Characteristics of Bacteroides asaccharolyticus from dental plaques of beagle dogs.

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of health care-associated diarrhea. Accurate and rapid diagnosis is essential to improve patient outcome and prevent disease spread. We compared our two-step diagnostic algorithm, an enzyme immunoassay for glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) followed by the cytotoxin neutraliza...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Babady NE,Stiles J,Ruggiero P,Khosa P,Huang D,Shuptar S,Kamboj M,Kiehn TE

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：: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：:An outbreak of folliculitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa serotype O:7 occurred among the guests of a hotel in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, and the source of the infection was traced to the hotel whirlpool. Of 36 persons who used the whirlpool, 26 (72%) developed folliculitis within 1 to 5 days after exposure;...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ratnam S,Hogan K,March SB,Butler RW

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of their biofilm-forming capacity, invasive Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates, which cause the majority of nosocomial catheter-related bloodstream infections (BSIs), are thought to be selected at the time of catheter insertion from a population of less virulent commensal strains. This fact allows the predict...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rohde H,Kalitzky M,Kröger N,Scherpe S,Horstkotte MA,Knobloch JK,Zander AR,Mack D

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-hundred consecutive, single patient isolates of Enterobacter spp., Serratia spp., Citrobacter spp., and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were evaluated for AmpC production using a variety of inducer-substrate antibiotic combinations in a disk approximation format. The combinations examined included cefoxitin-piperacillin, i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dunne WM Jr,Hardin DJ

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel lateral flow immunochromatographic device (LFD) was evaluated in several veterinary diagnostic laboratories. It was confirmed to be specific for Mycobacterium bovis and M.caprae cells. The performance of the novel LFD was assessed relative to the confirmatory tests routinely applied after culture (spoligotypin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stewart LD,McCallan L,McNair J,McGoldrick A,Morris R,Moyen JL,De Juan Ferré L,Romero B,Alonso E,Parsons SDC,Van Helden P,Araújo FR,Grant IR

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed neutralizing antibody titers to adenovirus serotype 5 (Ad5) and six rare adenovirus serotypes, serotypes 11, 35, 50, 26, 48, and 49, in pediatric populations in sub-Saharan Africa. We observed a clear age dependence of Ad5-specific neutralizing antibody titers. These data will help to guide the development...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thorner AR,Vogels R,Kaspers J,Weverling GJ,Holterman L,Lemckert AA,Dilraj A,McNally LM,Jeena PM,Jepsen S,Abbink P,Nanda A,Swanson PE,Bates AT,O'Brien KL,Havenga MJ,Goudsmit J,Barouch DH

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive meningococcal disease is mainly caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, B, C, X, W, and Y. The serogroup is typically determined by slide agglutination serogrouping (SASG) and real-time PCR (RT-PCR). We describe a whole-genome sequencing (WGS)-based method to characterize the capsule polysaccharide syn...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marjuki H,Topaz N,Rodriguez-Rivera LD,Ramos E,Potts CC,Chen A,Retchless AC,Doho GH,Wang X

更新日期：2019-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A new anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and 2 (anti-HIV 1 and 2) test is described. It uses recombinant p24 and peptides covering gp32, gp41, and gp120 to identify HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections. This test has been shown to be specific (99.5%) and sensitive (99.8%). In this respect, the assay was equal or superior ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hess G,Avillez F,Lourenco MH,D'Agostino F,Cambie G,Piot P,Vercauteren G,Michl U,Melchior W,Bayer H

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In accordance with recent WHO recommendations, this study evaluates the sensitivities of PCR and microscopy for fine-needle aspiration (FNA) versus techniques involving swabs and punch biopsy specimens and suggests that FNA can replace punch biopsies for nonulcerative lesions and may serve as an alternative for ulcera...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Herbinger KH,Beissner M,Huber K,Awua-Boateng NY,Nitschke J,Thompson W,Klutse E,Agbenorku P,Assiobo A,Piten E,Wiedemann F,Fleischmann E,Helfrich K,Adjei O,Löscher T,Bretzel G

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of catheter-related bloodstream infection by Tsukamurella inchonensis, identified using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, in a patient with myelofibrosis who underwent a bone marrow transplant. Tsukamurella species infections are rare. To our knowledge, this is the first case of T. inchonensis bloodstream inf...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Takebe I,Sawabe E,Ohkusu K,Tojo N,Tohda S

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since their first detection in 1988, penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates have rapidly spread in Iceland to account for close to 20% of all pneumococcal disease in that country by 1993. The major component (70%) of the resistant pneumococci identified from 1989 to 1992 was the progeny of a single mul...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vilhelmsson SE,Tomasz A,Kristinsson KG

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight strains of a new intermediate adenovirus were isolated in the course of an investigation of conjunctivitis in Hiroshima City, Japan. The strain was first isolated in July 1986. All eight strains were isolated from conjunctival swab samples from patients with conjunctivitis, mainly epidemic keratoconjunctivitis. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Noda M,Miyamoto Y,Ikeda Y,Matsuishi T,Ogino T

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI). Currently, there are limited data on the bacterial load in both men and women and on both genital and extragenital sites. Therefore, we quantified N. gonorrhoeae bacterial loads in a large population of women, heterosexual men, and men w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van der Veer BMJW,Hoebe CJPA,Dukers-Muijrers NHTM,van Alphen LB,Wolffs PFG

