Comparative evaluation of the new gen-probe Mycobacterium tuberculosis amplified direct test and the semiautomated abbott LCx Mycobacterium tuberculosis assay for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory and extrapulmonary spe

abstract：:We examined the blastogenic responses of lymphocytes to Staphylococcus aureus antigen in 49 uninfected non-insulin-dependent diabetic subjects and in 56 uninfected nondiabetic subjects. We found a significantly decreased response to this antigen in the diabetic patients (P less than 0.05). Diabetics whose blood sugar ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Casey J,Sturm C Jr

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cobas human papillomavirus (HPV) test, approved by the FDA in April 2011, is a fully automated assay for the detection of 14 high-risk (hr) HPV genotypes from cervical specimens collected in liquid-based cytology medium using real-time PCR amplification of the L1 gene and TaqMan probes. Results are simultaneously ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rao A,Young S,Erlich H,Boyle S,Krevolin M,Sun R,Apple R,Behrens C

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of calves with bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) results in transient immunosuppression that may lead to bacterium-induced pneumonia and, occasionally, death. Although sensory neurons in the trigeminal ganglia (TG) are the primary site of BHV-1 latency, viral genomes are detected in the tonsils of latently infect...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Perez S,Inman M,Doster A,Jones C

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:We compared the relative levels of effectiveness of three commercial identification kits and three nucleic acid amplification tests for the identification of coryneform bacteria by testing 50 diverse isolates, including 12 well-characterized control strains and 38 organisms obtained from pediatric oncology patients at...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Adderson EE,Boudreaux JW,Cummings JR,Pounds S,Wilson DA,Procop GW,Hayden RT

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the performance of the DR. TBDR/NTM IVD kit, which was designed to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis, rifampin-resistant M. tuberculosis, and nontuberculous mycobacteria, for detecting 110 positive and 50 negative cultures in Mycobacterium Growth Indicator Tubes. The accuracy rate of this kit for identifi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lee MR,Cheng A,Huang YT,Liu CY,Chung KP,Wang HC,Liang SK,Liao CH,Yu CJ,Hsueh PR

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection and successful typing of dengue virus (DENV) from patients with suspected dengue fever is important both for the diagnosis of the disease and for the implementation of epidemiologic control measures. A technique for the multiplex detection and typing of DENV serotypes 1 to 4 (DENV-1 to DENV-4) from clini...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Das S,Pingle MR,Muñoz-Jordán J,Rundell MS,Rondini S,Granger K,Chang GJ,Kelly E,Spier EG,Larone D,Spitzer E,Barany F,Golightly LM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contamination of broth cultures of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) by bacterial species other than Mycobacterium species frequently occurs. Many of these contaminated cultures require redecontamination and reincubation before the appropriate tests can be performed for identification, significantly affecting the turnaround tim...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zheng X,Pang M,Engler HD,Tanaka S,Reppun T

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio metschnikovii and Vibrio gazogenes are two new Vibrio species that have been little studied. Thirteen strains of V. metschnikovii were highly related to the type strain, NCTC 8443, by DNA-DNA hybridization. Relatedness values were 83 to 90% at 60 degrees C and 75 to 84% at the more stringent 75 degrees C. Diver...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Farmer JJ 3rd,Hickman-Brenner FW,Fanning GR,Gordon CM,Brenner DJ

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protocol for multilocus sequence typing (MLST) of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was adapted to real-time LightCycler System PCR for efficient and rapid amplification of seven housekeeping genes in the same PCR run and real-time detection of the products. The method was evaluated on a representat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Berglund C,Mölling P,Sjöberg L,Söderquist B

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of XbaI-digested chromosomal DNA was performed on 133 strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi obtained from Papua New Guinea, with the objective of assessing the temporal variation of these strains. Fifty-two strains that were isolated in 1992 and 1994 were of one phage typ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thong KL,Goh YL,Yasin RM,Lau MG,Passey M,Winston G,Yoannes M,Pang T,Reeder JC

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new compound, indoxyl-beta-D-glucuronide, was assessed as a substrate for the rapid detection of Escherichia coli in urine. Incorporation of this compound into MacConkey agar allowed the direct differentiation of E. coli as deep blue colonies distinct from lactose and nonlactose fermenters. The sensitivity was 88 to...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Delisle GJ,Ley A

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed for the detection of circulating free and complexed staphylococcal antigens in various clinical categories of staphylococcal infections. Circulating immune complexes were studied by the polyethylene glycol precipitation method. Circulating immune complexes and staphyl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lentino JR,Rytel MW

更新日期：1982-12-01 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：:A patient with a dual Salmonella infection is described. Salmonella group B was recovered from three blood culture sets but was not detected in seven stool cultures. Salmonella group C2 was isolated from three of seven stool cultures but was not recovered from blood cultures. Specific, non-cross-reactive antibodies to...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Papasian CJ,Bartholomew WR,Neter E,Amsterdam D

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A proficiency review of antituberculous drug susceptibility testing (DST) was undertaken by the regional tuberculosis reference laboratories of the Western Pacific Region of WHO to evaluate the performance of national reference laboratories (NRLs) and to ensure that the results from the participating laboratories are ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bai GH,Kim SJ,Chang CL,National and Regional Tuberculosis Reference Laboratories.

