Evaluation of the premier EHEC assay for detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli.

abstract：:Two closely related species of Rochalimaea, Rochalimaea quintana and Rochalimaea henselae, are nutritionally fastidious but can be cultivated on bacteriologic media from the blood of patients with diverse clinical presentations. We report a case of culture-proven R. henselae bacteremia in a child with persistent fever...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Welch DF,Hensel DM,Pickett DA,San Joaquin VH,Robinson A,Slater LN

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first documented case of endocarditis in a man infected with Bartonella alsatica, which causes bacteremia in healthy wild rabbits. B. alsatica was identified by serology and culture and by PCR of an aortic valve specimen. B. alsatica should be added to the list of zoonotic agents of blood culture-negativ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Raoult D,Roblot F,Rolain JM,Besnier JM,Loulergue J,Bastides F,Choutet P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collecting whole blood on filter paper simplifies the processing, transport, and storage of specimens used for the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and other tests. Specimens may be collected in tropical or rural areas with minimal facilities for handling specimens. To compare simulated tropica...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mitchell C,Jennings C,Brambilla D,Aldrovandi G,Amedee AM,Beck I,Bremer JW,Coombs R,Decker D,Fiscus S,Fitzgibbon J,Luzuriaga K,Moye J,Palumbo P,Reichelderfer P,Somasundaran M,Stevens W,Frenkel L,Dried Blood Spot Workin

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serotyping scheme for Enterobacter cloacae based on heat-stable somatic antigens is described. A total of 28 antisera were prepared in rabbits, and titers of agglutinins were high (greater than 640). Some cross-reactions were observed, and 11 sera required absorption before routine use. Of 300 clinical isolates from...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gaston MA,Bucher C,Pitt TL

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accessory gene regulator (agr) is a central system that controls the expression of Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors. In this study, the distribution of agr alleles, defined by agr restriction fragment length polymorphism within agr interference groups, among S. aureus isolates from bovine and human origin w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gilot P,van Leeuwen W

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulism developed in a patient following surgical repair of an open radial fracture. Symptoms resolved after treatment with antitoxin and antibiotics, and hardware excision was deferred. Subsequent osteomyelitis necessitated hardware exchange, and wound cultures grew Clostridium argentinense. This case highlights the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Taylor SM,Wolfe CR,Dixon TC,Ruch DS,Cox GM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively analyzed epidemiologic information associated with 22 cultures of Neisseria elongata subsp. nitroreducens (formerly CDC group M-6) submitted to the Microbial Diseases Laboratory, California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, over a 16-year period. The most common illnesses noted with this bact...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wong JD,Janda JM

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of four media for the isolation of Aeromonas strains from stool specimens, the importance of ampicillin-susceptible Aeromonas strains in the selection of culture media, and the usefulness of beta-hemolysis in screening blood-containing media for Aeromonas strains were evaluated in two phases. In the fi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kelly MT,Stroh EM,Jessop J

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The virulence plasmid of Escherichia coli O157 strain EDL933 carries a 10-kb putative virulence gene designated toxB. Little is known about the distribution of this gene among E. coli O157 strains or its presence in other enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) and enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) strains. We developed PCR an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tozzoli R,Caprioli A,Morabito S

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 6-month study we critically evaluated the accuracy of the AutoMicrobic system Gram-Negative Identification Card (Vitek Systems, Inc., Hazelwood, Mo.) in identifying glucose-nonfermenting gram-negative bacilli by testing 419 selected isolates in parallel with a conventional reference method. Of 356 isolates in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Plorde JJ,Gates JA,Carlson LG,Tenover FC

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 563 specimens (234 dermal and 329 genital swabs) from patients suspected of having herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections were processed using two different extraction methods (the MagNA Pure LC system and the swab extraction tube system [SETS]); HSV DNA was amplified by LightCycler PCR. HSV DNA was detected...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Issa NC,Espy MJ,Uhl JR,Harmsen WS,Mandrekar JN,Gullerud RE,Davis MD,Smith TF

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobes are an important but uncommon cause of bloodstream infections (BSIs). For pediatric patients, routine inclusion of an anaerobic blood culture alongside the aerobic remains controversial. We implemented automatic anaerobic blood culture alongside aerobic blood cultures in a pediatric emergency department (ED)...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dien Bard J,Chang TP,Yee R,Manshadi K,Lichtenfeld N,Choi HJ,Festekjian A

更新日期：2020-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the ability of the Amplicor MTB Assay to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) organisms in BACTEC 12B broth cultures, 249 cultures with a growth index (GI) of > or = 20 from 160 patients were tested retrospectively. Specimens were processed by standard methods, and then BACTEC 12B vials and Mid...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith MB,Bergmann JS,Woods GL

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 25 isolates of vanB-containing Enterococcus faecium were recovered from patients in a single Korean hospital over a 20-month period. There were two distinct vanB2 patterns among the 11 pulsed-field gel electrophoresis types; 17 contained the prototype vanB2 and 8 contained a novel vanB2 with a 177-bp deleti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lee WG,Jernigan JA,Rasheed JK,Anderson GJ,Tenover FC

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Real-time PCR (rt-PCR) is an important diagnostic tool for the identification of Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella holmesii, and Bordetella parapertussis. Most U.S. public health laboratories (USPHLs) target IS481, present in 218 to 238 copies in the B. pertussis genome and 32 to 65 copies in B. holmesii. The CDC devel...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Williams MM,Taylor TH Jr,Warshauer DM,Martin MD,Valley AM,Tondella ML

