Latex agglutination tests for measurement of antiplague antibodies.

abstract：:We recently reported an outbreak of invasive aspergillosis in the major heart surgery unit of Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain (T. Peláez, P. Muñoz, J. Guinea, M. Valerio, M. Giannella, C. H. W. Klaassen, and E. Bouza, Clin. Infect. Dis., in press). Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated from clinical samples from...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Guinea J,García de Viedma D,Peláez T,Escribano P,Muñoz P,Meis JF,Klaassen CH,Bouza E

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical significance of viridans streptococci isolated from the blood cultures of 86 patients was determined. Isolates that were significant or suggestive of infection represented only 21% of the cases. Among 54 isolates for which the species was known, Streptococcus sanguis II was the most common. However, a sig...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Swenson FJ,Rubin SJ

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The API 20S system (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.) was evaluated for the rapid identification of multiply antibiotic-resistant aerobic diphtheroids. Sixty-eight clinical isolates of multiply resistant Centers for Disease Control group JK and group D2 corynebacteria had API 20S profiles which were clearly differen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kelly MC,Smith ID,Anstey RJ,Thornley JH,Rennie RP

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of supplementing nutrient substrate with various combinations of concentrations of oleic and linoleic acids on the growth of 11 strains of Staphylococcus aureus was assessed. Whereas increasing the concentration of linoleic acid by itself greatly diminished the growth of all 11 strains, concomitant increase...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Campbell IM,Crozier DN,Pawagi AB,Buivids IA

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an important cause of cirrhosis and cancer of the liver. HBV is currently classified into eight genotypes, A to H. Accumulated evidence shows that the genotype influences both the clinical course of infection and the response to treatment. We describe a new method for ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Malmström S,Berglin-Enquist I,Lindh M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The babA2 and cagA genes were investigated in 208 Brazilian Helicobacter pylori strains. A strong association between babA2 and duodenal ulcer or gastric carcinoma was observed, even after adjusting for confounding factors, such as age, gender, and cagA status. cagA-positive strains were also independently associated ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Oliveira AG,Santos A,Guerra JB,Rocha GA,Rocha AM,Oliveira CA,Cabral MM,Nogueira AM,Queiroz DM

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 120 sera from blood donors was screened by complement fixation and commercially available immunofluorescence, solid-phase fluorescence immunoassay, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and indirect hemagglutination tests. Twenty-four of the sera were positive by three or more of the five tests and judged to b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Phipps PH,Grégoire L,Rossier E,Perry E

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunoblot assay for the serological diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection was evaluated. Serum samples from patients whose gastric biopsy specimens were known to be positive or negative for H. pylori on culture were used to establish interpretive criteria for the immunoblot assay. A panel of sera from patient...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nilsson I,Ljungh A,Aleljung P,Wadström T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputa positive or negative for acid-fast bacilli that were stored for 17 +/- 7 days and inoculated in the BACTEC MGIT 960 system (MGIT) was higher than that from sputa inoculated in Lowenstein-Jensen medium. MGIT is useful for isolation of M. tuberculosis from sputa subj...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pardini M,Varaine F,Bonnet M,Orefici G,Oggioni MR,LONG-DRUG Study Group.,Fattorini L

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Routine anaerobic subcultures of macroscopically negative blood culture bottles, performed within 1 day of receipt of the culture and after 5 days of incubation, were evaluated. Anaerobes were recovered from 207 (12.3%) of the total 1,688 positive cultures and, of these, 154 were only detected macroscopically, 11 only...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Murray PR,Sondag JE

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to extended-spectrum β-lactam antibiotics has led to a greater reliance upon carbapenems, but the expression of carbapenemases threatens to limit the utility of these drugs. Current methods to detect carbapenemase activity are suboptimal, requiring prolonged incubations during which ineffective therapy may ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kulkarni MV,Zurita AN,Pyka JS,Murray TS,Hodsdon ME,Peaper DR

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Enzygnost alpha method was tested against the complement fixation test and anti-VCA immunofluorescence to determine the respective titers of anti-cytomegalovirus and anti-Epstein-Barr virus immunoglobulin G antibodies. For cytomegalovirus, the Enzygnost results showed 97.99% agreement with the readings obtained by...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gutierrez J,Maroto MD,Piédrola G

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement fixation (CF) test is the current reference serologic test for the diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. However, it is reported to be insensitive and nonspecific, and it is labor intensive. To determine if a faster and more sensitive diagnosis of M. pneumoniae could be obtained, we examined 50 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thacker WL,Talkington DF

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pseudooutbreak of cryptococcal meningitis was caused by the use of contaminated albumin solution used in the preparation of Papanicolaou-stained slides of cerebrospinal fluid. Organisms were seen in cytocentrifuge preparations, but not in India ink preparations of cerebrospinal fluid specimens. Cryptococcal antigen ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hopfer RL,Katz RL,Fainstein V

