Diagnosis of Toxoplasma parasitemia in patients with AIDS by gene detection after amplification with polymerase chain reaction.

abstract：:A procedure for extracting rotaviral double-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) directly from fecal and intestinal specimens collected from calves and pigs is described. This procedure provides a rapid, simple, reproducible method of obtaining rotaviral double-stranded RNA preparations suitable for electrophoretic analysi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Theil KW,McCloskey CM,Saif LJ,Redman DR,Bohl EH,Hancock DD,Kohler EM,Moorhead PD

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BD Phoenix system was evaluated for species-level identification of yeasts (250 clinical isolates) and compared with the Vitek 2 system, using ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence analysis as the gold standard. Considering only the species included in each system's database, 96.3% (236/245) and 91....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Posteraro B,Ruggeri A,De Carolis E,Torelli R,Vella A,De Maio F,Ricciardi W,Posteraro P,Sanguinetti M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a clinical trial, Strep-A-Chek (a 10-min chromogenic test) was compared with the bacitracin disk susceptibility test for accuracy and turnaround time in the presumptive identification of Streptococcus pyogenes. Among 461 isolates of beta-hemolytic streptococci (344 throat isolates and 117 isolates from other sites)...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yajko DM,Lawrence J,Nassos P,Young J,Hadley WK

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined several factors for their effects on the serological reactivity of Legionella antigens used for direct or indirect fluorescent-antibody tests. These factors included media, methods of killing, strain differences, and the nature of the reactivity with diverse human sera. The maximum serological reactivities...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Benson RF,Malcolm GB,Pine L,Harrell WK

更新日期：1983-05-01 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：:The ability of Staphylococcus aureus to clot plasma through conformational activation of prothrombin by staphylocoagulase is used to distinguish S. aureus from coagulase-negative staphylococci. We show that while the direct thrombin inhibitor dabigatran inhibits staphylocoagulase activity, the clinical use of dabigatr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vanassche T,Verhaegen J,Peetermans WE,Hoylaerts MF,Verhamme P

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct tube coagulase testing for identification of Staphylococcus aureus from BACTEC culture broth showed a sensitivity, a specificity, and positive and negative predicative values of 34%, 100%, 100%, and 80.2% with 2 h of incubation and 65%, 98.7, 99.7%, and 88.6% with 4 h of incubation. Anaerobic blood culture cont...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Qian Q,Eichelberger K,Kirby JE

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-house surveillance for healthcare-associated infection is no longer the recommended practice because of the large personnel time investment required. We developed a computer-based tracking system using microbiologic data as an aid in detecting potential outbreaks of healthcare-associated infections on a hospital...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hacek DM,Cordell RL,Noskin GA,Peterson LR

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of hospital infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa was investigated by pyocin typing. The typing method, which determined the pyocin activity of clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa on 27 indicator strains, was 43.7% reproducible, but elimination of 9 indicator strains doubled the reproducibility and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bruun FN,McGarrity GJ,Blakemore WS,Coriell LL

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capnocytophaga ochracea is a gram-negative, fusiform bacillus which is part of the normal human oral flora. This organism is often isolated from periodontal lesions of patients with periodontitis and is associated with sepsis in granulocytopenic patients. We report here a case of endocarditis caused by C. ochracea. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Buu-Hoi AY,Joundy S,Acar JF

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to isolate and propagate influenza virus is an essential tool for the yearly surveillance of circulating virus strains and to ensure accurate clinical diagnosis for appropriate treatment. The suitability of MDCK-SIAT1 cells, engineered to express increased levels of alpha-2,6-linked sialic acid receptors, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Oh DY,Barr IG,Mosse JA,Laurie KL

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 215 typical strains of Candida albicans were studied for their ability to assimilate 11 carbon compounds. All isolates assimilated lactic acid, ribitol, succinic acid, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside. None of the isolates assimilated cellobiose and salicin; 1.9% of the isolates assimilated L-arabinose. Citri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Syverson RE

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viridans streptococci (VS) are common etiologic agents of subacute infective endocarditis and are capable of causing a variety of pyogenic infections. Many species of VS are difficult to differentiate by phenotypic traits. An oligonucleotide array based on 16S-23S rRNA gene intergenic spacer (ITS) sequences was develo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chen CC,Teng LJ,Kaiung S,Chang TC

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic relatedness of Streptococcus milleri group isolates from the airways of cystic fibrosis patients was determined by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. This study reveals no evidence for patient-to-patient transmission in our patient population; however, within individual patients, complex inter- and in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sibley CD,Sibley KA,Leong TA,Grinwis ME,Parkins MD,Rabin HR,Surette MG

