Value of examining multiple sputum specimens in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis.

abstract：:Treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections with potent antiviral therapy often results in dramatic reductions in the levels of viremia to very low levels. Monitoring of serum HBV DNA levels is a consistent method for the assessment of antiviral potency; however, widely used hybridization ass...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lopez VA,Bourne EJ,Lutz MW,Condreay LD

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：:The 30-micrograms cefprozil disk and the cephalosporin class (30-micrograms cephalothin) disk were compared for their abilities to predict cefprozil susceptibility by agar disk diffusion testing. High error (5.02% major and 14.11% minor) rates were encountered with the cephalothin disk and were most frequently observe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fung-Tomc J,Stickle T,Doyle C,Huczko E,Kessler RE

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large hospital-based clinical laboratories must be prepared to rapidly investigate potential infectious disease outbreaks. To challenge the ability of our molecular diagnostics laboratory to use whole-genome sequencing in a potential outbreak scenario and identify impediments to these efforts, we studied 84 invasive s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Olsen RJ,Fittipaldi N,Kachroo P,Sanson MA,Long SW,Como-Sabetti KJ,Valson C,Cantu C,Lynfield R,Van Beneden C,Beres SB,Musser JM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Campylobacter-like organism was isolated from the ilea of normal hamsters. The organism was isolated from an ileal homogenate which was passed through a filter (0.65-micron pore size) and cultured on blood-agar plates in a microaerophilic atmosphere at 37 degrees C. Pinpoint translucent colonies were first observed ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stills HF Jr,Hook RR Jr,Kinden DA

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potomac horse fever is an acute systemic equine disease caused by Ehrlichia risticii. Currently, serologic methods are widely used to diagnose this disease. However, serologic methods cannot determine whether the horse is presently infected or has been exposed to ehrlichial antigens in the past. The purpose of the pre...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mott J,Rikihisa Y,Zhang Y,Reed SM,Yu CY

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because self-collected vaginal swabs (VS) are potentially very useful for screening asymptomatic women for Chlamydia trachomatis infection, a multicenter study evaluated that specimen with nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs). The objective was to determine whether VS are equal to Food and Drug Administration (FDA...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schachter J,McCormack WM,Chernesky MA,Martin DH,Van Der Pol B,Rice PA,Hook EW 3rd,Stamm WE,Quinn TC,Chow JM

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. P. aeruginosa toxin is one of several proposed virulence factors which may be responsible for chronic P. aeruginosa infections in these patients. With a highly specific, sensitive, and quantita...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cukor G,Blacklow NR,Nowak NA,Rich CM,Braverman LE,Fischer RA

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is essential for efficient treatment and control of this pathogen. The amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS) was used to detect mutations in the rifampin resistance-determining region of the rpoB gene. A total of 39 rifampin-resistant M. tuberc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fan XY,Hu ZY,Xu FH,Yan ZQ,Guo SQ,Li ZM

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening infection of the heart endothelium and valves. Staphylococcus aureus is a predominant cause of severe IE and is frequently associated with infections in health care settings and device-related infections. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST), spa typing, and virulence gen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nethercott C,Mabbett AN,Totsika M,Peters P,Ortiz JC,Nimmo GR,Coombs GW,Walker MJ,Schembri MA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR-based molecular assays have a central role in polyomavirus diagnostics. To assure optimal performance, target sequences should be regularly updated according to newly available sequences. The aim of this study was to review our in-house polyomavirus BK (BKV) and JC (JCV) real-time PCR assays. Database analysis rev...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dumoulin A,Hirsch HH

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mold Aureobasidium pullulans was isolated on several nutrient media from a splenic abscess in a patient with disseminated lymphoma. Examination of stained smears and paraffin sections revealed fungal structures characteristic of this organism. This is the first reported association of A. pullulans with an opportun...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Salkin IF,Martinez JA,Kemna ME

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rodent models have been developed to study the pathogenesis of diseases caused by Helicobacter pylori, as well as by other gastric and intestinal Helicobacter spp., but some murine enteric Helicobacter spp. cause hepatobiliary and intestinal tract diseases in specific inbred strains of laboratory mice. To identify the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nilsson HO,Ouis IS,Stenram U,Ljungh A,Moran AP,Wadström T,Al-Soud WA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotype -specificity of Staphylococcus aureus of human and canine origins has been found to be associated with thermolabile agglutinogens represented in S. aureus strains 17 and 61218, respectively. Both strains also have exhibited a common thermostable antigen. On that basis, absorbed antisera have been developed for...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Live I

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenolphthalein diphosphate was incorporated into a primary blood agar medium for use in performing quantitative urine cultures. Phosphatase-negative staphylococci, such as Staphylococcus saprophyticus, were differentiated from phosphatase-positive species, such as Staphylococcus epidermidis, by spot testing colonies ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pickett DA,Welch DF