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Establishment of latently infected cell lines from primary effusion lymphomas (PEL) presently is the most efficient system for the propagation of clinical strains of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) in culture. Here we describe a new approach to culture productively replicating HHV-8 from patient samples. A BJAB-derived B-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gasperini P,Barbierato M,Martinelli C,Rigotti P,Marchini F,Masserizzi G,Leoncini F,Chieco-Bianchi L,Schulz TF,Calabrò ML

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter species are emerging nosocomial pathogens. As with most multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens, the polymyxins are often the only therapeutic option. In this study involving clinical isolates of E. cloacae and E. aerogenes, susceptibility testing methods with polymyxin B were ana...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Landman D,Salamera J,Quale J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stool specimens from 124 international travelers with acute diarrhea were tested for the presence of enteropathogens. Noroviruses (NoVs) were the second most commonly identified enteric pathogen in diarrheal stool samples (21/124, 17%), exceeded only by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (50/106, 47%). This study indica...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ko G,Garcia C,Jiang ZD,Okhuysen PC,Belkind-Gerson J,Glass RI,DuPont HL

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prereduced, anaerobically sterilized system of tubed media (PRAS II; Scott Laboratories, Fiskeville, R.I.) was evaluated for accuracy in the identification of anerobic microorganisms. PRAS II was found to be a rapid and accurate identification system for obligate anaerobes which does not require the use of gas cannu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beaucage CM,Onderdonk AB

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated two commercial F1 antigen capture-based immunochromatographic dipsticks, Yersinia Pestis (F1) Smart II and Plague BioThreat Alert test strips, in detecting plague bacilli by using whole-blood samples from mice experimentally infected with Yersinia pestis CO92. To assess the specificities of these dipstick...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sha J,Endsley JJ,Kirtley ML,Foltz SM,Huante MB,Erova TE,Kozlova EV,Popov VL,Yeager LA,Zudina IV,Motin VL,Peterson JW,DeBord KL,Chopra AK

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in-house enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for measurement of Helicobacter pylori-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA in saliva was evaluated by comparison with histopathologic (Giemsa staining) and biochemical (urease quick test) examination of gastric biopsy specimens obtained from 112 children referr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Luzza F,Oderda G,Maletta M,Imeneo M,Mesuraca L,Chioboli E,Lerro P,Guandalini S,Pallone F

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examination of a number of previously published aligned Borrelia 16S rRNA sequences revealed the presence of regions which could serve as oligonucleotide probe targets for both species-specific identification of Borrelia burgdorferi and distinction between genomic groups. Total cellular RNA isolated from Borrelia cult...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marconi RT,Lubke L,Hauglum W,Garon CF

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of neonatal infection caused by Enterobacter sakazakii are reported from the Department of Neonatal Intensive Care, the National University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland. These infections occurred during a 9-month period in 1986 and 1987. Two of the neonates, who were normal at birth, survived but were left...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Biering G,Karlsson S,Clark NC,Jónsdóttir KE,Lúdvígsson P,Steingrímsson O

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new serological assay, the recombinant flow cytometric immunofluorescence assay (r-FIFA), was developed for the early detection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) antibodies by using recombinant insoluble forms of HIV-1 Gag-p45, Gag-gp41 chimeric protein, gp160, Po197 polyprotein as antigens and autologo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hu YW,Birch P,Balaskas E,Zeibdawi A,Scalia V,Thériault-Valin SA,Gill P,Aye MT

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genotyping and subtyping of 225 samples with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1, 2, 3, or 6 infection were done with Versant LiPA 2.0 and Abbott RealTime HCV Genotype (GT) II by using direct sequencing of the NS5B and 5' untranslated regions as the reference standards. The concordance rates were >99.2% for genotypes a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liu CH,Liang CC,Liu CJ,Lin CL,Su TH,Yang HC,Chen PJ,Chen DS,Kao JH

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During July 2000 and October 2001, a total of 595 clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were collected from six medical centers distributed in northern, central, and southern Taiwan. Specimen sources included blood (n = 279), pus (n = 173), sputum (n = 94), body fluids (n = 21), cathe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Huang YC,Su LH,Wu TL,Liu CE,Young TG,Chen PY,Hseuh PR,Lin TY

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We document for the first time an infectious but nonarthritogenic variant of Borrelia burgdorferi. Strain 25015, previously isolated from an Ixodes dammini larva collected in upstate New York, was infectious but failed to produce arthritis or carditis in laboratory rats and mice. By contrast, pathogenic strain N40 inv...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Anderson JF,Barthold SW,Magnarelli LA

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rothia spp. are Gram-positive cocco-bacilli that cause a wide range of serious infections, especially in immunocompromised hosts. Risk factors for Rothia mucilaginosa (previously known as Stomatococcus mucilaginosus) bacteremia include prolonged and profound neutropenia, malignancy, and an indwelling vascular foreign ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ramanan P,Barreto JN,Osmon DR,Tosh PK

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of the Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct (AMTD) test (Gen-Probe Inc., San Diego, Calif.) was assessed in a large tertiary care mycobacteriology laboratory. Both acid-fast smear-positive and smear-negative respiratory and nonrespiratory clinical specimens were analyzed. From February 1998 to 4...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： O'Sullivan CE,Miller DR,Schneider PS,Roberts GD

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00