Etiological study of diarrheal patients in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic.

abstract：:The fungus Fusarium sacchari was isolated repeatedly from the blood of an immunosuppressed host. The infection was treated successfully with a small dose of amphotericin B. The strain was resistant to this antifungal in vitro. MICs and minimum fungicidal concentrations of six antifungals for the clinical isolate are p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Guarro J,Nucci M,Akiti T,Gené J,Barreiro MD,Gonçalves RT

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly developed commercial serological test (Iatron Laboratories, Inc., Tokyo, Japan) for the rapid identification of medically important species of Candida was evaluated against the API 20C (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.) and the standard Wickerham assimilation and fermentation procedures. Our results indicate...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shinoda T,Kaufman L,Padhye AA

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody (MAb) immunoglobulin G2a (2125) was produced against a 60-kDa Legionella heat shock protein (HSP), recognizing a unique epitope common to all species of the genus Legionella. The antibody reacted in the immunoblot with 59 Legionella species and serogroups that were tested and showed no cross-reac...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Steinmetz I,Rheinheimer C,Hübner I,Bitter-Suermann D

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among nine patients with bacteremia caused by Granulicatella or Gemella in a 6-year period (July 1995 to June 2001), three had bacteremia caused by erythromycin-resistant Granulicatella adiacens and one had bacteremia caused by erythromycin-resistant Gemella haemolysans. All four isolates possessed mef genes, whereas ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Woo PC,To AP,Lau SK,Fung AM,Yuen KY

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syrian hamsters were shown to be susceptible to infection by the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Although these spirochetes did not cause any outward signs of illness in these animals, they did cause a generalized infection. Spirochetemia was present during the first 6 days of infection. At 14 days posti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnson RC,Marek N,Kodner C

更新日期：1984-12-01 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：:Viable Angiostrongylus cantonensis was recovered from the cerebrospinal fluid of a 17-month-old boy with eosinophilic meningitis. Neurological findings were minimal, and the child had an uneventful recovery. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kuberski T,Bart RD,Briley JM,Rosen L

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori strains possessing the cag pathogenicity island (PaI) are associated with the development of gastroduodenal diseases, including gastric cancer. cag PaI products induce the secretion of interleukin-8 (IL-8) from epithelial cells and facilitate the translocation of CagA into the cell cytosol. In East...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhang Y,Argent RH,Letley DP,Thomas RJ,Atherton JC

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and conventional standard methods were compared for time to pathogen identification and impact on clinical outcomes in peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis patients. The MALDI-TOF MS method identified the causative microorga...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lin WH,Hwang JC,Tseng CC,Chang YT,Wu AB,Yan JJ,Wu JJ,Wang MC

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：:The ability to isolate and propagate influenza virus is an essential tool for the yearly surveillance of circulating virus strains and to ensure accurate clinical diagnosis for appropriate treatment. The suitability of MDCK-SIAT1 cells, engineered to express increased levels of alpha-2,6-linked sialic acid receptors, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Oh DY,Barr IG,Mosse JA,Laurie KL

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate and rapid identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is needed to screen MRSA carriers and improve treatment. The current widely used duplex PCR methods are not able to differentiate MRSA from coexisting methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) or other methicillin-resistant staphylo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Luo J,Li J,Yang H,Yu J,Wei H

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of Staphylococcus aureus is increasingly used as part of infection prevention practices. In this study, we established a long-read technology-based WGS screening program of all first-episode methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood infections at a major urban hospital. A s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sullivan MJ,Altman DR,Chacko KI,Ciferri B,Webster E,Pak TR,Deikus G,Lewis-Sandari M,Khan Z,Beckford C,Rendo A,Samaroo F,Sebra R,Karam-Howlin R,Dingle T,Hamula C,Bashir A,Schadt E,Patel G,Wallach F,Kasarskis A,Gi

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Field surveys of malaria were performed in southern Vietnam by using an acridine orange staining method for rapid diagnosis and a PCR-based, microtiter plate hybridization method for accurate diagnosis. A total of three patients of Plasmodium ovale infection were detected, but PCR-amplified DNA of the P. ovale isolate...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kawamoto F,Miyake H,Kaneko O,Kimura M,Nguyen TD,Nguyen TD,Liu Q,Zhou M,Le DD,Kawai S,Isomura S,Wataya Y

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical value of immunoenzymatic (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) detection of anti-Toxoplasma immunoglobulin E (IgE) was assessed by studying 2,036 sera from 792 subjects, comprising seronegative controls and subjects with acute, active, reactivated, or congenital toxoplasmosis. Included were nonimmunized adu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Foudrinier F,Villena I,Jaussaud R,Aubert D,Chemla C,Martinot F,Pinon JM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Misidentification of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) may delay appropriate treatment. We investigated 20 clinical isolates identified as Kocuria spp. by the Vitek 2 system. All were identified as CoNS by 16S rRNA gene sequencing (18 Staphylococcus epidermidis, 1 Staphylococcus haemolyticus). Four Kocuria isola...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ben-Ami R,Navon-Venezia S,Schwartz D,Schlezinger Y,Mekuzas Y,Carmeli Y

