Leish-KIT, a stable direct agglutination test based on freeze-dried antigen for serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis.

abstract：:During a 1-year survey of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) prevalence in central France, 2,143 samples were investigated by PCR for Shiga toxin-encoding genes. A total of 330 (70%) of 471 fecal samples collected from healthy cattle at the Clermont-Ferrand slaughterhouse, 47 (11%) of 411 beef samples, 60 (...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pradel N,Livrelli V,De Champs C,Palcoux JB,Reynaud A,Scheutz F,Sirot J,Joly B,Forestier C

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and reliable technique was developed for differentiating Helicobacter pylori strains by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified DNAs. Oligonucleotide primer pairs developed to the urease, 48-kDa stress protein (htrA), and 26-kDa antigen-encoding genes wer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Clayton CL,Kleanthous H,Morgan DD,Puckey L,Tabaqchali S

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found 31 different emm-toxin genotypes among 74 group A streptococcal isolates causing invasive infections in French children. The predominant emm types were emm1 (25%), emm3 (8%), emm4 (8%), emm6 (7%), and emm89 (9%). Sixteen percent of isolates harbored the streptococcal invasive locus, half of them belonging to ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bidet P,Courroux C,Salgueiro C,Carol A,Mariani-Kurkdjian P,Bonacorsi S,Bingen E

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report disseminated adenovirus (ADV) infection in four adult cancer patients presenting with focal pulmonary consolidation. In all cases, ADV was recovered from respiratory specimens and ADV viremia (>1 × 10(5) copies/ml) was determined by a quantitative PCR assay. Despite antiviral therapy, 3 (75%) patients died. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lee YJ,Palomino-Guilen P,Babady NE,Lamson DM,St George K,Tang YW,Papanicolaou GA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cyp51-related genes (cyp51A and cyp51B) encoding 14-alpha sterol demethylase-like enzymes were identified in the opportunistic human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. PCR amplification using degenerate oligonucleotides based on conserved areas of cytochrome P450 demethylases of other filamentous fungi and yeasts all...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mellado E,Diaz-Guerra TM,Cuenca-Estrella M,Rodriguez-Tudela JL

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A solid-phase antibody capture hemadsorption (SPACH) assay was developed to detect hepatitis A virus (HAV)-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies in sera from humans recently infected with hepatitis. The assay is performed with microtiter plates coated with anti-human IgM antibodies to capture IgM antibodies from ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Summers PL,Dubois DR,Cohen WH,Macarthy PO,Binn LN,Sjogren MH,Snitbhan R,Innis BL,Eckels KH

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine Mycobacterium reference strains representing 10 species and 60 mycobacterial cultures isolated from sputum specimens were studied. These cultures were grown in Bactec 7H12B medium (Becton Dickinson and Co., Paramus, N.J.) supplemented with oleic acid-albumin-dextrose-catalase enrichment broth (Becton Dicki...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chou S,Chedore P,Haddad A,Paul NR,Kasatiya S

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of false-positive hepatitis C virus enzyme immunoassay results was determined to be at least 10% among 1,814 reactive serum samples based on (i) negative results in an independent confirmation assay, (ii) negative PCR results, and (iii) no patients developing clinical or biochemical signs of hepatitis during ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schröter M,Feucht HH,Schäfer P,Zöllner B,Polywka S,Laufs R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is resistant to both isoniazid (INH) and rifampin (RIF) is spreading. It has become a public health problem in part because the standard culture methods used to determine the appropriate treatment regimen for patients often take months following the presumptive diagnosis of tuberculosis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Massire C,Ivy CA,Lovari R,Kurepina N,Li H,Blyn LB,Hofstadler SA,Khechinashvili G,Stratton CW,Sampath R,Tang YW,Ecker DJ,Kreiswirth BN

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of an rRNA-derived oligonucleotide probe for Neisseria gonorrhoeae was tested with 187 N. gonorrhoeae isolates, 81 Neisseria meningitidis isolates, and several strains of other bacterial species. The probe proved to be 100% specific and 100% sensitive. N. gonorrhoeae cells could also be reliably identi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rossau R,Duhamel M,Van Dyck E,Piot P,Van Heuverswyn H

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sapporo-like viruses (SLVs) are associated with acute gastroenteritis in humans. Due to a limited supply of available reagents for diagnosis, little is known about the incidence and pathogenicity of these viruses. We have developed a first-generation generic reverse transcriptase (RT) PCR assay based on a single prime...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vinjé J,Deijl H,van der Heide R,Lewis D,Hedlund KO,Svensson L,Koopmans MP

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norovirus (NV) is the most common causative agent of nonbacterial gastroenteritis. Reports of surveillance of NV in facilities that reported outbreaks are frequently found in publications, but reports of that in facilities without outbreaks are not found. We investigated the molecular epidemiology of NV isolates deriv...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Okabayashi T,Yokota S,Ohkoshi Y,Ohuchi H,Yoshida Y,Kikuchi M,Yano K,Fujii N

更新日期：2008-06-01 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

abstract：:Restriction endonucleases BamHI, BclI, BglI, BglII, BstEII, EcoRI, HindIII, HpaI, SalI, SmalI, XbalI, and XholI were used to analyze 61 selected strains of adenovirus type 3 (Ad3) isolated from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. It was noted that the use of BamHI, BclI, BglII, HpaI, Sal...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Li QG,Wadell G

