Detection and identification of mycobacteria by DNA amplification and oligonucleotide-specific capture plate hybridization.

abstract：:To evaluate the accuracy and utility of the Eiken Systek No. 1 (Eiken system; Eiken Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan), we conducted a clinical comparison, with 345 Enterobacteriaceae isolates, of the Eiken System with API 20E (Analytab Products, Inc., Plainview, N.Y.) and conventional methods. The Eiken system is a 21...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Castillo CB,Bruckner DA

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar echinococcosis (AE), caused by the Echinococcus multilocularis metacestode, represents one of the most frequently fatal zoonoses. Early diagnosis significantly reduces morbidity and mortality associated with AE. Diagnosis of AE largely depends on a combination of imaging and serological tests due to its minim...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ahn CS,Cai H,Kim JG,Han X,Ma X,Bae YA,Yang HJ,Kang I,Wang H,Kong Y

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study involved the rapid, direct identification of Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Enterococcus sp., and Streptococcus agalactiae from positive blood culture bottles (BACTEC, Johnston Laboratories, Inc.) by using the AccuProbe (Gen-Probe, San Diego, Calif...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Davis TE,Fuller DD

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropheryma whipplei is the causative agent of classic Whipple's disease (WD) and other clinical entities, such as localized infection. Asymptomatic carriers have also been reported, mainly based on the testing of fecal samples. Our objective was to undertake a retrospective analysis of molecular biology usage for the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Edouard S,Fenollar F,Raoult D

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedure coupled to an enzyme-linked oligonucleotide sorbent assay (ELOSA; a PCR-ELOSA) identified all 24 serotypic variants of bluetongue virus (BTV) without identifying any of six viruses belonging to the related epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus serogroup. The PCR-ELOSA detected...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Katz JB,Alstad AD,Gustafson GA,Moser KM

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the BD Phoenix automated microbiology system to the Bruker Biotyper (version 2.0) matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) system for identification of gram-negative bacilli, using biochemical testing and/or genetic sequencing to resolve discordant resul...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Saffert RT,Cunningham SA,Ihde SM,Jobe KE,Mandrekar J,Patel R

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:Detection of Staphylococcus aureus isolates with intermediate vancomycin susceptibility (VISA) and heteroresistance (hVISA) remains problematic. The population analysis profile/area under the curve (PAP/AUC) is the gold standard but is cumbersome. We compared the performance of two Etest screening methods (macromethod...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Riederer K,Shemes S,Chase P,Musta A,Mar A,Khatib R

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapidly growing mycobacteria are rarely found in central nervous system infections. We describe a case of polymicrobial infection in a brain abscess including two rapidly growing Mycobacterium species, M. immunogenum and M. llatzerense. The Mycobacterium isolates were distinguishable by molecular methods, and whole-ge...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Greninger AL,Langelier C,Cunningham G,Keh C,Melgar M,Chiu CY,Miller S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further investigate the pathogenic potential of different Borrelia burgdorferi genospecies, specimens from 27 patients with different manifestations of Lyme borreliosis were analyzed by PCR and reverse line blotting (RLB). In samples from Lyme arthritis patients, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto was predominantly ident...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lünemann JD,Zarmas S,Priem S,Franz J,Zschenderlein R,Aberer E,Klein R,Schouls L,Burmester GR,Krause A

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) has not been reported for many years in Japan, although a serological survey of sera from domestic animals suggested the presence of TBE foci in Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan. Studies were conducted to prove the presence of an endemic focus of TBE virus in Japan by mean...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Takashima I,Morita K,Chiba M,Hayasaka D,Sato T,Takezawa C,Igarashi A,Kariwa H,Yoshimatsu K,Arikawa J,Hashimoto N

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation focused on genetic diversity and drug resistance of 101 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated between July 2003 and February 2005 in the Okinawa prefecture, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. A high rate of clustering (87%, eight clusters, 2 to 69 strains/cluster) was observed upon spoligotyping; m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Millet J,Miyagi-Shiohira C,Yamane N,Sola C,Rastogi N

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on 16S rRNA gene PCR, no significant difference was observed in rates of detection of Helicobacter species in intestinal biopsy specimens from 160 Chinese inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients (10%) and 80 controls (6.3%). By using a [(13)C]urea breath test, the H. pylori infection rate in 208 Chinese IBD pa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhang S,Zhong B,Chao K,Xiao Y,Cui Y,Gao X,Chen B,He Y,Hu P,Chen M,Mitchell HM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventilator-associated pneumonia is frequently diagnosed with quantitative cultures of samples obtained by bronchoscopic techniques, a method associated with high costs and potential adverse effects. Quantitative cultures of endotracheal aspirates are easier and cheaper to obtain, and good correlations between the resu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bergmans DC,Bonten MJ,De Leeuw PW,Stobberingh EE

