Molecular characterization of two Bordetella bronchiseptica strains isolated from children with coughs.

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni isolates from stool samples of patients with domestically acquired sporadic infections and from chicken from retail shops were studied during seasonal peaks from June to September over a 3-year period from 1996 to 1998. A large number of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) genotypes (a combine...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hänninen ML,Perko-Mäkelä P,Pitkälä A,Rautelin H

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several unusual fatty acids characterized strains of Francisella tularensis. Long-chain (C20-C26) acids and the hydroxy acids 2-hydroxy-decanoate, 3-hydroxy-hexadecanoate, and 3-hydroxy-octadecanoate appeared to be of special diagnostic value. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jantzen E,Berdal BP,Omland T

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the use of bacteriophage sensitivity, seroagglutination with polyclonal antisera raised in rabbits or horses, seroagglutination with murine monoclonal antibody, and the serum agar precipitin technique for the detection of K1 capsular polysaccharide among clinical isolates of Escherichia coli obtained from ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cross A,Orskov I,Orskov F,Sadoff J,Gemski P

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure using the Smart Cycler instrument and a fluorescence quencher (FQ) probe for the specific identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTB) was used to detect organisms in 366 acid-fast bacillus smear-positive respiratory specimens. It was compared to culture and the AMPLICOR M. tuberculosis PCR t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cleary TJ,Roudel G,Casillas O,Miller N

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:bla(OXA-51-like) was sought in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter species in a multiplex PCR, which also detects bla(OXA-23-like) and class 1 integrase genes. All isolates that gave a band for bla(OXA-51-like) identified as A. baumannii. This gene was detected in each of 141 isolates of A. baumannii but not in those o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Turton JF,Woodford N,Glover J,Yarde S,Kaufmann ME,Pitt TL

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used the slide agglutination test to determine the serologic relationships of 22 Legionella spp. representing 33 serogroups. Antisera prepared against 14 of the Legionella spp. contained cross-reactive antibodies (1+ or greater) at their working dilutions. Numerous cross-reactions were observed for the blue-white f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thacker WL,Plikaytis BB,Wilkinson HW

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Routine bacterial cultures of corneal scrapings from seven cats with either ulcerative feline keratitis, keratomalacia, or both yielded colonies which were identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing as Mycoplasma felis (six cases) and Mycoplasma gateae (one case). Identification of the pathogens allowed the use of less em...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gray LD,Ketring KL,Tang YW

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 2011 to December 2013, a total of 262 samples, from 188 patients suspected of having syphilis were tested for the presence of treponemal DNA by PCR amplification of five chromosomal loci, including the polA (TP0105), tmpC (TP0319), TP0136, TP0548, and 23S rRNA genes. Altogether, 146 samples from 103 patie...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Grillová L,Pĕtrošová H,Mikalová L,Strnadel R,Dastychová E,Kuklová I,Kojanová M,Kreidlová M,Vaňousová D,Hercogová J,Procházka P,Zákoucká H,Krchňáková A,Vašků V,Šmajs D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of disseminated Scedosporium/Pseudallescheria infection due to Pseudallescheria boydii sensu stricto after lung transplantation in a patient with cystic fibrosis. Dissemination occurred under voriconazole. Despite surgery and combination therapy with voriconazole, caspofungin, and terbinafine, the pat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Morio F,Horeau-Langlard D,Gay-Andrieu F,Talarmin JP,Haloun A,Treilhaud M,Despins P,Jossic F,Nourry L,Danner-Boucher I,Pattier S,Bouchara JP,Le Pape P,Miegeville M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imferon, an iron-dextran complex, enhances the growth of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis. The use of Imferon as a replacement for ferric nitrate, in a defined supplement for GC agar significantly increased the average colony sizes of both gonococci and meningococci. In comparison with Thayer-Martin medium, I...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Payne SM,Finkelstein RA

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the first case of severe pneumonia possibly caused by Leptotrichia species with oral bacteria. This was found in a healthy but elderly subject whose bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was analyzed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis. The combination of this method and microscopic observation provided useful info...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kawanami T,Fukuda K,Yatera K,Kido T,Yoshii C,Taniguchi H,Kido M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillomatous digital dermatitis (PDD) is an infectious foot disease of cattle that is prevalent throughout the world. Although it has been prevalent in Japan since the first case was reported in 1992, full epidemiological and bacteriological examinations have not been conducted. We collected 91 lesions of PDD from 80...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yano T,Yamagami R,Misumi K,Kubota C,Moe KK,Hayashi T,Yoshitani K,Ohtake O,Misawa N

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified oxidase reagent, 1% tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine in dimethyl sulfoxide, proved superior to the routinely used 1% aqueous tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride in detecting weakly oxidase-positive gram-negative bacteria after 24 h of growth on agar media (40 of 40 positive versus 22 of 40 positive...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tarrand JJ,Gröschel DH

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comparison of Gram-stained urethral smears with Gen-Probe for the detection of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae in the urethras of males with symptomatic urethritis revealed a 99.6% correlation between the two methods. A simple Gram stain would appear to be the method of choice for the detection of gonorrhea in symptomatic m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Juchau SV,Nackman R,Ruppart D

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two cases of Clostridium glycolicum wound infections in immunocompetent adults. The bacterium was identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. This is the third published report of the recovery of this organism from human clinical material and highlights the importance of the organism as a potential human patho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jiang W,Abrar S,Romagnoli M,Carroll KC

