Growth and survival of Serratia marcescens under aerobic and anaerobic conditions in the presence of materials from blood bags.

abstract：:A DNA macroarray containing 465 intragenic amplicons was designed to identify Staphylococcus aureus at the species level and to type S. aureus isolates. The genes selected included those encoding (i) S. aureus-specific proteins, (ii) staphylococcal and enterococcal proteins mediating antibiotic resistance and factors ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Trad S,Allignet J,Frangeul L,Davi M,Vergassola M,Couve E,Morvan A,Kechrid A,Buchrieser C,Glaser P,El-Solh N

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NCCLS proposed standard M38-P describes standard parameters for testing the fungistatic antifungal activities (MICs) of established agents against filamentous fungi (molds); however, standard conditions are not available for testing their fungicidal activities (minimum fungicidal or lethal concentrations [MFCs]). ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Espinel-Ingroff A

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Echinococcus Western Blot IgG (LDBIO Diagnostics, Lyon, France), using a whole larval antigen from Echinococcus multilocularis, was evaluated for serodiagnosis and differentiation between two human parasitic infections of worldwide importance: cystic echinococcosis, due to Echinococcus granulosus, and alveolar ech...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liance M,Janin V,Bresson-Hadni S,Vuitton DA,Houin R,Piarroux R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gram-negative bacillus, SMC-8986(T), which was isolated from the purulent exudate of an epidermal cyst but could not be identified by a conventional microbiologic method, was characterized by a variety of phenotypic and genotypic analyses. Sequences of the 16S rRNA gene revealed that this bacterium belongs to the ge...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ko KS,Peck KR,Oh WS,Lee NY,Lee JH,Song JH

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using a single synthetic oligonucleotide primer pair in the polymerase chain reaction, we amplified specific Shiga-like-toxin (SLT) gene segments from DNAs of 20 clinical Escherichia coli isolates, irrespective of whether they produce SLT-I, SLT-II, or heretofore uncategorized SLTs. These segments were not detectab...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Karch H,Meyer T

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A species-specific molecular beacon real-time PCR assay was developed for rapid diagnosis of Exserohilum rostratum infection. As low as 100 fg of E. rostratum DNA can be reliably detected in the presence of 50 ng of human DNA, with a dynamic linear quantification range from 20 ng to 200 fg. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhao Y,Petraitiene R,Walsh TJ,Perlin DS

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 2012, we identified sampled dogs with elevated levels of antibodies (≥1:40) against A(H1N1)pdm09 virus by using a hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assay (seroprevalence, 24.7%) and a microneutralization (MN) assay (seroprevalence, 10.8%). These high seroprevalences of A(H1N1)pdm09 among dogs without clinical si...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Su S,Chen J,Jia K,Khan SU,He S,Fu X,Hong M,Sun L,Qi W,Gray GC,Li S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 1995 to May 1998, 57 episodes of bacteremia due to viridans group streptococci were identified in 50 febrile neutropenic patients with hematologic malignancies. Four patients experienced two separate episodes of streptococcal bacteremia, and one patient had four separate episodes of streptococcal bacterem...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wisplinghoff H,Reinert RR,Cornely O,Seifert H

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysis and filtration of blood culture specimens were combined with impedance detection of bacterial growth to facilitate the diagnosis of bacteremia. A blood lysis-filtration technique (Zierdt et al., 1976) was coupled to a simple, inexpensive automated detection system. The practical and technical aspects of the impe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kagan RL,Schuette WH,Zierdt CH,MacLowry JD

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the seroprevalence of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) in a group of 150 patients awaiting heart transplants and to detect HHV-8 seroconversion after transplantation. Four patients were HHV-8 seropositive before transplantation, and one of them developed Kaposi's sarcoma. One patient c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Emond JP,Marcelin AG,Dorent R,Milliancourt C,Dupin N,Frances C,Agut H,Gandjbakhch I,Calvez V

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a rapid and sensitive assay for the detection of Salmonella serovars in veterinary clinical specimens. This method utilizes a short cultivation period followed by PCR. For detection of the amplified product, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-based oligonucleotide ligation assay (OLA) was u...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stone GG,Oberst RD,Hays MP,McVey S,Chengappa MM

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A TaqMan real-time PCR assay, the COBAS TaqMan human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (HPS-CTMHIV) PCR assay, recently developed for the quantification of HIV type 1 RNA in plasma, was evaluated in comparison with the licensed COBAS AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR (CAHIM) assay. In this study, we have analyzed the tests' sensitivi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Perrin L,Pawlotsky JM,Bouvier-Alias M,Sarrazin C,Zeuzem S,Colucci G

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:A typing enzyme immunoassay (TYPE-EIA) was used to determine the antigenic types of 64 astrovirus-positive specimens from nine collections from seven countries. Six of the seven known astrovirus types were detected in the collections, with HAstV-1 predominating in all collections for one from the United Kingdom. Selec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Noel JS,Lee TW,Kurtz JB,Glass RI,Monroe SS