更新日期：1985-03-01 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：:A duplex PCR to detect Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis was developed with the insertion sequences IS481 (B. pertussis) and IS1001 (B. parapertussis) and evaluated with specimens from 520 consecutive patients presenting with possible pertussis. No culture-positive-PCR-negative results occurred, giving...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Farrell DJ,Daggard G,Mukkur TK

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (MAb) were produced against the specific Bordetella pertussis antigen pertussis toxin (PT). In preliminary studies, one MAb (IB12) was selected and used in an enzyme-linked dot blot immunoassay to evaluate the ability of the method to detect known amounts of PT in control experiments and to test ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Friedman RL,Paulaitis S,McMillan JW

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-three clinical isolates of charcoal-black-pigmented, gram-positive coryneform rods were received for identification by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and were provisionally designated CDC fermentative coryneform group 4 (FCG4). Forty-five of these were characterized by morphological, physio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Daneshvar MI,Hollis DG,Weyant RS,Jordan JG,MacGregor JP,Morey RE,Whitney AM,Brenner DJ,Steigerwalt AG,Helsel LO,Raney PM,Patel JB,Levett PN,Brown JM

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first case of cavitary pulmonary disease caused by Purpureocillium lilacinum is described. The isolate showed atypical microscopic characteristics similar to Acremonium and Fusarium spp., which necessitated molecular identification by sequencing of multiple conserved loci. The patient responded to voriconazole, re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Khan Z,Ahmad S,Al-Ghimlas F,Al-Mutairi S,Joseph L,Chandy R,Sutton DA,Guarro J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated a method to reduce oxygen tension and produce anaerobic conditions conveniently by coculture with a nonfermentative organism. The biochemical reactions of 94 strains representing 41 different species were determined using prereduced media and gas chromatography according to standard methods. The standa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hussain Z,Bürger H,Lannigan R,Groves DJ

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to develop an accurate, yet inexpensive, method for determining whether the bowel of a neutropenic patient is colonized with bacteria resistant to the antimicrobial agents used in empiric therapy. Selective agar media were prepared in which Mueller-Hinton agar or MacConkey agar were supplemen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith JA,Sherlock CH,Burdge DR

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiresistant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is widespread among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients attending clinics in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Suppression subtractive hybridization was used to identify sequences present in the Liverpool CF epidemic strain but absent from strain PAO1. Using dot blot and PCR amplif...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Parsons YN,Panagea S,Smart CH,Walshaw MJ,Hart CA,Winstanley C

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A streptococci and enterococci were identified by two L-pyrrolidonyl-beta-naphthylamide (PYR) hydrolysis tests. One uses Minitek PYR disks (BBL Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, Md.); the other uses a swab impregnated with PYR reagent. Both tests and Strep-A-Chek (EY Laboratories, San Mateo, Calif.), a commerc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wellstood SA

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strong positive CAMP reactions were demonstrated by 121 Vibrio cholerae O139 and 504 El Tor isolates, and weak positive CAMP reactions were shown by 235 non-O1, non O139 isolates when these isolates were tested by a modified CAMP technique. Thirty-five classical biotype V. cholerae O1 isolates included in the tests we...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lesmana M,Albert MJ,Subekti D,Richie E,Tjaniadi P,Walz SE,Lebron CI

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a simple, rapid, high-throughput detection and genotyping method for noroviruses using real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) and high-resolution melting (HRM) analysis to create a difference plot. The capsid gene was amplified by real-time RT-PCR in the presence of ResoLight HRM dye, a saturating D...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tajiri-Utagawa E,Hara M,Takahashi K,Watanabe M,Wakita T

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival of anaerobic and aerobic bacteria in a commercially available, non-supportive, gassed (oxygen-free) transport container (Anaport) was evaluated quantitatively. Saline-suspended obligate anaerobes survived significantly better in the gassed container in aerobic control tubes (P less than 0.025, t test), and co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chow AW,Cunningham PJ,Guze LB

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of PCR-based molecular typing of Helicobacter pylori strains by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of a 1, 161-bp nucleotide sequence of the midregion of the vacA gene are reported. A total of 48 H. pylori strains isolated from gastric biopsy specimens obtained from 18 patients with peptic u...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Donati M,Storni E,D'Apote L,Moreno S,Tucci A,Poli L,Cevenini R

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serratia plymuthica was isolated from the blood and from a central venous catheter tip in a 54-year-old man with alcoholic cirrhosis and clinical signs of sepsis. This was the seventh reported isolate of S. plymuthica from a clinical specimen and the first in which the organism was clearly a significant pathogen. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Horowitz HW,Nadelman RB,Van Horn KG,Weekes SE,Goyburu L,Wormser GP

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown the public health importance of identifying individuals with acute human immunodeficiency virus infection (AHI); however, the cost of nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) makes individual testing of at-risk individuals prohibitively expensive in many settings. Pooled NAAT (or group testi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Westreich DJ,Hudgens MG,Fiscus SA,Pilcher CD

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00