Survival of human immunodeficiency virus in suspension and dried onto surfaces.

abstract：:We report five new IS711 chromosomal locations that are specific for marine mammal Brucella groups of strains and useful for their identification and classification. Our data support their current classification into two species, Brucella ceti and B. pinnipedialis, with subgroups in each, but also the possibility of a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zygmunt MS,Maquart M,Bernardet N,Doublet B,Cloeckaert A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, no agar-based susceptibility testing method has been standardized for testing dermatophytes. We describe a newly developed agar-based method employing disk diffusion assay to test the susceptibility of 47 isolates of dermatophytes against 8 antifungals. Our results show that the method is reproducible, is s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nweze EI,Mukherjee PK,Ghannoum MA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies to Staphylococcus aureus capsular polysaccharide types 5 and 8 were used in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to serotype 74 and 42 coagulase-negative isolates from cow and goat milk, respectively. Eighteen (15.5%) isolates were typable: 13 Staphylococcus haemolyticus, 1 S. hyicus, 1 S. simula...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poutrel B,Mendolia C,Sutra L,Fournier JM

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluations of screening tests for bacteriuria have traditionally compared the test results with those of quantitative urine cultures. However, many patients with symptomatic urinary tract infections can have less than 10(5) CFU/ml in their urine. Therefore, the results of urine culture and three screening tests (Bac-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Murray PR,Smith TB,McKinney TC Jr

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune pressure on lentiviruses exerted by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) selects for virus CTL epitope mutations. Currently employed methods for monitoring emerging CTL epitope mutations rely on the labor-intensive and time-consuming techniques of virus population or clonal sequencing. Here we describe the development...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peyerl FW,Barouch DH,Bazick HS,Manuel E,Letvin NL

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To detect Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization, the nasopharynx is sampled using a swab placed in skim milk-tryptone-glucose-glycerol (STGG) transport medium, and then the swab specimen or STGG medium is cultured or subjected to PCR. We evaluated the effect of swab composition and compared the sensitivities of detect...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rubin LG,Rizvi A,Baer A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asymptomatic Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) reactivations periodically occur in oral mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues. Until now, EBV reactivation has been diagnosed by serologic profiles that suggest virus replication. Serologic responses, however, are delayed and do not necessarily indicate ongoing replicative activity....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Maurmann S,Fricke L,Wagner HJ,Schlenke P,Hennig H,Steinhoff J,Jabs WJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 375 Escherichia coli O157 strains were tested by colony hybridization with the eae probe from the central portion of the eaeA gene of the classical enteropathogenic E. coli strain E2348/69. They were also tested with a probe, eaeO157, from the C-terminal end of the eae gene homolog from a Vero cytotoxin (VT...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Willshaw GA,Scotland SM,Smith HR,Cheasty T,Thomas A,Rowe B

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated and characterized a Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal-specific DNA region by arbitrary PCR. The fragment contains open reading frames encoding two potential glycosyltransferases possibly involved in capsular polysaccharide or lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis. In order to evaluate the possibility that this region ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Falklind S,Stark M,Albert MJ,Uhlén M,Lundeberg J,Weintraub A

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical presentations for viral respiratory tract infections are often nonspecific, and a rapid, high-throughput laboratory technique that can detect a panel of common viral pathogens is clinically desirable. We evaluated two multiplex reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) products coupled with microarray-based systems ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Li H,McCormac MA,Estes RW,Sefers SE,Dare RK,Chappell JD,Erdman DD,Wright PF,Tang YW

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) of sequence type 398 (ST398) has frequently been detected in pigs and pig handlers. However, in Malaysia, sampling 360 pigs and 90 pig handlers from 30 farms identified novel ST9-spa type t4358-staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type V MRSA strains that were found...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Neela V,Mohd Zafrul A,Mariana NS,van Belkum A,Liew YK,Rad EG

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To facilitate the routine identification of salmonellae and detailed studies of their lipopolysaccharides, we raised murine monoclonal antibodies against these organisms. We raised an immunoglobulin G1 antibody, MO2, which is specific for factor O2. By immunoblotting following sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Luk MC,Tsang RS,Ng MH

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typing of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis strains presents a challenge, since they are genetically monomorphic and traditional molecular techniques have limited discriminatory power. The recent advances and availability of whole-genome sequencing have extended possibilities for the characterization of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Leão C,Goldstone RJ,Bryant J,McLuckie J,Inácio J,Smith DG,Stevenson K

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1997 and 1998, H3N2 influenza A viruses emerged among pigs in North America. Genetic analyses of the H3N2 isolates demonstrated that they had distinctly different genotypes. The most commonly isolated viruses in the United States have a triple-reassortant genotype, with the hemagglutinin, neuraminidase, and PB1 pol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Landolt GA,Karasin AI,Phillips L,Olsen CW