更新日期：1995-04-01 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：:Four independent molecular methods were used to characterize the Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar choleraesuis live vaccine strains SC-54 and Suisaloral and to differentiate them from S. choleraesuis field isolates. Plasmid analysis revealed the presence of seven plasmid profiles. A virulence plasmid of 52-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Weide-Botjes M,Liebisch B,Schwarz S,Watts JL

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four of eleven affected dogs died despite aggressive treatment during a 2015 focal outbreak of hemorrhagic gastroenteritis following a stay in a pet housing facility. Routine diagnostic investigations failed to identify a specific cause. Virus isolation from fresh necropsy tissues yielded a calicivirus with sequence h...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Renshaw RW,Griffing J,Weisman J,Crofton LM,Laverack MA,Poston RP,Duhamel GE,Dubovi EJ

更新日期：2018-04-25 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：:Sensitivity of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detecting serum antibodies to rotavirus was greatly enhanced when rotavirus particles were fragmented by chaotropic agents (NaSCN or guanidine hydrochloride) before adsorption of the antigens to the solid phase. For detecting fecal antibodies, the addition of fe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Inouye S,Matsuno S,Yamaguchi H

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed a collection of 97 well-characterized Burkholderia cepacia genomovar III isolates to evaluate multiple genomic typing systems, including pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), BOX-PCR fingerprinting and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) typing. The typeability, reproducibility, and discriminatory p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Coenye T,Spilker T,Martin A,LiPuma JJ

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody (MAb), designated CHA 437, was developed against herpes simplex virus (HSV). This MAb (isotype, immunoglobulin G2b K) reacted with HSV type 1 and HSV type 2. It showed no cross-reactivity with varicella-zoster virus, cytomegalovirus, or Epstein-Barr virus. Direct detection of HSV antigen in clini...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pouletty P,Chomel JJ,Thouvenot D,Catalan F,Rabillon V,Kadouche J

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarium species are opportunistic nosocomial pathogens that often cause fatal invasive mycoses. We designed a primer pair that amplifies by PCR a fragment of a gene coding for the rRNA of Fusarium species. The DNAs of the main Fusarium species and Neocosmospora vasinfecta but not the DNAs from 11 medically important ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hue FX,Huerre M,Rouffault MA,de Bievre C

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human adenovirus type 4 is one of the major serotypes isolated from patients with adenoviral conjunctivitis. In 2001 we encountered nosocomial infections with epidemic conjunctivitis in the ophthalmology ward of one hospital in Sapporo, which is in the northern part of Japan. Adenoviruses were isolated from the patien...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ariga T,Shimada Y,Ohgami K,Tagawa Y,Ishiko H,Aoki K,Ohno S

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：:Moxalactam is highly hydrolyzed by plasmid-mediated metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs), whereas it is poorly inactivated by serine-active carbapenemases. This study demonstrated that moxalactam resistance constituted an effective screen for MBL expression in enterobacteria, which could be confirmed, even in low-MBL-producing...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pluquet E,Arlet G,Bingen E,Drieux L,Mammeri H

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restriction endonucleases are bacterial enzymes that cleave DNA at specific sites. The resulting DNA fragments may be separated electrophoretically in gel to form specific restriction patterns. In the present study, the restriction endonuclease method was successfully adapted to the analysis of the chromosomal DNA of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bjorvatn B,Lund V,Kristiansen BE,Korsnes L,Spanne O,Lindqvist B

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 2-month period, 62 strains of Haemophilus ducreyi were isolated from 168 genital lesions and 2 lymph node aspirates. Of these strains, 22 were found on both chocolate agar and fetal bovine serum agar supplemented with vancomycin, 29 were found only on chocolate agar, and 9 were found only on fetal bovine seru...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hannah P,Greenwood JR

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter rectus was isolated under routine anaerobic conditions (no additional hydrogen gas in the atmosphere) from an oral, nonperiodontal abscess from a patient with gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma. We report the first case of a palate abscess caused by C. rectus and review the literature and atmospheric requir...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mahlen SD,Clarridge JE 3rd

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to develop an accurate, yet inexpensive, method for determining whether the bowel of a neutropenic patient is colonized with bacteria resistant to the antimicrobial agents used in empiric therapy. Selective agar media were prepared in which Mueller-Hinton agar or MacConkey agar were supplemen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith JA,Sherlock CH,Burdge DR

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the results of Gram staining and culture of cerebrospinal fluid to results obtained with a rapid PCR assay for the diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis in 281 cases of suspected bacterial meningitis. PCR had a sensitivity of 97% compared to a sensitivity of 55% for culture, and the PCR specificity was 99....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Richardson DC,Louie L,Louie M,Simor AE

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00