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 113 Enterococcus faecium, 37 Enterococcus faecalis, 24 Enterococcus gallinarum, 15 Enterococcus raffinosus, and 13 Enterococcus casseliflavus clinical isolates and American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) strains were evaluated by contour-clamped homogeneous electric field electrophoresis. Thirty-one of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Donabedian S,Chow JW,Shlaes DM,Green M,Zervos MJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report disseminated adenovirus (ADV) infection in four adult cancer patients presenting with focal pulmonary consolidation. In all cases, ADV was recovered from respiratory specimens and ADV viremia (>1 × 10(5) copies/ml) was determined by a quantitative PCR assay. Despite antiviral therapy, 3 (75%) patients died. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lee YJ,Palomino-Guilen P,Babady NE,Lamson DM,St George K,Tang YW,Papanicolaou GA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of bacteremia, meningitis, pneumonia, sinusitis, and acute otitis media in children. Although optochin susceptibility, bile solubility, and Quellung testing are the standards for identifying and differentiating pneumococci, there are several reports of nontypeable pneumococci ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ing J,Mason EO,Kaplan SL,Lamberth LB,Revell PA,Luna RA,Hulten KG

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During an 8.5-year period (1974 to 1982), 56 Yersinia enterocolitica isolates from patients residing mainly in the New York City area were studied. Evaluation of these isolates revealed a marked increase in bacteremic episodes caused by strains of serogroups of O:3 and O:5,27 and the overall emergence of serogroup O:3...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bottone EJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two group A, subgroup I, rotavirus strains possessing "super short" RNA patterns were adapted to growth in MA-104 cells. Both produced marked cytopathic effect in primary culture. Reciprocal cross-neutralization titers, polypeptide analysis, and the serum neutralizing antibody response of an infected child suggested t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Albert MJ,Unicomb LE,Bishop RF

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causative agent of Johne's disease is Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. This is a chronic, debilitating gastrointestinal disorder that affects ruminants and is responsible for significant economic loss. The specimen processing method that combines C(18)-carboxypropylbetaine (CB-18) treatment and lytic e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thornton CG,MacLellan KM,Stabel JR,Carothers C,Whitlock RH,Passen S

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-dose cefepime-tazobactam (1:1; WCK 4282), a novel antibacterial combination consisting of the β-lactamase inhibitor tazobactam and a fourth-generation cephalosporin, is under clinical development for the treatment of serious Gram-negative infections. A quality control (QC) study was performed to establish disk di...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Riedel S,Huband MD,Sader HS,Flamm RK,Jones RN

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

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：:Three hundred ninety single sera from adults in Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, and Papua New Guinea were tested for antibodies to human calicivirus (HCV) by a radioimmunoassay blocking test. A high prevalence of antibodies was observed in samples collected in Japan and Southeast Asia. Of 240 serum specimens collected fr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nakata S,Chiba S,Terashima H,Nakao T

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and sensitive PCR assay for the detection of Candida albicans DNA in serum was established. DNA from human serum samples was purified using the QIAamp blood kit, which proved to be a fast and simple method for isolating minute amounts of Candida DNA from clinical specimens for diagnosis of invasive candidiasis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wahyuningsih R,Freisleben HJ,Sonntag HG,Schnitzler P

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel recombinant baculovirus which expresses Ebola virus (EBO) nucleoprotein (NP) under the control of the cytomegalovirus immediate-early promoter was constructed. HeLa cells abortively infected with the baculovirus expressed EBO NP, and this was used as an immunofluorescent (IF) antigen to detect EBO immunoglobul...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Saijo M,Niikura M,Morikawa S,Kurane I

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the laboratory techniques for subtyping isolates of Salmonella enteritidis, we compared the plasmid profiles (PP), phage types (PT), and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns (AS) of two nationally representative samples of sporadic human S. enteritidis isolates from 1979 (n = 28) and 1984 (n = 37), 43 iso...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rodrigue DC,Cameron DN,Puhr ND,Brenner FW,St Louis ME,Wachsmuth IK,Tauxe RV

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many parts of the Salmonella rfb gene clusters which are responsible for biosynthesis of the oligosaccharide-repeating units of the O-antigenic lipopolysaccharide have recently been cloned and sequenced. On the basis of this knowledge, three sets of nucleotide primers were selected to target defined regions of the abe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Luk JM,Kongmuang U,Reeves PR,Lindberg AA

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory tract infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Even with the advancement of diagnostic tools, the causative agent of 20 to 30% of upper respiratory tract infections go undiagnosed. Recently, a newly identified human respiratory virus, human metapneumovirus (hMPV), was discovered...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Regev L,Hindiyeh M,Shulman LM,Barak A,Levy V,Azar R,Shalev Y,Grossman Z,Mendelson E

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional culture techniques are limited in the ability to detect multiple Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in nasopharyngeal (NP) secretions. We developed an immunoblot (IB) method with monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to detect S. pneumoniae and to identify serotypes. NP specimens stored in skim milk-tryptone-gluco...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bronsdon MA,O'Brien KL,Facklam RR,Whitney CG,Schwartz B,Carlone GM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the introduction of antiviral compounds such as lamivudine and famciclovir in the treatment schedules of patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the accumulation of a variety of mutations in the HBV polymerase gene has been observed. The selection of these mutations is generally considered the c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stuyver L,Van Geyt C,De Gendt S,Van Reybroeck G,Zoulim F,Leroux-Roels G,Rossau R

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00