To culture or not to culture: fecal lactoferrin screening for inflammatory bacterial diarrhea.

abstract：:Mueller-Hinton (MH) agar media from various commercial sources, either supplemented or not supplemented with 5% sheep blood, were studied to determine their effect on disk diffusion susceptibility testing results obtained with 90 strains of group D streptococci and four cephalosporins. The cephalosporins investigated ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sahm DF,Baker CN,Jones RN,Thornsberry C

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococcus hirae is a rare isolate in clinical specimens. We describe a case of native aortic-valve endocarditis that was caused by Enterococcus hirae in a 72-year-old man. This is the first reported case of endocarditis due to this organism. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poyart C,Lambert T,Morand P,Abassade P,Quesne G,Baudouy Y,Trieu-Cuot P

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared a set of commercial Salmonella somatic and flagellar serotyping antisera to in-house-prepared antisera from the Microbial Diseases Laboratory, California Department of Public Health, using 327 Salmonella enterica strains belonging to subgroups I, II, IIIa, IIIb, and IV. The sensitivities of Denka Seiken (T...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schrader KN,Fernandez-Castro A,Cheung WK,Crandall CM,Abbott SL

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia isolations increased from 0.7 to 11.7/1,000 acid-fast bacillus and mycological cultures (P less than 0.000001). Only three isolations from one patient represented infection. Pseudoepidemic strain identity was confirmed by DNA fingerprinting; the isolate causing infection was distinct. The end of the pseudoepi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Patterson JE,Chapin-Robertson K,Waycott S,Farrel P,McGeer A,McNeil MM,Edberg SC

更新日期：1992-05-01 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：: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：:Since the introduction of antiviral compounds such as lamivudine and famciclovir in the treatment schedules of patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the accumulation of a variety of mutations in the HBV polymerase gene has been observed. The selection of these mutations is generally considered the c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stuyver L,Van Geyt C,De Gendt S,Van Reybroeck G,Zoulim F,Leroux-Roels G,Rossau R

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To objectively assess the value of examining multiple sputum specimens in maximizing the sensitivity of detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, we retrospectively reviewed the acid-fast bacillus smear and culture results of patients diagnosed with culture-proven pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) at Hennepin County Medical ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nelson SM,Deike MA,Cartwright CP

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The commercially available diagnostic tests for Chagas' disease employ whole extracts or semipurified fractions of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes. Considerable variation in the reproducibility and reliability of these tests has been reported by different research laboratories, mainly due to cross-reactivity with othe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Umezawa ES,Bastos SF,Camargo ME,Yamauchi LM,Santos MR,Gonzalez A,Zingales B,Levin MJ,Sousa O,Rangel-Aldao R,da Silveira JF

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a multiplex reverse transcription-PCR (m-RT-PCR) assay that is able to detect and differentiate all known human parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs). Serial dilution experiments with reference strains that compared cell culture isolation and m-RT-PCR showed sensitivities ranging from 0.0004 50% tissue culture inf...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aguilar JC,Pérez-Breña MP,García ML,Cruz N,Erdman DD,Echevarría JE

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1991, multiresistant Escherichia coli O78:H10 strains caused an outbreak of urinary tract infections in Copenhagen, Denmark. The phylogenetic origin, clonal background, and virulence characteristics of the outbreak isolates, and their relationship to nonoutbreak O78:H10 strains according to these traits and resista...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Olesen B,Scheutz F,Andersen RL,Menard M,Boisen N,Johnston B,Hansen DS,Krogfelt KA,Nataro JP,Johnson JR

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies were generated from mice immunized with scolex protein antigen of Cysticercus cellulosae. Three monoclonal antibodies specific for cysticercal antigens, which did not show any cross-reactivity with Taenia solium or Taenia saginata antigens, were selected. Each monoclonal antibody coupled to Sepha...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nascimento E,Tavares CA,Lopes JD

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard complement fixation (CF) test, a commercial agarose gel immunodiffusion (AGID) test (ImmuCell Corporation, Portland, Maine), and two commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs; Allied Laboratories, Glenwood Springs, Colo. [Allied ELISA], and the CSL, Limited, [Parkville, Victoria, Australia] en...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sockett DC,Conrad TA,Thomas CB,Collins MT

