diagnoses by serological assays in humans and macaques. In the present study, we developed a fluorometric indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with rec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fujima A,Ochiai Y,Saito A,Omori Y,Noda A,Kazuyama Y,Shoji H,Tanabayashi K,Ueda F,Yoshikawa Y,Hondo R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied 221 adults drawn from an impoverished urban population with high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroprevalence (35%) to determine the prevalence of gastroduodenal pathology and its relationship to serological markers of Helicobacter pylori virulence proteins and other potential environmental and im...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fernando N,Holton J,Zulu I,Vaira D,Mwaba P,Kelly P

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied nine solid and two liquid media for their suitability to select Aeromonas and Plesiomonas spp. from human stools, using artificially contaminated samples as well as 254 samples from outpatients with and without diarrhea. Media with optimal sensitivity and specificity for Aeromonas spp. were alkaline peptone...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： von Graevenitz A,Bucher C

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR has greatly facilitated pertussis diagnosis due to the speed, sensitivity, and specificity of this assay compared to other detection methods. Various single-target PCR assays are currently utilized, but none is universally considered to be the "gold standard." Our aim was to assess the use of multitarget versus si...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Qin X,Galanakis E,Martin ET,Englund JA

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the diagnostic performance of the new COVID19SEROSpeed IgM/IgG rapid test (BioSpeedia, a spinoff of the Pasteur Institute of Paris) for the detection of antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in comparison to other commercial antibody assays through a large ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Plebani M,Parčina M,Bechri I,Zehender G,Terkeš V,Abdel Hafith B,Antinori S,Pillet S,Gonzalo S,Hoerauf A,Lai A,Morović M,Bourlet T,Torre A,Pozzetto B,Galli M

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Three molecular assays were evaluated for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria in 125 respiratory and 22 nonrespiratory samples. The overall sensitivities obtained were as follows: GenoType MTBDRplus, 97.9%; GenoType Mycobacteria Direct, 93.7%; Gen-Probe Mycobacterium tuberculosis Amplif...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Neonakis IK,Gitti Z,Baritaki S,Petinaki E,Baritaki M,Spandidos DA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major cause of hepatitis. We evaluated five HEV antibody diagnostic assays by using outbreak specimens. The Abbott immunoglobulin G (IgG), Genelabs IgG, and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) IgM assays were about 90% sensitive; the Abbott IgG and WRAIR total Ig and IgM assays ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Myint KS,Endy TP,Gibbons RV,Laras K,Mammen MP Jr,Sedyaningsih ER,Seriwatana J,Glass JS,Narupiti S,Corwin AL

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many diseases with unknown etiology may be caused by unidentified viruses. Sequence-independent amplification revealed a new astrovirus, similar to VA1, in a 4-year-old male diagnosed with celiac disease. This expands the geographic range of this virus to include Europe and may associate astrovirus infection with the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smits SL,van Leeuwen M,van der Eijk AA,Fraaij PL,Escher JC,Simon JH,Osterhaus AD

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subgroup J avian leukosis virus (ALV-J) is an avian retrovirus that causes severe economic losses in the poultry industry. The early identification and removal of virus-shedding birds are important to reduce the spread of congenital and contact infections. In this study, a TaqMan-based real-time PCR method for the rap...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Qin L,Gao Y,Ni W,Sun M,Wang Y,Yin C,Qi X,Gao H,Wang X

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivities and specificities of three immunoassays for the detection of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2)-specific immunoglobulin G antibodies in serum, including the one-strip rapid immunoblot assay (RIBA; Chiron Corporation) and two indirect enzyme immunosorbent assays (EIA; Gull Laboratories and Centocor),...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Groen J,Van Dijk G,Niesters HG,Van Der Meijden WI,Osterhaus AD

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transmission suggest that genital HIV-1 RNA and DNA may both be determinants of HIV-1 infectivity. Despite its potential role in HIV-1 transmission, there are limited quantitative data on genital HIV-1 DNA. Here we validated an in-house real-time PCR method for qu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Benki S,McClelland RS,Emery S,Baeten JM,Richardson BA,Lavreys L,Mandaliya K,Overbaugh J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00