Detection of antibodies to Mycoplasma pneumoniae adhesion P1 in serum specimens from infected and non-infected subjects by immunoblotting.

abstract：:During the early stages of the 2009/2010 swine-origin H1N1 influenza A (S-OIV H1N1 FluA) outbreak, the development and validation of sensitive and specific detection methods were a priority for rapid and accurate diagnosis. Between May and June 2009, 2 real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Duncan C,Guthrie JL,Tijet N,Elgngihy N,Turenne C,Seah C,Lau R,McTaggart L,Mallo G,Perusini S,Rebbapragada A,Melano R,Low DE,Farrell D,Guyard C

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermostable direct hemolysin encoded by tdh gene has been considered an important virulence factor in pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Two-step ultrarapid real-time polymerase chain reaction (URRT PCR) with a microchip was devised to detect V. parahaemolyticus carrying tdh gene. This novel method has a 6-μL reacti...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Kang MH,Kim IW,Lee DW,Yoo MS,Han SH,Yoon BS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posaconazole (PSC) in combination with anidulafungin (AFG) was evaluated in a murine model of pulmonary aspergillosis. Immunosuppressed animals were infected via the nasal cavity with 2 different A. fumigatus strains. The animals received PSC (oral, 20mg/kg per day) and/or AFG (i.p., 10mg/kg per day) for 7days. On Day...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Bedin Denardi L,Pantella Kunz de Jesus F,Keller JT,Weiblen C,de Azevedo MI,Oliveira V,Morais Santurio J,Hartz Alves S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We described a carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli ST8499 strain producing New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-13 (NDM-13) from patient in Korea. The isolate exhibited multidrug resistance, but remained susceptible to colistin and tigecycline. The blaNDM-13 gene was located on a 130-kb self-transmissible plasmid. This is ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Kim JS,Jin YH,Park SH,Han S,Kim HS,Park JH,Gong Y,An JH,Jung SW,Kim S,Kim J,Kim DW,Hong CK,Lee JH,Kim IY,Jung K

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of isolation and antifungal susceptibility patterns to fluconazole and itraconazole were determined for 166 Candida glabrata isolates causing bloodstream infection at a single institution from 1995-2000. Findings demonstrated a trend of increasing resistance to itraconazole among the isolates, but no tre...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Baddley JW,Smith AM,Moser SA,Pappas PG

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, Clostridium spp. have rapidly reemerged as human and animal pathogens. The detection and identification of pathogenic Clostridium spp. is therefore critical for clinical diagnosis and antimicrobial therapy. Traditional diagnostic techniques for clostridia are laborious, are time consuming, and may adv...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Janvilisri T,Scaria J,Gleed R,Fubini S,Bonkosky MM,Gröhn YT,Chang YF

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyribonucleic acid sequences specific for a pathogen of interest can be isolated from a variety of microorganisms. Such DNA probes can be exploited to detect infectious agents directly in infected patient material despite the presence of large numbers of other organisms and host DNA. This technology is dependent up...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Horn JE,Quinn T,Hammer M,Palmer L,Falkow S

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzymatic characterization of 16 strains of Aeromonas species including A. hydrophila (7), A. sobria (5), and A. caviae (4) was carried out using API Peptidase (strips numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6); API Esterase and API "Osidase" test strips. A total of 89 substrates was used in the assay and included 59 arylamide...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Carnahan AM,O'Brien M,Joseph SW,Colwell RR

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first guidelines for conducting antimicrobial stewardship in the hospitalized setting were published in 2007. These guidelines recommend that stewardship programs employ the science of pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics (PK-PD) as well as adopting computerized decision support technologies when possible. The United...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Owens RC Jr,Bulik CC,Andes DR

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the incidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children with community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs). A total of 245 patients 6 months to 12 years of age were investigated for M. pneumoniae employing serological tests, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), nest...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Kumar S,Garg IB,Sethi GR

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae was assessed by six different methods: agar dilution, oxacillin screen by disk diffusion, E-test, and three overnight microdilution test methods that included commercial panels from MicroScan and Micro Media and in-house-made conventional panels using a co...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Clark RB,Giger O,Mortensen JE

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is difficult in children. The pediatricians are waiting for new and rapid tests that are easy to realize and that are performed better than tuberculin skin test (TST). We presented here the evaluation of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-G IT) in the Children Hospital of Nancy. Fifty-...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Grare M,Derelle J,Dailloux M,Laurain C

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an estuarine bacterium that is a major cause of gastroenteritis worldwide. Occasionally, this organism has also been shown to be the causative agent of wound infections. In almost all cases of gastrointestinal disease only strains that produce hemolysin ("Kanagawa-positive") are implicated. ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sautter RL,Taylor JS,Oliver JD,O'Donnell C

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of low-level resistance to glycopeptides (teicoplanin MIC > or = 8 microg/mL and vancomycin MIC > or = 4 microg/mL) among staphylococci was investigated over a 15 month period. A total of 2,279 isolates (1,519 S. aureus, 760 coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CNS)) were screened using inoculum of 10(6) ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Park YJ,Jun Park J,Lee SO,Oh EJ,Kee Kim B

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter species isolates from a range of environments, including soil, were investigated. We determined 16S rRNA and rpoB gene sequences for species identification and performed tests of antimicrobial resistance susceptibility. Twenty-nine of the isolates (8 from soil and 21 from life environment) belonged to th...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Choi JY,Kim Y,Ko EA,Park YK,Jheong WH,Ko G,Ko KS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the performance of Etest using several different agar media for testing of amphotericin B against 660 clinical isolates of yeast species including Candida albicans, C. glabrata, C. tropicalis, C. parapsilosis, C. lusitaniae, C. krusei, Candida spp., Cryptococcus neoformans, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. T...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Pfaller MA,Messer SA,Bolmström A