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A new test principle for the simultaneous detection of total approximate titers and immunoglobulin M antibodies has been developed and applied to the detection of antibody to hepatitis B core antigen. The method is based on the combination of a competition radioimmunoassay, for the determination of total antibody tite...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Angarano G,Monno L,Santantonio TA,Pastore G

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to better understand the role of Mycobacterium leprae nasal carriage in the maintenance of infection reservoirs and transmission of leprosy, we applied a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that detected a 531-bp fragment of the pra gene of M. leprae on nasal swab specimens collected through a total population su...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Klatser PR,van Beers S,Madjid B,Day R,de Wit MY

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A semisolid medium (designated Serratia differentiation medium) containing L-arabinose, ornithine, and selective inhibitor was used to differentiate three clinically encountered Serratia species. The inhibitor, Irgasan DP-300, was incorporated to eliminate false-positive reactions from most remaining Enterobacteriacea...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gibson S,Friedman H

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) remains a common cause of morbidity, with three-quarters of women affected during their lifetimes. Use of antibiotics is an acknowledged trigger for VVC, which adversely affects women's physical and emotional health. Knowledge of patterns of genital Candida species-level identification i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pirotta MV,Garland SM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection typically leads to antibody response within weeks after primary infection. Here, we describe the case of a child infected with HCV by mother-to-child transmission who remained persistently seronegative despite the presence of high levels of circulating HCV RNA. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Larouche A,Gaëtan G,El-Bilali N,Quesnel-Vallières M,Martin SR,Alvarez F,Shoukry NH,Soudeyns H

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the face of concerns over an influenza pandemic, identification of virulent influenza A virus isolates must be obtained quickly for effective responses. Rapid subtype identification, however, is difficult even in well-equipped virology laboratories or is unobtainable in the field under more austere conditions. Here...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lodes MJ,Suciu D,Elliott M,Stover AG,Ross M,Caraballo M,Dix K,Crye J,Webby RJ,Lyon WJ,Danley DL,McShea A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aerobically incubated, agar-based medium was developed for amino acid decarboxylase testing of Enterobacteriaceae family members by replica-plating methods. Results with the new medium agreed 97 to 99% with the reference broth method of Moeller, and no false-positive reactions were encountered. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Maccani JE

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied whether the Etest can be used as an alternative to agar dilution to determine antimicrobial susceptibilities of ceftriaxone, cefixime, and cefpodoxime in Neisseria gonorrhoeae surveillance. One hundred fifteen clinical and laboratory isolates of N. gonorrhoeae were tested following the Clinical Laboratory I...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liu H,Taylor TH Jr,Pettus K,Trees D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To facilitate the identification and serotyping of Salmonella species, we established a wide variety of murine monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) that were reactive with the lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) of Salmonella serogroups B to E. An effective approach for generating LPS-reactive hybridomas was used; this required immuni...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Luk JM,Lindberg AA

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of IS6110 as a marker for molecular epidemiological studies is limited when a Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolate has five or fewer copies of IS6110. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis with a highly polymorphic GC-rich repetitive sequence located in the plasmid pTBN12 (PGRS RFLP) and spoligotypin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Flores L,Jarlsberg LG,Kim EY,Osmond D,Grinsdale J,Kawamura M,Desmond E,Hopewell PC,Kato-Maeda M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the United Kingdom there has been a marked increase in the number of human infections caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans. During 2002 and 2003 the organism was also isolated from several domestic cats with bilateral nasal discharge. As C. ulcerans has never previously been isolated from cats, the 16S rRNA...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： De Zoysa A,Hawkey PM,Engler K,George R,Mann G,Reilly W,Taylor D,Efstratiou A

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of amikacin in serum were determined in 106 serum specimens by a latex agglutination inhibition card test and by radioimmunoassay (RIA). Linear regression analysis demonstrated a high degree of correlation between the two assays (latex = 0.95 (RIA) + 0.69; r = 0.97). Assay of three control sera containing 7.5, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Khabbaz RF,Standiford HC,Bernstein D,Nipper HC,Tatem BA,Smalls U,Drusano GL,Caplan E

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iodophor and alcohol pledgets were compared with the Medi-Flex Prep Kit II for skin disinfection before venipuncture. Of 12,367 blood cultures collected, 6,362 were done with conventional pledgets and 6, 005 were done with Medi-Flex kits. Contamination occurred in 351 of 6,362 blood cultures (5.5%; range, 3.7 to 8.1%)...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wilson ML,Weinstein MP,Mirrett S,Reimer LG,Fernando C,Meredith FT,Reller LB

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) release assays (IGRAs) are increasingly used to test for latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. Although highly specific, IGRAs have a relatively high false-negative rate in active TB patients. A more sensitive assay is needed. IFN-γ-induced protein 10 (IP-10) is an alternative biomarker with a 1...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Blauenfeldt T,Villar-Hernández R,García-García E,Latorre I,Holm LL,Muriel-Moreno B,De Souza-Galvão ML,Millet JP,Sabriá F,Sánchez-Montalva A,Ruiz-Manzano J,Pilarte J,Jiménez MA,Centeno C,Torres C,Molina-Pinargote I,Gonzále

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:BHI agars supplemented with vancomycin 4 (BHI-V4) and 3 (BHI-V3) mg/liter have been proposed for screening vancomycin intermediately susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and heteroresistant (hVISA) phenotypes, respectively, but growth interpretation criteria have not been established. We reviewed the growth result...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Khatib R,Riederer K,Sharma M,Shemes S,Iyer SP,Szpunar S

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00