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mumps-specific antibody levels before and after vaccination with live mumps vaccines were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and neutralization tests. A correlation was found between neutralization titers and optical density in ELISA. However, postvaccination sera from some vaccinees who failed to...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sakata H,Hishiyama M,Sugiura A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from a tertiary public hospital in Singapore revealed that multisusceptible strains had gradually started to replace the endemic multiresistant strain (ST239-MRSA-III) since 2002. Molecular typing showed that this was a predomin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hsu LY,Koh TH,Singh K,Kang ML,Kurup A,Tan BH

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:Levels of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in the blood serve as an important marker in monitoring the disease progression and treatment efficacy of chronic HBV infection. Several commercial assays are available for accurate measurement of HBV genomic DNA, but many of them are hampered by relatively low sensitivity and lim...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sum SS,Wong DK,Yuen MF,Yuan HJ,Yu J,Lai CL,Ho D,Zhang L

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four Mycoplasma arthritidis strains, two virulent (158p10p9 and 14124p10) and two avirulent (PG6 and H606), were examined for differences in their antigenic compositions. Rabbit antisera prepared against each strain were compared for their reactivities against both homologous and heterologous strains by enzyme-linked ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Washburn LR,Hirsch S

更新日期：1990-09-01 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：:At the time indwelling urinary catheters were removed, the urethral flora was sampled by rolling the catheters onto culture plates. Cultures were obtained from 398 patients with sterile urine. Catheter surfaces were colonized less often in males than in females (16.8 and 67.0%, respectively) and yielded correspondingl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kunin CM,Steele C

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia hermannii was isolated in pure culture from a patient with acute purulent conjunctivitis after a minor ocular injury. This is the first report of E. hermannii isolated as the sole pathogen from an infected site without prior antibiotic exposure, confirming the pathogenic potential of the microorganism. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poulou A,Dimitroulia E,Markou F,Tsakris A

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-toxin is a major Staphylococcus aureus virulence factor. This study evaluated potential relationships between in vitro alpha-toxin expression of S. aureus bloodstream isolates, anti-alpha-toxin antibody in serum of patients with S. aureus bacteremia (SAB), and clinical outcomes in 100 hemodialysis and 100 postsu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sharma-Kuinkel BK,Wu Y,Tabor DE,Mok H,Sellman BR,Jenkins A,Yu L,Jafri HS,Rude TH,Ruffin F,Schell WA,Park LP,Yan Q,Thaden JT,Messina JA,Fowler VG Jr,Esser MT

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently tested serum from a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient for the presence of cryptococcal antigen using the Meridian latex agglutination (LA) test (Cryptococcal Antigen Latex Agglutination System). Two pronase-treated serum specimens from the patient had LA titers of 80 and 160, but the patient ha...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Whittier S,Hopfer RL,Gilligan P

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven commercial rotavirus antigen assays were compared with in-house PCR methods for detecting rotavirus in stool specimens. The assay sensitivities were 80% to 100%, while the specificities were 54.3% for one commercial immunochromatographic (ICT) method and 99.4% to 100% for other assays. Thus, except for one comme...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ye S,Lambert SB,Grimwood K,Roczo-Farkas S,Nimmo GR,Sloots TP,Kirkwood CD,Whiley DM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A proficiency review of antituberculous drug susceptibility testing (DST) was undertaken by the regional tuberculosis reference laboratories of the Western Pacific Region of WHO to evaluate the performance of national reference laboratories (NRLs) and to ensure that the results from the participating laboratories are ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bai GH,Kim SJ,Chang CL,National and Regional Tuberculosis Reference Laboratories.

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the performance of the Rapidec Carba NP test, which was introduced recently into the market for the detection of carbapenemase production in a broad spectrum of β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates. In total, 252 clinical Enterobacteriaceae isolates that had been genetically ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hombach M,von Gunten B,Castelberg C,Bloemberg GV

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the results obtained with six commercial MIC test systems (Etest, MicroScan, Phoenix, Sensititre, Vitek Legacy, and Vitek 2 systems) and three reference methods (agar dilution, disk diffusion, and vancomycin [VA] agar screen [VScr]) with the results obtained by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Swenson JM,Anderson KF,Lonsway DR,Thompson A,McAllister SK,Limbago BM,Carey RB,Tenover FC,Patel JB

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative, indirect, fluorescence immunoassay (FIAX; Whittaker Bioproducts, Inc.) was compared with the conventional indirect fluorescent-antibody test for detection of serum antibody to Borrelia burgdorferi. FIAX correlated well with the indirect fluorescent-antibody test (r = 0.72). FIAX is a convenient and dep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pennell DR,Wand PJ,Schell RF

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elimination of leprosy continues to be a challenge, with the disease remaining endemic in several countries. India accounts for the highest number of cases, and the identification of child cases indicates recent transmission. Genetic markers, like variable-number tandem repeats (VNTRs) and single-nucleotide polymo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kuruwa S,Vissa V,Mistry N

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00