Anti-idiotypic antibody as potential serodiagnostic reagent for detection of bluetongue virus infection.

abstract：:A LightCycler-based PCR protocol was developed which targets the ospA gene for the identification and quantification of the different Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species in culture and in ticks, based on the use of a fluorescently labeled probe (HybProbe) and an internally labeled primer. The detection limit of th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rauter C,Oehme R,Diterich I,Engele M,Hartung T

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:Papillomatous digital dermatitis (PDD) is an infectious foot disease of cattle that is prevalent throughout the world. Although it has been prevalent in Japan since the first case was reported in 1992, full epidemiological and bacteriological examinations have not been conducted. We collected 91 lesions of PDD from 80...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yano T,Yamagami R,Misumi K,Kubota C,Moe KK,Hayashi T,Yoshitani K,Ohtake O,Misawa N

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cases of invasive mycosis due to Blastobotrys serpentis and B. proliferans identified by sequencing in a preterm patient and a rhabdomyosarcoma patient, respectively, are reported. Both species revealed elevated fluconazole and echinocandin MICs by the CLSI broth microdilution method. Additionally, B. serpentis exhibi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kumar A,Babu R,Bijulal S,Abraham M,Sasidharan P,Kathuria S,Sharma C,Meis JF,Chowdhary A

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:The volume of blood sampled for blood culture determines its sensitivity. We measured low mean blood volumes in submitted aerobic (8.38 ± 3.88 ml) and anaerobic (7.16 ± 3.83 ml) blood culture bottles. Educational seminars were held for phlebotomy teams, and renewed measurements thereafter revealed significantly higher...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van Ingen J,Hilt N,Bosboom R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new commercial method intended to exclude the presence of Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., and Yersinia enterocolitica and to presumptively identify Salmonella isolates within 2 h after primary isolation from stool specimens was evaluated. This system is marketed in Europe as API Z and in the United States as Rapid S...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Teti G,Burdash NM,Zamboni C,Fava C,Tomasello F,Mastroeni P

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The actinomycete Rhodococcus equi is an important pathogen of horses and an emerging opportunistic pathogen of humans. Identification of R. equi by classical bacteriological techniques is sometimes difficult, and misclassification of an isolate is not uncommon. We report here on a specific PCR assay for the rapid and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ladrón N,Fernández M,Agüero J,González Zörn B,Vázquez-Boland JA,Navas J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemagglutination inhibition test (HAI) and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detecting antibody to rubella virus were compared by testing 25 sets of paired sera taken before and after infection and 10 sets of sera taken during acute and convalescent stages of the disease and by screening 700 serum ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shekarchi IC,Sever JL,Tzan N,Ley A,Ward LC,Madden D

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contamination of broth cultures of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) by bacterial species other than Mycobacterium species frequently occurs. Many of these contaminated cultures require redecontamination and reincubation before the appropriate tests can be performed for identification, significantly affecting the turnaround tim...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zheng X,Pang M,Engler HD,Tanaka S,Reppun T

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little information is available about the genetic variability of Leishmania populations and the possible correlations with ecoepidemiological features of leishmaniases. The present study was carried out in French Guiana, a country where cutaneous leishmaniases (CL) are endemic over the whole territory. The genetic pol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rotureau B,Ravel C,Nacher M,Couppié P,Curtet I,Dedet JP,Carme B

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standardized disk diffusion test, in which a 10-micrograms enoxacin disk is used, was performed and microbroth dilution MICs were determined to establish individual test control values with Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, and S. aureus ATCC 29213. I...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rudrik JT,Cavalieri SJ,Britt EM

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently described method for detecting rubella-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody based on absorption of IgG by Staphylococcus aureus strain Cowan I has been applied to 198 sera collected during a recent rubella epidemic in Israel. Modification of the original method introduced for the present study includes ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Handsher R,Fogel A

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current methods for the diagnosis of melioidosis are based on bacteriological culture. A number of serological tests currently available lack specificity and sensitivity. This is largely due to the use of crude antigens which results in a significant cross-reactivity with sera from individuals infected with other bact...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Anuntagool N,Rugdech P,Sirisinha S

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Escherichia coli isolated from a child with diarrhea was biochemically similar and antigenically identical (O and K antigens) to the standard strain of E. coli O group 29 and was positive in the Serény test for invasiveness, which suggests that it can cause a Shigella-like illness. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Toledo MR,Reis MH,Almeida RG,Trabulsi LR

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conventional phage typing scheme proposed by S. Basu and S. Mukerjee (Experientia 24:299-300, 1968) has been used routinely for identification of the strains at the Vibrio Phage Reference Laboratory since 1968. However, because of limitations of this scheme, a new phage typing scheme using five newly isolated phag...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chattopadhyay DJ,Sarkar BL,Ansari MQ,Chakrabarti BK,Roy MK,Ghosh AN,Pal SC