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 234 isolates comprising 26 different Candida species colonizing the oropharynx of 181 (54.3% of 399 surveyed) HIV-infected outpatients, 27 (11.7%) were fluconazole resistant. Antibacterial treatment was associated with increased rates of yeast colonization, while antiretroviral therapy and pneumococcal vaccinati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yang YL,Hung CC,Wang AH,Tseng FC,Leaw SN,Tseng YT,Su CL,Chen HT,Lauderdale TL,Lo HJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a lack of consensus among investigators who use a variety of immunoassay techniques (e.g., enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA] and radioimmunoassay) regarding the protocols for describing and forming standard reference or calibration curves and interpolating serum antibody concentrations. This confounds...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Plikaytis BD,Holder PF,Pais LB,Maslanka SE,Gheesling LL,Carlone GM

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared culture results to investigate the influence of antimicrobial-loaded cement on sonicate fluid culture positivity for the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection. Fifty-four subjects were assessed. The sensitivities of sonicate fluid culture were 77.8% (14 of 18) in subjects with an antimicrobial-loaded cem...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Park KH,Greenwood-Quaintance KE,Hanssen AD,Abdel MP,Patel R

更新日期：2016-06-01 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 have developed an easy and rapid detection and identification system for the diagnosis of mycobacterial diseases. The system is based on selective amplification by PCR of mycobacteria with primers based on the genes coding for 16S rRNA. During PCR, a label (digoxigenin-11-dUTP) is incorporated with biotinylated spe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： De Beenhouwer H,Liang Z,De Rijk P,Van Eekeren C,Portaels F

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear whether patients colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) continue to harbor the same genotype during hospital readmissions. We characterized 140 MRSA strains isolated from 33 persistent MRSA carriers with hospital readmissions. Nearly half of the patients continued to harbor the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Eghbaria S,Schnitser K,Danial-Farran N,Keness Y,Bisharat N

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized patients tested for Clostridium difficile and determine the correlation between pretest probability for C. difficile infection (CDI) and assay results. Patients with testing ordered for C. difficile were enrolled and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kwon JH,Reske KA,Hink T,Burnham CA,Dubberke ER

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-hundred consecutive, single patient isolates of Enterobacter spp., Serratia spp., Citrobacter spp., and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were evaluated for AmpC production using a variety of inducer-substrate antibiotic combinations in a disk approximation format. The combinations examined included cefoxitin-piperacillin, i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dunne WM Jr,Hardin DJ

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the standard procedure for determining antibiotic susceptibility of bacteria is used, the results are delayed, especially for bacteria that grow slowly, such as Helicobacter pylori. Treatment for this bacterium may involve clarithromycin, a compound for which resistance has been associated with point mutations on...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pina M,Occhialini A,Monteiro L,Doermann HP,Mégraud F

更新日期：1998-11-01 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：:Although screening for maternal toxoplasmic seroconversion during pregnancy is based on immunodiagnostic assays, the diagnosis of clinically relevant toxoplasmosis greatly relies upon molecular methods. A problem is that this molecular diagnosis is subject to variation of performances, mainly due to a large diversity ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sterkers Y,Varlet-Marie E,Cassaing S,Brenier-Pinchart MP,Brun S,Dalle F,Delhaes L,Filisetti D,Pelloux H,Yera H,Bastien P

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：:Enteroviruses have been reported in encephalitis cases. However, clinical and epidemiological characteristics of enteroviruses in encephalitis are not fully established. We prospectively investigated 204 children with encephalitis over a period of 2 years (2009 to 2010) for enterovirus. Enterovirus was detected in 45 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kumar A,Shukla D,Kumar R,Idris MZ,Misra UK,Dhole TN

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:We implemented hospital information system (HIS) alerts to deter unnecessary test orders for ovum and parasite (O&P) exams and Clostridium difficile PCR. The HIS alerts decreased noncompliant O&P orders (orders after >72 h of hospitalization) from 49.8% to 30.9%, an overall decrease of 19%, and reduced noncompliant C....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Otto CC,Shuptar SL,Milord P,Essick CJ,Nevrekar R,Granovsky SL,Seo SK,Babady NE,Martin SC,Tang YW,Pessin MS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae strains represents a major threat for hospitalized patients. We document the dissemination and control of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clones in a Greek hospital. During a 3-year study period (January 2009 to December 2011), carbapenem...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poulou A,Voulgari E,Vrioni G,Xidopoulos G,Pliagkos A,Chatzipantazi V,Markou F,Tsakris A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple enzyme immunoassay has been developed to allow the quantitation of the human response to immunization with pneumococcal polysaccharide. The assay uses the 14-valent vaccine (Pneumovax) as a convenient antigen to adsorb to the solid-phase microdilution plate wells and commercially available isotype-specific an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shyamala GN,Roberton DM,Hosking CS

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00