Purification of the 115-kilodalton exoantigen of Cryptococcus neoformans and its recognition by immune sera.

abstract：:We describe here the use of an immunomagnetic separation enrichment process coupled with a modified real-time cellular analysis (RTCA) system (RTCA version 2) for the detection of C. difficile toxin (CDT) in stool. The limit of CDT detection by RTCA version 2 was 0.12 ng/ml. Among the consecutively collected 401 diarr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Huang B,Jin D,Zhang J,Sun JY,Wang X,Stiles J,Xu X,Kamboj M,Babady NE,Tang YW

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical value of immunoenzymatic (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) detection of anti-Toxoplasma immunoglobulin E (IgE) was assessed by studying 2,036 sera from 792 subjects, comprising seronegative controls and subjects with acute, active, reactivated, or congenital toxoplasmosis. Included were nonimmunized adu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Foudrinier F,Villena I,Jaussaud R,Aubert D,Chemla C,Martinot F,Pinon JM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AmpC regulatory genes in 21 ceftazidime-resistant clinical isolates of Enterobacter cloacae (MICs of > or = 16 microg/ml) were characterized. All isolates exhibited AmpC overproduction due to AmpD mutation. Additionally, we found two AmpR mutants among the isolates. This is the first report of chromosomal ampR mutatio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kaneko K,Okamoto R,Nakano R,Kawakami S,Inoue M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type-specific antigen was purified from the supernatant of type III group B streptococcal cultures, tyrosylated, and bound to microtiter wells for an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The immunological specificity of the antigen and the assay was shown by (i) reaction only with homologous unabsorbed rabbit sera and (...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Anthony BF,Concepcion NF,McGeary SA,Ward JI,Heiner DC,Shapshak P,Insel RA

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serratia rubidaea biotype 1 was isolated from the bile and blood of a patient with a bile tract carcinoma obstructing the common bile duct and who underwent invasive procedures. The infection was cleared after adequate treatment with antibiotics. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ursua PR,Unzaga MJ,Melero P,Iturburu I,Ezpeleta C,Cisterna R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new DNA probe assay (INNO LiPA Mycobacteria; Innogenetics, Ghent, Belgium) for the simultaneous identification, by means of reverse hybridization and line-probe technology, of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Mycobacterium kansasii, Mycobacterium xenopi, Mycobacterium gordonae, the species of the Mycobacterium av...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tortoli E,Nanetti A,Piersimoni C,Cichero P,Farina C,Mucignat G,Scarparo C,Bartolini L,Valentini R,Nista D,Gesu G,Tosi CP,Crovatto M,Brusarosco G

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic neutralization in blood culture media from two automated systems was evaluated by measuring the recovery of organisms and times to detection in simulated cultures. Overall, BD Bactec Plus media (Bactec FX system) outperformed TREK 80 ml Redox media (VersaTREK system), although results suggest a relative rat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Miller NS,Rogan D,Orr BL,Whitney D

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis is a globally significant zoonosis, the control of which is difficult and resource intensive. Serological tests form a vital part of a multifactorial approach to control and are often performed in large numbers. The aim of the present study was to develop a new assay to improve the efficiency, ease, and ef...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McGiven JA,Thompson IJ,Commander NJ,Stack JA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate multiplex and nested PCR-reverse line blot (RLB) hybridization assays for detection and serovar identification of Chlamydia trachomatis. Two sets of primers targeting the VD2 region of the omp1 gene and one set targeting the cryptic plasmid were designed for use in mul...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Xiong L,Kong F,Zhou H,Gilbert GL

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unbiased nontargeted metagenomic RNA sequencing (UMERS) has the advantage to detect known as well as unknown pathogens and, thus, can significantly improve the detection of viral, bacterial, parasitic, and fungal sequences in public health settings. In particular, conventional diagnostic methods successfully identify ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fischer N,Indenbirken D,Meyer T,Lütgehetmann M,Lellek H,Spohn M,Aepfelbacher M,Alawi M,Grundhoff A

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A normalized enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the determination of immunoglobulin G antibodies to cytomegalovirus is described. The rapid assay involves three 30-min incubations and permits the quantitation of antibody levels with a single-specimen dilution in conjunction with a reference antibody preparation. Th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kiefer DJ,Phelps DA,Halbert SP

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotoxin concentrations were determined in middle-ear effusions (MEEs) from 89 children with chronic otitis media by using the Limulu's amoebocyte lysate assay. Mean concentrations of endotoxin in Haemophilus influenzae-positive and Streptococcus pneumoniae-positive MEEs were 157 and 21.8 ng/ml, respectively, and wer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： DeMaria TF,Prior RB,Briggs BR,Lim DJ,Birck HG

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae serotype O1 organisms that do not produce cholera toxin and, in fact, lack the genetic material encoding the enterotoxin have recently been detected in coastal regions of the United States. Although these organisms have been assumed to be nonpathogenic, they have been considered a potential reservoir o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnston JM,McFarland LM,Bradford HB,Caraway CT

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance characteristics of the Gen-Probe Probe Competition Assay (PCA) used in conjunction with the Gen-Probe PACE 2 and 2C direct detection assays for Chlamydia trachomatis were examined. Data collected by five public health laboratories by using the Gen-Probe PACE 2 were pooled and analyzed. Of 25,081 endoce...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beebe JL,Sharpton TR,Zanto SN,Steece RS,Rogers C,Mottice SL

