Quantitative antibiogram typing using inhibition zone diameters compared with ribotyping for epidemiological typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

abstract：:We describe two cases in Brazil of human subcutaneous infections due to Phaeoacremonium spp. The first case was caused by Phaeoacremonium aleophilum. The patient presented with a unique fistulized nodule on the left ankle. The fungus was detected by direct microscopic examination and was isolated repeatedly from mater...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Guarro J,Alves SH,Gené J,Grazziotin NA,Mazzuco R,Dalmagro C,Capilla J,Zaror L,Mayayo E

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of plague and is considered a category A priority pathogen due to its potential for high transmissibility and the significant morbidity and mortality it causes in humans. Y. pestis is endemic to the western United States and much of the world, necessitating programs to monitor fo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chandler JC,Baeten LA,Griffin DL,Gidlewski T,DeLiberto TJ,Petersen JM,Pappert R,Young JW,Bevins SN

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the development of a real-time PCR assay for the quantitative detection of Neospora caninum in infected host tissues. The assay uses the double-stranded DNA-binding dye SYBR Green I to continuously monitor product formation. Oligonucleotide primers were designed to amplify a 76-bp DNA fragment corresponding ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Collantes-Fernández E,Zaballos A,Alvarez-García G,Ortega-Mora LM

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emerging multidrug-resistant pathogenic yeast Candida auris represents a serious threat to global health. Unlike most other Candida species, this organism appears to be commonly transmitted within health care facilities and causes health care-associated outbreaks. To better understand the epidemiology of this emer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Welsh RM,Bentz ML,Shams A,Houston H,Lyons A,Rose LJ,Litvintseva AP

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tularemia is a potentially fatal disease that is caused by the highly infectious and zoonotic pathogen Francisella tularensis. Despite the monomorphic nature of sequenced F. tularensis genomes, there is a significant degree of plasticity in the organization of genetic elements. The observed variability in these genome...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Larson MA,Fey PD,Bartling AM,Iwen PC,Dempsey MP,Francesconi SC,Hinrichs SH

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunoassay (Roche Diagnostics) was developed to provide accurate, reliable detection of antibodies to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We evaluated sensitivity, specificity, cross-reactivity, and agreement with a vesicular stomatitis virus-based pseudoneutraliz...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Muench P,Jochum S,Wenderoth V,Ofenloch-Haehnle B,Hombach M,Strobl M,Sadlowski H,Sachse C,Torriani G,Eckerle I,Riedel A

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 pandemic has put the clinical laboratory in the spotlight. The news media is regularly seeking out interviews with microbiologists, infectious disease specialists, and pathologists. Increased public exposure offers opportunities to improve how laboratory professionals communicate our insights. We can emph...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mazer BL

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The capsular-like envelope of Legionella pneumophila strains Togus 1 (serotype 2) and Philadelphia 1 (serotype 1) was isolated and purified by column chromatography on Sepharose 6B. Antibody raised in rabbits to these two antigenic materials did not cross-react in gel diffusion. Upon electrophoresis followed by gel di...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith RA,DiGiorgio S,Darner J,Wilhelm A

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the first fatal evolution of cellulitis due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y involving an 85-year-old woman. She presented with an extensive cellulitis of the left side of the face, neck, and thorax and septic shock. In spite of active antibiotic therapy, evolution was rapidly fatal. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cartolano GL,Barbier C,Arnoult L,Simon D,Ricome JL,Hayon J

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiserum to a purified type R lipopolysaccharide antigen isolated from Neisseria gonorrhoeae was used in a slide agglutination test and compared with conventional carbohydrate utilization and fluorescent antibody tests to confirm the identity of laboratory cultures classified as typical or "atypical" N. gonorrhoeae. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Arko RJ,Wong KH,Peacock WL

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular typing of 246 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from unselected patients in Thailand showed that 10 (4.1%) were actually Staphylococcus argenteus. Contrary to the suggestion that S. argenteus is less virulent than S. aureus, we demonstrated comparable rates of morbidity, death, and health care-associated infect...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thaipadungpanit J,Amornchai P,Nickerson EK,Wongsuvan G,Wuthiekanun V,Limmathurotsakul D,Peacock SJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present report describes an analysis of two virulence genes of Helicobacter pylori. Parts of the cagA gene, as well as parts from the signal (s) and middle (m) regions of the mosaic vacA gene, were amplified with biotin-labelled PCR primers and the products were subsequently analyzed by a single-step reverse hybri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van Doorn LJ,Figueiredo C,Rossau R,Jannes G,van Asbroek M,Sousa JC,Carneiro F,Quint WG

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with atrophic corpus gastritis and elevated Helicobacter pylori antibody titers but 13C-urea breath test (13C-UBT) and histology results negative for H. pylori were randomized into eradication therapy or follow-up only. Antibody levels decreased significantly in six out of seven patients in the eradication gr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kokkola A,Rautelin H,Puolakkainen P,Sipponen P,Färkkilä M,Haapiainen R,Kosunen TU

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A PCR method was developed to identify and fingerprint Candida krusei isolates simply and rapidly. The primer pair Arno1 and Arno2 was designed to amplify the polymorphic species-specific repetitive sequence CKRS-1 (C. krusei repeated sequence 1) that we identified in the nontranscribed intergenic regions (IGRs) of rR...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Carlotti A,Chaib F,Couble A,Bourgeois N,Blanchard V,Villard J