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interfering substances have been reported to inhibit PCR assays for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical specimens. Using an internal control, we determined that 52% of respiratory specimens interfered with our PCR assay. On the basis of these findings, we tried to circumvent the problem by s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Forbes BA,Hicks KE

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is isolated and characterized using traditional culture and sensitivity methodologies that are slow and offer limited information on the organism. In contrast, DNA microarray technology can provide detailed, clinically relevant information on the isolate by detecting the presen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Spence RP,Wright V,Ala-Aldeen DA,Turner DP,Wooldridge KG,James R

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recovery of Nocardia species from mixed cultures is facilitated by use of a selective medium. We show that buffered charcoal-yeast extract medium with polymyxin, anisomycin, and vancomycin can be used for the selective isolation of nocardiae from contaminated specimens. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Garrett MA,Holmes HT,Nolte FS

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the sensitivity of the BinaxNOW pneumococcal urinary antigen (PUA) test for adult pneumococcal pneumonia caused by different serotypes. In this study, we aimed to analyze the trends in the sensitivity of the PUA test over a 15-year period (2001 to 2015) and to analyze its sensitivity for pneumoco...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shoji H,Domenech A,Simonetti AF,González A,García-Somoza D,Cubero M,Martí S,Maeda M,Tubau F,Liñares J,Domínguez MA,Carratalà J,Ardanuy C

更新日期：2018-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida auris is a multidrug-resistant yeast that causes a wide spectrum of infections, especially in intensive care settings. We investigated C. auris prevalence among 102 clinical isolates previously identified as Candida haemulonii or Candida famata by the Vitek 2 system. Internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) se...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kathuria S,Singh PK,Sharma C,Prakash A,Masih A,Kumar A,Meis JF,Chowdhary A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Streptococcus bovis group has undergone significant taxonomic changes over the past 2 decades with the advent of new identification methods with higher discriminatory power. Although the current classification system is not yet embraced by all researchers in the field and debate remains over the performance of mol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dekker JP,Lau AF

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In anticipation of rotavirus vaccine introduction in Saudi Arabia, this study was undertaken to determine the distribution of the G and P genotypes of rotaviruses in order to examine whether there was any emerging serotype or unusual strain circulating in children in Saudi Arabia. Of 984 stool specimens collected betw...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kheyami AM,Nakagomi T,Nakagomi O,Dove W,Hart CA,Cunliffe NA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The penicillin-induced L phase of growth of the group B, type III streptococcal strain 76-043 was examined for biochemical properties used for the identification of group B streptococci. After numerous serial subcultures in the cell wall-defective state, this stable L phase continued to produce hemolysin, hippuricase,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Flores AE,Ferrieri P

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus terreus isolates collected from patients at The M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, and at The University Hospital of Innsbruck, Austria, were analyzed using random amplification of polymorphic DNA-PCR with three different primers. No strain similarity in either institution was detected, indicatin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lass-Flörl C,Grif K,Kontoyiannis DP

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) was used to better characterize the genotypic relatedness among medically important Candida species. By using short oligomer primers (10-mers) with arbitrarily chosen sequences in the polymerase chain reaction, distinctive and reproducible sets of polymerase chain reaction produ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lehmann PF,Lin D,Lasker BA

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 271 Enterobacter blood culture isolates from 12 hospitals, extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) prevalence varied between 0% and 30% per hospital. High prevalence was associated with dissemination, indicating the potential relevance of infection control measures. Screening with cefepime or Vitek 2, followed by a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stuart JC,Diederen B,Al Naiemi N,Fluit A,Arents N,Thijsen S,Vlaminckx B,Mouton JW,Leverstein-van Hall M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined an antiserum agar method to study its reliability in screening Staphylococcus aureus strains for capsule production. The encapsulated S. aureus Smith diffuse strain was compared with its nonencapsulated variant, Smith compact, in CCY medium containing 0.5% NaCl and 5.0% Smith diffuse rabbit antiserum. A ha...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： West TE,Apicella MA

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An apparent outbreak of serious Candida albicans infections (n = 6) occurred in a surgical intensive care unit over a 4-week period. Four patients developed C. albicans bloodstream infections. An additional patient developed catheter-related C. albicans infection; the sixth patient developed an infection of cerebrospi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Voss A,Pfaller MA,Hollis RJ,Rhine-Chalberg J,Doebbeling BN

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An automated cultivation system for mycobacteria, the MGIT 960 system (MGIT system), was compared in the clinical routine with two variants of Löwenstein-Jensen (L-J) medium. A total of 152 isolates were recovered from 2,015 specimens: 139 (91%) with the MGIT system and 127 (84%) with L-J media (P = 0.05). These inclu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Katila ML,Katila P,Erkinjuntti-Pekkanen R

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure using the Smart Cycler instrument and a fluorescence quencher (FQ) probe for the specific identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTB) was used to detect organisms in 366 acid-fast bacillus smear-positive respiratory specimens. It was compared to culture and the AMPLICOR M. tuberculosis PCR t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cleary TJ,Roudel G,Casillas O,Miller N

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme immunoassay (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA]) to detect hamster antibody to toxins A and B of Clostridium difficile was developed in which toxin preparations are used to coat the solid phase. The specificity of the assay was supported by blocking tests with the toxin preparations and proteins from ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Viscidi RP,Yolken RH,Laughon BE,Bartlett JG

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00