Introduction of a new hepatitis agent in retrospect: genetic studies of Swedish hepatitis D virus strains.

abstract：:Gram-negative, anaerobic bacilli are unusual organisms to be isolated in cases of acute septic arthritis. We report the isolation of Fusobacterium necrophorum from joint aspirate in a case of acute septic arthritis, which presented 3 weeks after the drainage of a dental abscess. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sonsale PD,Philipson MR,Bowskill J

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated a new hepatitis C virus RNA assay based on one-stage PCR followed by liquid hybridization with an oligonucleotide probe and compared it with nested-set PCR. The one-stage and nested-set PCR assays had identical sensitivities in analytical experiments and showed 100% concordance when clinical specimens wer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gretch DR,Wilson JJ,Carithers RL Jr,dela Rosa C,Han JH,Corey L

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide components 3-deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonic acid and L-glycero-D-manno-heptose were detected in hydrolysates from whole cells of Neisseria elongata by gas-liquid chromatography. Cells from a single plate were hydrolyzed, and carbohydrate components were converted to aldononitrile and O-methyloxime acet...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Guerrant GO,Moss CW

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of anti-hepatitis E virus (anti-HEV) antibodies is still enigmatic. There is no gold standard, and results obtained with different assays often diverge. Herein, five assays were compared for detection of anti-HEV IgM and IgG. Serum samples from 500 Swedish blood donors and 316 patients, of whom 136 had s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Norder H,Karlsson M,Mellgren Å,Konar J,Sandberg E,Lasson A,Castedal M,Magnius L,Lagging M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi from two recently returned Bangladeshi patients in Kuwait were ciprofloxacin resistant, with ciprofloxacin MICs of 12 mg/liter for both isolates. Both isolates had three novel gyrA mutations (55-Leu-->Trp, 87-Asp-->Ala, and 106-Gln-->Arg) and three novel parC mutatio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dimitrov T,Dashti AA,Albaksami O,Udo EE,Jadaon MM,Albert MJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for detection of immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG antibodies to Mycoplasma pneumoniae was developed. The EIA was evaluated on the basis of results in the M. pneumoniae complement fixation (MPCF) test and the cold agglutinin test. Serum samples from 430 patients with respiratory infections of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Uldum SA,Jensen JS,Søndergård-Andersen J,Lind K

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have identified thymidine excess in susceptibility test media as the cause of spurious resistance of various bacteria to sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim. We document the phenomenon in Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi-A and demonstrate its occurrence in 3 of 17 (18%) lots of Mueller-Hinton agars ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Escamilla J,Kilpatrick ME,Ugarte HF

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis in recent years has become an important public health issue in Taiwan. The resistant strains that cause human infections are considered to be from pigs. In this study, we characterized 157 swine and 42 human Salmonella serovar Choleraesu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chang CC,Lin YH,Chang CF,Yeh KS,Chiu CH,Chu C,Chien MS,Hsu YM,Tsai LS,Chiou CS

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 513 blood specimens, predominantly from organ transplant recipients, human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients, and bone marrow transplant recipients, were tested for cytomegalovirus (CMV) by culture and pp65 antigenemia across four test sites. Peripheral blood leukocytes were examined by using both th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： St George K,Boyd MJ,Lipson SM,Ferguson D,Cartmell GF,Falk LH,Rinaldo CR,Landry ML

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of class A serine-carbapenemases among species of Enterobacteriaceae remains a challenging issue. Methods of identification for routine use in clinical microbiology laboratories have not been standardized to date. We developed a novel screening methodology suitable for countries with high basal levels of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pasteran F,Mendez T,Guerriero L,Rapoport M,Corso A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent Lassa virus strains from Nigeria were completely or partially sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the predominance of lineage II and III strains, the existence of a previously undescribed (sub)lineage in Nigeria, and the directional spread of virus in the southern part of the country. The Bayesian analysi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ehichioya DU,Hass M,Becker-Ziaja B,Ehimuan J,Asogun DA,Fichet-Calvet E,Kleinsteuber K,Lelke M,ter Meulen J,Akpede GO,Omilabu SA,Günther S,Olschläger S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-four pharyngeal swab samples corresponding to 94 patients with suspected influenza virus infection were inoculated in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells, the conventional cell system for the isolation of influenza virus, and in fibroblastic human embryo lung (MRC-5) cells, a cell system less commonly used f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： de Oña M,Melón S,de la Iglesia P,Hidalgo F,Verdugo AF

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To provide more sensitive and convenient methods for the detection of equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV), we developed an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) employing the EIAV gag precursor (Pr55gag) produced by using recombinant DNA techniques. The antigenic reactivity of the recombinant EIAV Pr55gag was fo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Archambault D,Wang ZM,Lacal JC,Gazit A,Yaniv A,Dahlberg JE,Tronick SR

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histoplasmosis is an important systemic fungal infection, particularly among immunocompromised individuals, who may develop a progressive disseminated form which is often fatal if it is untreated. In such patients, the detection of antibody responses for both diagnosis and follow-up may be of limited use, whereas the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gómez BL,Figueroa JI,Hamilton AJ,Diez S,Rojas M,Tobón A,Restrepo A,Hay RJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiwell, dried antimicrobial agent susceptibility test system, Sceptor (BBL Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, Md.), was tested. The system was compared directly with a reference microdilution method by using two collections of stock cultures and 305 fresh clinical isolates. Sceptor was found to be in agreement (...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jones RN,Thornsberry C,Barry AL,Gavan TL