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Damage to the intestinal mucosa by Clostridium difficile (CD) is toxin mediated. Two enzyme immunoassays (EIAs) for toxin-A detection, the automated Vitek immunodiagnostic assay system CDA (Vidas CDA), and the Premier toxin A (Premier) were tested for their ability to detect toxin A in 301 stool samples and compared w...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Knapp CC,Sandin RL,Hall GS,Ludwig MD,Rutherford I,Washington JA

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group-C beta-hemolytic streptococci (GCBHS) is an uncommon cause of bacteremia. In a 5-year period, GCBHS accounted for 0.28% of positive blood cultures and 0.35% of bacteremias documented at our hospital. The incidence of GCBHS bacteremia was 0.05 episodes per 1000 admissions. We were able to analyze clinical data of...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Berenguer J,Sampedro I,Cercenado E,Baraia J,Rodríguez-Créixems M,Bouza E

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite improvement in vaccinations, Hepatitis B remains a major health concern due to the difficulty of prevention even in low endemic areas such as Europe. In this report we describe the performance characteristics of the new HBsAg Next Qualitative and HBsAg Next Confirmatory assays designed for blood screening and ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sickinger E,Braun HB,Meyer T,Schmid K,Daghfal D,Oer M,Schultess J

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:bla(OXA-23) and bla(OXA-66) were detected in 49 Acinetobacter baumannii isolates. These isolates were assigned to 7 subtypes by enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus polymerase chain reaction and 7 representative isolates were of ST92 or ST75. In most cases, the ISAba1-bla(OXA-23)-ATPaseΔ structure was ident...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Wang X,Zong Z,Lü X

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore the role of Treg cells, Th17 cells and cytokines associated with Treg/Th17 differentiation in the occurrence, development and outcome of chronic hepatitis B (CHB). To do so, we detected populations of Treg and Th17 cells and their associated cytokines in the peripheral blood of...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Su ZJ,Yu XP,Guo RY,Ming DS,Huang LY,Su ML,Deng Y,Lin ZZ

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potency of cefepime, a parenteral aminothiazolyl methoxyimino cephalosporin, was assessed against 256 ceftazidime-resistant Gram-negative bacilli from five medical centers in the United States. In addition, cefepime activity was compared with that of ciprofloxacin and imipenem against 506 ceftazidime-resistant Gra...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Jones RN,Marshall SA

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between February 2005 and January 2006 in Srinagarind Hospital, Thailand, 44 from 1730 isolates (2.5%) of Escherichia coli and 8 from 982 isolates (0.8%) of Klebsiella pneumoniae were found to produce plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamases (pAmpCs) as detected by a cefoxitin-Hodge test followed by a multiplex polymerase c...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Singtohin S,Chanawong A,Lulitanond A,Sribenjalux P,Auncharoen A,Kaewkes W,Songsri J,Pienthaweechai K

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of multiple-species candidemia (MSC) among cases of candidemia ranges between 2.8% and 8.0%. We sought to study the epidemiology and outcome of MSC at a tertiary care center. A retrospective analysis of MSC episodes occurring between 2004 and 2007 was performed. MSC was defined as > or =2 different Candi...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Nace HL,Horn D,Neofytos D

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of cystic fibrosis (CF) isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is difficult because the organisms are often mucoid and slow-growing. This study of 498 CF strains examined the correlation of results derived from two commonly used commercial systems (Vitek, MicroScan-WalkAway) with a ref...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Burns JL,Saiman L,Whittier S,Krzewinski J,Liu Z,Larone D,Marshall SA,Jones RN

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of antimicrobial agent resistance among ninety-eight Haemophilus influenzae isolates was assessed by six different antibiotic test methods: agar dilution on Mueller-Hinton agar supplemented with 5% lysed horse blood (MH-LHB), E-test using both Haemophilus test medium (HTM) agar and chocolate Mueller-Hint...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Giger O,Mortensen JE,Clark RB,Evangelista A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested three fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, and trovafloxacin), each combined with each of four beta-lactams (cefoperazone, ceftriaxone, imipenem, and meropenem) for synergy against clinical isolates of nosocomial strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, and Burkholderia cepa...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Isenberg HD,Alperstein P,France K

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and diversity of Arcobacter and Campylobacter spp. in 298 stool samples of patients with diarrhoea, collected from 22 Portuguese hospitals, between September and November 2012. Detection of Arcobacter and Campylobacter spp. was performed using molecular-bas...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Ferreira S,Júlio C,Queiroz JA,Domingues FC,Oleastro M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of 57 Spanish microbiology laboratories in detecting and reporting beta-lactam resistance phenotypes in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae was evaluated. Laboratories received 6 well-characterized isolates expressing the most widespread extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) in Spain (4 CTX-M ty...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Conejo MC,Mata C,Navarro F,Pascual A,GEMARA collaborative group.

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice exposed to 1400 rads of total body irradiation experienced 80%-100% mortality in 2 wk. Bacteremia was demonstrated in all dead animals. Feeding Lactobacillus GG strain reduced Pseudomonas bacteremia and prolonged survival time in animals colonized with this organism. In animals not colonized with Pseudomonas, fee...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Dong MY,Chang TW,Gorbach SL

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00