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hafnia alvei strains which possess the attachment-effacement gene (eaeA) may have clinical importance as new diarrhea-causing pathogens and should therefore be differentiated from other H. alvei strains. We characterized diarrheal H. alvei strains, which were positive in the PCR test for the eaeA gene, using biochemic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ridell J,Siitonen A,Paulin L,Lindroos O,Korkeala H,Albert MJ

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodotorula infections occur among patients with immunosuppression and/or central venous catheters. Using standardized methods (NCCLS M27-A), we determined the antifungal susceptibilities of 10 Rhodotorula bloodstream infection isolates. Patient information was collected for clinical correlation. The MICs of amphoteri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zaas AK,Boyce M,Schell W,Lodge BA,Miller JL,Perfect JR

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rose Bengal and counterimmunoelectrophoresis, two tests that detect antibodies against different structural antigens, when carried out on spinal fluid permitted rapid diagnosis of human Brucella meningitis. The Rose Bengal test was positive in five out of five patients studied, and counterimmunoelectrophoresis was pos...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Díaz R,Maraví-Poma E,Delgado G,Rivero A

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid detection of mycobacterial disease is essential. Using multiple specimen types and concentrations of mycobacteria, we compared two commercial auramine O stains. The more rapid stain permitted consistent acid-fast bacillus quantitation and exhibited less debris staining, and the staining procedure required less t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hendry C,Dionne K,Hedgepeth A,Carroll K,Parrish N

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:Twelve Salmonella typhimurium strains resistant to broad-spectrum cephalosporins were isolated from cases of gastroenteritis during 1996 to 1998 in Russia, Hungary, and Greece. Resistance was due to the production of CTX-M-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases encoded by similar 12-kb plasmids. By pulsed-field gel el...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tassios PT,Gazouli M,Tzelepi E,Milch H,Kozlova N,Sidorenko S,Legakis NJ,Tzouvelekis LS

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serological interrelations among 46 strains of Haemophilus somnus of various geographical and pathological origins were studied by agglutination and agglutinin adsorption procedures. Sera prepared against nine representative American and Swiss isolates agglutinated all other strains to various titers. Adsorption of an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Canto GJ,Biberstein EL

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With use of the rabbit intestinal loop model, heat-labile enterotoxins from 21 Escherichia coli strains isolated from a wide spectrum of patients with diarrheal diseases were all neutralized to high titer by two antisera prepared against enterotoxins of either E. coli or Vibrio cholerae. These findings suggest marked ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sack RB,Froehlich JL

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spores of Henneguya salminicola, a common tissue parasite of salmonid fishes in the northern hemisphere, were observed in stool specimens from two different patients with diarrhea. The spores' superficial resemblance to human spermatozoa resulted, in one instance, in an incorrect report, leading to suspicion of se...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McClelland RS,Murphy DM,Cone DK

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing number of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains has stimulated the interest of investigators in finding a rapid method for susceptibility testing. We used commercially available rRNA DNA-bioluminescence-labelled probes (Accu-Probe, Gen Probe, Inc. San Diego, Calif.) for this purpose. Th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martin-Casabona N,Xairó Mimó D,González T,Rossello J,Arcalis L

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 4,000 endocervical specimens tested with the Chlamydiazyme enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Abbott Laboratories), 233 (5.8%) gave positive results (A492 above the cutoff), which were confirmed with a blocking reagent (Abbott). An additional 34 specimens (14.6%) with chlamydial antigen were detected and confirmed ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kellogg JA,Seiple JW,Stroll ES

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of CHROMagar STEC and CHROMagar STEC O104 (CHROMagar Microbiology, Paris, France) media for the detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) was assessed with 329 stool specimens collected over 14 months from patients with suspected STEC infections (June 2011 to August 2012). The CHROMaga...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gouali M,Ruckly C,Carle I,Lejay-Collin M,Weill FX

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of antibody induced by vaccination with recombinant gp160 (rgp160) to bind to native and recombinant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoproteins was measured. Thirty-three HIV-1-seronegative healthy adult volunteers were injected four times with 40 or 80 micrograms of an HIV-1LAV env...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gorse GJ,Frey SE,Newman FK,Belshe RB

更新日期：1992-10-01 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 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：:Phenolphthalein diphosphate was incorporated into a primary blood agar medium for use in performing quantitative urine cultures. Phosphatase-negative staphylococci, such as Staphylococcus saprophyticus, were differentiated from phosphatase-positive species, such as Staphylococcus epidermidis, by spot testing colonies ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pickett DA,Welch DF

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00