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsed-field gel electrophoretic (PFGE) analysis of Helicobacter pylori isolates is not commonly employed because of the inability to compare the typing with other typing systems. We adapted the PFGE analysis for H. pylori by using EcoRI and slightly modified our laboratory methods to improve the typing of isolates (t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hosaka Y,Irinoda K,Nakano R,Tanabe S,Koizumi W,Saigenji K,Inoue M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and an immunoblot assay (IB), we tested sera from 100 patients with erythema migrans (EM) seen in 1991 a the Westchester County Medical Center Lyme Disease Diagnostic Center. Convalescent-phase sera were available from 59 patients. Fifty-five pat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aguero-Rosenfeld ME,Nowakowski J,McKenna DF,Carbonaro CA,Wormser GP

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old man with severe peripheral vascular disease developed nosocomial septicemia which was caused by the gram-negative bacterium CDC group IV c-2, presumably from a plantar abscess on the left foot. Recovery followed amputation of the infected extremity and antibiotic therapy. This is the first reported case ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Crowe HM,Brecher SM

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fecal PCR assay for detection of Helicobacter infections in laboratory rodents was developed. DNA was isolated from murine fecal pellets, and a region of the 16S rRNA gene conserved among murine Helicobacter species was amplified. The fecal PCR was sensitive and specific. This assay does not require euthanasia of ro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beckwith CS,Franklin CL,Hook RR Jr,Besch-Williford CL,Riley LK

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of human rhinovirus (HRV) during severe respiratory disease remains undefined; thus, we aimed to explore the relationship between the HRV molecular subtyping results obtained during severe and asymptomatic childhood infections. Nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal swabs from children (1 to 59 months of age) h...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Baillie VL,Moore DP,Mathunjwa A,Morailane P,Simões EAF,Madhi SA

更新日期：2019-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiplex method using the SNaPshot technique was developed to screen for six common mycobacterial species: Mycobacteria tuberculosis, M. avium, M. intracellulare, M. chelonae, M. kansasii, and M. gordonae. A total of 468 mycobacterial clinical isolates were subjected to analysis for the presence of the six mycobact...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wang H,Yue J,Han M,Yang J,Zhao Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used several molecular typing methods to analyze 196 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and 139 methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) isolates collected between 1996 and 2005. The sequence type 72 MRSA has increased in frequency in the community in the Republic of Korea and in hospitals in recent...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kim ES,Lee HJ,Chung GT,Lee YS,Shin DH,Jung SI,Song KH,Park WB,Kim NJ,Park KU,Kim EC,Oh MD,Kim HB

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：:Of 45 influenza virus strains (43 type A and 2 type B) detected in conventional tube cell cultures (average time, 4 days), 25 (56%) were detected by immunofluorescence in the shell vial assay 24 h postinoculation. The specific fluorescence produced should allow this procedure to be readily adapted by laboratories with...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Espy MJ,Smith TF,Harmon MW,Kendal AP

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the late 1980s several studies have described the increased incidence and severity of invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) infections. However, most studies on GAS pathogenesis have focused on information obtained during outbreaks. We analyzed isolate distribution and host susceptibility as part of a nationwide ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ekelund K,Darenberg J,Norrby-Teglund A,Hoffmann S,Bang D,Skinhøj P,Konradsen HB

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group G Streptococcus has been implicated as a causative agent of pharyngitis in outbreak situations, but its role in endemic disease remains elusive. We found an unexpected inverse association of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis colonization and sore throat in a study of 2,194 children of 3 to 15 years o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tartof SY,Farrimond F,de Matos JA,Reis JN,Ramos RT,Andrade AN,dos Reis MG,Riley LW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickettsiae were isolated by cell culture of buffy coat blood from six patients with spotted fever from southeastern Australia and Flinders Island in Bass Strait. The isolates were genetically compared with two previous Rickettsia australis patient isolates. The genus-specific 17-kDA genes from the isolates were compa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Baird RW,Stenos J,Stewart R,Hudson B,Lloyd M,Aiuto S,Dwyer B

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is the main cause of postdiarrheal hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), a life-threatening clinical complication characterized by hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure that mainly affects children. A relevant feature of STEC strains is the productio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Melli LJ,Zylberman V,Hiriart Y,Lauche CE,Baschkier A,Pardo R,Miliwebsky E,Chinen I,Rivas M,Goldbaum FA,Ugalde JE,Comerci DJ,Ciocchini AE

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive bacterium commonly found in health care and long-term-care facilities and is the most common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Rapid detection of this bacterium can assist physicians in implementing contact precautions and appropriate antibiotic therapy in a timely manne...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beck ET,Buchan BW,Riebe KM,Alkins BR,Pancholi P,Granato PA,Ledeboer NA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight genotypes (A to H) and nine subtypes (adw2, adw4, ayw1, ayw2, ayw3, ayw4, adrq+, adrq-, and ayr) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) have been identified worldwide. They appear to be associated with geographical distribution, virological characteristics, and possibly clinical outcomes. We performed sequence analysis of p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lusida MI,Nugrahaputra VE,Soetjipto,Handajani R,Nagano-Fujii M,Sasayama M,Utsumi T,Hotta H

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight fusaria isolated from 50 Italian patients between 2004 and 2007 were subject to multilocus DNA sequence typing to characterize the spectrum of species and circulating sequence types (STs) associated with dermatological infections, especially onychomycoses and paronychia, and other fusarioses in northern an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Migheli Q,Balmas V,Harak H,Sanna S,Scherm B,Aoki T,O'Donnell K

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00