Heated versus unheated sera in the hemagglutination treponemal test for syphilis.

abstract：:One of the capabilities developed by bacteria is the ability to gain large fragments of DNA from other bacteria or to lose portions of their own genomes. Among these exchangeable fragments are the genomic islands (GIs). Nine GIs have been identified in Brucella, and genomic island 3 (GI-3) is shared by two pathogenic ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Céspedes S,Salgado P,Valenzuela P,Vidal R,Oñate AA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fingerprinting by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis was used to differentiate Scedosporium prolificans isolates. A total of 59 arbitrary primers were screened with six unrelated S. prolificans isolates, and a panel of 12 primers was selected. The 12 primers were then used to detect DNA polymorphisms a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： San Millán R,Quindós G,Garaizar J,Salesa R,Guarro J,Pontón J

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autopsy specimens of lung tissues from 15 patients that contracted legionellosis during the 1976 Philadelphia outbreak of Legionnaires disease were examined for the presence of Legionella organisms and soluble antigens by indirect fluorescent-antibody (IFA) testing and by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brown SL,Bibb WF,McKinney RM

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:Microsporidia are protozoa parasites responsible for significant gastrointestinal disease in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. We evaluated a PCR assay of stool samples, duodenal aspirates, and biopsy specimens from patients with Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection. A 210-bp DNA fragment of the unique...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Velásquez JN,Carnevale S,Guarnera EA,Labbé JH,Chertcoff A,Cabrera MG,Rodríguez MI

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A specific PCR for the detection of a variant of the gene encoding Shiga toxin 1 (stx(1)) called stx(1(OX3)) (GenBank accession no. Z36901) was developed. The PCR was used to investigate 148 Stx(1)-producing Escherichia coli strains from human patients (n = 72), cattle (n = 27), sheep (n = 48), and a goat (n = 1) for ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Koch C,Hertwig S,Lurz R,Appel B,Beutin L

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 216 fecal and intestinal samples collected from nursing or weaned diarrheic pigs in the United States and Canada, 57 were identified as group A rotavirus positive by RNA electrophoresis and silver staining. Fifty-seven and 52 rotavirus-positive samples were analyzed by hybridization with Gottfried and OSU PCR-deriv...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rosen BI,Parwani AV,Lopez S,Flores J,Saif LJ

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An evaluation was undertaken to determine the optimal method for testing the susceptibilities of 100 clinical isolates and two reference strains of Enterococcus spp. to vancomycin in vitro. Six testing methods were studied by using the following media and incubation times: agar screen with the Synergy Quad Plate (Reme...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kohner PC,Patel R,Uhl JR,Garin KM,Hopkins MK,Wegener LT,Cockerill FR 3rd

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of reported cases of infections with non-serogroup O1 Vibrio cholerae in the United States has increased recently. These cases have almost invariably been associated with travel, seawater exposure, or the ingestion of shellfish. We report a case of bacteremic cellulitis caused by non-O1 V. cholerae that was...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pitrak DL,Gindorf JD

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefaclor is less stable than most cephalosporins in media at 35 degrees C. We demonstrated that the activity of cefaclor in Mueller-Hinton agar diminishes continuously at 4 degrees C, resulting in a loss of two-thirds of the activity within 21 days. We recommend that agar dilution plates for this cephalosporin be prep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Surprenant AM,Preston DA

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection and quantitation of human immunoglobulin M (IgM), IgG, and IgA antibodies against Yersinia enterocolitica by using lipopolysaccharides as antigens is described. The results obtained with the lipopolysaccharide ELISA were compared with the results of the wh...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Granfors K,Viljanen MK,Toivanen A

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ectromelia virus, an orthopoxvirus that can cause extensive morbidity and mortality (mousepox) in colonized mice, has been epizootically responsible for serious disruption of biomedical research since 1930. The lack of a sensitive and specific serological assay for infection with this virus became apparent during outb...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Buller RM,Bhatt PN,Wallace GD

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry with a Bruker Daltonics microflex LT system was applied to 90 well-characterized catalase-negative, Gram-positive cocci not belonging to the streptococci or enterococci. Biotyper version 2.0.43.1 software was used singly or in com...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Christensen JJ,Dargis R,Hammer M,Justesen US,Nielsen XC,Kemp M,Danish MALDI-TOF MS Study Group.

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular typing of 246 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from unselected patients in Thailand showed that 10 (4.1%) were actually Staphylococcus argenteus. Contrary to the suggestion that S. argenteus is less virulent than S. aureus, we demonstrated comparable rates of morbidity, death, and health care-associated infect...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thaipadungpanit J,Amornchai P,Nickerson EK,Wongsuvan G,Wuthiekanun V,Limmathurotsakul D,Peacock SJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Point source norovirus outbreaks can be difficult to track due to high background levels of the virus in the environment and the limited strain variation in some genotyping regions. However, rapid and accurate source identification can limit the spread of a foodborne outbreak and reduce the number of cases. Harmonizat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mattison K,Grudeski E,Auk B,Charest H,Drews SJ,Fritzinger A,Gregoricus N,Hayward S,Houde A,Lee BE,Pang XL,Wong J,Booth TF,Vinjé J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of the G and P serotypes of group A bovine rotaviruses from 149 samples of feces or intestinal contents collected from calves showing clinical signs of neonatal diarrhea was performed by a nested reverse transcription-PCR typing assay. The G6 serotype was the most prevalent, accounting for viruses in 55....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Falcone E,Tarantino M,Di Trani L,Cordioli P,Lavazza A,Tollis M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is a major threat to TB control worldwide. Globally, only 40% of the 340,000 notified TB patients estimated to have multidrug-resistant-TB (MDR-TB) were detected in 2015. This study was carried out to evaluate the utility of high-resolution melt curve analysis (HRM) for the rapid and d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Anthwal D,Gupta RK,Bhalla M,Bhatnagar S,Tyagi JS,Haldar S

