PCR identification of Mycobacterium bovis BCG.

abstract：:PCR was used to amplify a 537-bp region of an Ehrlichia ewingii gene encoding a homologue of the 28-kDa major antigenic protein (P28) of Ehrlichia chaffeensis. The E. ewingii p28 gene homologue was amplified from DNA extracted from whole blood obtained from four humans and one canine with confirmed cases of infection....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gusa AA,Buller RS,Storch GA,Huycke MM,Machado LJ,Slater LN,Stockham SL,Massung RF

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile 027/NAP1/BI is the most common C. difficile strain in the United States. The Xpert C. difficile/Epi assay allows rapid, presumptive identification of C. difficile NAP1. We compared Xpert C. difficile/Epi to multilocus sequence typing for identification of C. difficile NAP1 and found "very good" a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McMillen T,Kamboj M,Babady NE

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tremendous interest has been generated in the commercial kits now available that incorporate herpes simplex virus isolation in cell culture with immunoperoxidase staining for viral antigen detection. Most studies comparing commercial kits with conventional cell culture techniques have found the kits to be less sensiti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhao LS,Landry ML,Balkovic ES,Hsiung GD

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accuracy of disk susceptibility tests with ampicillin and ampicillin-sulbactam was not improved when the amount of ampicillin was increased from 10 to 20 or 30 micrograms per disk. For testing members of the family Enterobacteriaceae, ampicillin disk tests correlated better with broth microdilution tests when the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Barry AL,Jones RN

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By the use of two reference procedures, an indirect hemagglutination assay and a complement fixation test, the presence or absence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) antibody was determined for 221 human sera. Ninety-nine sera (44.8%) were found to contain CMV antibody. The remaining 122 sera (55.2%) lacked detectable CMV antib...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cheeseman SH,Doern GV,Ferriani RA,Keville MW,McGraw BR,Stewart JA

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dot immunobinding assay was used to detect antibodies to measles virus, mumps virus, and rubella virus antigens. Filter paper soaked with serum or whole blood was directly applied to the antigen-coated nitrocellulose sheets. The test was easy to perform, and its results agreed very well with those obtained by standa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Condorelli F,Ziegler T

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dot immunobinding assay that uses inactivated antigen for the detection of rabies viral antibodies was compared with the rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test. Results of testing pre- and postvaccination sera from humans (n = 33) and canines (n = 22) were identical for both tests. Endpoint titers of positive sera ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Heberling RL,Kalter SS,Smith JS,Hildebrand DG

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We adapted a nested Aspergillus PCR to a nested qualitative real-time format on a Light Cycler system. An evaluation using 134 clinical specimens showed that the real-time PCR assay significantly reduced the time for results to be made available without compromising sensitivity and was less labor-intensive. Its use wi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Halliday C,Wu QX,James G,Sorrell T

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From June to October of 2002, a cluster of Escherichia coli isolates producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) was detected in Stockholm. The isolates were grouped into two clones, one of which had already circulated in the same area before the outbreak. CTX-M-type ESBLs and coresistance to ciprofloxacin wer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fang H,Lundberg C,Olsson-Liljequist B,Hedin G,Lindbäck E,Rosenberg A,Struwe J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared 75 nontypeable (NT) Haemophilus influenzae isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC)-PCR, and automated ribotyping. PFGE was the most discriminatory of the techniques. ERIC-PCR provides a useful screen but should not replace other techniques...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pettigrew MM,Foxman B,Ecevit Z,Marrs CF,Gilsdorf J

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many central vascular catheters (CVCs) are removed unnecessarily because current diagnostic methods for CVC-associated infection are unreliable. A quantitative PCR assay using primers and probe targeted to bacterial 16S ribosomal DNA was used to measure the levels of bacterial DNA in blood samples drawn through the CV...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Warwick S,Wilks M,Hennessy E,Powell-Tuck J,Small M,Sharp J,Millar MR

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently described method for detecting rubella-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody based on absorption of IgG by Staphylococcus aureus strain Cowan I has been applied to 198 sera collected during a recent rubella epidemic in Israel. Modification of the original method introduced for the present study includes ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Handsher R,Fogel A

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiological implications of the recent separation of "Entamoeba histolytica" into two separate species, pathogenic E. histolytica sensu stricto and commensal E. dispar, will not become apparent without methods of distinguishing between them which are applicable to large numbers of specimens. We have modified a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Britten D,Wilson SM,McNerney R,Moody AH,Chiodini PL,Ackers JP

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depletion of swabs and viral transport medium during epidemics may prompt the use of unvalidated alternatives. Swabs collected and transported dry or in saline were compared to commercially available swab/medium combinations for PCR detection of influenza, enterovirus, herpes simplex virus, and adenovirus. Each was de...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Druce J,Garcia K,Tran T,Papadakis G,Birch C

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsporidia are protozoa parasites responsible for significant gastrointestinal disease in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. We evaluated a PCR assay of stool samples, duodenal aspirates, and biopsy specimens from patients with Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection. A 210-bp DNA fragment of the unique...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Velásquez JN,Carnevale S,Guarnera EA,Labbé JH,Chertcoff A,Cabrera MG,Rodríguez MI