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-six Pasteurella multocida strains (40 P. multocida subsp. septica and 16 P. multocida subsp. multocida strains) isolated from the mouths of 56 dogs among the 134 living in a French canine military training center (132e Groupe Cynophile de l'Armée de Terre, Suippes, France) were studied by use of enterobacterial ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Loubinoux J,Lozniewski A,Lion C,Garin D,Weber M,Le Faou AE

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We classified microorganisms from the clinical laboratory by using information provided by the Gram stain and antibiotic sensitivity profiles obtained with the Bauer-Kirby technique. Approximately 4,000 microorganisms, routinely identified and tested for antibiotic sensitivities in a large hospital microbiology labora...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boyd JC,Lewis JW,Marr JJ,Harper AM,Kowalski BR

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An estimated 41,200 people were newly infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 2016 in the United States. Screening tests for antibodies to HCV may generate up to 32% false positivity in low-risk populations. Current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) screening recommendations do not require confirmatory...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kodani M,Martin M,de Castro VL,Drobeniuc J,Kamili S

更新日期：2019-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated quantitative real-time PCR to establish the diagnosis of rotavirus gastroenteritis in a high-disease-burden population in Malawi using enzyme immunoassay as the gold standard diagnostic test. In 146 children with acute gastroenteritis and 65 asymptomatic children, we defined a cutoff point in the threshol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bennett A,Bar-Zeev N,Jere KC,Tate JE,Parashar UD,Nakagomi O,Heyderman RS,French N,Iturriza-Gomara M,Cunliffe NA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical evidence for failure with beta-lactam therapy has been lacking for patients with borderline oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (BORSA) infections. We describe a failure of cloxacillin for a patient with endocarditis due to BORSA. The isolate also had false-negative thermonuclease and coagulase test res...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Skinner S,Murray M,Walus T,Karlowsky JA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefaclor is less stable than most cephalosporins in media at 35 degrees C. We demonstrated that the activity of cefaclor in Mueller-Hinton agar diminishes continuously at 4 degrees C, resulting in a loss of two-thirds of the activity within 21 days. We recommend that agar dilution plates for this cephalosporin be prep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Surprenant AM,Preston DA

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, relatively rapid silver impregnation stain has been found to stain Legionella pneumophila effectively in paraffin-embedded tissue sections while permitting visualization of histological detail. It may also be used to stain the organism in body fluids. The stain is not specific and thus must be confirmed by d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Faine S,Edelstein P,Kirby BD,Finegold SM

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a rapid test to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing isolates and specifically strain GC1237, coming from a sub-Saharan country, is needed due to its alarming wide spread on Gran Canaria Island (Spain). A rapid test that detects IS6110 present between dnaA and dnaN in the Beijing strains and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Millán-Lou MI,Alonso H,Gavín P,Hernández-Febles M,Campos-Herrero MI,Copado R,Cañas F,Kremer K,Caminero JA,Martín C,Samper S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare Simplexa Flu A/B & RSV PCR with cytospin-immunofluorescence and laboratory-developed TaqMan PCR methods, 445 nasopharyngeal samples were tested. Of these, 199 were positive (46 for respiratory syncytial virus [RSV], 120 for influenza A, and 33 for influenza B) and 246 were negative. The direct fluorescent-a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Landry ML,Ferguson D

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 141 independent strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with different heterogeneities in the exo gene (exoS, exoT, exoU, and exoY) background were examined for their pathogenic roles. Results indicated that the exoU gene is the major contributor to cytotoxicity in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells but is not relat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lin HH,Huang SP,Teng HC,Ji DD,Chen YS,Chen YL

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The duration of mumps virus RNA detection was studied during a mumps outbreak in a highly vaccinated university population. Seven of the eight reverse transcription-PCR-positive specimens were collected during the first 3 days of parotitis, suggesting that viral shedding is minimal after the first 3 days of symptoms. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bitsko RH,Cortese MM,Dayan GH,Rota PA,Lowe L,Iversen SC,Bellini WJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a lack of consensus among investigators who use a variety of immunoassay techniques (e.g., enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA] and radioimmunoassay) regarding the protocols for describing and forming standard reference or calibration curves and interpolating serum antibody concentrations. This confounds...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Plikaytis BD,Holder PF,Pais LB,Maslanka SE,Gheesling LL,Carlone GM

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A set of universal degenerate primers which amplified, by PCR, a 600-bp oligomer encoding a portion of the 60-kDa heat shock protein (HSP60) of both Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis were developed. However, when used as a DNA probe, the 600-bp PCR product generated from S. epidermidis failed to cro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Goh SH,Potter S,Wood JO,Hemmingsen SM,Reynolds RP,Chow AW

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleic acid sequence capture extraction was coupled with LightCycler PCR amplification and product detection using real-time fluorescence for rapid, definitive detection of Mycobacterium bovis in lymph node specimens from 38 cattle with bovine tuberculosis lesions. PCR amplification of sequence-captured DNA using bot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Taylor MJ,Hughes MS,Skuce RA,Neill SD

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymerase chain reaction was used to detect genomic sequences of the positive-stranded RNA of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a member of the family Togaviridae. Using a set of 20-bp primers located within the conserved 3' region of the BVDV genome, we were able to consistently amplify a 205-bp target sequenc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lopez OJ,Osorio FA,Donis RO

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriological and morphological studies of 38 brown pigment common duct stones were performed. Stone cultures were positive for bacteria in 80.5% of those studied. Enterococci were the most common organisms that were isolated. Scanning electron microscopy showed the presence of bacteria in 84.2% of the stones. The b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Leung JW,Sung JY,Costerton JW

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00