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As microbial genomics makes increasingly important contributions to clinical and public health microbiology, the interpretation of whole-genome sequence data by nonspecialists becomes essential. In the absence of capsule-based vaccines, two protein-based vaccines have been used for the prevention of invasive serogroup...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rodrigues CMC,Jolley KA,Smith A,Cameron JC,Feavers IM,Maiden MCJ

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to differentiate species within the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex, LightCyler PCR and melting-curve analysis of the amplicons of two genes with intraspecies variability, the p66 gene and the recA gene, were performed. It was demonstrated that nested LightCycler PCR amplification of p66 is more sensi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mommert S,Gutzmer R,Kapp A,Werfel T

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A PCR method was developed to identify and fingerprint Candida krusei isolates simply and rapidly. The primer pair Arno1 and Arno2 was designed to amplify the polymorphic species-specific repetitive sequence CKRS-1 (C. krusei repeated sequence 1) that we identified in the nontranscribed intergenic regions (IGRs) of rR...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Carlotti A,Chaib F,Couble A,Bourgeois N,Blanchard V,Villard J

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotaviruses were detected by counterimmunoelectro-osmophoresis in the feces of 16 (13.8%) of 116 infants and young children with gastroenteritis during a 5-month period (September 1979 through January 1980) in Ife, Nigeria. The rate of rotavirus detection varied inversely with relative humidity and was highest in Dece...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Paul MO,Erinle EA

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hundred thirty-one yeast and yeast-like isolates were cultivated on eosin methylene blue agar. While the sensitivity rate for Candida kefyr isolates producing a metallic green sheen was 81.8%, the high positive predictive value (100%) for yeast isolates with this phenotype belonging to C. kefyr suggests that the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Munson EL,Troy DR,Weber JK,Messer SA,Pfaller MA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a duplex, real-time PCR assay for detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (blaKPC) and New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (blaNDM) genes. Accuracy was assessed with 158 Gram-negative bacillary isolates, including 134 carbapenemase producers. The assay had 100% sensitivity and specificity compared with r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cunningham SA,Noorie T,Meunier D,Woodford N,Patel R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses human papillomavirus (HPV) detection and genotyping in self-sampled genital smears applied to an indicating FTA elute cartridge (FTA cartridge). The study group consisted of 96 women, divided into two sample sets. All samples were analyzed by the HPV SPF(10)-Line Blot 25. Set 1 consisted of 45 wome...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lenselink CH,de Bie RP,van Hamont D,Bakkers JM,Quint WG,Massuger LF,Bekkers RL,Melchers WJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct heteroduplex analysis and a universal heteroduplex generator assay were performed to detect rifampin resistance rapidly in Turkish Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. Cross-resistance to rifapentine, rifabutin, and rifalazil was investigated. A relationship between specific mutations and resistance patterns, w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Saribaş Z,Kocagöz T,Alp A,Günalp A

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of three aminoglycosides and six beta-lactam antibiotics on strains of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and enterococci was studied. The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs), the minimal bactericidal concentrations (MBCs), and t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lorian V,Atkinson BA

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performances of the Etest and the disk diffusion methods for testing of the susceptibilities of 235 Candida glabrata isolates to fluconazole and voriconazole were compared with that of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) approved standard broth microdilution (BMD) method. The NCCLS met...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfaller MA,Diekema DJ,Boyken L,Messer SA,Tendolkar S,Hollis RJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) variant B is frequently identified in peripheral blood, but identification of HHV-6 variant A is relatively rare. We devised a PCR-based method for sensitive, simultaneous detection of both HHV-6 variants. The method was applied to 34 lung tissue specimens that were previously shown to cont...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cone RW,Huang ML,Hackman RC,Corey L

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the genus Abiotrophia, formerly known as nutritionally variant streptococci, are important pathogens causing septicemia and endocarditis. Cultivation and biochemical differentiation of Abiotrophia spp. are often difficult. Based on 16S rRNA sequences, two PCR assays for detection and identification of Abiot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Roggenkamp A,Leitritz L,Baus K,Falsen E,Heesemann J

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia infection following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) allograft reconstruction is a rare occurrence. We report a case of Nocardia infection of an allograft ACL reconstruction and septic arthritis of the knee joint due to an organism most similar to the novel Nocardia species Nocardia aobensis. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yong EX,Cheong EY,Boutlis CS,Chen DB,Liu EY,McKew GL

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA hybridization assay for genes encoding for Escherichia coli enterotoxins was used to examine water specimens in Thailand. In a reconstruction experiment, the DNA hybridization assay was 10(4) times more sensitive than testing random E. coli in the Y-1 adrenal and suckling mouse assays in identifying enterotoxi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Echeverria P,Seriwatana J,Chityothin O,Chaicumpa W,Tirapat C

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00