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum antibody response of infants and children immunized with Formalin-inactivated respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine 20 years ago was determined by using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay specific for the RSV fusion (F) and large (G) glycoproteins and a neutralization assay. Twenty-one young infants (2...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Murphy BR,Prince GA,Walsh EE,Kim HW,Parrott RH,Hemming VG,Rodriguez WJ,Chanock RM

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and an immunoblot assay (IB), we tested sera from 100 patients with erythema migrans (EM) seen in 1991 a the Westchester County Medical Center Lyme Disease Diagnostic Center. Convalescent-phase sera were available from 59 patients. Fifty-five pat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aguero-Rosenfeld ME,Nowakowski J,McKenna DF,Carbonaro CA,Wormser GP

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of rapid tests for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has become standard in HIV testing algorithms employed in resource-limited settings. We report an extensive HIV rapid test validation study conducted among Ugandan blood bank donors at low risk for HIV infection. The operational characteristics of four read...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Eller LA,Eller MA,Ouma BJ,Kataaha P,Bagaya BS,Olemukan RL,Erima S,Kawala L,de Souza MS,Kibuuka H,Wabwire-Mangen F,Peel SA,O'Connell RJ,Robb ML,Michael NL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The API 20S system (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.) and the AutoMicrobic Gram-Positive Identification system (GPI; Vitek Systems, Hazelwood, Mo.) were evaluated for their capacity to identify the non-beta-hemolytic streptococci and aerococci to the species level. The 20S system identified 86% (six of seven strains...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Facklam R,Bosley GS,Rhoden D,Franklin AR,Weaver N,Schulman R

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of false-positive hepatitis C virus enzyme immunoassay results was determined to be at least 10% among 1,814 reactive serum samples based on (i) negative results in an independent confirmation assay, (ii) negative PCR results, and (iii) no patients developing clinical or biochemical signs of hepatitis during ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schröter M,Feucht HH,Schäfer P,Zöllner B,Polywka S,Laufs R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cluster of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections among patients on an intensive care unit (ICU) was detected by routine infection control surveillance. In the period from 5 January to 22 June 1995, 10 patients on the ICU and a further 6 patients (5 on one ward that had received colonized pati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tambic A,Power EG,Talsania H,Anthony RM,French GL

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal infection of the thyroid is rare. Most reported cases have involved Aspergillus, Coccidioides, and Candida species in the setting of disseminated disease. Infection of the thyroid with Histoplasma capsulatum is rarely reported as part of disseminated disease, even in geographic areas where histoplasmosis is end...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Goldani LZ,Klock C,Diehl A,Monteiro AC,Maia AL

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three molecular typing methods were used to study the relationships among 184 Campylobacter strains isolated from humans, cattle, and chickens. All strains were genotyped by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis, multilocus sequence typing (MLST), and sequence analysis of a genomic region with short t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schouls LM,Reulen S,Duim B,Wagenaar JA,Willems RJ,Dingle KE,Colles FM,Van Embden JD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transmission suggest that genital HIV-1 RNA and DNA may both be determinants of HIV-1 infectivity. Despite its potential role in HIV-1 transmission, there are limited quantitative data on genital HIV-1 DNA. Here we validated an in-house real-time PCR method for qu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Benki S,McClelland RS,Emery S,Baeten JM,Richardson BA,Lavreys L,Mandaliya K,Overbaugh J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to complete the immunodiagnosis of human toxocaral disease, an immunoenzymatic assay with excretory-secretory antigens from Toxocara canis larvae was developed for the detection of specific immunoglobulin E (sIgE enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA]). The specificity of the assay was evaluated in patient...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Magnaval JF,Fabre R,Maurières P,Charlet JP,de Larrard B

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fecal PCR assay for detection of Helicobacter infections in laboratory rodents was developed. DNA was isolated from murine fecal pellets, and a region of the 16S rRNA gene conserved among murine Helicobacter species was amplified. The fecal PCR was sensitive and specific. This assay does not require euthanasia of ro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beckwith CS,Franklin CL,Hook RR Jr,Besch-Williford CL,Riley LK

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Echinococcus Western Blot IgG (LDBIO Diagnostics, Lyon, France), using a whole larval antigen from Echinococcus multilocularis, was evaluated for serodiagnosis and differentiation between two human parasitic infections of worldwide importance: cystic echinococcosis, due to Echinococcus granulosus, and alveolar ech...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liance M,Janin V,Bresson-Hadni S,Vuitton DA,Houin R,Piarroux R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three forms of DNA-based typing procedures for Aspergillus fumigatus isolates have been developed over the last five years. The procedures are random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD), restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) detection, and Southern hybridizations with various repetitive sequence-based pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Anderson MJ,Gull K,Denning DW

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sapporo-like viruses (SLVs) are associated with acute gastroenteritis in humans. Due to a limited supply of available reagents for diagnosis, little is known about the incidence and pathogenicity of these viruses. We have developed a first-generation generic reverse transcriptase (RT) PCR assay based on a single prime...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vinjé J,Deijl H,van der Heide R,Lewis D,Hedlund KO,Svensson L,Koopmans MP

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningococcal disease is normally suspected on clinical grounds and is confirmed by isolation of Neisseria meningitidis bacteria from blood or cerebrospinal fluid or, more recently, by serology or PCR of cerebrospinal fluid. Achieving confirmation of a clinical diagnosis of meningococcal disease has become more diffic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Newcombe J,Cartwright K,Palmer WH,McFadden J

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00