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In January 1991, an outbreak of cholera started in Peru and spread throughout most of Latin America within 8 months. As of March 1992, over 450,000 cases and approximately 4,000 deaths have been reported to the Pan American Health Organization. The causative organism is toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 of the El Tor bioty...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fields PI,Popovic T,Wachsmuth K,Olsvik O

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most important causes of hospital infections worldwide. High-level resistance to methicillin is caused by the mecA gene, which encodes an alternative penicillin-binding protein, PBP 2a. To determine the clonal relationships between methicillin-susceptibl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wielders CL,Fluit AC,Brisse S,Verhoef J,Schmitz FJ

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since January 1996, and over a 3-year time span, a significant spread of serotype 6B multidrug-resistant (MDR) pneumococci, susceptible to penicillin and resistant to erythromycin, clindamycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, was noted in young carriers living in central and southern ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Syrogiannopoulos GA,Bogaert D,Grivea IN,Beratis NG,De Groot R R,Hermans PW

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples of cerebrospinal fluid from 103 patients with aseptic meningitis were tested by PCR for detection of leptospires, and the results were compared with those of the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of immunoglobulin M (ELISA-IgM). Of these samples, 39.80%...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Romero EC,Billerbeck AE,Lando VS,Camargo ED,Souza CC,Yasuda PH

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 1, serotype O:21 was isolated from feces or rectal washings of three members of one family in northwestern Saskatchewan. The three isolates gave positive pathogenicity tests in guinea pigs with cultures grown at 22 degrees C as inoculum. All three cases showed clinical symptoms consiste...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martin T,Kasian GF,Stead S

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant filamentous forms of Escherichia coli were observed on direct Gram stain of blood cultures from a patient being treated with the beta-lactam antibiotic cephalexin. After the institution of an alternative antibiotic regimen which included a different cell wall-active agent, E. coli of normal morphology was det...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Magnussen CR,Hruska JF

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female patient suffered a typical attack of typhoid fever due to a lactose-negative, fully susceptible Salmonella typhi strain. During convalescence she became febrile, and a lactose-fermenting S. typhi strain resistant to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, and trimethoprim was isolated from blood culture. T...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cohen SL,Wylie BA,Sooka A,Koornhof HJ

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichophyton rubrum was easily differentiated from T. mentagrophytes by its ability to assimilate sorbitol with an API 20C AUX strip. One hundred percent of 36 T. rubrum strains and none of 147 T. mentagrophytes strains assimilated sorbitol. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rezusta A,Rubio MC,Alejandre MC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed for the identification of cultured mycobacteria belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, the Mycobacterium avium complex, and Mycobacterium kansasii. Six monoclonal antibodies were used: two (F23-49 and F24-2) were specific for the M. tuberculosis co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schöningh R,Verstijnen CP,Kuijper S,Kolk AH

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of EDL 933 O island 122 (OI-122) was investigated in 70 strains of Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) of multiple serotypes that were classified into five "seropathotypes" (A through E) based on the reported occurrence of serotypes in human disease, in outbreaks, and/or in the hemolytic-u...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Karmali MA,Mascarenhas M,Shen S,Ziebell K,Johnson S,Reid-Smith R,Isaac-Renton J,Clark C,Rahn K,Kaper JB

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid identification and differentiation of orthopoxviruses by PCR were achieved with primers based on genome sequences encoding the hemagglutinin (HA) protein, an infected-cell membrane antigen that distinguishes orthopoxviruses from other poxvirus genera. The initial identification step used a primer pair of consens...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ropp SL,Jin Q,Knight JC,Massung RF,Esposito JJ

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate and timely diagnosis of dengue virus (DEN) infections is essential for the differential diagnosis of patients with febrile illness and hemorrhagic fever. In the present study, the diagnostic value of a newly developed immune-complex dissociated nonstructural-1 (NS-1) antigen dot blot immunoassay (DBI) was com...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Koraka P,Burghoorn-Maas CP,Falconar A,Setiati TE,Djamiatun K,Groen J,Osterhaus AD

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten clinical yeast isolates submitted to the Centers for Disease Control from diverse geographic areas were identified as Candida ciferrii and Candida chiropterorum. The association of C. ciferrii with clinical specimens, particularly its repeated isolation from a case of onychomycosis, suggests that this species may ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Furman RM,Ahearn DG

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 254 isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci were tested in parallel for novobiocin susceptibility by using P agar and Mueller-Hinton agar. Zones of inhibition of 16 mm or less around a 5-micrograms novobiocin disk on Mueller-Hinton agar indicated novobiocin resistance, as demonstrated by Staphylococcus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Almeida RJ,Jorgensen JH

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is determined by measuring HCV RNA at specific time points throughout therapy using highly sensitive and accurate HCV RNA assays. This study compared the performances of two recently developed real-time PCR HCV RNA assays, cobas HCV for ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vermehren J,Stelzl E,Maasoumy B,Michel-Treil V,Berkowski C,Marins EG,Paxinos EE,Marino E,Wedemeyer H,Sarrazin C,Kessler HH

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00