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleic acid tests are sensitive and specific and provide a rapid diagnosis, making them invaluable for patient and outbreak management. Multiplex PCR assays have additional advantages in providing an economical and comprehensive panel for many common respiratory viruses. Previous reports have shown the utility of the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pabbaraju K,Wong S,Tokaryk KL,Fonseca K,Drews SJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of chromosomal markers for rapid detection of Bacillus anthracis is difficult because significant chromosomal homology exists among B. anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis. We evaluated the bacterial gyrA gene as a potential chromosomal marker for B. anthracis. A real-time PCR assay wa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hurtle W,Bode E,Kulesh DA,Kaplan RS,Garrison J,Bridge D,House M,Frye MS,Loveless B,Norwood D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of bacteremia caused by Janibacter melonis, a recently described aerobic actinomycete originally isolated from a spoiled oriental melon. Our patient's blood culture isolate was identified by partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing. This is the first report of the recovery of Janibacter species from humans. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Elsayed S,Zhang K

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct inoculation onto Granada medium (GM) in plates and tubes was compared to inoculation into a selective Todd-Hewitt broth (with 8 microg of gentamicin per ml and 15 microg of nalidixic acid per ml) for detection of group B streptococci (GBS) in pregnant women with 800 vaginal and 450 vaginoanorectal samples. Comp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rosa-Fraile M,Rodriguez-Granger J,Cueto-Lopez M,Sampedro A,Gaye EB,Haro JM,Andreu A

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic and phylogenetic characteristics of human enterovirus 71 (EV71) and coxsackievirus A16 (CA16) sampled from children with hand, foot, and mouth disease in Shenzhen, People's Republic of China, over a 6-year period (1999 to 2004) were examined with reverse transcription-PCR and DNA sequencing. Out of 147 sto...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Li L,He Y,Yang H,Zhu J,Xu X,Dong J,Zhu Y,Jin Q

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Alere i Influenza A&B assay is a newly developed rapid molecular assay which has the potential to generate results within 15 min from sample collection. In this study, we evaluated the Alere i Influenza A&B assay by using salvaged frozen respiratory specimens that were collected in viral transport medium from chil...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bell JJ,Selvarangan R

更新日期：2014-11-01 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 rates of infection with Fusarium molds are increasing, and a diverse number of Fusarium spp. belonging to different species complexes can cause infection. Conventional species identification in the clinical laboratory is time-consuming and prone to errors. We therefore evaluated whether matrix-assisted laser desor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Triest D,Stubbe D,De Cremer K,Piérard D,Normand AC,Piarroux R,Detandt M,Hendrickx M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular fatty acid compositions and ubiquinone contents of 182 Legionella strains representing 23 species were determined by capillary gas-liquid chromatography and reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, respectively. Except for the type strain of Legionella erythra (ATCC 35303T), all Legionella sp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lambert MA,Moss CW

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody specific for the gI glycoprotein of virulent pseudorabies virus was produced and used to affinity purify gI glycoprotein. The purified gI was used in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that identified and differentiated field virus-exposed animals from animals vaccinated with gI-deleted...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mellencamp MW,Pfeiffer NE,Suiter BT,Harness JR,Beckenhauer WH

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standardization of sequence chromatogram analysis is required for consistent genotypic tropism determination across laboratories. A freely available, fast, and automated chromatogram analysis tool (RECall) provided tropism interpretations equivalent to those of manual sequence editing of 521 V3 loop HIV-1 population s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pou C,Bellido R,Casadellà M,Puig T,Clotet B,Harrigan R,Paredes R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latex particle agglutination (LPA) testing for antigen to group B streptococcus (GBS) has been useful in the diagnosis of GBS sepsis in newborns. However, recent reports have demonstrated that the sensitivity of LPA assays may be as low as 27 to 54%. The purposes of the present study were to directly compare the abili...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Greenberg DN,Ascher DP,Yoder BA,Hensley DM,Heiman HS,Keith JF 3rd

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection is an important complication in patients with hematologic malignancies or solid tumors undergoing intensive cytotoxic chemotherapy. In only 20 to 30% of the febrile neutropenic episodes, an infectious agent is detected by conventional cultures. In this prospective study, the performance of broad-range PCR co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Desmet S,Maertens J,Bueselinck K,Lagrou K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical arbovirus screening requires exclusion of a broad range of viruses with as few assays as possible. We present a reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) for the detection of all species of the genus Alphavirus qualified for exclusion screening (limit of detection [LOD], 5 to 100 RNA copies per reaction across all A...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Grywna K,Kupfer B,Panning M,Drexler JF,Emmerich P,Drosten C,Kümmerer BM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four serotypes of Cryptococcus neoformans designated A, B, C, and D are currently recognized. Although an agglutination test is most often used to serotype C. neoformans in cultures, this test is not appropriate for typing the fungus in fixed tissues. A study to prepare fluorescent-antibody reagents for typing C. neof...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kaplan W,Bragg SL,Crane S,Ahearn DG

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-cell chromosomal digests of 54 isolates of Streptococcus suis encompassing all known serotypes from a geographically varied collection were examined by PstI restriction fragment length polymorphisms and then hybridized with a digoxigenin-11-dUTP-labeled cDNA probe transcribed from a mixture of 16S and 23S rRNAs ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Okwumabua O,Staats J,Chengappa MM

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00