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires disease, and related organisms have previously been characterized primarily by conventional bacteriological methods, DNA-DNA hybridization, antigenic analysis, and fatty acid analysis. By capillary gas chromatographic analysis for carbohydrates, we have shown...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fox A,Lau PY,Brown A,Morgan SL,Zhu ZT,Lema M,Walla MD

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium perfringens is an important pathogen of animals and humans and is the causative agent of necrotic enteritis (NE) in poultry. This study focuses on the typing of intestinal C. perfringens isolates (n = 61) from outbreaks of NE collected from several areas of Southern Ontario, using a recently developed mult...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chalmers G,Bruce HL,Hunter DB,Parreira VR,Kulkarni RR,Jiang YF,Prescott JF,Boerlin P

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study to compare the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test with the cell culture method in diagnosing urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infections was performed. From 497 patients (212 women, 285 men) attending an outpatient clinic for sexually transmitted diseases, a total of 814 samples (female patients, cervix and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vogels WH,van Voorst Vader PC,Schröder FP

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microagglutination and micro-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) tests with easily prepared, safe, heat-killed antigens for detecting antibodies to the legionnaires disease organism have been developed. A safranin-stained whole-cell antigen is used in the microagglutination test, and a simply prepared soluble an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Farshy CE,Klein GC,Feeley JC

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important pathogen that has been responsible for major nosocomial epidemics worldwide. For infection control programs, rapid and adequate detection of MRSA is of great importance. We developed a rapid and high-throughput molecular screening approach that consist...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nijhuis RH,van Maarseveen NM,van Hannen EJ,van Zwet AA,Mascini EM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly 400,000 people worldwide are known to have been infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) beginning in December 2019. The virus has now spread to over 168 countries including the United States, where the first cluster of cases was observed in the Seattle metropolitan area in Was...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nalla AK,Casto AM,Huang MW,Perchetti GA,Sampoleo R,Shrestha L,Wei Y,Zhu H,Jerome KR,Greninger AL

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A new integrated extraction and real-time PCR-based system for the detection of group B streptococci in antepartum screening samples enriched in Lim broth was compared to the CDC-recommended culture method. The BD Max GBS assay exhibited acceptable sensitivity (95%) and specificity (96.7%) compared to those of the cul...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Riedlinger J,Beqaj SH,Milish MA,Young S,Smith R,Dodd M,Hankerd RE,Lebar WD,Newton DW

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunochromatographic test (ICT) kits for the rapid detection of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM antibodies to Burkholderia pseudomallei were compared to the indirect hemagglutination (IHA) assay. In 138 culture-confirmed melioidosis cases, sensitivities were 80, 77, and 88% for IHA, ICT IgG, and ICT IgM, respectively....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： O'Brien M,Freeman K,Lum G,Cheng AC,Jacups SP,Currie BJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli isolates that cause detachment of cell monolayers during in vitro adherence assays (cell-detaching E. coli [CDEC]) were recently reported as a potential new group of enteropathogenic bacteria. In the present study, 269 E. coli isolates from feces of children 1 to 5 years of age were identified as CDEC...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marques LR,Abe CM,Griffin PM,Gomes TA

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of our study was the molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated in 21 hospitals in the Czech Republic in the period 2000-2002 and comparison with previous results from 1996-1997. Strains were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of SmaI ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Melter O,Aires de Sousa M,Urbásková P,Jakubů V,Zemlicková H,de Lencastre H

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using sequence analysis of Shiga toxin 1 (Stx 1) genes from human and ovine Stx-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains, we identified an Stx1 variant in STEC of human origin that was identical to the Stx1 variant from ovine STEC, but demonstrated only 97.1 and 96.6% amino acid sequence identity in its A and B su...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhang W,Bielaszewska M,Kuczius T,Karch H

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated a rare area of endemicity with a high prevalence of both hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections, in Putian County, China. Among 1,050 subjects, the overall prevalence of HBsAg seropositivity was 15.8%, and that of anti-HCV seropositivity was 28.9%. Intrafamilial viral tr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lu WP,Lin GX,Shi S,Dong JH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Repetitive sequence-based PCR (rep-PCR) and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) were used to characterize a sample of 43 field isolates and 4 attenuated vaccine strains of Pasteurella multocida recovered from multiple avian species. Both rep-PCR and AFLP assays were rapid and reproducible, with high indices ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Amonsin A,Wellehan JF,Li LL,Laber J,Kapur V

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of filter paper for preservation of bacterial cells was shown by mixed-linker DNA fingerprint analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from 77 Brazilian patients. DNA fingerprints of samples spotted onto filter paper and conventional culture material were identical. Thus, filter paper specimens a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Burger M,Raskin S,Brockelt SR,Amthor B,Geiss HK,Haas WH

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since January 1988, Staphylococcus aureus strains with a high level of quinolone resistance have been isolated at 17 hospitals and 15 nursing homes in New York City. The majority of these strains were methicillin resistant. The bacteriophage types and susceptibility to other antibiotics were similar to those of quinol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schaefler S

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00