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to rapidly diagnose influenza virus infections is of the utmost importance in the evaluation of patients with upper respiratory tract infections. It is also important for the influenza surveillance activities performed by national influenza centers. In the present study we modified a multiplex real-time re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hindiyeh M,Levy V,Azar R,Varsano N,Regev L,Shalev Y,Grossman Z,Mendelson E

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that a modification of the color-coded antigen developed by Kasatiya and Lambert (Appl. Microbiol. 28:317-318, 1974) can be used as a substitute for other nontreponemal antigens used in screening tests for syphilis. The antigen is based on the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory antigen, with EDTA, chol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pettit DE,Larsen SA,Harbec PS,Feeley JC,Parham CE,Cruce DD,Hambie EA,Perryman MW

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morganella ("Proteus") morganii is the only species in the recently proposed genus Morganella, but we suspect there are yet undescribed species in the genus. Two candidates for new species were recently investigated. Nineteen strains isolated from clinical specimens resembled M. morganii but were lysine positive and n...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hickman FW,Framer JJ 3rd,Steigerwalt AG,Brenner DJ

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the molecular epidemiologic characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains have demonstrated their genetic and geographical diversity. In addition, it has been reported that there are genetic differences between community-associated (CA) and health care-associated (HA) MRSA st...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Park C,Lee DG,Kim SW,Choi SM,Park SH,Chun HS,Choi JH,Yoo JH,Shin WS,Kang JH,Kim JH,Lee SY,Kim SM,Pyun BY

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Misidentification of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) may delay appropriate treatment. We investigated 20 clinical isolates identified as Kocuria spp. by the Vitek 2 system. All were identified as CoNS by 16S rRNA gene sequencing (18 Staphylococcus epidermidis, 1 Staphylococcus haemolyticus). Four Kocuria isola...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ben-Ami R,Navon-Venezia S,Schwartz D,Schlezinger Y,Mekuzas Y,Carmeli Y

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterobacter cloacae strain G6809 with reduced susceptibility to carbapenems was identified from a patient in a long-term acute care hospital in Kentucky. G6809 belonged to sequence type (ST) 88 and carried two carbapenemase genes, bla(KPC-18) and bla(VIM-1). Whole-genome sequencing localized bla(KPC-18) to the chromo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thomson GK,Snyder JW,McElheny CL,Thomson KS,Doi Y

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large pool of refined endotoxin was prepared from Escherichia coli O113 by extraction with hot acqueous phenol. It was characterized chemically and biologically and will be available for a reference standard designated as reference endotoxin EC. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rudbach JA,Akiya FI,Elin RJ,Hochstein HD,Luoma MK,Milner EC,Milner KC,Thomas KR

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive PCR assay that detects the thermophilic campylobacters C. jejuni, C. coli, C. lari, and C. upsaliensis is reported. Furthermore, by digestion of the PCR products with two restriction enzymes, species differentiation was demonstrated. Thus, the present method has the potential to be used for both detection ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fermér C,Engvall EO

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyme disease prevails as the most commonly transmitted tick-borne infection in the United States, and serologic evaluation for antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi remains the recommended modality for diagnosis. This review presents a brief historical perspective on the evolution of serologic assays for Lyme disease and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Theel ES

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 128-member specimen pooling scheme for acute HIV infection (AHI) detection was evaluated using 21 AHI specimens (range, 1,520 to 500,000 copies/ml) previously identified by RNA testing of 16-member plasma pools. HIV-1 RNA was detectable in 128-member pools for all 21 specimens; however, one pool created from a speci...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sullivan TJ,Patel P,Hutchinson A,Ethridge SF,Parker MM

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For a positive coagulase test with certain isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, inoculation of 0.5 ml of coagulase plasma with at least two colonies and 24 h of incubation at 35 to 37 degrees C may be required. S. aureus does not multiply in coagulase plasma. There is also lot-to-lot variation in the sensitivity of coag...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Selepak ST,Witebsky FG

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic polymorphisms in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum mediate alterations in sensitivity to important antimalarial drugs. Surveillance for these polymorphisms is helpful in assessing the prevalence of drug resistance and designing strategies for malaria control. Multiple methods are available for the ass...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： LeClair NP,Conrad MD,Baliraine FN,Nsanzabana C,Nsobya SL,Rosenthal PJ

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At various times after orthopedic operations (more than a few weeks, with an average of 29.9 days), 11 patients had a sudden onset of high temperature (average 38.9 degrees C) and local cellulitis at different sites on the operated sides. The wounds had completely healed, without complicated infections, when the cellu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kitamura T,Kawamura Y,Ohkusu K,Masaki T,Iwashita H,Sawa T,Fujii S,Okamoto T,Akaike T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metronidazole and tetracycline E tests were compared to an agar dilution method for the antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Helicobacter pylori. Sixteen strains were tested by using tetrazolium egg yolk (TEY) agar. The characteristic E test inhibition ellipse was clearer on TEY agar than on standard blood agar and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Valdez Y,Velapatiño B,Gilman RH,Gutierrez V,León C

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00