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutralizing serum antibody to serotype 9 rotavirus WI61 was detected in 41% of 870 Ecuadorian children and 26% of 140 German children. In both areas an age-related prevalence increase was observed. We identified 11 serum samples from Ecuadorian children which neutralized exclusively serotype 9 rotavirus. Thirteen of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brüssow H,Clark HF,Sidoti J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen strains of an anaerobic, catalase-negative, gram-positive diphtheroid-shaped bacterium recovered from human sources were characterized by phenotypic and molecular chemical and molecular genetic methods. The unidentified bacterium showed some resemblance to Actinomyces species and related taxa, but biochemical ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hall V,Collins MD,Lawson PA,Hutson RA,Falsen E,Inganas E,Duerden B

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) assay permits rapid near-patient detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum; however, the test sensitivity remains suboptimal in paucibacillary specimens that are negative for acid-fast bacilli using smear microscopy. Xpert testing includes dilution with sample reagent, and when proces...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dharan NJ,Amisano D,Mboowa G,Ssengooba W,Blakemore R,Kubiak RW,Armstrong DT,Jones M,Manabe YC,Joloba ML,Ellner JJ,Dorman SE,Alland D

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification and elimination of persistently infected (PI) cattle are the most effective measures for controlling bovine pestiviruses, including bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) and the emerging HoBi-like viruses. Here, colostrum-deprived calves persistently infected with HoBi-like pestivirus (HoBi-like PI cal...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bauermann FV,Falkenberg SM,Vander Ley B,Decaro N,Brodersen BW,Harmon A,Hessman B,Flores EF,Ridpath JF

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AutoMicrobic system (AMS) is capable of identifying most Enterobacteriaceae within 8 h and many glucose-nonfermenting, gram-negative bacilli after 13 h of incubation. Early preliminary results can be readily obtained from the computer as the tests incubate. Data with 1,023 bacterial isolates were reviewed to deter...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Barry AL,Badal RE

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence rates of Mycoplasma genitalium infections and coinfections with other sexually transmitted organisms and the frequency of a macrolide antibiotic resistance phenotype were determined in urogenital specimens collected from female and male subjects enrolled in a multicenter clinical study in the United Sta...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Getman D,Jiang A,O'Donnell M,Cohen S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine Borrelia burgdorferi isolates, obtained from dusky-footed wood rats (Neotoma fuscipes) and California kangaroo rats (Dipodomys californicus) in California, were analyzed genetically. Chromosomal DNA was examined by restriction endonuclease analysis (REA) and gene probe restriction fragment length polymorph...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zingg BC,Brown RN,Lane RS,LeFebvre RB

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated a broad-based PCR assay coupled with high-resolution melt analysis for rapid bacterial identification in patients with bacterial sepsis. With a reference library of 60 clinically relevant bacterial species, 52 positive blood culture samples were tested. Our assay identified 46/52 samples at the species le...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Won H,Rothman R,Ramachandran P,Hsieh YH,Kecojevic A,Carroll KC,Aird D,Gaydos C,Yang S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fully automated antifungal susceptibility test system recently updated to reflect the new species-specific clinical breakpoints (CBPs) of fluconazole for Candida (Vitek 2 AF03 yeast susceptibility test; bioMérieux, Inc., Durham, NC) was compared in three different laboratories with the Clinical and Laboratory Standa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfaller MA,Diekema DJ,Procop GW,Wiederhold NP

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal disease and colonization by Helicobacter pylori were determined in 36 asymptomatic volunteers and 30 symptomatic individuals undergoing endoscopy and biopsy. Serum antibody immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA to H. pylori were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Serum antibody to a cytotoxin pro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Leunk RD,Ferguson MA,Morgan DR,Low DE,Simor AE

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing members of the Enterobacteriaceae are often resistant to multiple drug classes, making therapy of urinary infections with oral antibiotics difficult. Previously it was shown that amoxicillin-clavulanate can provide clavulanate inhibition of ESBLs and protect an oral ce...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Campbell JD,Lewis JS 2nd,McElmeel ML,Fulcher LC,Jorgensen JH

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A selective agar medium for isolation of virulent Yersinia enterocolitica (VYE agar) was developed for the rapid and accurate isolation of virulent Y. enterocolitica from environmental samples highly contaminated with environmental Yersinia organisms, as well as for isolation from clinical specimens. VYE agar provided...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fukushima H

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To simplify the serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae, a dot bot assay has been developed and compared with the standard quellung reaction in 1,082 isolates. The technique has been demonstrated to be sensitive, specific, easy to perform, and inexpensive. The dot blot assay could be useful when large numbers of pneumo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fenoll A,Jado I,Vicioso D,Casal J

更新日期：1997-03-01 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