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here the use of an immunomagnetic separation enrichment process coupled with a modified real-time cellular analysis (RTCA) system (RTCA version 2) for the detection of C. difficile toxin (CDT) in stool. The limit of CDT detection by RTCA version 2 was 0.12 ng/ml. Among the consecutively collected 401 diarr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Huang B,Jin D,Zhang J,Sun JY,Wang X,Stiles J,Xu X,Kamboj M,Babady NE,Tang YW

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1986 and 1995, 852 outbreaks of food-borne disease involving 26,173 cases and 20 deaths were reported in Taiwan. About 80% of the outbreaks occurred in the warmer months, i.e., between April and October. Of the 852 reported outbreaks, 555 (65%) were caused by bacterial pathogens. The three most common bacteria...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pan TM,Wang TK,Lee CL,Chien SW,Horng CB

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is an increasing health problem worldwide. Quantitative assays for HCV viral load are valuable in predicting response to therapy and for following treatment efficacy. Unfortunately, most quantitative tests for HCV RNA are limited by poor sensitivity. We have developed a convenient, hi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cook L,Ng KW,Bagabag A,Corey L,Jerome KR

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the Islet Isolation Laboratory of the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, manual sterility testing data show that contamination rates are 57.7% for pancreas transport fluid, 4.3% for postpurification islet samples, and 0% for pretransplant islet samples. This pilot study presents the BacT/Alert System as a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Murray L,McGowan N,Fleming J,Bailey L

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marburg virus (MARV) causes a severe hemorrhagic fever in humans with a high mortality rate. The rapid and accurate identification of the virus is required to appropriately provide infection control and outbreak management. Here, we developed and evaluated a one-step reverse transcription-loop-mediated isothermal ampl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kurosaki Y,Grolla A,Fukuma A,Feldmann H,Yasuda J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphotericin B therapy continues to be the "gold standard" in the treatment of invasive aspergillosis in the immunocompromised host. Although Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus flavus constitute the major species, several reports have described invasive pulmonary or disseminated disease due to the less common Asper...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sutton DA,Sanche SE,Revankar SG,Fothergill AW,Rinaldi MG

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular types of the Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii species complex that infect dogs and cats differ regionally and with host species. Antifungal drug susceptibility can vary with molecular type, but the susceptibility of Cryptococcus isolates from dogs and cats is largely unknown. Cryptococcus isolates...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Singer LM,Meyer W,Firacative C,Thompson GR 3rd,Samitz E,Sykes JE

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple new agar medium containing L-canavanine, glycine, and bromthymol blue was found to give a clearer and more accurate distinction between serotype A or D (Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans) and serotype B or C (C. neoformans var. gattii) than creatinine-dextrose-bromthymol blue or glycine-cycloheximide-ph...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kwon-Chung KJ,Polacheck I,Bennett JE

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During July 2000 and October 2001, a total of 595 clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were collected from six medical centers distributed in northern, central, and southern Taiwan. Specimen sources included blood (n = 279), pus (n = 173), sputum (n = 94), body fluids (n = 21), cathe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Huang YC,Su LH,Wu TL,Liu CE,Young TG,Chen PY,Hseuh PR,Lin TY

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species of the genus Bartonella are currently recognized in growing numbers and are involved in an increasing variety of human diseases, mainly trench fever, Carrion's disease, bacillary angiomatosis, endocarditis, cat scratch disease, neuroretinitis, and asymptomatic bacteremia. Such a wide spectrum of infections mak...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Houpikian P,Raoult D

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microagglutination test for Francisella tularensis, with 0.025-ml amounts of diluted sera and 0.025-ml amounts of safranin-O-stained antigen in U-bottom microtitration plates, was compared with a tube agglutination test by using 137 sera. There was 86.3% agreement (+/- 1 dilution variation) between the microagglutin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brown SL,McKinney FT,Klein GC,Jones WL

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires disease, and related organisms have previously been characterized primarily by conventional bacteriological methods, DNA-DNA hybridization, antigenic analysis, and fatty acid analysis. By capillary gas chromatographic analysis for carbohydrates, we have shown...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fox A,Lau PY,Brown A,Morgan SL,Zhu ZT,Lema M,Walla MD

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined Enterococcus faecalis strains clinically isolated from 100 patients with urinary tract infections (UTIs) for their susceptibility to levofloxacin (LVX) by measuring the MIC and investigated amino acid mutations by direct DNA sequencing, which were then correlated with LVX resistance. Next, we studied risk ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yasufuku T,Shigemura K,Shirakawa T,Matsumoto M,Nakano Y,Tanaka K,Arakawa S,Kawabata M,Fujisawa M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00